Reznor wrote a suicide note. Cash wrote a eulogy. They're both beautiful in their own way.

@jamesteegardner2273

10 ай бұрын

Your comment is tragically under-liked!

@jeffrowisdabest

10 ай бұрын

That is a great way of putting it

@ricebunnymoon4624

10 ай бұрын

@@corntrollio854doesn’t matter, he made it a masterpiece

@destubae3271

9 ай бұрын

​@@corntrollio854What are you talking about lol

@p.j.morris

9 ай бұрын

i agree to a certain extent i never liked Trent until the Johnny Cash cover. Trent was very kind to recognize Johnny's talent. Thank you Trent.

Two voices answering each other across the void of pain. Trent in his suburban youth asking “is this all there is?” and Johnny at his end answering “is this all there was?”

@illuvius32

5 ай бұрын

This is a painfully underrated comment. Your phrasing is perfect.

@rathma242

4 ай бұрын

Very deep and insightful. Well done, my friend.

@WheresMyInhaler

4 ай бұрын

Very well put friend .

@priitmolder6475

4 ай бұрын

As these two song versions perfectly and harmoniously complement each other, I would like to complement this comment with a similar way. The emotion of each shows the experience and power each of them have. Frail and inexperienced youth of Reznor being cautious, soft... tender. While the seasoned power and unquestionable experience of Cash lays down as heavy as it gets. This is a song from the first tick of the midnight clock... given closure by its last tick.

@sinsitysinderella790

4 ай бұрын

@@priitmolder6475 My god, that was beautiful as well! You responded to a Beautiful comment with even more heart-wrenching beauty. The 2 of you should get together and write poetry, or song lyrics, or Something!

The NIN version is a young man going through addiction and suicidal thoughts. The Cash version is an old man looking back on his life, coming to terms with his regrets, and knowing he’s about to die. Both versions are beautiful, and I’m honored to have been alive to hear them both.

@UmbrellaWatch

5 ай бұрын

Well said... I loved them both myself.. The 1st in also my depression and fear once my Father passed and I fell into a dark place and reading the Occult didnt help. Then after with Cash version.. realizing what it all meant as I myself was getting older.. I fought back and found myself. finally.

@jthizzle4013

4 ай бұрын

Very well said.

@triggerfairy4070

4 ай бұрын

Works better since Cssh also suffered from addiction

@chadfaulkner3600

4 ай бұрын

jonny didnt want to do it because he knew his time was coming to an end

@LuixWalkingDead21

4 ай бұрын

And Cash's version hits even deeper knowing he died not too long after the song released

I can’t watch “Hurt” without fighting back the tears. Jonny may you RIP.

@PaulodoRioedeMG01

5 ай бұрын

E uma das musicas extremamente sensiveis, que transmitem a dor de se perder parte da vida com cada perda do que foi intensamente vivido e tambem a perda de entes queridos ao longo dos dias, anos e decadas.

@GmaPati

4 ай бұрын

It took me a long time to stop the tears after hearing this song. I knew because of my daughter the NIN did this first, Johnny has been a staple in my life! My father loved him and Buddy Holly. My momma loved Elvis. So who do you think I love?

@BazilRat

3 ай бұрын

I was never really a fan of Cash, nor Country in general. But uh... yeah. You're right.

@SCAR16L

3 ай бұрын

It's hard to just listen to it without that fight. Johnny's voice was amazing. I'm not a fan of country but damn, Cash was great.

@jwatchorn

3 ай бұрын

I know exactly what you mean

I like the fact that Reznor recognized Johnny now owns it. What a gracious tribute from one artist to another. Much respect.

@billyoung8118

Жыл бұрын

I know very little about NIN and Reznor. But he has mad respect from me for saying that. We all know Reznor wrote it, but Cash made it EPIC. And honestly, it isn't a bad thing to be known for writing a song that Cash made into a legend.

@hyoung912

Жыл бұрын

I’ve told the story of Trent giving the song away for years to all of my friends. Now I have proof!

@Sednethal

Жыл бұрын

When he first heard it, he described it as feeling like your girlfriend just got stolen in front of you. Reznor was both deeply honored and deeply jealous of what Cash brought to the song. (I've yet to watch the video. Just started reading the comments first because I LOVE the story of Hurt and have watched and read few thing on it.)

@neonemptiness8152

Жыл бұрын

Take me hat off to the man

@youropionmattersnot

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Weirdly, both of these songs came out during some independently turbulent times in my life. Both versions will be forever part of the sound track of those times in my life. I love music in general so so much. IMHO, Music is truly the greatest performance art ever created by man for man. Nothing else reigns Supreme. Movies, books, tik tok.... Throw them all in the back seat. Music drives the world. Think about it. What else can make you wanna..... dance, laugh, cry and scream, wanna go out and catch and catch a dream? Love is the only other thing that can do all those things that music can make us do.

The man sang his own eulogy he found the perfect song to capture his life and sang it to us.

@helmutwilhelm8918

Жыл бұрын

Perfectly stated

@eme.261

Жыл бұрын

Rick Rubin found Cash the perfect song and guided him to recording it. A brilliant producer is invaluable. Without Rubin, we wouldn't have this gift.

@plainbagel9192

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't of said it better , the regret in his voice just made this song that much heavier...

@bryanschmidt7336

Жыл бұрын

You said it best. The cover overshadowed the original I would give this video a million likes if I could

@mobunagathevoiceofresistan801

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

I love how Trent is humble enough to be able to say "It really then was not my song anymore" . Heartwarming

@ThatGuy-rz6tv

2 ай бұрын

As much as I love that statement, I hate how misinterpreted it is. So many people hear it and think “oh, well that must mean it’s Cash’s song now” when realistically, it meant that Cash’s version is it’s own independent song. They’re the same melody, but have such unique meanings that they’re both different songs belonging to different people.

People like to ask which is better. Obviously the answer is both. Personally, as a 70's kid that was severely depressed throughout the 90's, Trent's version resonates. Now at the age of 50, Johnny's version hits home. I still get teary and goosebumps whenever I hear either version. We miss you Johnny; and we love you Trent.

@awing84

4 ай бұрын

Powerful stuff dude

@ydlkomorebe426

2 ай бұрын

In other words it depends on your point or view, both songs are for different people and are meant for different view points

@lamecasuelas2

Ай бұрын

What's interesting Is that Trent Is no longer a young lad, he's not as old as Cash was but he Will get there one day. Will he ever revisit It? Who knows

@iLeavePennies

Ай бұрын

It’s like it’s the same vocalist in both versions, one early in life and the other at the end. Just 2 different perspectives.

