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Aristus

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7. Even Trent Reznor seems to think Cash's version is better:
Tue Jul 22, 2014, 07:24 PM
Jul 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)

When Trent Reznor was asked if Cash could cover his song, Reznor said he was "flattered" but worried that "the idea sounded a bit gimmicky." He became a fan of Cash's version, however, once he saw the music video.

“ I pop the video in, and wow... Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. I felt like I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore... It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. Somehow that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning — different, but every bit as pure."
No doubt...Johnny. nt clarice Jul 2014 #1
as much as I like NIN, Cash pwns that song... JCMach1 Jul 2014 #2
Johnny Cash In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #3
I feel it when Johnny sings. antiquie Jul 2014 #4
another vote for cash d_r Jul 2014 #5
Love the Johnny Cash version mokawanis Jul 2014 #6
Even Trent Reznor seems to think Cash's version is better: Aristus Jul 2014 #7
Johnny Cash of course! jrandom421 Jul 2014 #8
Cash ... intaglio Jul 2014 #9
Someone else sang it besides Johnny Cash? MH1 Jul 2014 #10
Johnny Cash hands down.... Eyerish Jul 2014 #11
Cash sakabatou Jul 2014 #12
Cash... Wounded Bear Jul 2014 #13
You've gotta love the idea of the iconic Johnny Cash KamaAina Jul 2014 #14
Love Cash but, NIN Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15
Johnny Cash without a doubt lexx21 Jul 2014 #16
When Johnny sings it, you know he's talking about hurt of the soul. GOLGO 13 Jul 2014 #17
Even Trent Reznor of NIN would say it was Johnny Cash LynneSin Jul 2014 #18
You forgot a 3rd version - Kermit the Frog LynneSin Jul 2014 #19
Cash zappaman Jul 2014 #20
Trent gave the pain a voice, but Cash gave it a soul derby378 Jul 2014 #21
Johnny Cash ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #22
No one alerted on this! Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #23
I'm a big NIN fan but octoberlib Jul 2014 #24
Totally Johnny. KatyaR Jul 2014 #25
At the end of the day... sendero Jul 2014 #26
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