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First it was the record industry, now Hollywood.
The biopic of Johnny Cash has been made, trailer available to watch Whackin Phoenix as The Man in Black.
[URL]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/walktheline.html[/URL]
This is a man that was roundly ignored by the music industry until Rick Rubin picked him up and had the faith and believe to promote the hell out of him on Def Jam and, in the twilight of his years, Cash finally found the acclaim he was owed after almost 50yrs of bashing his heart against the wall.
But as soon as he died, you can suddenly get all his albums for full price whereas before I had to order them if I couldn't get into London.
And as soon as he died, Hollywood decided he was cool enough to warrant a film about him. With big Hollywood stars and millions of dollars spent on it.
This is a guy that refused to obey labels, refused to star in movies, refused to record what he was told would sell, refused to dance like a trick pony to increase his popularity.
Listen to the intro on track 4 as Cash willingly refuses to play along with the BBC who are broadcasting his concert, blowing a lot of $ and ruining his chances of being promoted over here [URL]http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=93;-1;-1;-1&sku=652850[/URL]
That was Cash.
The guy who lost to Justin Timberlake for best video to eMpTyV, who promptly devoted a fawning hour to Cash when he died.
For a video that still makes me cry to this day [URL]http://www.markromanek.com/video/14.html[/URL]
So yeah, Hollywood says Cash is cool now he's dead.
Pffffft
"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times."
[URL]http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Doug/doug.2003/030912/thefinger.jpg[/URL]
The biopic of Johnny Cash has been made, trailer available to watch Whackin Phoenix as The Man in Black.
[URL]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/walktheline.html[/URL]
This is a man that was roundly ignored by the music industry until Rick Rubin picked him up and had the faith and believe to promote the hell out of him on Def Jam and, in the twilight of his years, Cash finally found the acclaim he was owed after almost 50yrs of bashing his heart against the wall.
But as soon as he died, you can suddenly get all his albums for full price whereas before I had to order them if I couldn't get into London.
And as soon as he died, Hollywood decided he was cool enough to warrant a film about him. With big Hollywood stars and millions of dollars spent on it.
This is a guy that refused to obey labels, refused to star in movies, refused to record what he was told would sell, refused to dance like a trick pony to increase his popularity.
Listen to the intro on track 4 as Cash willingly refuses to play along with the BBC who are broadcasting his concert, blowing a lot of $ and ruining his chances of being promoted over here [URL]http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=93;-1;-1;-1&sku=652850[/URL]
That was Cash.
The guy who lost to Justin Timberlake for best video to eMpTyV, who promptly devoted a fawning hour to Cash when he died.
For a video that still makes me cry to this day [URL]http://www.markromanek.com/video/14.html[/URL]
So yeah, Hollywood says Cash is cool now he's dead.
Pffffft
"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times."
[URL]http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Doug/doug.2003/030912/thefinger.jpg[/URL]
First it was the record industry, now Hollywood.
The biopic of Johnny Cash has been made, trailer available to watch Whackin Phoenix as The Man in Black.
[URL]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/walktheline.html[/URL]
This is a man that was roundly ignored by the music industry until Rick Rubin picked him up and had the faith and believe to promote the hell out of him on Def Jam and, in the twilight of his years, Cash finally found the acclaim he was owed after almost 50yrs of bashing his heart against the wall.
But as soon as he died, you can suddenly get all his albums for full price whereas before I had to order them if I couldn't get into London.
And as soon as he died, Hollywood decided he was cool enough to warrant a film about him. With big Hollywood stars and millions of dollars spent on it.
This is a guy that refused to obey labels, refused to star in movies, refused to record what he was told would sell, refused to dance like a trick pony to increase his popularity.
Listen to the intro on track 4 as Cash willingly refuses to play along with the BBC who are broadcasting his concert, blowing a lot of $ and ruining his chances of being promoted over here [URL]http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=93;-1;-1;-1&sku=652850[/URL]
That was Cash.
The guy who lost to Justin Timberlake for best video to eMpTyV, who promptly devoted a fawning hour to Cash when he died.
For a video that still makes me cry to this day [URL]http://www.markromanek.com/video/14.html[/URL]
So yeah, Hollywood says Cash is cool now he's dead.
Pffffft
"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times."
[URL]http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Doug/doug.2003/030912/thefinger.jpg[/URL]
The biopic of Johnny Cash has been made, trailer available to watch Whackin Phoenix as The Man in Black.
