Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live at San Quentin, 1969)

JohnnyCashVEVO · 12.3M views · 2011 · 3:20

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Music performance & songsmusic

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mostly invoked as a reference or joke in threads about names, the .su domain or hardship, rather than recommended.

What it is

Johnny Cash's live performance of A Boy Named Sue at San Quentin in 1969, a comic country song about a man named Sue seeking revenge on his father.

Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2017 to 2024.

What Hacker News said

Recommends blueyes · 2024-03 · on “Nvidia founder tells Stanford students their high expectations is a hindrance”

Too great resources on the value of hardship: Michael Easter's The Comfort Crisis [LINK] A Boy Named Sue [this video]

Cites coldtea · 2017-07 · on “How changing my name to “Spider Mann” ruined my life”

> Changing ones name may be a stupid impulse decision but sticking with it is a real choice. A stupid choice -- which makes all the difference. Sticking with something you can't change is one thing (like accepting your body if you had an accident etc). Sticking with something you've picked yourself, can change at anytime, and was BS to begin with is another -- and not to be lauded. At least the country version was better: [this video]

Cites augusto-moura · 2019-09 · on “.su”

There's also aboynamed.su, that is a reference to the Jhonny Cash song [1] The domain description is actually some part of the lyrics of the song [2] [1]: [this video] [2]: [LINK]

Cites ChrisMarshallNY · 2021-10 · on “Is 40 the New 60?”

Oh yeah...I'm a high school dropout with a GED, and some redneck tech school training. I've managed to do OK, even with that. In fact, it has probably helped me to be much, much better at my job. I call it "the Boy Named Sue " problem[0]. I have had to deal with so damn much adversity, in my career, that it has forced me to constantly deliver , and go "above and beyond," in everything I've done. I've looked up a lot of noses, and it does make me cranky, but it has also forced me to be pretty good at what I do. No one will take me at my word. I have to show them. [0] [this video]