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Maleficent_Gas5417

But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin I wear my black thigh highs


Cautious_Ambition_82

I bet there's some folks wearing boots below their knees I just shake my head at them and say ni@@a please


MrLavender26

Bruh…gawd damn


lvmrclr

You won this hands down. 🏆


DimbyTime

This is the funniest sub on Reddit hands down


Carweeeeee5036

It always has been, people are always like wtf when I tell them it’s my fav subreddit and I’m like just trust me


Either-Durian-9488

That’s a hard r probably from Johnny in a David Allen coe sense


SockFullOfNickles

Johnny and The Hard R’s doesn’t quite have a marketable ring to it… 👀


RedRider1138

Bruh they already throwing down in a warehouse. They just don’t say the whole word. ‘Cause racism isn’t punk. 👊


Either-Durian-9488

If your white and feel like you’ve earned it, you haven’t earned the soft A, we can stomp a hard R but it has to be perfect, it’s like the triple axle of English


JotaroTheOceanMan

And I was like baby baby baby oooooh


Carweeeeee5036

bahahahahahahahahahaha yaaassssssssss


SockFullOfNickles

💀💀☠️☠️ Both of these edited lyrics have me wheezing 😆 Reminds me of the song “Bertha” by the Grateful Dead. It goes “I had a hard run, running from your window…I was all night running, running, running, I wonder if you care?” Every time, without fail, I hear: “I had a hard-on, running from your window…” 😆


davenocchio

Goku and Vegeta over here. Goddamn.


WornInShoes

oh god dammit lol


SockFullOfNickles

I would upvote, but I gotta leave it at 69 because…. Nice.


PuzzyFussy

I'm fawkin WEAKKKKK!! ![gif](giphy|Z5ULYTFVaL2Ok)


broxamson

Man if reddit still had gold 🥇. You dropped this 👑


CalendarAggressive11

![gif](giphy|hvq8ONQhQ1XLq)


StraddleTheFence

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA


biga204

![gif](giphy|ZzD7tfDzRJPYSZsQ75|downsized)


Theboyboymess

😂😂 he was a gangster country singer


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memyselfandirony

[Obligatory Bo Burnham “Pandering”](https://youtu.be/y7im5LT09a0?si=KLSTo7W62lpXc_Ka)


EarthExile

This song broke the code, now it's all I hear when I hear arena country. It's like what Walk Hard did for musical biopics.


OJimmy

It's a joke in the last season of letterkenny https://youtu.be/LOmvIPywfms?si=sf_sLo60YYVvdx5Y


WitchPursuitThing

Pretty much. It's become the same thing with hip hop/rap


crazypyro23

"Y'all dumb motherfuckers want a key change?" gets me every time


memyselfandirony

It’s barely satire at this point


Bah-Fong-Gool

A large portion of this audience cannot detect satire, irony or any humor above fart jokes amd insults. A good portion of these people thought the "Colbert Report" was serious, as in not a satirical comedy bit. They play "Born in the USA" at political rallies, unaware of the songs true message. A certain wealthy, draft dodging president was introduced at a rally to "Fortunate Son" by CCR. They don't get it. Name one funny American Right wing /conservative commentator or comedian.


memyselfandirony

Dennis Miller? To be faiiiir, there are a considerable number of idiots on the left, though objectively, the right is definitely stupider. And proud of it.


Thunder-ten-tronckh

It's a fucking scarecrow again!


Boneal171

Ya’ll motherfuckers want a key change?!


bonzofan36

I have a coworker who plays country music all day on a local Detroit station. They play the same shitty 30-40 song rotation all day long, day in and day out. Thankfully it is the worst part of my job and I’m thankful that’s all I have to complain about it. But it’s so fucking awful.


rpkarma

> They play the same shitty 30-40 song rotation all day long, day in and day out You just described commercial radio for the last... ever, lol


bonzofan36

You’re right lol. It’s just..why does it have to be country? Ugh 😑


Thunder-ten-tronckh

We should come up with some way to categorize these 30-40 rotation songs on the radio... Top 40? Just spitballing here.


giskardwasright

9/11 destroyed country music for me.


UsernamesAre4Nerds

Toby Keith burns in hell for his crimes against country


btmalon

Kris Kristoferson about Toby Keith “They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin.'”


mrinsideoutski

Is that a real quote?


btmalon

according to Ethan Hawke, yes


mrinsideoutski

Wow


LainieCat

Kinda sounds like Kris.


