POP TRUMPS: Week 10

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The rules are here but it couldn't be simpler. 10 is the highest, 0 is the lowest, if you really don't know then go for 5. Giving reasons for your scores in the comments is encouraged!

Our first posthumous pop trump contestant! This chap is probably one of the most respected musicians evar, but is/was he a good popstar?


Johnny Cash

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Kanye ratings:
- Singing voice/musical ability: 6
- Consistency: 6
- H0TTness: 4
- Dancing Skillz/Visual: 6
- Chart success: 7
- Extra-curricular activity: 6
- Party Animal Rating: 5
- Eccentricity: 5
- Legacy: 7
- Best track: Gold Digger

Comments

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I take your point, but the fact that he was there at the start of the Sun rockabilly era, with Elvis and Jerry Lee and all, makes him an immensely important figure, and he has been a major figure in country ever since, so that's a huge legacy. You're right that there is that apparent tension - it's there in Willie Nelson too.

I'd also quote the Big & Rich line "rock 'n' roll used to be about Johnny Cash".

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes it's not a problem I have with Cash himself - he's clearly a major figure and I should know more about him. It's a problem with the prism through which I've been shown Cash over the last decade or so.