LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Here's the, very late, second installment of this pseudo series I came up with.Remember if you post please don't spam and please explain your choice The song this time is one that's interesting because many people, myself included for a while, didn't realize the cover I am going with isn't the original. Original Coverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc Used lyric video for the Original because the only other I found quickly was one live and one much too long.This one is interesting because both songs have a totally different feel and, oddly, message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconus297 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 In this case, I'd say that thinking the original is superior is practically sacrilege. The Johnny Cash cover just . . . works so well. This is nothing against Nine Inch Nails, mind you. The original song is good, it's just that the cover is that much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face McShooty Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Growing up around country music, I first heard the Johnny Cash version, I thought for many, many years that he was the original singer. Then one day I decided to do a little research and found out that he actually covered it, I listened to the Nine Inch Nails version, personally I didn't like it. Johnny Cash is always going to be my favorite version of this beautiful song. His daunting voice makes the song even better in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Controversial opinion time but I like the original more. Yeah I wont deny that I totally understand why im currently the only one whos voting for it but I honestly find Johnny Cash's version to be underwhelming. Best way for me to defend my preference for the original is just atmosphere, I feel that theres more weight and texture in the sounds that were used in the song and it gives way to a darker moodier feel and I also like the minor industrial parts because im just a sucker for abrasion. Maybe im just blinded by my nostalgia because I am probably one of the few people who had listened The Downward Spiral 100 times before even knowing that Cash covered it. Also doesnt help that I never listened to Cash more than once or twice in my life, for me he was mostly that one and only artist my fuckwad step-dad played with the boys on jam night that I could tolerate meanwhile I still own my NIN shirt from when I was a kid and it still fits me today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 When Reznor was asked if Cash could cover his song, Reznor said he was "flattered" but worried that "the idea sounded a bit gimmicky." He became a fan of Cash's version, however, once he saw the music video. I pop the video in, and wow... Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. [i felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore... 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. [somehow] 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. This cover is Johnny Cash's last breath and a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Wow the cover is nearly blowing the original out of the water here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 Wow the cover is nearly blowing the original out of the water here.It really is unsurprising with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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