Johnny Cash & Joni Mitchell - Girl of the North Country

[Figarosmom]

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Don't know if it's my eyes or the vid but the beginning looks blurry to me

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Johnny Cash really loved that song. He also recorded it with Bob Dylan:

Thank you, Figarosmom.

[Figarosmom]

2. Well it is a Dylan song

Maybe it had meaning for him.

Can't help but think Dylan lifted some of it from Scarborough Fair.( was originally written in the 1800s in England)

[Judi Lynn]

3. Oh, migosh! I remember hearing that for the 1st time. It seemed completely magical.

Had heard nothing at all similar to it before then. They seemed fantastically gifted to me, at the time, so far beyond other musicians.

Just went back to catch it again on YouTube and nearly fainted! What a shock! I saw immediately what you may have meant, felt so stupid it never occurred to me in all these years since I heard them both so long ago! Wow!

The total novelty of Simon and Garfunkle's sound when it arrived made them seem ethereal in a world which was also still echoing "Louie, Louie," f'r chrissakes! Just in time!

Thank you for taking the moment to share your observation on the two "fair" songs. I'll be pondering that situation indefinitely! Wow.



On edit:

Thanks for the information on the origin of "Scarborough Fair." Never would have known otherwise, if you hadn't mentioned it. I'm certain I would have always assumed the American singers crafted it themselves. Yikes.

[Figarosmom]

4. Ethereal is a great word to describe S & G

And I'm glad you enjoyed learning origins.

I think music is a connection to the past. And I'm not just talking recent past. I' m sure some of the drum beats we hear today were even played in primitive times.