Hurt: Which is Superior?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by birdman

I know what you mean, but I give it to NIN because Trent sounds like a tortured soul when he sings it. Perfect tone for the song.

I can see that. I've followed Cash for a while now, and I suppose what sways me is that while Trent sounds like a tortured soul, Cash WAS a tortured soul.

Did you ever get Cash IV (The Man Comes Around), the album?

[KillerGremlin]

There is something hauntingly beautiful about Reznor's version of Hurt that gets lost in the translation when Cash covers it. But it's a beautiful song and both versions have their own artistic vision.

[birdman]

Originally Posted by Professor S

I can see that. I've followed Cash for a while now, and I suppose what sways me is that while Trent sounds like a tortured soul, Cash WAS a tortured soul.

Did you ever get Cash IV (The Man Comes Around), the album?

I didn't but I've heard really good things about it.

When I hear Cash sing it, I hear a man at the end of his life, a person remorseful of what he did with his life. But when Trent sings it, I hear a man with nothing. A man so painfully alone that you can't do anything but feel sort of depressed at the state he is in now.

By the way, I believe Trent wrote this song when he was deep into his alcoholism, so it gives the song that extra oomph.