"Hurt" - NIN vs. Cash
01-22-08 | 07:40 AM
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"Hurt" - NIN vs. Cash
To comment on this you obviously need to have heard both versions - the Nine Inch nails one, and the Johnny Cash cover.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
01-22-08 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Parcher
To comment on this you obviously need to have heard both versions - the Nine Inch nails one, and the Johnny Cash cover.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
01-22-08 | 07:51 AM
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If we're just going by the song itself, I would pick the original NIN version.
However, if you throw the video into the equation, then I might give the edge to Johnny Cash. His Hurt video is incredibly moving.
However, if you throw the video into the equation, then I might give the edge to Johnny Cash. His Hurt video is incredibly moving.
01-22-08 | 08:01 AM
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The Hurt video (Cash) is very moving and I love the NIN version but the soul that Johnny put into his recording is haunting. truely an amazing record.
01-22-08 | 08:54 AM
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I think my favorite version of the song might be the Live version on the Ann All That Could Have Been cd. The video of the Cash version however is amazing however. So auditorily I give the win to NIN but visually The cash/Romanek version wins.
01-22-08 | 09:54 AM
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Trent Reznor on Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
"By the end I was really on the verge of tears. At the end of it, there was just dead silence. There was, like, this moist clearing of our throats and then, 'Uh, okay, let's get some coffee."
-Trent Reznor, describing his reaction to watching Johnny Cash's video of the song "Hurt," originally written and performed by Reznor's Nine Inch Nails. "Hurt" appeared on the America IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: Quoted in Spiritual Journeys: How Faith Has Influenced 12 Music Icons)
Trent Reznor on Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
"By the end I was really on the verge of tears. At the end of it, there was just dead silence. There was, like, this moist clearing of our throats and then, 'Uh, okay, let's get some coffee."
-Trent Reznor, describing his reaction to watching Johnny Cash's video of the song "Hurt," originally written and performed by Reznor's Nine Inch Nails. "Hurt" appeared on the America IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: Quoted in Spiritual Journeys: How Faith Has Influenced 12 Music Icons)
In Other Words: Trent Reznor : Rolling Stone
Original is great and Cash sang it like it was his song.
01-22-08 | 10:06 AM
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I read in an article that Trent will never sing Hurt again in concert because he thought the Johnny Cash cover was perfect.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
01-22-08 | 03:41 PM
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The Cash version (especially the video) just seems like one of the most emotionally moving songs I have ever heard. I would have to go with it.
01-22-08 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Parcher
To comment on this you obviously need to have heard both versions - the Nine Inch nails one, and the Johnny Cash cover.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
Which do you like better?
I heard the Cash cover first..and I really liked it. But I have to say, after hearing the original, I think it's superior. Not vastly, but quite some.
I made this a non-poll so people will write instead of just vote. Am interested to hear your opinions.
I love NIN, but Cash's rendition, you could feel the 'pain' much more. I dunno, it made it so much more real.
So I say Cash.
01-22-08 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by enrage
I read in an article that Trent will never sing Hurt again in concert because he thought the Johnny Cash cover was perfect.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
NIN's version is better to listen to, Cash's version is better with the video.
01-23-08 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by enrage
I read in an article that Trent will never sing Hurt again in concert because he thought the Johnny Cash cover was perfect.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
he said, there's no way he could put feeling into like Cash did.
We all love Cash and it's sad that he died. If he were still alive, I doubt this would even be a topic.
01-25-08 | 10:58 AM
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The track itself, NIN is the one to beat.
But as for the video, since NIN didn't actually put out a Hurt video (was a live video, if I recall) the Cash one is definitely up there. Makes me tear up every time I watch it.
But as for the video, since NIN didn't actually put out a Hurt video (was a live video, if I recall) the Cash one is definitely up there. Makes me tear up every time I watch it.
01-26-08 | 10:06 PM
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I have to go with Johnny Cash here. Trent Reznor's version (which I do like) was essentially a teenage song of despair. Cash turned it into a personal elegy and invested more emotion into it than Reznor has been able to up to this point in his life. Who knows, when Trent is older he might be able to come close to Cash's version.
01-27-08 | 01:18 AM
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The original is the best, since, you know, Trent wrote it and all, and I grew up on NIN. That said, Cash's is still good.