seriously isn't the NIN hurt way better the Cash

Milestone

Penny453 wrote:

I said...EVER!!!

You might go to hell for saying that! But, JC forgives you.

Penny453

Milestone wrote:

You might go to hell for saying that! But, JC forgives you.

I would love to keep arguing but NIN is doing a live chat with it's members right now...PEACE!




and I said EVER!!!!!

Milestone

Penny453 wrote:

I would love to keep arguing but NIN is doing a live chat with it's members right now...PEACE!




and I said EVER!!!!!

I get the final word then! na na, na na na! Tell Trent that Johnny wants his royalties!

trappedinmyradio

Penny453 wrote:

I haven't bee on in a long time..but this thread caught my eye today... I must add my two cents.

I'm a huge Nails fans. Hurt is the song that lured me into loving this group so much. The passsion that Trent throws behind this song is simply uncomparable. This is such a beautiful song and no one could ever sing it as well as Trent can because he wrote it...it's as simple as that. To think that someone might actually think that someone else wrote this song is a little offensive. I'm not knocking Cash by any means...he's a great singer..but when it comes to this song...he'll never be able to match Trent....ever.

saying that a song can't be performed better than the author is absurd. think about bob dylan's songs.

ms11781

trappedinmyradio wrote:

saying that a song can't be performed better than the author is absurd. think about bob dylan's songs.

Like "All Along The Watchtower"? Anyway, Johnny Cash's version of the song is done extremely well and it's very hard to cover, the song being so personal. But it doesn't compare to Trent Reznor's original. I think the cover came along at the perfect time in Johnny Cash's life and that lends some sentimentality to it. He made it his "own" in the sense that he took a song that Trent Reznor wrote about a friend with a heroin habit and made it fit in the context of his own life, but he didn't make it a song that will be remembered as a Johnny Cash song, rather than a Nine Inch Nails song. I compare it to Joe Strummer's cover of "Redemption Song". It's done incredibly well, but it could never be as good as Bob Marley's original. I read a review of Strummer's cover that said "It speaks volumes to the quality of the cover version, that Strummer could attempt it and come out without shit on his shoes". I think that applies here to Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt". I'll take Johnny Cash over Nine Inch Nails any day, but I've got to give it to Trent Reznor on this one.

Penny453

trappedinmyradio wrote:

saying that a song can't be performed better than the author is absurd. think about bob dylan's songs.

if I remember correctly..I didn't generalized this statement..you did..if you go back and read what I wrote I speak of that specific song...so your reply doesn't have anything to do with what I said.

Penny453

Milestone wrote:

I get the final word then! na na, na na na! Tell Trent that Johnny wants his royalties!

EVER!!

and the chat was great! JOSH FREESE ROCKS!!!!!