The Man Comes Around |
---|
Artista | Johnny Cash |
---|
Autore/i | Johnny Cash |
---|
Genere | Folk Country Gospel |
---|
Edito da | American Recordings |
---|
Pubblicazione originale |
---|
Incisione | American IV: The Man Comes Around |
---|
Data | 2002 |
---|
Durata | 4 min : 26 s |
---|
The Man Comes Around singolo discografico |
---|
Artista | Johnny Cash |
---|
Pubblicazione | 2002 |
---|
Durata | 4:26 |
---|
Album di provenienza | American IV: The Man Comes Around |
---|
Genere | Folk Country Gospel |
---|
Etichetta | American Recordings |
---|
Produttore | Rick Rubin, John Carter Cash |
---|
Formati | CD |
---|
Johnny Cash - cronologia |
---|
Singolo precedenteI've Been Everywhere (1996) Singolo successivoPersonal Jesus (2002) |
The Man Comes Around è un brano musicale del cantautore country Johnny Cash. È la title track dell'album American IV: The Man Comes Around pubblicato nel 2002 dalla American Recordings.
Il brano
(
EN)
«One hundred million angels singin' / Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum/ Voices callin', voices cryin' / Some are born and some are dyin'»
(
IT)
«Cento milioni di angeli cantano / molti di loro stanno marciando verso il grande tamburo / Voci che chiamano, voci che piangono / Alcuni nascono e altri muoiono»
(Johnny Cash, The Man Comes Around)
La canzone era stata composta da Cash qualche anno prima; tuttavia, egli la rielaborò appositamente per l'album. Si tratta di una delle ultime canzoni incise dall'artista prima della morte.[1] In parte cantata ed in parte recitata, la canzone include numerosi riferimenti biblici, specialmente all'Apocalisse di Giovanni.[2] Proprio in riferimento a questa tematica, è contenuta nella colonna sonora del film L'alba dei morti viventi, remake di Zombi di George A. Romero.
Delle quindici tracce presenti sull'album, solamente tre furono composte da Cash, e The Man Comes Around fu l'unica canzone appositamente scritta per esso.
Per la composizione del brano, Cash si ispirò ad un sogno che aveva fatto nel quale la regina Elisabetta II lo aveva paragonato a "un albero irto di spine in un turbine". Catturato dall'immagine del sogno, Cash si chiese se l'espressione fosse un riferimento biblico e trovò una frase simile nel Libro di Giobbe.[3]
Note
- ^ T. Brinkley, Walking the Line (review), in The New York Times, 15 ottobre 2006.
«one of his last original compositions»
. (login richiesto) - ^ Nelle note interne dell'album, Cash afferma che il brano si basa "vagamente, sul Libro della Rivelazione, con l'aggiunta di un paio di altre citazioni tratte dalla Bibbia".
- ^ David Kamp, American Communion, su Vanity Fair, ottobre 2004. URL consultato il 2 dicembre 2013.
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) The Man Comes Around (canzone), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
- (EN) The Man Comes Around (album), su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
Johnny Cash |
---|
Discografia | Album in studio | Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar · The Fabulous Johnny Cash · Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous · Greatest! · Songs of Our Soil · Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams · Now, There Was a Song! · Now Here's Johnny Cash · The Sound of Johnny Cash · All Aboard the Blue Train · Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash · The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash · I Walk the Line · Orange Blossom Special · Everybody Loves a Nut · Happiness Is You · Hello, I'm Johnny Cash · I Walk the Line (colonna sonora) · Little Fauss and Big Halsy (colonna sonora) · Man in Black · A Thing Called Love · International Superstar · Any Old Wind That Blows · Ragged Old Flag · The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me · John R. Cash · Look at Them Beans · One Piece at a Time · The Last Gunfighter Ballad · I Would Like to See You Again · Gone Girl · Silver · Rockabilly Blues · The Baron · The Adventures of Johnny Cash · Johnny 99 · Rainbow · Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town · Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series · Water from the Wells of Home · Boom Chicka Boom · The Mystery of Life · American Recordings · Unchained · American III: Solitary Man · American IV: The Man Comes Around · American V: A Hundred Highways · American VI: Ain't No Grave · Out Among the Stars |
---|
