Kudos to Peter, Bethany, and Rufus

When Professor Corrigan said that there were different versions of "Frankie and Johnny", I became pretty curious. So, I went online and found other pretty interesting versions of this song. Lindsey Lohan did some messed up version of it. Pretty awful, it was. I mean, she could sing well, I guess, but part of her role in this movie was to sing the song wrong, so that part was pretty weird. Johnny Cash's version had different words, and I actually liked those words better! In his version, Johnny was loyal to his wife, he never "did her wrong" and Frankie didn't kill him. He did try and flirt with Frankie's sister, but she told him not to, and he never cheated on Frankie. It was a much happier ending, I must admit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai29_lB66Kk
This is a link to the Elvis Presley version of it. Apparently there was a movie called Frankie and Johnny that he was in, and the song kind of told the story of the movie. I liked this video because I could visually see the story of Frankie and Johnny while hearing the music....it was pretty cool. This actually makes me want to watch the movie by them. My question is if Johnny really does cheat on Frankie in the movie. In this clip that I’m sharing, they are performing the Frankie and Johnny song as a “skit” in inside of the movie. But I wonder if in the “real life” of the movie, Frankie really does cheat of Johnny. I think it would be pretty stupid in Johnny case after seeing how Frankie could possibly react.
I actually imagined that after the song was over, the audience realizes that Frankie really did shoot Johnny. That could be a neat twist to the movie.
But overall, the version we heard in class was my favorite. I like the folk style of the music.
Bottom line--Kudos Peter, Bethany, and Rufus.