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Its way sadder. The NIN version is nihilistic, but the Johnny Cash one is about lost love.Yeah I find that the Johnny Cash version is more powerful than the Nine Inch Nails one.
Also Lou Reed
Green Fields of France and Tears in Heaven were my immediate thoughts when reading the thread title."Green fields of France" uses these songs as a pick me up when feeling down.
They’re the same lyrics almost exactly. It’s about regret and addiction, but with cash it kind of works on another level about getting old. I think that might be the reason a lot of people like his more; that seen with his shaking hand emptying the glass is pretty powerful. That plus NIN seems to be a love it or hate it kind of bandIts way sadder. The NIN version is nihilistic, but the Johnny Cash one is about lost love.
I love both versions, but the Johnny Cash video is just brutal.
The lyrics are the same but the context is different. Cash had just lost his wife and it's impossible to separate that from the song. Both versions are amazing. Fantastic song, still powerful decades later. File me firmly under "love it".They’re the same lyrics almost exactly. It’s about regret and addiction, but with cash it kind of works on another level about getting old. I think that might be the reason a lot of people like his more; that seen with his shaking hand emptying the glass is pretty powerful. That plus NIN seems to be a love it or hate it kind of band
it’s hard for me to pick a winner as they both are very well done. I think I lean towards Reznor here though. I’ve seen him perform it live a few times and it’s incredibly powerful
He hadn’t lost her yet she’s the woman in the video. She died a few months after filming a Johnny shortly after thatThe lyrics are the same but the context is different. Cash had just lost his wife and it's impossible to separate that from the song. Both versions are amazing. Fantastic song, still powerful decades later. File me firmly under "love it".
I went to Cash's museum in Nashville. The seat he sat on for Hurt was in there.They’re the same lyrics almost exactly. It’s about regret and addiction, but with cash it kind of works on another level about getting old. I think that might be the reason a lot of people like his more; that seen with his shaking hand emptying the glass is pretty powerful. That plus NIN seems to be a love it or hate it kind of band
it’s hard for me to pick a winner as they both are very well done. I think I lean towards Reznor here though. I’ve seen him perform it live a few times and it’s incredibly powerful
That’s good you did, it’s since burnt down.I went to Cash's museum in Nashville. The seat he sat on for Hurt was in there.
Didn't he write to Trent and ask to cover it when he found out he had terminal cancer? It's a great cover nonetheless. Cash is the only Country music person I've ever got into.
Oh fuck no. That's really sad. It was only a small museum but I really enjoyed it, and that chair is legendary, what a shame.That’s good you did, it’s since burnt down.
I don’t know the full story but I know Reznor though it was t a great idea at first, but was shocked when he saw the video at how powerful it was.
Hurt is a Nine Inch Nails song. Did you go with the Cash version on purpose?