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ventaOn Fridays this year, though sometimes rather late on the Friday owing to inadvertently spending a large chunk of the day in pubs, we ask...
What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
Johnny Cash - The Johnny Cash Collection Vol. 1
(I can't include a link - there seem to be about a million albums and/or boxed sets with similar names, and none of them bear any relation to the tape in The Box. Anyway, the albums with similar names all do broadly similar things. If you want a Cash compilation, I'd recommend this one: The Man In Black.)
Anyway, yes. Johnny Cash. Country.
Oy... come back! Where are you going ? I know I said the C-word, but...
Oh, all right then. Suit yourself. I stick to the theory that if it's in XKCD then it must be cool.
For proper driving music, you can't beat a bit of Johnny Cash. And I don't mean the later, cooler, gone-a-bit-NIN, Rick-Rubin stuff. I mean proper old-skool skiffle-country which seems designed to play while wheels are turning[*]. It's catchy, it's singalong, and sometimes people in nearby cars at traffic lights join in.
Everyone should own something by Johnny Cash. Though you're allowed to stick to the likes of American IV if country really does make your ears bleed.
Johnny Cash - Country Boy [link expired]
[Poll #1254433]
[*] OK, that might be the influence of dodgy US trucking films.
What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
Johnny Cash - The Johnny Cash Collection Vol. 1
(I can't include a link - there seem to be about a million albums and/or boxed sets with similar names, and none of them bear any relation to the tape in The Box. Anyway, the albums with similar names all do broadly similar things. If you want a Cash compilation, I'd recommend this one: The Man In Black.)
Anyway, yes. Johnny Cash. Country.
Oy... come back! Where are you going ? I know I said the C-word, but...
Oh, all right then. Suit yourself. I stick to the theory that if it's in XKCD then it must be cool.
For proper driving music, you can't beat a bit of Johnny Cash. And I don't mean the later, cooler, gone-a-bit-NIN, Rick-Rubin stuff. I mean proper old-skool skiffle-country which seems designed to play while wheels are turning[*]. It's catchy, it's singalong, and sometimes people in nearby cars at traffic lights join in.
Everyone should own something by Johnny Cash. Though you're allowed to stick to the likes of American IV if country really does make your ears bleed.
Johnny Cash - Country Boy [link expired]
[Poll #1254433]
[*] OK, that might be the influence of dodgy US trucking films.
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Date: 2008-09-06 11:38 am (UTC)