Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere (Man) (2012)(johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com)

114 pointsby 1970-01-014 tahun yang lalu54 comments

Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere (Man) (2012)

http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/

55 comments

Neat. This feels like something you might see on Newgrounds back in its heyday.

From a technical standpoint, Macromedia Flash had serious issues, but when it comes to democratizing the ability to create animations, there really is nothing like it today, and part of me feels like we are worse off without it.

waynecochran4 tahun yang lalu

How did you know which Springfield he meant? There is one in Oregon, Illinois, and Missouri, and I assume there are a bunch more. I also assume that is why Homer Simpson works there ... i.e., it is a generic city.

NobodyNada4 tahun yang lalu

Wikipedia says there are 34 Springfields in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_(toponym)

kmstout4 tahun yang lalu

After the Man in Black retired from being the Dread Pirate Roberts, he had time to visit them all.

waynecochran4 tahun yang lalu

There are five Springfields in Wisconsin!? Kind of like George Foreman naming all of his kids George -- sort of defeats the purpose of having names.

jer0me4 tahun yang lalu

He obviously meant the one in the ZIP code 80085

zwieback4 tahun yang lalu

Awesome, I was only familiar with the older Hank Snow version, prominently featured on my daughters' mix CDs when they were little.

Learned today that the original version was Australian!

dmckeon4 tahun yang lalu

Loved the use of these lyrics in the opening scenes of the remake of "Flight of the Phoenix" (the 2004 version with Dennis Quaid, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377062/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql... )

Exmoor4 tahun yang lalu

I love Johnny Cash, but it always annoys me when songs made famous by other performers and later covered by him become referred to as Johnny Cash songs. "I've Been Everywhere" is actually a very unique example of this since the original version is actually Australian[0] and was re-written with U.S. cities and became a hit for Canadian-born country singer Hank Snow [1].

The other song that routinely gets attributed to Cash is "Long Black Veil" which was actually originally performed by Lefty Frizzell [2]. I would argue the Frizzell version is the superior version in every way. Lefty had an incredible career and is sadly not very well known these days.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZWi-mTkNU

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jet7Ue743Do

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50k18gL76AU

SigmundA4 tahun yang lalu

Then you get him covering "Hurt"[1] from NIN and Trent Reznor says "that song isn't mine anymore" [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)

Maxburn4 tahun yang lalu

That was an amazing cover, I like both artists but Johnny Cash just blew that out of the park. Combined with his death just a few years later too, man.

"Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode was also a excellent example.

slowhand094 tahun yang lalu

I agree, but it happens all the time. What was famous in one generation or time may be unknown by another. Janis Joplin singing "Me and Bobby McGee" for example. Huge number of people thought it was her song. Kris Kristofferson wrote it and performed it. Several artists performed it, charting it even. Joplin made it a #1 hit, recording it right before she died.

mauvehaus4 tahun yang lalu

I also think Janis Joplin can rightly take credit for recording the definitive version of "To Love Somebody". I mean, the BeeGees version is good, but hers is otherworldly.

Similarly, Jimi Hendrix can surely claim to have recorded the definitive version of "All Along the Watchtower".

Actually, there's got to be a pretty long list of songs written and recorded by Dylan that somebody else recorded the definitive version of. PP&M covering "Blowing in the Wind" comes to mind.

marlowe2214 tahun yang lalu

I would submit that Dave Matthews Band may have given Mr. Hendrix (hallowed be his name) some competition for All Along the Watchtower, but you make excellent points here!

ctoth4 tahun yang lalu

Mr Tambourine man is another great example.

mauvehaus4 tahun yang lalu

You probably don't have the 13th Floor Elevators version in mind, but that's my favorite! I'll concede that nobody's likely to call it definitive though.

quesera4 tahun yang lalu

My favorite example of this is "China Girl" by David Bowie, written by Iggy Pop.

Bowie and Iggy were friends, and for many years (maybe still to this day!), the songwriter's royalties for China Girl were Iggy's primary source of income. Which I think is great. Like a form of patronage. Bowie was a great guy.

Though I prefer Iggy's version of the song.

Siouxsie & the Banshees cover Iggy's "The Passenger", and Ms Sioux wins this time.

Now if only Bowie had covered a Banshees song, the circle would be complete.

angrais4 tahun yang lalu

I'll be honest, I read this comment last night and wanted to revisit it as I haven't heard Siouxsie's version.

What makes you enjoy it more?

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hirundo4 tahun yang lalu

Horse and jockey. Geoff Mack wrote a beautiful horse and Johnny Cash rode it for all it was worth. It's annoying that Mack is ignored, not that Cash is lauded.

slowhand094 tahun yang lalu

From Nashville Songwriters Association-

Songwriters are paid via 3 royalty streams:

Mechanical Royalty – A songwriter receives a mechanical royalty from the sale of a song on an album or a legal digital download. This rate is set by a Copyright Royalty Board made up of 3 judges who meet every 5 years to set rates. The original mechanical royalty was established in 1909 and set at 2 cents. Today, the current rate is 9.1 cents (typically split with co-writers and publishers).

Performance Royalty – A songwriter receives a performance royalty when their song is performed on terrestrial broadcast radio, in a live performance venue, or via online streaming services. In the United States, performance royalties are paid out through Performing Rights Organizations (ASCAP, BMI and SESAC) and are governed by consent decrees from WWII requiring the PROs to go to rate court to receive their rates from entities seeking to license the songs they represent.