There's a longer quote from Trent that is just perfect. "Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine any more. Then it all made sense to me. 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. Some-fucking-how 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. Things felt even stranger when he passed away. The song's purpose shifted again."

@CaptainCharlie

Жыл бұрын

Hadn't come across that quote while looking up the history of the connections on this song. Thanks for sharing it ❤️

@Rellyks

Жыл бұрын

that's beautiful, man...

@dianemoonstone4715

Жыл бұрын

Trent's quote encapsulates everything brilliantly.

@loralisommer3142

8 ай бұрын

Sincerely appreciate knowing that quote in the entirety. The world is in such a hurry we are given little pieces. Was a blessing to take the time to slow down to read this

The way he closed the lid of the piano, then caressed it. Like it was the coffin of a loved one. Gets me every time.

@clubtepes2046

Жыл бұрын

WOW. I love this analogy.

@Dracossaint

Жыл бұрын

To me it always came across as saying goodbye to an old friend and thanking them for being there.

@KevinFinkbeiner

Жыл бұрын

@@Dracossaint I feel the same way, almost as if he was communicating something to the music he loved all his life: "looks like it's the end of the road for us."

@fredoran

Жыл бұрын

Closing the lid on his life, he gave us his story in all the years he had. Ended it off with a bang and showed us that he’s ready

@bkbj8282

Жыл бұрын

lol ok

I got sober in 1993. I'm 30 years sober now. I remember the way I felt listening to this song on The Downward Spiral(one of the most influential albums of it's time)and Knowing exactly how Trent felt. Now I'm in my 60's and now I Know exactly How Johnny felt. Pain may feel like a lifetime. But Music like this transcends all time. Thank you Trent for a masterpiece written in a time in your life when nothing seemed to make any sense. And thank you Johnny for reminding all of us that in the end,we try to make sense of it all,before our time is near.

@Sharkman1963

22 күн бұрын

One day at a time, Brother.

There's something so very touching about such a legendary artist seeing his own experiences in the pain and doubt of a much younger musician and choosing to create his own rendition of his work. It feels not only like an elder sharing his regrets with the young, but like like a respected mentor telling you, "kid, you're not alone. I feel this too." These two songs complete each other.

Nine Inch Nails version scares me, the Johnny Cash version makes me cry. One of the best songs ever written.

@philipdawes2661

Жыл бұрын

Concur 100%

@giannirizza5106

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree

@galantnikrysa

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly.

@neilandrews2995

Жыл бұрын

@Hunter Vonnegut no no no, Trent's of version is a different song, Cash's is a new interpretation of a dark, brooding, NIN song. Neither are better, was a classic in it's day, now it's got a new meaning...can't be a miserable teenager for ever....

@philipdawes2661

Жыл бұрын

@Hunter Vonnegut Impact on the listener is extremely subjective and personal to the nTH degree.

Johnny's long, sometimes dark career has the credentials it takes to give a song like this a life of it's own.

@triciab.3353

10 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@renerpho

10 ай бұрын

A lot of songs tell a story. This one works because you feel that story is true.

@scottrackley4457

8 ай бұрын

@@renerpho A lot of stories tell a song. Like Johnny Cash's.

@rainerohst9147

8 ай бұрын

Beautifully put.

@justkiddin84

7 ай бұрын

Yes, Johnny felt the song, and it showed. One of my faves. My Dad, who would not have liked the original, liked this! And Johnny NEVER faded as an icon. Only argument I had with the video.

I could listen to Cash's 'Hurt' 100 times in a row and get goosebumps all 100 times. I was a Johnny fan already but 'Hurt' made me an even bigger fan for all new reasons.

What a wonderful gift Trent gave to Johnny and Johnny gave back to Trent. A timeless classic. Haunting.

When I first heard Cash's Hurt, man... it ripped my heart out. I just sat there, staring at nothing, frozen. I still get teary when I hear it so many years later. I love music.

@andyfreek6664

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better

@Thats_quite_cool

Жыл бұрын

I had the same as a kid in music class. Crazy how breathtaking one song can be

@RyanKudasik

Жыл бұрын

Seriously. I feel like someone needs to prepare you for it. I've watched so many countless hours of entertainment and this song (with video) is the most cutting and raw I've seen.

@lastuberman

Жыл бұрын

I cried when I first heard Johhny's version thinking of my father. Now I cry thinking of myself.

@coups119

Жыл бұрын

Johnny lived it. Have you ever listened to Pink's Just Beam Me Up? My son knew he was going to die early, and asked me to play that at his wake.

Johnny's interpretation of "Hurt" tore my heart out, but it was Trent's version that forced me to re-examine my life, my choices, and paths not taken. I'm 72, and 6 years clean now, but these two guys are one of the reasons I can write these words today, Thank you, Johnny and Trent.

@6sweven9

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this.

@muntmunt3155

Жыл бұрын

Glad you're still with us :) ❤️

@billypaxton9295

Жыл бұрын

I am 41 I have been clean for almost 15 years now. Man, where has the time gone?

@WhatILoveAboutMusic64

Жыл бұрын

I'm a friend of Bill W.

@caseygorton9120

Жыл бұрын

Trent’s music saved me as a kid. Pulled me away from the self destruction i sought. Love johnny’s version but Trent’s saved me.

Damn I know how Trent feels that stuff about feeling like an outsider really hits home hard for me.

Johnny Cash was the living definition of rock and roll. Struggle, anger, outcast, but most of all a sense of passion that cannot be faked. He is a legend and the embodiment of a real rock star that could say his goodbyes at a high level. May the man in black rest forever in power.

@gargudon8720

Жыл бұрын

At the end of the day he may have been a Country star, but aye, him and the attitude behind is music was edgy and rock and roll! Something the modern "Country" scene could really learn something off of, sonically, lyrically and attitude... 👀

@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552

Жыл бұрын

@@gargudon8720 something I learned so long ago and I hope you don't mind my sharing, every genre of music has its rules that it must fallow, and this I believe is definitely more evident than ever today, because music today is a mess, that being said the music needs to be true to its rules in order for it to be correct to is genre, but rock in roll is the black leather jacket, it's the rebel, the black sheep, the rule breaker, rock and roll can take what it wants from what ever genre it wants, this is why rock and roll will never die, it can't because everyone has a little rebel inside.