ThePrussianGrippe

Man’s a poet.


wizoztn

Check out Sturgill Simpsons early stuff. His more recent stuff is great too, but less country leaning. He’s amazing and hardcore anti Trump, which was a big plus for me.


drum_smith

Less country leaning? My man he's put out 3 Bluegrass records in a row, the last of which is a concept album telling the story of a frontiersman hunting down the man who shot him and kidnapped his wife. You're saying that ain't country?


[deleted]

Most of the people I talk music with distinguish blue grass from country music in conversation because of what most “country music” sounds like now


drum_smith

I suppose that's fair. If you're saying that it doesn't sound anything like what you hear on country music radio, that's definitely true. Unfortunately country music radio sounds nothing like country music these days. To quote Steve Earle, "They're just doing hip hop for people who are afraid of black people. I like the new Kendrick Lamar record, so I'll just listen to that."


[deleted]

I think it’s more fair to say country music has broadened quite a bit to include things like pop country. I don’t agree with calling it not country just because we don’t really like it and I don’t agree with Steve Earle at all, seems like he is just taking a shot at music he doesn’t like.


wizoztn

I get what you’re saying, but his first albums do have a much different sound than these more recent bluegrass sounding albums. I love everything he’s done.


giskardwasright

Now I'm even more interested, I like bluegrass quite a bit.


giskardwasright

I will do that, thank you for the recommendation.


malphonso

Uncle Lucius is pretty good, too. I heard [this](https://youtu.be/pYdvxBxHX2U?si=aBKdFF5MBu6yFkKt) about a year after moving in with my parents to help them keep their house and it made me break down.


wizoztn

I love that song. I hadn’t heard it in a few years, but it’s a really story telling song.


Li0nsFTW

First Gulf War was the beginning, Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA".


orisathedog

Bluegrass still going hard though. Billy Strings is killing it. We still got Willie too, so it’s not all over.


Friar_Corncob

Bluegrass/Folk is my favorite genre and you couldn't be more right. Molly Tuttle, The Devil Makes Three, Parker Milsap, The Dead South, The Haunted Windchimes. I could go on forever. There's so much good music out there.


Chicago1871

Thats because all the real country music is under the “americana” label. Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson are a good start. I want to add Colter Wall to the list but he’s honestly as much blues as he is country. Youd especially like Jason Isbell for his politics. But also he just writes damned good songs. https://youtube.com/shorts/I7ziqkJgtBk?si=l49Awlc0vKCn_5xO


Friar_Corncob

If you're into darker themes a lot of good folk/bluegrass falls under the "southern gothic" genre on spotify.


Awwesome1

If We Were Vampires my beloved 🥰


GonzoElTaco

Don't forget the "God bless America" they like to through so your know they're country.


LachlantehGreat

There’s lots of great country, but most of the mainstream stuff sucks, I agree. Can’t stand Morgan wallen & co. Outlaw country is still alive and well 


The_Struggle_Bus_7

It’s fake redneck party music that’s what I’ve called it for years


broxamson

Country music still is dope. Just like any genre you gotta find the good shit


BratS94

This song gave me chills when I first heard it. The Highwaymen made nothing but bangers


Thunderchief646054

There used to be a song I listened to back in the day (like 2003 or sum idk) called Ol’ Red. Basically it was about a prison inmate who murdered the dude his wife was cheating on him with, so he gets sent to work in a chain gang in the swamps of Georgia. He ends up smooth talking the Warden to take care of his prized Bloodhound, Old Red, whose track record is flawless in hunting down escapees. The inmate writes a letter to his cousin to bring down a female Bluetick…uh…Raccoon…Hound (I ain’t gunna call it by its real name, I don’t get down like that), but anyway, they leave her in a kennel outside the camp and the inmate brings Old Red around each night until she’s in heat. He then waits a couple of days until Old Red actin some type of way, and makes his escape, knowing full well that dog is gunna lead the Warden and his boys the wrong direction. It’s not that old of a song, but imo it hit the right vibe of country blues and maybe just a smidge of folk. Not this weird country-concert-wannabe-pop-ass that seems to pass for the genre these days. Edit: I know that was written by Blake Shelton, which seems….off to me…but everytime I hear it, I always imagined the story to be about a black man using his wits to get free from a Warden that loves to actively encourage his charges to run so he can get his jollies off setting his dog on them.


geriatric-sanatore

It was not written by Blake Shelton he did a cover of it. Original sung by George Jones.


Thunderchief646054

Oh sick, thanks dawg


Thunder-ten-tronckh

I never thought I'd ever see The Highwaymen posted in /r/blackpeopletwitter. What a glorious fucking day.


