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In our weekly Taking sides column, our contributors tackle the question: Has Johnny Cash been over-memorialized?. Why is this so? Does Cash’s music absolutely transcend his entire genre? On Wednesday, Lost Highway announced that the Man in Black’s final recordings will be compiled on the forthcoming album "American VI: Ain’t No Grave." Here at Click Track, our animosity are mixed.

Yes, he was alive on this final "American" series up until his death, and there is a definite interest in his final work. David Malitz: I’m not abiding Cash has been over-memorialized as much as improperly memorialized. But the series seemed to become predictable, with Cash as some guy who covers added people’s songs in a depressing manner. Give the deluxe reissue treatment to his Sun Records work or "At San Quentin." That might inspire bodies to dig added into archetypal country more than these final karaoke albums.

This "new" Johnny disc could go either way: Besides Rosanne Cash, Rick Rubin is one of the few bodies I trust with Cash’s legacy, though he has been dining out on "American Recordings" for a while now. But its release six years afterwards Cash’s death begs the question: If it was so good, how come it hasn’t come out already?. Allison Stewart: I tend to anticipate one can never accept too much Johnny Cash, as long as it’s actual Johnny Cash, and not a covers disc, a remix disc or Joaquin Phoenix pretending he’s Johnny Cash.

But that’s not the reason I anticipate we need to put a moratorium on his music. Over the course of the last decade, the man’s myth has spun out of control. Chris Richards: Every time I apprehend Johnny Cash’s articulation I bang myself for missing the chance I had to see him perform live. And while none of that is Cash’s fault, no more "Ring of Fire" on the Starbucks stereo, please. Sad. Instead of serving as a gateway into country music, he seems to accept become more of a token.

Sarah Godfrey: If this is really, absolutely the last album in the "American" recordings series, again I’d say Cash has been memorialized just enough. But I don’t apprehend that expressed so much anymore. . And I don’t anticipate Rubin or these posthumous recordings animate the obnoxious "I hate country music . As long as the music is good (and, based on the added albums, it will be), I don’t anticipate it’s possible to amplify it. But Rick Rubin knows what he’s doing — he’s a accurate curator of Cash’s legacy. I anticipate that group mostly emerged afterwards Cash died in 2003, and became louder and more annoying afterwards "Walk the Line" hit theaters in 2005. but I love Johnny Cash!" contingent. . Or maybe those folks are just being drowned out by the extremely vocal "I hate pop music . . . but I love Michael Jackson!" set. But if we get to the point where someone is taking debris of unreleased Cash actual and splicing it with Carrie Underwood to actualize faux duets, again we accept a problem.

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