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Theologically. He may have even converted if he never admitted it. It was pretty common for conversions when marrying in those days. wwwI always thought he got “man in black” from priests garb
Awesome article. I was reading Cash’s life story. He was married in Catholic Church for his first wedding. I think that had profound impact on him theological
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Rodger,
I greatly apologize. The original St. Austin Review site, which was correct when I wrote this, was hacked and the server refuses to return the domain to us. We are now here. http://staustinreview.org/
I sent an email and we’ll try to fix it. To say the least, it’s been a big mess we’re still cleaning up. If you want to read an entertaining account of the frustrations, Joseph Pearce goes through it here: http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/08/the-ignoble-art-of-cyber-mugging.html
Great article and neat perspective on Cash/Lent. I also grew up listening to Cash. I love how human he was. A little messy and rough around the edges – just like the rest of us. Sinners hoping for sainthood!
Can’t believe you wrote this. On Shrove Tuesday the kids and I went to the library and I took out every Cash recording they had. I think I listened to “Man Comes Around” at least a dozen times. Have been praying him out of purgatory for years and can’t wait to meet him, and his dear Junebug, one day. Thank you for the great article.
Besides, i often sigh listening to his music. I ear the weeping of a soul who is desperate for confession and absolution. How will be judgement for protestant pastors?
I remember seeing the movie they made on him with Phoenix. And being shocked about how they figured out a way to keep Jesus out of the picture all the way through the film.
Excellent article, Michael. As you know, I’m a long time Johnny Cash fan, but never thought about him in a “Lenten” slant. Thanks for the perspective!
I wish there were more artists like Johnny.
“When something is wrong with the arts, it is not with the arts only.”
-Pound
Thank you for this . I really identified with the the Cash comment that he was the biggest sinner,like St paul’s chief of sinners or Bunyan’s autobiography GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS. The comment “It takes a real man to live for God—a lot more man than to live for the devil.,really is poignant .
Great article.
Well, although that is certainly invokes an interesting philosophy on art/music (which I tend to agree with, as a musician myself), to say Hurt was him writing his own ending by it is a bit misleading. That whole album was cover songs (Soundgarden, Depeche Mode, etc); he could have meant it merely as a tribute, like a DJ collecting his favorite artists for his next set. But as he didn’t actually write the song, it’s difficult to say that he wrote his own ending through it.
Of course, I am not trying to knock your article at all; I actually thought Cash’s Hurt was better than NIN’s version. The way it is stripped down to its bare minimum just adds a whole new dimension to the emotion of the song, and definitely has Johnny Cash’s whole life wrapped up in it.
Now I have to listen to it again.
I hear you, and I actually appreciate your polite correction. Best of luck in your own music!
As a priest I often go back to ‘ The Man in Black’. A great Cash song!
Hurt is a Nine Inch Nails song; Cash did not write it.
You are absolutely correct, but as Trent Reznor even admitted, it was no longer his song (or not just his song). I was commenting on the performance, which many critics agree is a cover that becomes original in and of itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzjqPGdOSM