What if Johnny Cash had covered "All Star"?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Like his cover of "Hurt" is so acclaimed. What if he followed it up by covering "All Star" from Smash Mouth?

What would it be like?

[Alben Barkley]

[Santander]

What if he covered Waiting Room?

[DINGO Joe]

What if "Jocko Homo"? (And yes Devo has already done a "sad" version) or maybe "Whip It"? Or the "Safety Dance"?  Clearly, Johnny died too soon.

[Lambsbread]

Finally, a based BRTD thread.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

There actually are upbeat, poppy Johnny Cash songs, they just tend not to be on the American Recordings albums. So I think it could have worked pretty well.

[T'Chenka]

Mods, can you please temp-ban BRTD for even suggesting something like this? Not long, maybe 48 hours or a week.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

There actually are upbeat, poppy Johnny Cash songs, they just tend not to be on the American Recordings albums. So I think it could have worked pretty well.

Of course there are! Including on the American Recordings albums - one of my favourite Johnny Cash songs is I've Been Everywhere.

The funny thing is, Cash's cover of Hurt is arguably more upbeat than the original.