• @[email protected]
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      181 year ago

      I think it’s ok to like both (the NIN original and this one). They are almost like different genres of music though.

      • @SinningStromgald
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        31 year ago

        Totally okay to like both (I do!). I just contend the Cash version is best.

        • @SinningStromgald
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          21 year ago

          That’s almost Gregorian chant like in execution. Very cool interpretation. Somehow though I feel they lost the penitent feelings the original and Cash versions have. They almost flipped to a Zen/meditative kinda song instead. Introspective but in a different way.

    • tiredofsametab
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      NiN is still the best in my opinion. I like the complexity and layering and the sounds used. Cash’s cover is fine.

    • Kbin_space_program
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      31 year ago

      As I recall Trent Reznor said that himself.about this version. Specifically that while he wrote it, after this rendition it’s not his song anymore.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        This is a common misquote, Trent never said that Johnny’s was better. He simply said that what he was hearing wasn’t his song anymore.

        Basically just expressing how impressed he was that Johnny Cash really made it his own, and didn’t just do a simple cover.

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    • @glimse
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      11 year ago

      In my opinion it’s significantly worse and only known because it’s Johnny Cash. He’s hardly singing and sounds bored half the time…compared to Trent reznor who sings passionately and varied. I’m not the biggest NIN fan but I think the original’s instrumental part is way more musically interesting to me, too. To each their own of course but I’m always surprised to see how many people love this version

    • Spaghetti_Hitchens
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      11 year ago

      I believe that Trent Reznor liked Cash’s version so much that upon hearing it, he stated that it’s Johnny Cash’s song now.

      • w2tpmf
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        That’s not exactly what he said or meant. If he really thought it was Cash’s song now he wouldn’t close EVERY SINGLE SHOW with it.

        I wish NIN would let go of this song. There are much better songs in their catalog to close shows with.

        • Alto
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          11 year ago

          Not necessarily. Bob Dylan said something to the same effect regarding All Along the Watchtower and Jimi Hendrix and still played it.