Talk:I Walk the Line

Untitled
More than likely, the lyrics to the song are under copyright, (see: Lyrics and poetry), nor is it especially necessary to include the entire text anyway. --Easter Monkey 08:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I deleted. Ellsworth 17:57, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

American Idol
I don't think Chris Daughtry or anyone at Idol ever said that his rendition was based on Live. The performance being based on Live is an opinion I only see by some viewers. --SCSI Commando 03:33, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That opinion is based on listening to the recording by Live, which is pretty much identical to Chris's rendition.  Logophile 17:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Cocaine
Although i have no online source, i have a recording from my live interview with Cash in 93 that can substantiate this, if needed to get this fact on to an apparently biased against drug addiction board, i will convert it to mp3 and upload it for any conservative censoring users of wikipedia.

Also: http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-5C64-13BF2D30-3999FE56-prod1

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by EvaBallering (talk • contribs) 05:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC).


 * We're not "biased against drug addiction". Look at Johnny Cash. All that we're asking for is Reliable Source because everything written on Wikipedia should be verifiable. It's an encyclopedia after all. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  07:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The epinions.com article is not a valid source in this case -- it simply reflects another person's opinion, not documented proof of a connection with this song and cocaine. Until you have proof, please do not continue to edit this article. Meeples 07:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Once you convert it to mp3 and let us listen to it, then we can see if it has any basis. Wahkeenah 12:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The fact that Cash was addicted to drugs is not disputed by any serious person, and is well-documented on Wikipedia. So it's mysterious what bias you're perceiving. He himself discussed his addiction to amphetemines explicitly in his memoirs. It's cocaine use specifically that is, as far as I know, a novel claim. --Stellmach 14:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

original research
this article is full of OR and i am going to start hacking at it.. Kas0809 (talk) 18:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Chord Progressions
I'm no Johnny Cash scholar but I'm sitting here reading Marshall Grant's I Was There When It Happened: My Life With Johnny Cash, which Rosanne says in the foreword is the definitive back story on Cash and is also endorsed by the Statler Brothers. In Chapter 6 Grant states that the chord progression came from how he would practice before a show and that Cash heard this and started singing the lyrics to "I Walk The Line" while Grant was practicing. Jeff d kirby (talk) 05:20, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Information Added
I added information from tralfaz-archives.com regarding the album 'Til Things are Brighter which has a cover version of "I Walk the Line". The article was missing information regarding this recording from Red Rhino Records.Nkremske (talk) 15:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I also added a direct quote from Dorothy Horstman's book Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy to give credence to the songs origins.Nkremske (talk) 17:29, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Meaning of Song's Title
Please explain what "walk the line" means. Is it an idiom like "toeing the line" (conforming)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.255.40.36 (talk) 00:46, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No, it's about staying on the straight and narrow and being faithful to a girl. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 16:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Snoop Dogg
What about the version with Snoop Dogg? --24.94.251.190 (talk) 02:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Paper drum in the guitar?
It says here: "According to Cash, he loved the sound of a snare drum, but drums were not used in country music back then, so he placed a piece of paper in his guitar strings and created his own unique "snare drum"." — My question is: How can you make a drum, or even a drum like sound, out of a piece of paper tucked into the strings of a guitar? 83.251.94.184 (talk) 02:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It works. You can see Cash do this and discuss the reason for it here: 68.146.52.234 (talk) 15:52, 17 March 2015 (UTC)