[Jonty30]

I find one way to test a song, to see if it is a good song even if it is not to my taste, is to transpose it into another genre.

If, in the case of this song, Cash took a grunge rock genre song and turned into a classic country song and it’s fantastic. To me, even though I’m not a fan of grunge rock, it’s obviously a fantastic song on its own merits.

[nickcarraway]

rent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails was not grunge it’s industrial, which, if anything, is farther away from country than grunge.

[Dr. Sivana]

If, in the case of this song, Cash took a grunge rock genre song and turned into a classic country song and it’s fantastic. To me, even though I’m not a fan of grunge rock, it’s obviously a fantastic song on its own merits.

Ray Stevens took Johnny Mathis' lounge classic "Misty", and turned into a great pickin' country tune. My mother was offended by the Stevens version, my girlfriend at the time heard the Stevens version first, and couldn't bear the Mathis version.

I think they are both great.