Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire a metaphor for VD?

[originalpckelly]

Poll question: Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire a metaphor for VD?

:shrug:

[bbernardini]

1. I don't know, so here's Frank Zappa's 1988 band performing it as a reggae...

Featuring Mike Keneally on fake Johnny Cash vocals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlmmzzdHtK0&fmt=18

[originalpckelly]

2. Highly interesting captain.

:P

[TroglodyteScholar]

6. Oh Annie, oh Annie!

[hippywife]

3. Now I had always heard

that he wrote it after accidentally grabbing the Ben-Gay when he really wanted Preparation H. :shrug:

[MissMillie]

4. I don't think he wrote it

Didn't June Carter write it?

(not that it can't still be about V.D., but I think probably not)

[datasuspect]

5. hemmorhoids?

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

7. This thread is useless without YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI5zQdku3_s

[TrogL]

8. June Carter's relationship with Johnnie felt like being in a "ring of fire" - Craftygal