Johnny Cash

Well he was pretty close to dieing maybe he was trying to get on God's good side. He did also do a cover of "Personal Jesus" on the same album..

...Which was a billion times better than Marilyn Manson's version. 👆

I think it's even better than the original (by Depeche Mode or something like that). But I didn't like the original of that song much either so..

And Personal Jesus isn't exactlyabout JESUS

I was only kidding with that comment about God. But what is it about?

I think that the guy from depeche mode said it was about personal spirituality and how you guide your life. It wasn't necessarily about jesus. or something like that.

Hmm he wasn't bad, not exactly my thing, but I can see the appeal.

Kill me if you must, but I think his cover of Hurt is just embarrassing. No disrespect, but he just sounds like Trent Reznor's grandpa making fun of him or something. Doesn't work.

I guess it's a matter of opinion. But to me it seemed like the vocalist from NIN was singing so softly and there was hardly any instrumentals.. just doesn't seem like much of a song. I think that if I heard the NIN version first and got used to that before I heard Cash's version my opinion might be different.. but I heard Johnny Cash's version first and I thought the lyrics sounded like an alternative rock song so I looked up who really wrote it.

Yeah, it's just that fuzzy white noise with Trent half-whispering over the top at the beginning. It's supposed to be a quiet song, it's basically a comedown from all the screaming noises of the album, and on that level it works perfectly. Plus he only sings softly in the verses, the rest of the song he sings normally and the guitar gets louder and louder as the song goes on, then gets deafening at the end. It's a perfect close to The Downward Spiral, and Cash didn't (or couldn't) capture the mood of the original.

I guess it's just because NIN are one of those few bands I don't trust other artists to cover.

Yeah but Cash didn't have all the screaming noises in the album to come down from so if he did it all quiet like that it wouldn't have fit perfectly like it did on NIN's album it just would've been some random quiet song in the middle of his cd. I was more surprised he covered Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" more than anything else.. with his extra deep voice.. just couldn't see him singing that one.

Johnny Cash can (or could) do whatever the hell he wanted. He was probably one of the most badass people in all of music, ever.

He sang it like he would a Johnny Cash song. He made it his own.

Yeah he pulled it off. He definitely did have that badass reputation.

That song isn't anything to do with being a 'badass' though, quite the opposite in fact.

The original will always be infintely better in my books. It's way darker.

Johnny Cash was in general a badass. Arguably one of the most 'badass' artists of all time. The original may have been darker, but it feels forced. The Cash version is not supposed to be dark, but rather Cash's way of showing his pain. And if it was in a cover, I believe a man who has recorded for that long and wrote that many songs has a right to do a cover.

"I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die..."

Johnny Cash was a bad dude.

Cash really made you feel what he was singing about in that cover. The result and meaning was the same as when Trent wrote it obviously but the way of getting there was alot different and very effective. Tragically sounding voice added to it.

-AC

Of course I love the man in black. I like pre 90's country when you didnt have to be good boys to sell music

current country is all pop anyways.

The only country I listen to are Mr Cash, Willie Nelson and Hank WIlliams, Sr

Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
current country is all pop anyways.

The only country I listen to are Mr Cash, Willie Nelson and Hank WIlliams, Sr

Johnny Cash is the only country singer I like. I tried finding others but I couldn't get into anyone else.

I think Hank Williams, Sr is a better songwriter than Johnny Cash.