A Boy Named Sue: Songs Analysis

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ASSIGNMENT 4: Story and Venacular

One song that resinates with me is Jonny Cash's "A boy named Sue". Johnny cash is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. It was originaly written by the Shel Silverstein but was made popular by Johnny Cash. This song is a Talking blues aka "The Talking Guitar" and a form of folk/country music. This song relates to my brother and his life and is about a guy who had to deal with a girly name throught out his youth. When my brother was born my parents named him Sandy. At first this was not a problem but just like in the song he later found out having this name at a younger age was not a great thing. He just like the boy in the song got picked on and ridiculed throught out his

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