Shel Silverstein - A Boy Named Sue video free download


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Duration: 03:50
Uploaded: 2009/11/08

the original.

*here's to hoping there is no copyright to remove it*

Comments

8 years ago

acslaterlol

silverstein was a beatnik, not some square, ya dig?

9 years ago

heyyyyyynow

Thank you based Shel.

9 years ago

Mark Taylor

"Cause I'm the heartless hound that named you Sue".Maybe Johnny Cash should have used those lyrics then he wouldn't have fallen foul of the censor. Still, a bitch is a female dog and a hound is a breed of dog so I guess they almost mean the same thing.

9 years ago

Bunmi omisore

i cant believe the same person who wrote the giving tree wrote and sang this

10 years ago

Bunmi omisore

wats the name sue?

10 years ago

Joe Anderson

Wtf have I just stumbled on.... this may be the original but his voice is truly terrible and the whole thing is just weird, sounds like a fuckin clown

10 years ago

KBlikk

False. Cash covered it. That's the more famous version.

10 years ago

Ross Snook

I like both versions but I prefer johnny's voice

10 years ago

OrezThegrey

Whatever you do....don't ever listen to Shel's "Father of A Boy Named Sue"

10 years ago

OrezThegrey

Ohhhh yea......that will destroy this song for sure! I thought it was funny as hell lol.

11 years ago

Kylopod

As a childhood fan of "Light in the Attic" (one of Silverstein's books of humorously perverse poetry), I loved this--the first time I've heard his voice. What amazes me a little is that, while Cash's version is still a classic, this one actually holds its own against it. I guess the difference (besides a slightly different ending to the story) is that Cash approached it more as a singer, Silverstein more as an actor. Cash may have had the better voice, but damn if Silverstein wasn't expressive.

11 years ago

bubbamonique

have you seen shel's album 'freakin at the freakers ball"....yea...makes the "dirty language " in MR. CASH'S version nothing.

11 years ago

Annayram123

I like Shel's more. J Cash- DIRTY LANGUAGE.

11 years ago

jessiercase

interesting but i like johnny cash's version better lol

11 years ago

Kairu Hakubi

not what I expected shel silverstein's voice to sound like XD

11 years ago

HBKNAdam

I never knew this song was written by Shel. Interesting version - Still think i prefer Cash's version better.

11 years ago

daviddowns81

i love that version.

11 years ago

ErnieBallH

If you love this song don't ever, repeat EVER, listen or read about the sequel, "the father of a boy named Sue". It will completely waste the meaning of this one.

11 years ago

MrErestyn

If Bob Dylan and Bill Cosby had a child.

11 years ago

deeduhdee bleh

friend to the great father brennan manning... Jesus Christ .. our very own giving tree.. but can anyone say why "evil eye music"?.. subversive, coincidence, forced option???

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