Johnny Cash… No introduction necessary.
Nine Inch Nails… ’nuff said.
“Hurt” was written by Trent Reznor and released in 1994 on the NIN album “Downward Spiral.”
In 2002, after his wife died, but before he died himself (wow, really?), Johnny Cash released the cover. I heard the Cash version on the radio in the work truck while I was working with my brother in San Diego. Before that, I had never heard the original version… to my knowledge. I was never a fan of Nine Inch Nails. I was always a fan of Cash. Now through Cash, I have become a fan of Reznor. I don’t think I would have acknowledged his writing in any other way, than the one I was shown.
“Hurt” from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around
Peter Breinholt is a guest contributor for La Musica Coolica, and Jake’s brother. All of Peter’s contributions can be found here | Peter’s personal blog can be found here.
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5 responses to “La Musica Coolica #84 The Month of Guest Posts and Covers Continues, with Johnny Cash”
I love me some Johnny Cash. His biopic was AMAZING.
Anywho…HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope today you walk the line and don’t burn in a ring of fire 🙂
Yep.
By the way, Reznor’s scoring of The Social Network is amazing.
JC’s cover of Hurt was great. I liked it better than NIN.
i loved reznor’s but when cash covered it, it just had that weight that only a long hard life can bring to a song. so, so beautiful.
the man comes around is possibly in my top ten. though, now that i’ve written that, i’ll porbably spend the next hour obsessing over what actually is my top ten list of favorite albums. sheesh. i’m getting all “high fidelity” on your ass.
“porbably” ugh.