[URL]http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/walktheline.html[/URL]
This is a man that was roundly ignored by the music industry until Rick Rubin picked him up and had the faith and believe to promote the hell out of him on Def Jam and, in the twilight of his years, Cash finally found the acclaim he was owed after almost 50yrs of bashing his heart against the wall.
But as soon as he died, you can suddenly get all his albums for full price whereas before I had to order them if I couldn't get into London.
And as soon as he died, Hollywood decided he was cool enough to warrant a film about him. With big Hollywood stars and millions of dollars spent on it.
This is a guy that refused to obey labels, refused to star in movies, refused to record what he was told would sell, refused to dance like a trick pony to increase his popularity.
Listen to the intro on track 4 as Cash willingly refuses to play along with the BBC who are broadcasting his concert, blowing a lot of $ and ruining his chances of being promoted over here [URL]http://www1.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=93;-1;-1;-1&sku=652850[/URL]
That was Cash.
The guy who lost to Justin Timberlake for best video to eMpTyV, who promptly devoted a fawning hour to Cash when he died.
For a video that still makes me cry to this day [URL]http://www.markromanek.com/video/14.html[/URL]
So yeah, Hollywood says Cash is cool now he's dead.
Pffffft
"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times."
[URL]http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Doug/doug.2003/030912/thefinger.jpg[/URL]
his live albums from Folsom Prison were awesome.
"one piece at a time" is genius.
you're spot on though goatboy, this is purely about making money (noone say "cashing in") and leaping upon a bandwagon that they steadily ignored for many years.
"find your soulmate, Homer"
edit: just watched the trailer, that pheonix bloke sounds nothing like him.
"one piece at a time" is genius.
you're spot on though goatboy, this is purely about making money (noone say "cashing in") and leaping upon a bandwagon that they steadily ignored for many years.
"find your soulmate, Homer"
edit: just watched the trailer, that pheonix bloke sounds nothing like him.
Very_Metal wrote:
> "find your soulmate, Homer"
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Heh, I almost did backflips around the room when I realised they were making that episode
> "find your soulmate, Homer"
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Heh, I almost did backflips around the room when I realised they were making that episode
I think I'm being stupid but the video for "hurt" doesn't work anymore, the link just goes to Cash's official site.
Yeah, they've all been taken down. Odd.
Ah well, anybody with a p2p programme can get it, and in the spirit of Cash I recommend grabbing it instead of offering money for music
Ah well, anybody with a p2p programme can get it, and in the spirit of Cash I recommend grabbing it instead of offering money for music
Is a biography about Johnny Cash really going to be all about the money though? If Hollywood really wanted to rake in some cash, they'd commission Bad Boys 3 or a film about an AI plane that flies itself (or something). Could be well done, sensitive and could turn a lot of people onto Cash, might be a good thing. I'm sure I read something about his family (if he had one, I might be making this up) giving the movie their full support.
Not sure about old Wacky Phoenix, though.
Not sure about old Wacky Phoenix, though.
Cash & Carter were talking to the director about things, but Cash demanded that it be true and show his drug addiction problems and other things that would make an icon less then stellar.
The studios refused to finance the project saying that nobody would be interested in a 2hr film about a country singer etc and certainly not one who drank/took drugs/was violent.
But Cash dies, every musician with soul praises him, his albums shoot back up the charts and voila - movie.
The studios refused to finance the project saying that nobody would be interested in a 2hr film about a country singer etc and certainly not one who drank/took drugs/was violent.
But Cash dies, every musician with soul praises him, his albums shoot back up the charts and voila - movie.
As stupid as this many be to admit in this thread, I like Joaquin Phoenix.
But hey, I liked The Village. I clearly know nothing.
But hey, I liked The Village. I clearly know nothing.
Personally it's not the fact it's Whakeen as much as it's a blatant attempt to bolt cool onto a dead icon who stood for everything that Hollywood isn't.
Justin Timberlake strikes me as the kind of celebrity that would habve advisors to tell him who to pay tribute to when they died. Or I can see him going up to them and saying - I heard that Jim Cash (because he'd get it wrong, that's not me) died - would it be like, coll if I said something, I mean, would it, like, make me look good, or is he one of the ones we're not supposed to like? Or is it like, cool now he's dead?