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Hurt
One of the best cover versions i know
- ScottyTM, Bonn, Deutschland, 30.10.2005
Johnny Cash
2002 |
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Nine Inch Nails
1995 |
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Comments about Hurt:
JC version is really good, but personally I prefer NIN's version for its emotional lyrics and its great sounds. As a fanatic fan I have to say "Hurt" is one of the best songs of the honerable and glorious Nine Inch Nails and overall one of the best songs I have ever heard.
Sometimes I see people talking crap as they say Cash's version is original, but they simply have no idea about music and are unable to see "Hurts" great value.
- Reinhard, Vienna, Austria, 12.10.2007 |
Johnny cash version is the best. He was a fabulous artist.
- jean, montreal, Canada, 07.10.2007 |
Johnny Cash is great. But his "I am a dying old man"-version of this song is grap. It's an angry song. It's full of live. And he sang it neighter angry nor fully of live. Sorry. He had done a bad job.
- c_JLea, Nähe Würzburg, Germany, 13.09.2007 |
Johnny Cash is great. But his "I am a dying old man"-version of this song is grap. It's an angry song. It's full of live. And he sang it neighter angry nor fully of live. Sorry. He had done a bad job.
- c_JLea, Nähe Würzburg, Germany, 13.09.2007 |
I love both versions, both are very different, and this song means a lot to me for reasons im not going to share. I don't really have a preference, it depends on the mood im in. I really think that this song by NIN is one of the best songs written, and i wouldn't badmouth them, or the legend of johnny cash.
- James, Beaver Falls, United States, 30.08.2007 |
Yeah, when the original artist admits the song is no longer his own, you have to agree, or show yourself up for the pathetic, narrow minded, scared of change, closed to new ideas, emo goth wannabe that you probably are. Nah, only joking - i LOVE the original.... its just that Cash made it better. What about the name for a combined Johnny Cash & Slim Dusty coverband: "DUSTY CASH - the Tribute"
- Misterpig, Sydney, Australia, 19.08.2007 |
This is one of the best covers anywhere. Johnny Cash was at his best later in life. But I must vote for Nine Inch Nails' original. I think it's the best thing NIN ever did, especially the live version.
- Ghostface Killa, New York, United States, 13.07.2007 |
One and the same song. Trent himself said that he was surprised by the bridge between himself and Cash and felt goose bumps. I am a very very big NIN fan, but prefer the Cash version. On some reflection of both artist's stage in life, Trent was suicidal at the time while Johnny was facing his own mortality without a choice. I think more people feel affected by Cash's version because there is more helplessness. Trent at the time was deciding to either take his life or live on. Johnny doesn't have the choice anymore. In any case, look at it as one artist using the ink of another's to paint a picture.
- Richard, London, England, 11.06.2007 |
"Wow. I just lost my girlfriend because that song isn't mine anymore" - Trent Reznor, Alternative Press #194 Sept. 2004
- Billy Tirelag, Comely, United States, 04.06.2007 |
I think there's too much anger here over debating a song that's already about pain, suffering, regret, and remorse. I can't imagine you who show such anger are more than teenagers, or are at least acting like them. I'm neither a Nine Inch Nails fan, nor a country music fan.
I've come to adore and respect Johnny Cash and his music for his lifetime of artistry and obvious dedication to his craft. I've listened to both versions. I don't know enough about Trent Reznor's problems to say I can empathize with his song as he performs it. Having read a few books about JC, and of course, more recently, the movie, a simple testimony to JC's life... I can more easily become quite affected with his performance of this song.
People write songs, plays, movies, business plans... that are performed by another far better than the writer could have done his/herself because they bring their life, passion, perspective, and experience to the creation. It is not an insult to the author or the performer to say one could do it better than the other.
I believe that it is a tribute to Trent Reznor's song that JC chose to cover it, and that so many more people could identify with it once JC performed it on his album/in this video. After 50 years, the man still wants to portray his life through music for us to enjoy/experience. Even if you don't like country, you can do nothing less but honor and respect such fervent lifelong dedication and talent.
- Gwydion MacGregor, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 20.03.2007 |
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