@matthewfrank6962

Жыл бұрын

He surrendered to the King of Kings so yes he is in glory

@kingetzel2755

Жыл бұрын

@@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552 - Isn't "being true to the genre" much more a concern of fans and record labels attempting to mass market familiarity than it is actual musicians? Most great musicians of any genre aren't trying to fit in the "rules" - they just make music and other people try to fit their style into a neat little box (which is why there are now probably 50+ subgenres of rock). Black Sabbath for example was more blues than anything, but they changed their sound and someone started calling it "heavy metal." On the flip side had early rock musicians stuck to a genre, rock music wouldn't exist to begin with. If anything, it's more important that musicians don't stick to the "rules of their genre."

@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552

Жыл бұрын

@@kingetzel2755 I think there is a lot of truth in your statement and value, let's switch over to art as in painting sculpture and even quilts, there is a ton of talented individuals I see that live around me and our state, but there style, witch is culturally based is very good but not popular, so it doesn't sell well and has unfortunately low value, even though it's excellent work, problem they can't pay the bills, so think what was also being impressed upon me long ago, is that if you can pay the bills then that allows you more freedom, it's kinda like in a interview with John Fogerty , his struggle was with his manager the label and the fans, because it was his music, but he said he finally realized that the music wasn't his, that it actually belongs to the fans, there the ones that pay for it, not him, and inturn that allows him to pay the bills and have the freedom to create, so I guess first you have to be true to your fans or your market, and then some day maybe you can be more adventurous with your craft, like Rodger Waters going on tour with a full orchestra, he said that was the most fun he had ever had, but he lost his ass doing it. But being loyal to their fans afforded him that freedom.

It’s incredible how Johnny encapsulated his life using another person’s song. It speaks to the power of his musicianship and depth of emotion he was able to convey. And it also represents the spirit of a person on the cusp of death speaking out for the last time: I existed and it mattered.

@josephwalther5979

Жыл бұрын

Kudos to Rubin for recognizing what the song could be.

@davidmckenna8780

Жыл бұрын

Johnny's cover of U2s "ONE" is a beautiful piece.

@travisrameysadler9924

Жыл бұрын

it's actually not incredible at all. I think the reason Reznor wrote it in the first place is because it's something that alot of people feel... with Johnny not being very unique in feeling that way.

@oz_jones

Жыл бұрын

Music IS an universal language

@kirkscobey3031

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

Simon & Garfunkel's sound of silence covered by Disturbed is another iconic cover that affected my soul

@M.B___

23 күн бұрын

Disturbed cover sucks

@foxinurbox

7 күн бұрын

I wish I liked disturbs version but I can’t get over my feelings about them

@Sweetrose333

Күн бұрын

Loved Sounds of Silence since S & G first recorded it. The Disturbed version is perfect for the current era 😊

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt - combined most especially with the video, is the most powerful video I have ever seen. If it does not make you cry, - especially if you have lots of years under your belt - then your own pride has consumed you.

@PaulodoRioedeMG01

5 ай бұрын

Sim... ele traduziu sentimentos dificeis de explicar, o fato de ver a vida passando inevitavelmente e levando definitivamente consigo fatos e pessoas que construiram e sustentavam sua trajetoria de vida em que constavam emocoes e sentimentos intensos.

@mrdabrow

3 ай бұрын

So because I didn't cry because of the music video then my pride has consumed me? Maybe I'm not old enough for the music video to hit me.

@greenwich1754

3 ай бұрын

That may very well be true. Not all, but I imagine most people, when they are in their rapidly declining years, see the limitation to life. They may see all they have missed/done wrong, and can't go back & get a "do over". It's also the heartbreak over loved ones now gone - a piece of one's life that can not be replaced. They may also see that nothing in this temporal world can truly bring full, complete satisfaction, without that eternal longing for more, or perfection. That's what points us to hope in Jesus, who will one day restore a perfect world/eternity. Many young people, I dare say, simply can't see this yet, as they have their lives ahead of them, with no time perspective. @@mrdabrow

@kylecook7187

2 ай бұрын

Haha whoa there bud, calm down.

Johnny’s version is the soundtrack of watching your hero die slowly. That’s why they use it for movies like Logan and why the song never fails to send a chill down my spine

@sharonjensen3016

Жыл бұрын

Johnny lost the will to live after June died suddenly. He had been battling poor health for some time, but when he lost his life mate, a part of himself was lost too.

@The_Dailey_Gamer

Жыл бұрын

Hurt isn’t just about a hero die slowly, it’s about a man whose lived a full life and built up the world around him and watching it as the fun and joy leaves it and watching, knowing that his own time is near.

@nobaloneymahoney7940

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonjensen3016 I agree 😔 💔

Hurt by Johnny Cash is amazing. His version is so hauntingly beautiful.

@alexfrye3403

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@shanewilson199

Жыл бұрын

The NIN version is tortured, the cash version heart wrenching. Both are awesome.

@lenny108

Жыл бұрын

With the ascendant and Mercury in Pisces, he is a philosopher who stands above the mental injuries. Others convey helplessness when they sing this song.

@brettwaine5432

Жыл бұрын

Great comment...it really stops time n makes you think

@karlforster4907

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

This is the *one* song I can't listen to. Even thinking of it makes me tear up and cry uncontrollably. I can absolutely understand Reznor stating "it's not my song anymore..." What Johnny Cash managed to do was emotionally packaging all of humanity's pain, despair and sadness into a single song. It's just more than I can bear.

@robinray7817

8 ай бұрын

I understand from where you’re coming. It’s one of the songs I love but can’t listen to much. When I listen to it my mind goes to seeing it being played at my memorial service.

@DonnaAbrams-qh7zt

7 ай бұрын

I listened to it one time but never could again. I lost my daughter when she was 33 and doing my life over has been my greatest wish.

Johnny’s version of hurt was the first version I heard, I wouldn’t hear the original till much later and I’m glad that reznor agrees that Johnny not only did the song justice but made it his own. The line “everyone I know goes away, in the end” manages to make me cry every time, good chunk of the time it reminds me of those I’ve lost already in my life (I’m in my 30s) and how much I’m still going to lose.

As a man almost 60 y.o.The HURT song by Johnny Cash makes me cry like a baby. There is no other song that hits me emotional so hard. I can HEAR the suffering, pain and even DEATH in Johnny's voice.

