Akshually, the song 'Hurt' is originally from Trent Reznor / 'Nine Inch Nails'.
I'm pretty sure it's the worm thing.
Is the NIN version of Hurt about worms though?
That’s what I thought…
Maybe, but both artists didn't necessarily think about the same.
I love the different styles of Cash's version, nine inch nails, and the Eric Whitacre choral version. They all bring out different parts of the text, and the comparison is fascinating.
While we're at it I'd like to mention this bardcore version I found that's pretty good
My favorite version is NIN with Bowie
I just don't get the appeal and have never figured out what his version brings to the table...he wasn't exactly a tortured artist and the music video is half him looking sad at a piano, half archival footage of all the cool things he did in his life.
I feel like if Johnny Cash wasn't The Man In Black, that recording would have stayed in the studio.
[Edit] I know he had struggles, that's not what a tortured artist means. If you're gonna reply at all, address my opinion on the quality. What does it add other than a self-aggrandizing Jesus comparison? Would the song have any recognition if not for the singer?
True, but like Watchtower by Hendrix, the covering artist to the original's lunch money, and now that song is his.
I just can't shake the feeling that the only way Johnny Cash COULD find any relevancy was to cover am edgy song. The Johnny Cash version just sounds like an old man trying to be cool, it's really lame.
Holy cow, that one brain cell you have is working overtime. How about you lookup the history of that album, which was produced by the legendary producer Rick Rubin.
He should have said empire of soil then
That's why he says, "I will let you down. I will make you hurt." He's torturing the worms.
Damn rights...
