American 3: Solitary Man (Reis)

Johnny Cash - American 3: Solitary Man (Reis)

American 3: Solitary Man (Reis)
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Artist: Johnny Cash
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Music Label: Sony
Product features:
  • CASH JOHNNY AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN
Soundtracks:
  1. I Won't Back Down
  2. Solitary Man
  3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
  4. One
  5. Nobody
  6. I See a Darkness
  7. The Mercy Seat
  8. Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
  9. Field of Diamonds
  10. Before My Time
  11. Country Trash
  12. Mary of the Wild Moor
  13. I'm Leaving Now
  14. Wayfaring Stranger

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Music Review: If this was the only thing he ever did, he would still be the greatest
Rating: 5 Stars

Who would imagine that an ageing Johnny Cash could reach out and cover dark and strange songs like these? OK, it's uneven, with one or two cuts actually sub-par, but "I see a darkness" is perfect, "One"--who could believe anyone could turn this into such a great song? And then, there is the utterly savage version of "Mercy Seat." Far better than any Nick Cave version, Johnny does it straight and without the histrionics. It is totally gripping--I was never an anti-death penalty person, or even particularly anti-death, but this song just blows you away. It's not the killing part that is so powerful, it's the mere fact of death itself, and the consciousness of walking to that chair like a mouse gingerly pushing down the bar on a trap while knowing what is about to happen....

And yet the song is unsentimental. The most important part, and the real hook, is the protagonist going from his "tough guy" persona in which he sticks by his story, damn your eyes, to, only at the last minute, admitting that he did lie, and that he is guilty. I find this the most powerful part of the song (and the barroom piano really brings it out in the coda). I think if it hadn't been for this song, I would have never had the courage to admit, even to myself, that I too had tried to ride on a lie all the way through the judicial system. All that time I was playing the innocent victim, I wasn't. I don't know if I deserved what I got, any more than the protagonist deserved to have his brain melted, but the first thing is to start with honesty.

That and his version of Wayfaring Stranger--a little bit strained--really spoke to me. But even the ones that didn't have a personal meaning were generally excellent ("Lucky Old Sun," "Won't Back Down"). A stunning depth and delivery. Even if you don't like his other stuff, you've got to listen to this. He can make Neil Diamond (a great song writer but not a tornado of energy as a singer) seem tremendous. [38]
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