@MrOfcourseitsme

Жыл бұрын

I as well have a ton of emotion well up when I listen to Cash's version.

@blakegwinn1902

Жыл бұрын

me too at 63

It's amazing how a hip hop producer, an "emo" industrial metal singer songwriter, and an old country music legend on his last legs came together and made the ultimate song of regret, sorrow, and the inevitable feeling of the end.

@zerotodona1495

6 ай бұрын

Did you just call a grudge/90s singer emo…? Ugh gen Z. Grudge and goth is not emo… emo is late millennial and gen Z tardation.

@tinyminus

5 ай бұрын

@@zerotodona1495 ur annoying

@horsthooden4600

5 ай бұрын

@@zerotodona1495 Mate to normal people its the same. Depressed or affectly depressed teens in black rags.

@cormey8772

5 ай бұрын

@@zerotodona1495you know goth more modern than emo right?

@calebkent4756

5 ай бұрын

@@cormey8772 That's completely wrong. I won't get into the argument about what NIN/Reznor can sound like, but Goth is absolutely an older subculture than Emo. Goth dates all the way back to the early 80s, while Emo was only born in the mid-90s and achieved popularity even later than that.

Johnny Cash’s version blew me away. It was extremely painful and beautiful and just very vulnerable. What a legend!

I sobbed the first time I heard Cash's hurt. Still brings a tear to my eye it's so powerful.

I took my grandma to see Johnny Cash in concert the summer of 1991. I was 16 and I was a NIN fan and definitely not a Cash fan. But I did it for grandma. As a 47 year old man., I can look back and see how lucky I was to see him live in concert. When I heard him do Hurt, it was like two worlds of mine collided and I was a Johnny fan for life.

@michellesade1703

Жыл бұрын

Similar to me -- but in 86 and 15. Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Zep, Bowie, (and I am publicly admitting my 15 year old self loved Wham!) and I was dragged! DRAGGED, I say, to a concert against my will. Opened with Nitty Gritty Dirt band and then came Johnny and June Cash. It was right then I realized that though I didn't really listen to country music in my day to day life, Johnny Cash was amazing and I loved live music. Fast forward oh, so many years to the release of the album with Hurt and I was freaking blown away. That song has made me go back and listen to his entire collection. Life fan for sure.

@charlottebelieves285

Жыл бұрын

One of my biggest regrets in life is buying my mom a ticket to see Johnny Cash and not going with her. I grew up on a steady diet of country and I hated it. My music was rock and roll. Guess I can blame it on my immaturity because as I grew older I gained a whole new appreciation for country, both the new stuff and the old. Boy was I an idiot for not only not seeing Cash but also not seeing my mom enjoy the experience. Mom died when I was 29 and I never got the opportunity to correct that mistake. It haunts me.

@m.l.tankesly2665

Жыл бұрын

That is the thing about music - it tends to transcend language, borders, cultures and unites everyone. In the end it doesn't matter what the genre is, all that matters is does it have a decent beat and can we sing a long with it?

@jonblackers4339

Жыл бұрын

@@m.l.tankesly2665 Listening is enough. Can you sing along not feeling emberassed CHILD IN TIME by DEEP PURPLE? A decent beat, whats that? That you can move to it like sheep?

@xhellabentx

Жыл бұрын

Amazing story thanks for sharing

I don't think there is a higher compliment that could be given than what Rezner said about Johnny now owning the song.

@jungalistix

Жыл бұрын

For real. Trent's contribution to this epic is getting a bit forgotten. It was a collaboration between two musical greats, sharing their pain, decades apart.

@endthisnonsense7202

Жыл бұрын

Like Bob Dylan said Hendrix owns All Along the Watchtower, the other greatest cover ever made.

@santosmadrigal3702

Жыл бұрын

That was the best little movie . From one end to another .

@mid2170

Жыл бұрын

@@endthisnonsense7202 Blinded By the Light is my pick for the other greatest cover of all time.

@jeffb8562

Жыл бұрын

@@mid2170 I forgot about that cover. Wasn’t it Son House?

The NIN version should not be diminished or dismissed. It is a stunningly beautiful piece of art. The Cash version is a great musical performance by a legendary performer but the NIN version is unforgettable and transcendent.

@serronserron1320

9 ай бұрын

They have different appointments and both have emotional tones

RIP Johnny Cash, you bloody legend. We'll miss you and all your beautiful music

I am 71. Johnny has wandered in and out of my life for most of that time. As I too reach for the end, I find my past influences falling before me in a never ending wave that can only have one crescendo. His rendition of hurt was more than just meaningful to me, it was his final breath. I can only hope to be as graceful in my time.

@thehotsixer1

Жыл бұрын

71 is still young! Don’t plan on checking out anytime soon! God Bless.

@sunriseparrabellum5505

Жыл бұрын

Man you got me choked up, this was beautiful

@joshmacdonald6911

Жыл бұрын

Hey brother, 71 is not old! Don't look back on your life yet all of us here who live music and use it as a tool to help ourselves I think can collectively say, we hope you aren't ready to go yoy have much more living left and we love you neighbor! There are still billions of good loving people in the world!

@Artcore103

Жыл бұрын

Listen to the last few albums he did, with that producer. The song hurt itself, and the rendition, was indeed tragic and moving. But towards the end of his life, Johnny found hope and redemption in Jesus Christ, which is evident in more than a few of the songs among those albums. He knew where he would be spending eternity, and he is actually in a better place now... not in the trite sense people might say about anyone at a funeral or after someone dies, even when it doesn't really apply... but literally and truly. You too have that opportunity. Cash's later works themselves contain something akin to a testimony of this, and his own unique musical sharing of the gospel. We all have some regrets if we're honest or perceptive of the effects of our choices, that doesn't go away, as I'm sure it didn't for Johnny, until the end. It's not about the elimination of regret, but rather the addition of something else. That regret, or whatever it is we personally face, or question, or fear, as regret is not necessarily a primary experience for us all, can become overshadowed to the point of relative insignificance with the infusion of a far more powerful hope, and a new spirit.

@marcdumont2275

Жыл бұрын

Do yourself a favor and write something, if you haven't already. You're good at it.

I'd love to hear Trent revisit the song as an old man to hear the contrast, just as Johnny had.

@MrHarco77

Жыл бұрын

he was butthurt he covered it but Johnny Cash gave it some meaning.

@MattTee1975

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHarco77 No he wasn't.

@Phethario

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHarco77 No, he gave his song to Johnny.

