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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:
It sounds colder and more true when it's stripped down to one intrument (sound) and a voice telling ti as it is...NIN gets props for writing it but JC made it personal and a classic, that it would not have been otherwise..
- Sean, Everywhere, United States, 08.08.2006 |
One of my favorite songs in both versions. Maybe I prefer Cash's. Although I heard NIN's first.
- Lou, Zagreb, Croatia, 15.06.2006 |
Johnny Cash's version was good, and i like the emotion he puts into it. But i think the reason that the poll shows Johnny Cash higher than NIN is because i believe more people listen to country than industrial rock. But if you listen to Reznor and NIN's version, you hear the coldness and the pain in the song. And when you see them perform it live, it accentuates that fact tenfold. Reznor pours out his pain and sadness. I like Cash's version, but being an avid fan of NIN, i have to put NIN ahead of Cash's in a landslide.
- Caleb, Grace, United States, 31.05.2006 |
NIN had a good song with Hurt, but Cash made it great. Perhaps it was just the timing, what with him losing his wife and his death shortly after, but he made this song timeless. Cash's version of Hurt was an instant classic and will continue to move generation's for years to come.
- Marie, OKC, United States, 22.05.2006 |
This is such a difficult one to call because each of them brings so much to the song. There is a real depth of passion to both versions, although because it coincided with the end of Cash's life, most people associate it with him (certainly they do in the UK). But I love the unnatural note in the NIN version, hits me every time. Cash is brilliant, but the off kilter riff with NIN wins it for me.
- Michael, Oxford, England, 08.05.2006 |
Since i heard this song its one of my favourites. I'm a NIN fan but the way Cash brings this song... its amazing. He makes a great song even better. Brings tears to my eyes.....
- Tom, Ghent, Belgium, 25.04.2006 |
i never really got into the NIN version. i really like cash's version, its really moving, and the videio is incredible! he made a good song an incredible song!
- CornW, over there, United States, 10.04.2006 |
the nin version sounds so much colder, and trent reznor can express the real value of the song, because he wrote it, cashes version takes new meaning, but its not the true song.
- dennis, gove, United States, 27.03.2006 |
Trent Raznor was so moved by Cash's video he now refers it as Johnny Cash's song.
- VB, Arlington, United States, 26.03.2006 |
The Downward Spiral had several hits. Closer, March of the Pigs, and Heresy have been played on the radio here--and both Closer and March of the Pigs are STILL played.
By contrast, I've never heard the Cash version on the radio.
I guess that that kind of observation is *probably* regional.
My vote goes for Cash because he took the song, made it his own, and I don't think his style will ever sound terribly dated. When I listen to the NIN version now, I can tell about when it came out because of the style of the music. When I listen to the Cash version, however, I think it's really pretty timeless.
- Heather, Minnesota, United States, 22.03.2006 |
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