Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, ect ect

I saw walk the line the other day and it made me remeraber how much i like johnny cashs music, as well as bob dylan and others, so i though we could recognize some of their best songs.
also, feel free to recognize any other classic founders you want

Johnny cash- hurt
John lennon-imagine
 
Sarcasm in a forum? real smooth, i was hoping for poeple to add on, but, feel free to delete the forum, just dont be a **** about it, aye?
 
I cant comment on the film as I havent yet been able to see it, I will when it comes out on DVD. Johnny Cash was a legend and should be respected. As for Dylan he is one of the three people that shaped todays music to what it is. Im a big fan of his 70's stuff, he's 60's was inspiring but I really believe that during the 70's he was doing what he loved to do and that showed in his songwriting.
He was also the one who put Nashville on the map, "wow dylan went there so it must be cool". There is no doubt in my mind that Bob Dylan is the most prolific songwriter of modern times. Legend?. the word do's not comprehend the impact of the man.

Favorite Albums,
Street Legal
Infidels
Blood on the Tracks
Desire
Empire Burlesque

did anyone hear Johnny Cash's cover of the U2 song "one" man that was cool
 
It Ain't Me Babe- Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
I Hung My Head- Johnny Cash
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes- Johnny Cash
John Lennon- Watching The Wheels
The Beatles- Across The Universe
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys- Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
IslanRAB In The Stream- Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Rainy Day Women- Bob Dylan
My Sweet Lord- George Harrison
 
I guess Ray Charles. I do enjoy Johnny Cash especially now after I have seen the movie. I think the movies help bring out these characters more and make them more likable
 
People bitch and complain that biopics are a sell out way for hollywood to make money, but I like the idea.

The drag everyone into an artist they should know about, whether they get dragged in for the right reasons or not is no concern of mine.

What do the rest of you junkies think?
 
I approve of them, it brings great music to a wider audience. I think they should do a big budget one about GG Allin, heh heh...........that would rule
 
I think it's great that different types of music are being given broader exposure. It does, however, make me chuckle when I hear young kiRAB talking about how great Johnny Cash is. I grew up with his music as my parents used to play his recorRAB all weekend, so it's a little bit weird to hear people talk about him now as if he is new on the scene.
 
1. Reasonable choices, I wouldn't argue with them.


2. Right, and by that definition, saying Dylan's the most prolific artist of modern times is wrong, even if you start from the sixties (the most prolific songwriter of the 1900's, at least in pop music (not too sure what the deal with classical would be) is probably Duke Ellington), there's at least one person (Frank Zappa) who's written way more music than Bob Dylan has. There're probably more, but I couldn't tell you for sure who they are, so I won't make any guarantees.
 
Dylan has written around 450 - 500 songs since 1962 and thats just the ones that we know about including a lot of bootlegs. this nuraber only includes recorded whether they be released or outakes.

And it was legenRAB when I said Dylan, Elvis and the beatles.
 
Can't give you an exact quota on how many Frank Zappa wrote, I'm 99% sure it's over 500. And these aren't just acoustic folk/rock patterns (I'm not insulting Bob Dylan, he's my favorite musician/band ever, I just believe in credit where it's due), these are multi-instrumental compositions, that can have around fifteen people (more, sometimes) playing in them. Bob Dylan's lyrics edge out Zappas, but his are some of the best and most creative that you can find.


And as for Duke Ellington, king of all blues-based songwriters, he wrote over 2000 songs. And these are almost all for big banRAB.
 
yes I concede that I worded the post badly, I should have stated "one of the most prolific of our time"

I had no intention of starting a debate on the matter

with respect

dark
 
Yeah, it's all good. In my opinion, Dylan's by far the best lyric writer of all time, and simple as his stuff is, it's effective, so I'll say at the very least one of the best songwriters of all time.


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