@kuivia

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHarco77 why are you making things up?🤣🤣 so weird

@rkstevenson5448

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHarco77 Absolutely untrue, and you really shouldn't just make crap up.

I never heard Hurt until I heard Cash; it leaves a mark.

Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" is just gut wrenching, you can feel the pain, sorrow and loss so profoundly. And he is correct....it's ALL an empire of dirt.

this, and I Will Always Love You, are two times in which the cover was so overwhelmingly astounding that the original artist rightfully and graciously ceded the song to the cover artist. much respect to Trent Reznor and Dolly Parton for having the grace to recognize greatness in another, and in doing so, reaffirm their own.

I actually cried the first time hearing Johnny doing Hurt... and I have to admit; didn't know it was a cover. Respect to 9inch nails but damn Johnny did a good job. 🙏🏻❤️

@gerryjamesedwards1227

Жыл бұрын

I knew the original well, and was still floored and in bits when I heard Johnny's version. It still gets me to this day.

@zmeireles68

Жыл бұрын

I Also didn't know it was a cover song. As it came out of the blue I was perplexed. So many years without new songs from Johnny... and now this one? Not much sense, but possible. Now I know, and it doesn't matter. It's also a JC song.

@Soldano999

Жыл бұрын

Actually me too. I had a phase where i listened to it on loop night and day.

@augustus4047

Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the video for the first time and being completely overwhelmed, I don't cry easily - and I'd even accept the criticism that I don't cry easily enough as fair - but I was in floods of tears by the end of the video. Trent gets so much respect from me for both writing the song and for recognising how much was added to it by Johnny Cash and that video

@geoffr4018

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense

Cash cut straight to the bone with this cover. Chilling.

Johnny's hurt always makes me feel something. The first time I heard it was after his passing and I was just a kid 13 maybe 14 and I remember I seen the video and I remember crying and then I started to listen to more of his music and have grown to really love his unique sound.

Trent wrote that song for Johnny............. he just didn't know yet.

Johnny Cash's version is dark and powerful, filled with true and sincere emotions. I actually cry every time I listen to this song.

@Cykyn

Жыл бұрын

My dads funeral song, he requested Cash's version

@brizzle711

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@motta_math_

Жыл бұрын

@@brizzle711 ??

@katskratchkustumz

Жыл бұрын

Same, every time

@simoncole7366

Жыл бұрын

Me too, my wife asked why I tear up. It’s a beautiful interpretation

Cash’s ‘Hurt’ ripped out my heart, destroyed my soul and laid everything bare. I die every time I hear it. It’s is beautiful. It is magnificent. It is perfect.

@DarrenGlen

Жыл бұрын

the production Genius of Rick Rubin.

@gwaranoid75

Жыл бұрын

Same here...😭

@mikedennehy2454

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Do you like the song or not?

@gwaranoid75

Жыл бұрын

@@mikedennehy2454 I FUCKIN LOVE IT, but it makes me sad all the time... i am very ill, and it reminds me of our limited time here...

@johnotto3011

Жыл бұрын

first time i heard it all i could do was lean against a wall and try not to cry. i liked the nin original but johnny took my breath away

Occasionally you come by a song that was written for someone else. When the right song meets the right artist,it is epic

I love Trent's version of Hurt. When I was young and going through the Hell that was my young adult life it really resonated with me. I was angry, depressed and in pain. It helped give those emotions a voice for me. But as I get older it's Johnny Cash's version that brings me to tears every time I hear it. Looking back on life and seeing the things that could have been or should have been. The regrets and mistakes. The friends I've lost, and the guilt I feel for still being alive. That song brings everything back into one emotional gut punch.

I remember being a teenager when NIN released that song. It was a good representation for the fear and uneasiness young GenX and older Millennials had moving into adulthood. By the time Mr Cash released his version the same generations that felt uneasy in the late 90s had fully grown into adulthood and dealt with a decade of war. It had a whole new meaning and we actually had regrets of our own. That's how Mr Cash connected with a whole new audience.

@Iomar1975

Жыл бұрын

Spot on sir, spot on.

@aw2584

Жыл бұрын

I respect your opinion and all but how did you come to that interpretation of NINs version? Maybe it's because I relate to Trents addiction struggles so I can only see it one way (actually two, addiction or depression and isolation), but I would never consider it could represent teenage anxiousness

@teresadalessio1809

Жыл бұрын

Well said well said

I’m 35, 10 years “clean”. I grew up blasting Johnny on vinyl through house speakers that would rock the lands Lol the day Hurt was released along with the music video, well that was a day I can never truly forget. The tears that poured from my beady eyes as I wept for a man that you could see was ready to go! Ready to follow his love into the dark abyss. Thanks for this man!!! Very well done!! Brought out emotions I’ve kept down for years now. It’s good to shed a tear on occasion…. Reminds you, your still alive!!

@davesaunders568

Жыл бұрын

Really well put mate 👏 👍

@ASortedCollection

Жыл бұрын

Beatuifully written. Thank you for your candor. The thing about the future is that it is still to be had, an opportunity to change versus the past which cannot be undone. This version brings a new level of despair to an already emotionally wrenching song.

@robertstone9342

Жыл бұрын

Praise the Lord and Congratulations on your sobriety. I myself gave up drinking close to 5 years now and havent looked back. God bless my brother.

@LuE87

Жыл бұрын

Get in mate. Proud of you 👏👏

@tradesmith_yt

Жыл бұрын

I’ve got eight years in April, same thing happened to me. I’m proud of you, keep walking the line.

There will never be another Johnny Cash

Johnny's version is my favorite. As someone who has fewer days ahead of me then behind me, JC really laid it down.

@edithbannerman4

9 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

That whole album is haunting. Johnny knows he is dying and made a beautiful album that was his last gift to the world.

@brucewalker5744

Жыл бұрын

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Johnny Cash's version literally brings me to tears every single time.

@MamaMOB

Жыл бұрын

I feel like it’s a man taking his dignity back before he left this world. Proving how amazing he always was even if none of us saw it, including himself.

@seanriopel3132

Жыл бұрын

We couldn't be friend's if it didn't.

@kitkami

Жыл бұрын

Same. Evert time.

@craigl7628

Жыл бұрын

The music video brought me to tears the first time is saw it. It intrigued me to learn about his life and listen to all his music… I was 14.

@deepg7084

Жыл бұрын

Hits me like a bus every time I hear it, even if I go years between each listen. It's like that box of childhood mementos in the back of your closet. You only go to it when the time is appropriate. But just knowing it's there brings you comfort.

