Akshually, the song ‘Hurt’ is originally from Trent Reznor / ‘Nine Inch Nails’.

I love the different styles of Cash’s version, nine inch nails, and the Eric Whitacre choral version. They all bring out different parts of the text, and the comparison is fascinating.

I just don’t get the appeal and have never figured out what his version brings to the table…he wasn’t exactly a tortured artist and the music video is half him looking sad at a piano, half archival footage of all the cool things he did in his life.

I feel like if Johnny Cash wasn’t The Man In Black, that recording would have stayed in the studio.

wasn’t exactly a tortured artist

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