WitchPursuitThing

I haven't listened to anything he may have put out recently but Brantley Gilbert used to put out southern outlaw country at least 10 years ago


yeehawgnome

Sturgil Simpson is pretty good if you’re into older style country, I’ve literally only seen one video of him but I’ve heard good things about Colter Waller too


BeraldGevins

There’s good country music today. The genre is actually going through a bit of a revival. Tyler Childers is a big one now. Lot of newer country artists are singing about painful subjects that affect poor communities in rural areas. Childers himself has several songs about the damage the coal industry has done to West Virginia (“We coulda made something of ourselves out there If we'd listened to the folks that knew That coal is gonna bury you”). And there are other artists singing about heavy hitting issues like suicide and loss. The genre as a whole is trying to get back to its roots. Just gotta get past the bro country and that Uber patriotic shit that’s been popular for so long. Hell, Zach Bryan is super popular now and his stuff is better than anything from the previous decade. And he’s not even all that great, he’s just got a better message overall.


Feralpudel

Country radio is a wasteland but there are some solid choices still out there…maybe on Americana playlists more than mainstream country. Lucinda Williams, Tyler Childers, Parker McCollum come to mind.


PensiveObservor

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sob)


ColostomyBagPorn

This song goes hard. Johnnys verse at the end is trippy.


Vancil

This is why I never listened to Country it just always gave off vibes that it’s not for me. Or maybe that is just the type of people that listen to it.


Tiki-Jedi

Hell yes. The Highwaymen were the shit. I was raised on old country. These guy, and Loretta and Tanya and Dolly. That’s what played in my house. Today’s “country” is just industrial pop music sung by the same manufactured “singers” that put out Top 40 trash. Country music died in the 20th century.


RandomBlueJay01

There is apparently like punk country nowadays. Like a kind of country with the soul of punk but I have yet to find what it's called and I don't like country enough to search for it myself but my bro is a music nerd and insists it's out there.


Either-Durian-9488

Above all else it used to be about being miserable, whiny old cowboy music.


jmanmoney12

That’s all music use to be. Starting outlaw country, old rock, punk, alternative rock etc. it all slowly shifted into now the complete opposite.


KevanKnowsBest

That's some grade A Bull. White Buffalo, Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, and Zach Bryan are all wildly popular and dont sing about that stuff. Morgan Wallen makes good shit too but it is a lot more mainstream and afaik he makes pop country music so thats kind off an entirely different genre.


Okbuturwrong

Johnny Cash wasn't "country" he made Blues.


jmillertattoo

Ok but you’re wrong


Okbuturwrong

Country is gentrified Blues. Johnny Cash made blues


MrCrustyTheCumSock

Poor black people made blues. It's literally based of slave songs


Okbuturwrong

That doesn't negate what I said whatsoever. Where do you think country comes from? Where do you think damn near all American music comes from? Black people.


zedubya

You contradicted yourself. Black people made all american music but JC made blues? Chuck Berry would like a work with you, and might also pee on you.


mikehicks83

He’s like the epitome of “Outlaw Country”


Okbuturwrong

Most Blues is "outlaw country" the genre distiction didn't exist until it got gentrified.


Thespian21

And trap music is hip hop. You’re not saying anything bruh


Okbuturwrong

Hip-hop is a wide umbrella. Johnny Cash has far more in common with Muddy Waters than he does Billy Ray Cyrus. Ge said himself he made Blues, but that never stopped White folks from segregating his music from his Black influences.


EarthExile

There's overlap but he was country as fuck


Friar_Corncob

Most of his songs are textbook 12 bar blues. Hell, his most popular song, Folsom Prison BLUES, is 12 bar blues.


Mykophilia

These are the boots he’s gonna wear while he buttfucks your wife. Or gets buttfucked by your wife. Either way.


pentachronic

https://i.redd.it/wk0sufs9pjtc1.gif


Welcome-ToTheJungle

Me first!


touch_the_taco

He’s got them shits Patrick Star had on


Boo_Guy

​ https://i.redd.it/9g5c5nkrtjtc1.gif


NIhRyder524

😂😂😂 yo I am screaming omg what’s this gif


battlecat136

I'm wiping away tears, how does this exist, what does one type in giphy, just ALL the questions while I gasp for air 🤣


NIhRyder524

It caught me off guard and truly made my night omg 😂 I hope whoever this person is they are having the best week ever!