Raccolte | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 · Heart of Cash · Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 · Old Golden Throat · More of Old Golden Throat · The World of Johnny Cash · Sunday Morning Coming Down · Five Feet High and Rising · Destination Victoria Station · Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 · The Unissued Johnny Cash · Johnny & June · Tall Man · Encore · Biggest Hits · The Man in Black 1954–1958 · The Man in Black 1959–1962 · Come Along and Ride This Train · The Essential Johnny Cash · Wanted Man · The Man in Black 1963–1969 · The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits · 16 Biggest Hits · Love, God, Murder · The Essential Johnny Cash · Unearthed · Johnny Cash & Friends · The Legend · Man in Black - The Very Best of Johnny Cash · The Legend of Johnny Cash · Johnny Cash: Patriot · 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash · The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II · The Complete Columbia Album Collection · June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets |
---|
Concept album | Ride This Train · Blood, Sweat and Tears · Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian · Sings the Ballads of the True West · From Sea to Shining Sea · America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song · The Johnny Cash Children's Album · The Rambler |
---|
Album natalizi | The Christmas Spirit · The Johnny Cash Family Christmas · Classic Christmas · Johnny Cash Country Christmas |
---|
Album gospel | Hymns by Johnny Cash · Hymns from the Heart · The Holy Land · The Gospel Road (colonna sonora) · Sings Precious Memories · A Believer Sings the Truth · Believe in Him · Return to the Promised Land (colonna sonora) · My Mother's Hymn Book |
---|
Album dal vivo | At Folsom Prison · At San Quentin · The Johnny Cash Show · På Österåker · Strawberry Cake · Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) · Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden · A Concert Behind Prison Walls · Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971 |
---|
Collaborazioni | The Lure of the Grand Canyon · Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter · Johnny Cash and His Woman · The Legend of Jesse James · The Survivors Live · Highwayman · Class of '55 · Heroes · Highwayman 2 · The Road Goes on Forever · VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson |
---|
Brani (selezione) | 25 Minutes to Go · Ain't No Grave · Any Old Wind That Blows · The Ballad of Boot Hill · The Ballad of Ira Hayes · Ballad of a Teenage Queen · Big River · Blistered · A Boy Named Sue · Busted · The Chicken in Black · Cocaine Blues · Cry! Cry! Cry! · Daddy Sang Bass · Dark as a Dungeon · Don't Take Your Guns to Town · Engine 143 · Flesh and Blood · The Folk Singer · Folsom Prison Blues · Forty Shades of Green · Get Rhythm · Girl from the North Country · Give My Love to Rose · Goodnight, Irene · Green, Green Grass of Home · Greystone Chapel · Guess Things Happen That Way · Hey Porter · Home of the Blues · Hurt · I Couldn't Keep from Crying · I Love You Because · I Still Miss Someone · I Walk the Line · If I Had a Hammer · If I Were a Carpenter · In My Life · In the Jailhouse Now · It Ain't Me Babe · Jackson · Kate · The Man Comes Around · Man in Black · The Matador · Oh Lonesome Me · One Piece at a Time · Oney · Orange Blossom Special · The One on the Right Is on the Left · Personal Jesus · Remember the Alamo · (Ghost) Riders in the Sky · Ring of Fire · Rock Island Line · Seasons of My Heart · So Doggone Lonesome · Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down · Tennessee Flat Top Box · There Ain't No Good Chain Gang · A Thing Called Love · Understand Your Man · The Wanderer · What Is Truth |
---|
|
---|
Filmografia (parziale) | Five Minutes to Live · The Road to Nashville · Quattro tocchi di campana · Gli ultimi giorni di Frank e Jesse James · The Gospel Road · Una vera amicizia · The Hunted - La preda |
---|
Parenti | June Carter Cash · John Carter Cash · Rosanne Cash · Carlene Carter · Vivian Liberto · Tommy Cash |
---|
Voci correlate | Musica country · House of Cash · Johnny Cash Museum · The Highwaymen · The Carter Family · Quando l'amore brucia l'anima - Walk the Line · Rick Rubin · Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (colonna sonora) · Sun Records · Columbia Records · Sam Phillips · Million Dollar Quartet · Bob Dylan · The Johnny Cash Show · We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash · Jack Clement · Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two · Luther Perkins · Marshall Grant · W.S. Holland · Aphonopelma johnnycashi · Carcere di Folsom · Zooropa |
---|
Portale Musica: accedi alle voci di Wikipedia che trattano di musica