OK, this song is technically about a penis, but it’s the old “my dick is a gun” metaphor. And cut me some slack… coming up with 28 songs by 28 unique artists about guns isn’t easy. Not to mention this is a nice little throw away track from The Downward Spiral. Throwaway, but still a […]
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This is why I love Nick Cave. Of course his cabaret songs are going to be theatrical, but he took a poppy garage punk song and made a movie out of it. I’m not talking about the video, the lyrics and song tells a story much more vivid than Natural Born Killers. And here is […]
I could probably do an entire month of Johnny Cash gun songs alone. But hell, it’s Johnny Cash! You can’t have too much Cash. And I swear to God I didn’t choose this song for Valentine’s Day on purpose. It just sort of happened that way. (Forever alone).
I came across this by accident, but 1) it fits this month’s theme, 2) this song is so weird (and apparently a favorite of Dr. Demento) and 3) this video is too funny not to post.
Hard to believe it’s been almost 10 years since I first heard this song. Ten years!
The original: Johnny Cash version: It’s impossible to say which of these versions I like better. The 50s echo on the Marty Robbins version makes his version sound more ghostly. Johnny Cash’s broken down, craggy voice reminds me of an old ranger retelling his life on his deathbed. Either way it’s one helluva song.
An AMV of a gun song without gun girls. But still cute (and a great song, despite my hatred of Bob Geldof).