Synch Fees – A songwriter receives a synch fee when his/her song is licensed for use to synchronize with video (i.e. television, movie, YouTube video). This royalty is freely negotiated in the marketplace and is typically split 50% to the writers and 50% to the artist and record label.

ethbr04 tahun yang lalu

See also: How Haim Saban made his first fortune. By figuring out that the rate scheme made composing children's cartoon music incredibly lucrative https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Saban#Music_career

slowhand094 tahun yang lalu

Geoff Mack was probably well-paid for his work.. And from multiple artists performing and recording it, and many radio stations broadcasting it. Cash probably made more money for Mack than any other artist.

brimble4 tahun yang lalu

This happened to a lot of songs, including a bunch where the famous version is basically the only song anyone knows by the artist who popularized it (a "one hit wonder" but for a song that wasn't even an original). I may be way off, but it seems like this doesn't happen as much these days but did all the time in the 50s-70s. Not sure why that would be.

goto114 tahun yang lalu

Before Beatles, performer and songwriter was typically separate jobs. It was quite normal for a song to be recorded by multiple different artists and even to chart with multiple artists at the same time. The idea of a "cover version" did not really exist, since none of the versions were considered more original than the other. Famously, Elvis Presley never wrote a song himself. Beatles changed that, because they made it prestigious for performers to write their own material.

mgkimsal4 tahun yang lalu

I get what you mean but 'prestigious'... doesn't seem the best word. The idols they looked up to had all written a lot of their own stuff (Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly seem like the archetypes there). The Beatles sort of invented the 'self contained group' (singers, songwriters, performers all in one) and it seemed to become almost mandatory for groups after that to at least have a go at writing.

cgriswald4 tahun yang lalu

With apologies to @wizzwizz4 for calling him out:

> > Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go // I owe my soul to the company store

> — Johnny Cash, Sixteen Tons

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30234908

supercanuck4 tahun yang lalu

Funny, I always attributed Long Black Veil to Dave Matthews. Didn't realize it was a cover until now.

swagasaurus-rex4 tahun yang lalu

In Johnny Cash's defense, the song is a very standard 12 bar blues progression (I I IV I V), which Johnny and every other blues artist uses liberally.

He's obviously ripped off every other aspect of the song (lyrics, rhythm, feel). Everything but the key change.

zelon884 tahun yang lalu

I posted about this yesterday! My reference was Hurt by NIN.

acheron4 tahun yang lalu

If Cash shot a man in Reno (Nevada) just to watch him die, how did he get sent to Folsom Prison, in the California state system?

renewiltord4 tahun yang lalu

The man was in Reno, but Cash himself was in a helicopter in California air space. This is covered in Johnny Cash : The Prison Diaries by B. Yesmaster.[0]

0: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=1441501240865944941...

bombcar4 tahun yang lalu

Reno touches the California border, so perhaps he was just over the line in Cold Springs or Verdi.

Or maybe he shot into California.

ojbyrne4 tahun yang lalu

Perhaps that was not the only man he shot.

collegeburner4 tahun yang lalu

Same way they overtook him down in Juarez, Mexico.

thehappypm4 tahun yang lalu

Also, a train from Folsom to San Antonio??

mbg7214 tahun yang lalu

Extradition,

ethbr04 tahun yang lalu

Apparently he had never been to MontanaWyomingAlabamaNewJerseyConnecticutRhodeIslandVermontNewHampshire... man.

davewasthere4 tahun yang lalu

Or you could be a rambling man, and actually go everywhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDtQcuA5Bo (It's not until 3:20 that places start getting listed)

progre4 tahun yang lalu

Apparently, Mr Cash hates Montana

Hamuko4 tahun yang lalu

Apparently nothing worth seeing in South Dakota either.

davidjhall4 tahun yang lalu

Nor Connecticut

binarynate4 tahun yang lalu

Same with Indiana, but I think we can assume he drove through on his way from Chicago to Louisville

vincent-manis4 tahun yang lalu

And apparently BC and Alberta were vast wastelands to Mr Cash, though he did apparently get to eastern Canada.

trentearl4 tahun yang lalu

I assumed Salvador was the Brazilian city not the country of El Salvador.

marginalia_nu4 tahun yang lalu

El Salvador is the definitive article, though. Hard to argue with that.

bitxbitxbitcoin4 tahun yang lalu

The assumption being that he sang the cities he visited in chronological order.

I am inclined to believe it because really if you are passing through Winnemucca, chances are you are going to Reno.

MaxBarraclough4 tahun yang lalu

Surprisingly, a search for I've Been Everywhere travelling salesman problem turns up no relevant results.

sebmellen4 tahun yang lalu

Not bad, but the author missed Barranquilla… and pronounced it without the signature Colombian “kee-jah” for double Ls.

specproc4 tahun yang lalu

Cute, but Tom Waits gets about considerably more.

https://tomwaitsmap.com/

dawsmik4 tahun yang lalu

He forgot to put a mark on Catalina.

magneticnorth4 tahun yang lalu

The cities in green in the lyrics get marks, the ones in white don't, and I'm not sure why.

Initially I thought it was because it wasn't clear which city was meant, but several that were missed are fairly clear imo, like Cadillac, MI or Opa-Locka, FL. Plus they chose a springfield, despite that one having so many options.

racnid4 tahun yang lalu

I noticed Opa-locka (Miami-Dade area) as well and a couple of others.

cjensen4 tahun yang lalu

They put that one on Catalina Arizona. There's ambiguity, so the illustration has to pick one.

spamtarget4 tahun yang lalu

this is genius