Because you’re mine

Being as how Walk the Line starts on Friday, I thought I’d offer up a selection of Mr. Johnny Cash’s works to get you all in the mood for seeing the film. Joaquin Phoenix’s performance is already getting compared to Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning turn in Ray. It’s not unwarranted, as far as I can tell. Both men play musicians at the peak of their creative output, while they’re both making that transition from youthful ne’er-do-well to respectable citizen. Also, both Phoenix and Foxx sang and performed all their respective artists’ music in the films.

Never mind all of this. The film could be a complete and utter piece of crap, and I’d still go, simply because it’s Johnny Cash. Longtime readers of this blog will note my propensity for posting large amounts of news about Mr. Cash, being as how I think he’s one of the great musicians of the last 100 years.

Anyhow, the movie starts on Friday, and I already have a large group of friends together to go see the late show. Why the late show? The better to wander in dressed in black and sneaking large amounts of whiskey.

Man In Black
I Walk the Line
Ring of Fire
I’ve Been Everywhere
Hurt
One
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues
I See A Darkness
Personal Jesus
Wichita Lineman