I never heard the original NIN version, and when I saw the thumbnail for this video I was shocked by the vision of an old Johnny Cash who was clearly 'on his way out', it intrigued me... I myself am an old man coming to the end of my days and having been a Cash fan for several decades I had to see and hear what he had to say. To say the least, it 'blew me away'... I literally felt all his pain and regret of a life not always 'well lived'... Sometimes I wish I could go back and do it all over again, but do it right.... It seems we never see our own faults so clearly until we see them on the face or hear the words coming out of someone who sounds like he's been living in your mind and knows all your dark secrets and regrets.

Two magnificent artists - one writing, both performing, and each creating renditions that blend completely different genres and eras of music through a single song. Magic. It's a tribute to Reznor's accomplishment as a writer and performer, and to Cash for transcending musical assumptions to re-create it. I can't wait for the duet in the afterlife.

To me, Johnny's video of Hurt is by far one of the most compelling, powerful resonant videos I have ever seen in my whole life, and I am 63

@Sarconthewolf

Жыл бұрын

Same here and I can't watch it again.

Johnny Cash wasn’t just country. His genre-spanning music embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.

@mbrownie22

Жыл бұрын

He along with Elvis are the only two with that distinction.

Johnny Cash and his golden throat will stay in the hearths of millions of people throughout the globe, may his soul rest in peace with God.

Yeah, the video was just as powerful, and drove home the emotion behind Johnny's performance. I never realized Rick Rubin was the catalyst. Genius all around.

I met June and Johnny in 1990 when they came into a shop I worked in. I was 19 and instantly recognised them because my dad was a massive fan. I never told them I knew who they were, but we chatted for about 10 minutes about Australian sites to visit and where the best chocolate is to buy 😂❤ and finished my shift after they left. I went to catch my bus home from the city and they happened to see me in my seat, as they walked past the bus, obviously headed to the Hyatt across the road and waved at me. The whole bus looked gobsmacked and turned to look at me and I laughed and shrugged. Johnny, dressed up like a cowboy and June adorned with Native American jewellery and raven hair, they stood out in Adelaide, Australia. I was thrilled and called my dad when I got home to tell him and he was as excited as I was. Anyway, they were humble and sweet and clearly soulmates. RIP ❤

@arun2995

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing, absolutely LOVE your story.

@jeromedavid7944

Жыл бұрын

That's a cool story man! It also shows that not everybody that makes it to the big time and fame with fortune has to sell their soul to the Devil. I believe their together now singing a song. I just hope I'm able to get tickets to one of their shows one day Thanks again for the story mate and Happy New Year!

@InuranusBrokoff

Жыл бұрын

You telling that story is akin to adding a longer wick to the candle of his memory, thank you.

@everyoneisonsteroids2720

Жыл бұрын

Wow what an amazing story!🙏

@srf2112

Жыл бұрын

Great story.

The older I get the harder it is to listen to this song.

@sharonpaterson1281

Жыл бұрын

Same the more you live life the worse it gets

@vc1396

Жыл бұрын

Well, do something about it. You do have control of yourself. Don't give up

@xenogear88

Жыл бұрын

@@vc1396 Sadly, you don't always have control of everything.

@vc1396

Жыл бұрын

@@xenogear88 but you do always have control of your own autonomy of action. All it takes is a little change in attitude

@that_udk44

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonpaterson1281 Well sure, life gets more stressful and its harder to manage the many responibilities that stack as we age, but to say that it gets "worse" is just a matter of perspective. Life sucks but there are always ways in which you can make it better.

The emotion that came outta Cash covering this song touched and moved millions. Trent should feel absolutely graced by it!

I love this cover, it’s perfect. The voice is exactly what makes this song so powerful, and I can imagine a lot of young people heard his name for the first time after this song.

This could never have happened without Rick Rubin... logistically or emotionally. Trent and Johnny are Magicians, but so is Rick. This miraculous piece is the most profound revelation in popular music in decades. It absolutely stunned me.

@elreyabeja4539

Жыл бұрын

RR is one of the greatest producers of his era. He is a production genius.

@airnix8108

Жыл бұрын

Could not agree more, Trent and Johnny are magicians but Rick is the Wizard!

@themeanaverage.1692

Жыл бұрын

@@elreyabeja4539 his era? Any

@ratm524

Жыл бұрын

I gotta say Rick Rubin looks like a homeless person. No shoes and all but he has an ear for music.

@anthonyelledge7475

Жыл бұрын

@@ratm524 Or do homeless people look like Rick Rubin?

To date, the only artist to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll HoF, Country Music HoF, and the Songwriters' HoF. A true legend.

@cfuselier13

Жыл бұрын

While I love Johnny that’s not totally true. Dolly Pardon is also in Rock, country and Nashville Song writers hall of fame. However, Dolly is also in the National Songwriters Hall of fame. Johnny is a couple other hall of fames too

@garrettcarroll737

Жыл бұрын

He is also in the gospel hall of fame

@brienwilliams4315

Жыл бұрын

Chet Atkins, cash, Ray Charles, Floyd Cramer, Brenda Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Monroe, dolly Parton, elvis, Jimmy Rodgers, hank Williams. Are all individual artists in both the r&r hof and cm hof

@ShaneHerrick

11 ай бұрын

@@brienwilliams4315 Linda Ronstadt

@larrylinn8589

10 ай бұрын

Duke Ellington summed it up, "There are only two kinds of musicm good music and the other kind!"

This is such a beautiful cover. I also will completely admit, I cry every time I hear this version.

@CB-xr1eg

9 ай бұрын

Wuss.

@jeffreyratliff4685

2 ай бұрын

@@CB-xr1eg Such an inarticulate one word response and yet it says a great deal... about you.

@CB-xr1eg

2 ай бұрын

@@jeffreyratliff4685 Simp.

Easily one of the most haunting yet beautiful songs ever performed by Cash. Every time I listen to it I feel Johnny's anguish, but it's cathartic in the fact that, whenever I feel down about myself, I realize I'm not alone in my regrets. Thank you, Trent, for letting Johnny take a song about your pain and make it his own.

Johnny Cash wrote a great many classic songs, but this song is probably the greatest one he ever performed - and he didn't even write it! No matter - the song indeed belongs to him now. Probably one of the most powerful performances ever, by any artist. A fitting legacy to a great, creative life.

