I think it could hurt to have somebody so relatively effortlessly improve your work.
Cash’s version is definitely better than the original.
I agree, The Cash version was much better.
x2. I never thought anything written by Reznor could be that good.
“I think it could hurt to have somebody so relatively effortlessly improve your work.”
I’m sure it really can be. I have heard that Nina Simone was very annoyed that Eric Burdon & the Animals had such a big hit with her song “I’m just a soul whose intentions are good”. Which is an amazingly good song and they did an amazing version of it.
But I always thing Burdon & Co. had the edge, because to me that song makes more sense from a man. But, she did write it. So, ART!
Cash’s version of Hurt is also amazing. And so is Chrissie Hynde’s version of Creep.
Sometimes the covers are better than the Original
Kudos to Trent to have publicly acknowledged that.
I requested a cover of an old depeche tune once. It was good
Reminds me of the scene in "Amadeus," where Mozart is being introduced to the court of Joseph II. Salieri wrote a special welcoming march to greet Mozart. Mozart then sits down and proceeds to play an improved rendition, humiliating Salieri.
Having Johnny Cash, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time, want to cover your song, that's something that matters to me..."
Yup... Every month it matters to you when you pick up that huge royalty paycheck because Johnny Cash sang your song. It's essentially keeping Reznor in the lifestyle that he's become accustomed to.
The original original Hurt by Timi Yuro cannot be beat by anyone!😁
https://youtu.be/Nszd5djpJKU?feature=shared
Ask Bruce Springsteen. Bruce has actually never had a number 1 hit. Well, technically, he did. As Songwriter, when Manfred Mann's cover of "Blinded by the Light" went #1. MM also covered "Spirit in the Night" much better than Bruce. While she actually performed it first, Patti Smith's version of Springsteen's "Because the Night" was better. The Band with "Atlantic City", etc.
And to tie back to Johnny Cash, his covers of Bruce's "Highway Patrolman" and "Johnny 99" were better than Bruce's. In the end, I guess Bruce was a much better songwriter than performer.
>> Cash’s version is definitely better than the original. <<
Cash’s PERFORMANCE is definitely better than the original. But what Cash did was shine cut a rock into a diamond, and reveal that under all that shock-value crap, Reznor had created something rather beautiful.
“Closer” is a desperate search for a cure; “Wish” is simply hatred. But wih “Hurt” Reznor hit something real. Tbe brilliance of Rubin introducing Cash to Hurt was recognizing that without the external crap, Hurt was something that could be in common to both an angry, young punk and a legendary, dying old man.
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