[evillive]

First of all -- i will start by saying that i do like johnny cash ...

but i don't think he is the end all/be all...

He has some great songs... a great attitude and was a better than average entertainer...

but why does everyone love him so much ... think about it he was able to connect with the younger generation through his american recordings series of cd's .... think about it would the younger generation have even started to listen to him if he hadn't started covering tunes by Danzig, NIN, Depeche Mode, etc. ....

my son loves johnny cash and took a look at the cd.s ---5.5 of the songs on the "Walk the Line " album were written by him... and there are 16 total ... on his giant hits cd.... 4 of the 12 songs were written by him.... and all of the newer american recordings cd's were not written by him...

does this not make him as good as a writer as everyone thinks he is...?

i will say that he was influential in making country music to more of the pop side of things ... but does it make him overrated ? possibly ....