Episode 37: “I Walk The Line” by Johnny Cash
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Unusual Structure of Cash's Country Duke
The song has a key change after every single verse. This is just not something that you do normally in pop songs, says Cash. The first time I heard it on the radio, I called him and said, I hate that sound," he adds. But then the record became a massive hit, and Cash decided that maybe the sound wasn't so bad after all.
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