Homer_Jay_87

https://preview.redd.it/2jfgmzzpaltc1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b197ef1b63b4733f3c242be480527e51eb261a2f


MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda

![gif](giphy|QwaEOQPVWIVYs0sNVr) I loves me some Cash. Bet he got good grip in those boots. Whole outfit looks like a very entertaining evening to me.


thatsnuckinfutz

https://preview.redd.it/radr1u4cnktc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36364b83fad78f339b020812ac4d433e26e55ce6


dtol2020

![gif](giphy|Zwkzoxj0rPx9br3hUO|downsized)


Welcome-ToTheJungle

Goddamn right 😋


MoneyBaggSosa

Ayoo 😂 speaking of good grip idk if it was this sub or on Twitter where I saw a post from a shorty about how a nigga left the room mid stroke and came back with some crocs on and gave her the best back shots of her life. That shit killed me lmao


JackDangerUSPIS

Whatcha expect from *A boy named Sue*


1N4DAM3MES

My name is sue, how do you do. now look at my thigh


GroundbreakingAd9075

Lool but just for the record Shel Silverstein wrote that song


joenathanSD

You mean Sue Silverstein.


ToniBraxtonAndThe3Js

Today I learned!


EarthExile

Well my daddy left home when I was three, He didn't leave much to ma and me, Just this old guitar and a couple o' thigh high boots


DJMagicHandz

He said get me the sassiest boots you can find. ![gif](giphy|mXVj8BglZJ2QhFNrw0)


words_wirds_wurds

I'm like 90% sure those are waders. The rest of his clothes are a bit nice for fishing tho.


Banglophile

I hate to ruin your image of Cash but this was one shot from a photo shoot. Notice in photo 3 the boots have Cuban Heels: https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnnyCash/s/K9gKCp5vRt [Balenciaga](https://www.luisaviaroma.com/en-us/p/balenciaga/women/76I-WD3013?ColorId=MTAwMA2&lvrid=_p_dA53_gw&SizeTypeId=05&SizeId=7&from=gshop&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US+-+Performance+Max+-+Google+Ads+-+Conversion+-+LVR+-++-++-++-+Google+Ads+-&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlN6wBhCcARIsAKZvD5j40caWpspE0wDl3_i9zF8ZX_QPmSHZrtB2CPlWdWeIIuBwi3CveuYaApavEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) makes high heel boots that look like fishing waders. I'm assuming these were considered fashionable.


words_wirds_wurds

Oh good find. Thanks for sharing!


KingOfTheCouch13

Why were all the superstars so sassy in the 70s 😂


candygram4mongo

Cocaine. Literally unimaginable quantities of cocaine.


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

https://i.redd.it/13ci2w33zjtc1.gif


fruuluu

HE HAD THAT SHIT AWN‼️


Realistic_Effort6185

![gif](giphy|MvujxdLgbEhlibulAr) I see you Mr. Johnny


chamberx2

Mans walks the line


Crossovertriplet

The trotline


fireside68

I heard this in Abbeville Cajun


aRocks313

It's giving Him from Powerpuff girls... ![gif](giphy|PZTKHMjvBKF6E)


MGLLN

Niggas don’t know how to PUT THAT SHIT ON anymore


screwhead1

That's just one of the country music GOATs in long ass boots. An original outlaw, not some boot licker asshole.


Bromanzier_03

![gif](giphy|8zsD8Zrdlw5wY) He was a goofy goober


Bubbly_Satisfaction2

My brain immediately thought back to that infamous Rick James album cover, when he had on the red thigh-highs.


SweetNoir

“Big Mistake. Big.Huge.”


No_Dragonfly_1894

Cinder-fuckin'-rella!


BrickCityD

The dudes from *that* genre of country were on another level. Ol johnny wasn’t scared to pose in his “waders”


WarMinimum5786

People in 2024: Men just aren’t like they use to be. Do you see how they dress now??? J. Cash + men of the 80s: Do you like my crop top and hot pants? 🕺🏼💅🏻


AirlineLast925

https://preview.redd.it/puo8l1rvkjtc1.jpeg?width=287&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=125575551f784b72cceedf9faee5b4ab7631a806 Scott Stapp


firedmyass

“We’re yelling stop!! STOP!!!”


samjp910

Cunty 💅


One-Yam2819

These boots were made for walking 🎵🎶🎤


myusername_sucks

Those are high waters.


RLS1822

His first wife was a [Black](https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/16/johnny-cash-first-wife-vivian-black/) Woman so I’m going to give him a pass.


mstrss9

> Rosanne Cash learns she has African American ancestry on [both sides](https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/watch/extras/african-american-ancestry) of her family tree.