@blakemeding7917

Жыл бұрын

I don't think he wrote most of his songs. Back in the day, there were singers and song writers, and they stayed in their lanes. Elvis didn't write any of his songs either. Artists didn't start wrighting everything until Bob Dylan and the Beatles made it cool.

@theantknowsbest367

Жыл бұрын

Nine inch nails wrote this song.

@blakemeding7917

Жыл бұрын

@@theantknowsbest367 yep

@wannabecarguy

Жыл бұрын

Sisters of mercy covering Emma is the greatest cover.

@TYTYthaclown

Жыл бұрын

@@theantknowsbest367 yes, Trent reznor originally wrote it. Johnny liked it and wanted to cover it... But both versions are different

I'll never forget the first time I heard Johnny do Hurt. I was like 13 and practicing with my crappy punk band at my friend's house. His dad came down to the basement and he asked us to come upstairs and watch something. I was absolutely blown away. Up until that point, most of the music I was interested in was stuff like Black Flag, Krupted Peasant Farmerz, Crimpshrine, Screeching Weasel..... When I went home that night I told my Grandmother (who raised me) about how much I liked the song. That Christmas she gave me the box set Unearthed. My life was never the same. I miss you so much Nannie.

@justkiddin84

7 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with some Black Flag either! The best musicians love all kinds of music. Disturbed’s version of Sound of Silence is another example.

@Chrsly

7 ай бұрын

Now I'm in tears. Music can be so powerful, and those that allow us to follow our dreams are true gifts.

When I bought that album, it was because I loved Johnny Cash (though not much of a Country fan). When I listened to it, I was blown away, especially by this track. Trent is to be commended for handing over the baton - what he wrote out of despair, Johnny made into an anthem of universal proportions. RIP to the old man, he lives with the all-time greats.

If a cover can be better this is the one! Absolutely beautiful!

My dad wanted "hurt" played at his funeral since he was a true Cash fan. He got his wish, and now tears everytime i hear his amazing version.

@EchoesDaBear

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. This is a powerful & emotional song to begin with, then add a personal relation, even moreso. I feel that way with Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - my mom loved that song, and no word of a lie, it played in the chapel just after her cremation - can't keep a dry eye whenever I hear it. Peace be to our mom & dad!

@crismetal10

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, man....

@patkeadle9741

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for honoring your Dad's wishes.

@UmbrellaWatch

Жыл бұрын

That is the song I want as well.. I am an old man now. Saw military and all over the world and tons of adventures... But this will be as your Dad.. The one of the songs..

@kevinmock-xv4yu

Жыл бұрын

Cykyn I am sorry for your loss

So glad Trent allowed Cash to sing his song, Cash is a legend and honors Trent's song. What an incredible song, feelings come through that few can put forth like Cash did. Amazing song.

@unprofound

Жыл бұрын

Cash didn’t need Reznor’s permission. Anybody can record anyone else’s song without permission.

@nyranstanton203

Жыл бұрын

i never would of cared about it had he not. So yeah thankfully he passed it on to someone who brought it the real meaning it deserved.

@christopherconard2831

Жыл бұрын

@@unprofound Record yes, release no. Some bands and companies that own the songs are very protective of them. If you do it without their permission you can end up loosing a fortune. Try releasing an album with a Beatles or Rolling Stones song on it. Financially, you'd be better off taking every dollar you spent making it and burning it in a pile. Even if you wrote and originally recorded songs, if you don't own the rights, you will be fined for playing them live. This happened to John Fogerty. He wrote, produced, and sang almost every Credence Clearwater Revival song. But when they broke up he was hit with a fine (I believe $5,000) for every one of their songs he did live because his old record company owned the rights to them.

@sunriseparrabellum5505

Жыл бұрын

Trent seems like a pretty cool guy

@garmen-

Жыл бұрын

@@unprofound not quite

Great description of this song as it transformed from Trent to Johnny. This is akin to All Along the Watchtower. Dylan wrote it....Jimmy owns it. The emotional weight of the way Johnny sang Trent's song and that video....this might be the most weighty tune ever performed...from the penning of the song, the performance by Johnny...the intimacy and vulnerability of Johnny at that moment...coupled with the backdrop of his life and achievement summarized in that video. This might be the greatest and most emotional song/performance/video/metaphor encapsulated in a music video. This is art on all levels that we as people can absorb. I am touched that Trent surrenders his song to greatness of this performance. God Bless Johnny.

The double meanings Johnny Cash manages to tease out are just mindblowing. "You are someone else; I am still right here" -- at his age, we (the world, the listener) have turned over like a Ship of Theseus from the beginning of his career. Many of us never even knew of him before his wife died. It must have been such an isolating feeling.

The Nine Inch Nails version has helped me through some pretty rough times; it may have even saved my life, but the Johnny Cash version always turns me into a giant blubbering baby.

@shaunerixon5125

Жыл бұрын

Me too ❤️

@Mellyouttaphase

Жыл бұрын

Ah. Same.

@DRichards705

Жыл бұрын

Both are incredible pieces of music with a lot of emotion in them.

The first time I saw johnny's hurt video I cried so hard. I had already been a NIN fan for many years, so I knew the song well. But Cash just took it to another place and that video is just so powerful. It's only 4 minutes and we are all in tears over it. Some movies need a few hours to do the same. Incredible

After hearing Mr. Cash do his rendition, I did a search for the original. Never having listened to 9 Inch Nails genre, I was astounded at the different impression I got from both singers. Saying the exact same words, but having a different effect on me. I'm 67, listen to a multitude of genres, and this is one of few, that has had this effect on me. R. I. P. Mr. And Mrs Cash

As much as i love the song i cant help but be amazed at how this video articulates this. Very well done!

Personally I prefer Cash’s cover, but what makes Hurt as iconic of a song as it is was the fact that it could be covered in another genre and it’s just as popular and impactful as the original

@vin_fm2354

Жыл бұрын

It was covered in metal by Hundredth and it was just as amazing. Look that version up it will strike you in the heart

@najadahmer4862

Жыл бұрын

@@vin_fm2354 I LOVE that version!

@JamesAllmond

Жыл бұрын

@@vin_fm2354 I'm an old guy. trust me, Johnny's will get you, eventually, when it starts being you.

@filyp1984

Жыл бұрын

Idiotic. Any song can be made jnto any genre.

@juandupreez1985

Жыл бұрын

We can't know where we're going without knowing where we came from bruv

Hurt is the best late stage song in any career i can think of, a direct line to the soul, that was pure magic.

