Posted: 1/28/2005 11:36:38 AM EDT
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I was amazed when I first heard his cover. Really wasn't expecting it 
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he sings it like a man who's looking back at a lot of mistakes, and is ready to go forward. |
Never said I hadn't heard it. I used to be a different person, y'know.  But back to 'hurt'......just heard it, felt like posting the lyrics. |
I agree. Very powerful and sort of changed the whole meaning of the song. Plus I just got a kick out of the fact that Johnny Cash would cover or even listen to NIN. |
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NIN's version is just so much more angst-ridden bullshit meant to appeal to the suicide girls generation. Makes about as much sense as they do. Johnny's version, sung with obvious pain and emotion, like a man that knew his life was ending, and every regret he's ever had is all so real, well, you can almost feel the pain the song speaks of as he sings it. Very Powerful, one of the few songs I've ever heard that actually did more than entertain. Condensed Version: Johnny's cover kicks the SHIT outta the original in both added meaning and execution. SG |
He covered 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode, too. Kinda surprised me. I have mixed emotions about that song. On the one hand, I don't like the idea of comparing man to Jesus...but I do admire the idea of genuinely caring for someone and being willing to do anything for them. |
I agree. The NIN version sounded like kids who didn't know what it really was to have it rough whining. Johnny Cash sure knew. |
Just to clarify. I'm not sure that Trent has ever acutally seen a real piano. His music is like 99% electronically produced.  That said, I agree with your assessment. |
Fair enough. Just keep in mind that the NIN version was part of a larger concept album, so alot of the context is lost if you just listen to that one song. Don't get me wrong, I liked Johnny's version (really liked it), but I liked the original more. |
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I have a problem with this, Johnny may have been more convincing singing that song, but just because his real-life turmoil was out in the open over the years and all of you lived through it doesn't make the song anymore valid for him to sing it and mean what was said. Trent reznor CREATED the song, so who's the one who was REALLY feeling the message the song was trying to send? Plus, Johnny replaced the piano with a twangy guitar, munis 2 points for that.  You like Johnny's version in a "feel sorry for him way", I like the original cause it just sounds better. Also, that song go's well on the album and leads into the next song quite nicely. I'm not a NIN fan, but I had great respect for the "Pretty hate machine" album they created. |
Esxactly. |
Give him credit for that. Not a fan, or an anti fan of NIN. Like some of Trent's stuff, don't like some of it, but if he truly said that, his stock just went up a notch. SG |
Hey I'll admit that Johnny Cash wouldn't've been a good choice for the background music in Quake.
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I like Cash a lot. I like "The man comes around" and "Time of the preacher" too. I missed a get together at the Carter Fold by a day or so several years ago. All the Highwaymen and a few others were there. |
Both are good, but I can hear the hurt in Cash's voice, whereas in Reznors version it is mostly in the lyrics. When I fist heard it, I damn near friggin' cried. I was gutted by that song. And I don't have a good reason to be, I can't identify with his troubles. |