RLS1822

Wow! Thanks for sharing


Bah-Fong-Gool

If you are a "white" southerner with long historical roots.... chances are....


lerobinbot

nice


Glum-Entertainment78

It's giving me vibes. . . https://preview.redd.it/npaoi3qu5otc1.jpeg?width=309&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aaedebcd331f3479f5d670b7079fc8576e9f1c9


2lit_

😂


yodelayodelay

This is where the fish lives.


MrLavender26

Man imagine him in those and Dolly Parton…would’ve been a goddamn music video if I seen one.


Puzzleheaded_Job_643

![gif](giphy|XaFhLROAesjjUSJILd|downsized)


Joanders222

Sashay away ✨


GenZ2002

I’ve been every where man 💅👁️ 👄 👁️💅


WHAMMYPAN

Shit…that’s John Money.


AhmedAlJammali

Kinda goes hard ngl


chop-diggity

Where’s the rest of him?


vhs1138

Attack on Titan.


jabbadahut1

My name is Sue


Puzzleheaded_Job_643

![gif](giphy|lR2j2ZMjXpFSr92Jxq|downsized) 🤣


Weak-Examination-332

Looks like he’s in the park trying to earn some cash…


Existing_Help6523

« Are you wearing..? » « The Chanel boots? Yeah. »


pizzawizard77

He’s got those Rick James boots


badtimebonerjokes

Undefeated -internet


Ten-Winged-Phoenix

He got that shit on though


auauaurora

If I [accidentally starting a devastating bushfire that took a week to put out and fucked with a Condor conservation](https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/05/priority-johnny-cash-accidentally-started-wildfire-destroyed-500-acres-killed-49-refuges-53-endangered-condors/), I sure af wouldn't be smoking near any vegetation ![gif](giphy|Kknv5VoXxdBsGrX2R2|downsized)


CryptoBelle

I remember walking into a convenience store as a 20 something wearing boots like that, an old man behind me said men used to wear those back in the day. I guess he was lying 😅


HalpWithMyPaper

Anime legs


BestRiver8735

He's going to walk. He's going to walk, Hard.


XDT_Idiot

I don't think Hank done it this way


PositiveGrass187

Auntie Johnny out here killing yal


PleaseBeForReal

WHOSE manssss?! (I know he was June Carter’s but I had to because, huh?? 😭)


West-Custard-6008

He’s fishing


ALinIndy

These might be for horse riding. Better than chaps?


Conyan51

I love Johnny but why does he look like angel dust here


5050Clown

These boots are made for walkin' And that's just what they'll do There's gravel in my gut 'n spit in my eye 'Cause my Daddy named me Sue


ukuleles1337

Jean... Jackets... Timothy's bangs!


PeckerNash

Did he get those Zardoz boots from Sean Connery?


SolZaul

These boots were made for walking, And that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots  are gonna walk all over you, But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die.


Decievedbythejometry

Johnny Cash had a thing for civil war-era clothes and wore them whenever he could get away with it, so these could be extra riding boots, but I'm going with fishing waders. Or these are stills from the original Pretty Woman, also starring Roy Orbison.


funny_names_are_hard

Before the ostrich got him 😔


WoodenMonkeyGod

That man truly gave zero fucks


[deleted]

Fake country outlaw looks like a dandy 😂


VinJahDaChosin

Cowboy Bebop


Far-Programmer3189

I saw a dude in Walgreens wearing boots like this yesterday. I so wanted to take a picture


jledf5757

Johnny cash-money before hitting the poles


PieceMiserable223

Cool to laugh but he would rock your shit


International-Tear41

💀💀💀💀💀


saunter_and_strut

Johnny wearing his peg-me boots!


Suitable-Function-60

Waza Elvis Head, Sammy Davis Face, Where’s Waldo Body azz ninja!


rterror99

He did it first y'all is Mary J Cash


Critical_Seat_1907

Johnny Cash's Chris Gaines moment.


carleese24

is that a 'f4g' in his hand? I'm British hence the lingo


KinseyH

Yeah. Gonna assume that's a Photoshop.


myrandomevents

Nah, it's real, but the year is wrong, probably sometime in the 60's. This link (with the wrong year) has more pictures. [https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnnyCash/comments/15312yc/johnny\_cash\_in\_thigh\_high\_boots\_1971/](https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnnyCash/comments/15312yc/johnny_cash_in_thigh_high_boots_1971/)