@gaetanomartire7605

Жыл бұрын

Armatrong's version of What a Wonderful World was published when he was 66 - quite a good late stage song. ;) Innuendo by Queen is not bad either. Springsteen and Dylan have published - and might continue to publish - very beauriful songs in their 50s and 60s. And then there is Bowie, who wrote, performed and published Black Star while he was basically dying. That said, I get you; there is a sense of deliberatedness, acceptance, hopelessnessa and inexorability in Cash's voice that is hard to match

@buda3d2007

Жыл бұрын

@@gaetanomartire7605 all good late stage songs but dont affect me as much as hurt.

It's a powerful song. And watching the video, you can tell that Cash knew this would be his final performance. That makes it all the more impactful and heart wrenching.

Johnnie Cash's Hurt video is without question the most impactful music video ive ever seen and possibly most impactful piece of art as well.

Someone mentioned this before, Johnny Cash’s version sounds like a man singing at his own funeral, add to the fact that the music video is like a tribute video.

@ronaldtreitner1460

Жыл бұрын

well he did know he didn't have long when he did the song so perhaps it was.

Trent saying he didn’t fit anywhere, yet his song covered by cash has taken him into the hearts of millions. Like it or not Trent, you fit everywhere now.thank you.

@deusexaethera

Жыл бұрын

Like he said, it's not rational, it's a feeling that plagues him.

@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568

Жыл бұрын

Not only this, but now he's making soundtracks for mainstream movies (Disney's Soul, I watched with my GF, and about 5 minutes in, I had to pull up IMDB to see who did the soundtrack, because it just had that NiN feel to it, and the fact that such an uplifting soundtrack to an uplifting movie about how life is worth living when you pursue your passion could come from an artist that was so troubled throughout the 1990s made it that much more uplifting to me.

@jordanbabcock9349

Жыл бұрын

@@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 now?! LOL. Reznor has been doing movies, in no small way, for a WHILE!

@red2977

Жыл бұрын

You understand that Trent and NIN were extremely famous well before this cover right?

@billfred9411

Жыл бұрын

All I knew is it was a cover I had no clue it was a nine inch nails cover. Got to give them respect for giving the go ahead for the cover. Also mad respect to Rubin. He brought back a legend and made sure he didn't go out with a whimper.

My dad's favorite artist was Johnny Cash, bar none. My dad passed in 1981. I truly wish I could play Hurt for my dad. It would have resonated and he would have loved it. The incredible gift of this song came not from the man who wrote it and sang it first, nor the man who covered it-but simply that this song speaks to all. I am still speechless when I listen to both versions.

I think at this point Trent finally released all that pain... Wonderful story! 💙

I remember hearing NIN's Hurt when it debuted, and I thought, "WOW! I understand the pain and suffering in this man, and it's how I feel too." But when Johnny's version came out, I literally broke down in tears. That version absolutely broke me. It's one of the most powerful covers I have ever heard. Only comparable to Chris Cornell's cover of Imagine, and Disturbed's version of The Sound Of Silence.

Johnny never "faded" from the country scene. A whole bunch of famous country artists and other artists were very influenced by him and his works. He is a legend! Their impact doesn't die.

@hankbagrowski7356

Жыл бұрын

Well said! I am in Nashville as I watch this video and it's all really real when you take in the sights and sounds of a city that inspires and shapes ones thoughts here and Mr. Cash certainly inspired nearly every genre of music. I feel honored to have lived in the same point in time as such a great person.

@maestroaxeman

10 ай бұрын

Johnny Cash lit the torch🔥 It's the job of fans to carry the torch; either through appreciation OR creation🙏

@timc3665

9 ай бұрын

He faded in the eyes of marketing jackasses and business administration retards (aka people too stupid to get a real college degree) but he never faded to people with good taste in music.

@PatrickAHall

9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure the Highway Men had success in 80's and 90's, Johnny never faded.

@johnmatson7234

8 ай бұрын

Ask many a punk rocker to show their album collection. Johnny Cash will be found there. Especially if they are into roots rock as well.

Mr. Cash took a very good song, picked it up, shook it, and proceeded to stomp it until you could see the soul of that music coming out of every pore. Amazing.

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is breathtaking. It's about the most powerful piece of music, and hands down the best video ever. Kudos to everyone involved in this masterpiece. As a swan song, this is the pinnacle.

@CB-xr1eg

9 ай бұрын

This narrator completely ignores Johnny's time with the C&W supergroup The Highwaymen.

Didn’t expect to watch a loudwire video only to have to hold back the emotion. Both versions will prove to be timeless. But bloody hell, that Johnny Cash rendition is powerful. Rick’s thoughts on the cover are spot on.

My father was a successful and influential country and folk musician in communist Czechoslovakia. He loved Johnny Cash, When this song was released, I showed him and we both cried. Now I hope that they have met somewhere in the afterlife and jammed. I had no idea that this was Trent Reznor's song, I love all good music, I have always loved nine inch nails. The beautiful pain that this song brings from so many angles is truly something to behold. Thank you for sharing this story with me.

@B.U.K.O.

Жыл бұрын

What is name of your father?

I remember the first day this single was released as a video. I watched it on youtube at work and was crying at my desk. Cash wasnt a perfect man but he did deserve better than fading away. Im glad he went out on a high note in his career.

Song gives me chills nearly every-time I listen to it.

Johnny definitely made that song his own. No one will ever be able to do it better. It was a very fitting end to his incredible career.

@billypaxton9295

Жыл бұрын

You should have said life and not career, but other than that I totally agree.

@craigcampbell8560

Жыл бұрын

@@billypaxton9295 Not necessarily. For Johnny they were one in the same in many ways.

Cash's interpretation shows just how great the song is. In retrospect, those three men created one of the greatest collaborations anyone could ever imagine.

@Rick-lo9sd

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@karenday9109

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Exactly what I felt too!! Love ❤️ your comment!

@granth4561

Жыл бұрын

I could do it better

Every once in a while, you stumble across a piece of music that reaches into you and grabs a fistful of your insides. "Hurt" is one of the very best such songs, maybe because it speaks to something universal; maybe that's why it's so powerful in both Trent's and Johnny's versions, the same story told two shockingly different ways. It is heartbreaking, beautiful, savage. This is as close to a perfect song as it gets.

When I first heard "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, I was stunned. Here was a man singing his "Soul".