Johnny Cash covers NIN

[PowerManDL]

And that's some freaky ****.

[Berserker]

Is this a sign of the end?

[Isaac Wilkins]

Bite your tongues! Heathens!

Two of the greatest artists of our time, responsible for a great cover of a great song . *sigh* I am complete...

:cool:

[ectx]

Hearing Cash doing this is actually really sad. Not because it's Cash covering Reznor, but because the song is actually quite fitting considering he's pbly only got a few more years of life in him.

[Saint Patrick]

This is news to me. What song is he attempting to cover?

[Darcy Tucker]

hurt

[ectx]

Here it is. (http://demand1.stream.aol.com/ramgen/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/universal/johnnycash/johnnycash_hurt_bb8.rm)

[Narcissus]

wow, that was a terrible cover of a great song.

[Relentless]

Originally posted by Narcissus
wow, that was a terrible cover of a great song.

I disagree completely.

I think Cash added a needed element of honest pain to the song, that you don't hear when it's just sorta whined about in the NIN version.

[PowerManDL]

Oh I love it....I meant freaky in a good way.

Cash has always been one of my favorites-- and hearing him sing Trent Reznor's tripped-out lyrics is majorly sweet.

[Tryska]

damn your late. that songs been out for like a month now. i have to turn it off everytime it comes on tho, because it makes me wanna slit my wrists.

[PowerManDL]

Shut up, trick!

[Tryska]

whateva, mr. last month.

ho.

[the doc]

LOL@you two...
that song is ace! So is Mr CAsh!

[orbital]

Made me think about the song in a whole new way. I think its pretty cool.

[Berserker]

Just heard the song, I liked it. His voice sounded cool. Never heard the orginal. Got to wonder how this came about though. Picturing Johnny pop and pills and jamming to NIN?????

[Strats]

I'm sure its been out since christmas, I bought the cd for my father then. He's a big fan. I noticed the song when I was upstairs a few months ago. It freaked me out.

[John0101]

I'm sorry NIN sucks, they sound they are made for herion addicts.

[GoStars]

John0101: Reznor IS a heroin addict

[orbital]

If you don't like NIN you never will. Don't listen to them ever again.

[arjun]

I quite like the cover.

I agree, its really sad.

[Big & Tall]

I think the cover is ace. Totally different than the NIN version of course, but still ace.

'course, Johnny Cash could sing "Row, Row Your Boat" and make it sound like a deeply moving and sorrowful ballad. He is teh man.

[steveo]

Cash is awesome and he did a great job on that. It's good to have some one do a cover of someone elses song snd put as much feeling into it as the original artist.

[Gyno Rhino]

Both of them really hit you when you hear them sing it.

But as far as I know, Cash changed some lyrics (may just be for radio).

Reznor's line: I wear this crown of ****
Cash's: I wear this crown of thorns

And Reznor really hits you during the chorus. I'd like to hear Cash get like that, too. But his almost sedated approach does offer his own perspective.

[Big & Tall]

I thought that the earlier in the NIN version it is "crown of thorns" and then later on it goes to ****, whereas Cash sings "thorns" throughout. And I would definitely agree that the NIN version has a harder-hitting chorus.

[Goin_Big]

Great song, Cash is the man.

[Danzig]

yup, johnny is a true hero...
sad though, I never got to see him play live.