I love a track where the artist is confident enough to leave in a mistake or flub or crack up, and because they know it can be charming.
(I'm not so much a fan of tracks where the artist makes a mistake because they aren't any good)
June Carter spent a lot of time being Mrs. Johnny Cash, to the point that her comedic talent and her charm were a bit overshadowed (because, let's face it, Johnny cast a helluva shadow).
The "Walk The Line" movie did a great job of reminding folks that she could sing and that she was an entertainer who could hold her own, but even Reese Witherspoon's top notch performance only scratched the surface of June's magnetism.
She was just like that funny, silly, slightly wacked-out Aunt that always loses her keys at family barbecues and folks who don't know her might think she's drunk, even though she's stone cold sober.
Charm goes a long way in selling this cute little ditty about her granddaughter, but the carefree laugh she breaks into makes the song, for me.
See the video on Youtube.
June Carter Cash's song about her grand daughter is NOT a "cute little ditty". It is a serious and tragic song.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea of the full circumstances, but after listening to the album and song several times, I suspect that this song is anything but light entertainment. It is a song about a desperately lost teenager who is in great danger.
I trust June Carter Cash's perceptions way before the young lost Hollywood throng.
June Carter Cash's song about her grand daughter is NOT a "cute little ditty". It is a serious and tragic song.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea of the full circumstances, but after listening to the album and song several times, I suspect that this song is anything but light entertainment. It is a song about a desperately lost teenager who is in great danger.
I trust June Carter Cash's perceptions way before the young lost Hollywood throng.