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JWeinCom on 28 February 2016
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SuperNova said:
JWeinCom said:
VGPolyglot said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Hurt by Johnny Cash immediately comes to mind.


agreed!


There are two types of people in this world.  Those who think Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is better than Nine Inch Nails' and those who deserve to be round up and shot.


Ok, a little extreme but the NIN version is way better.

 

On topic.

Nirvana- Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie Cover)

Iron and Wine- Such Great Heights (Postal Service Cover)

Sonic Youth- Superstar (Carpenters Cover)

Nirvana- Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets Cover)

OK, this was going to be my post. Especially Lake of fire and man who sold the world (Even though Bowies version is great too).

 

Except that I do like Johnny Cashes version of Hurt just about as much as NINs. They have diffrent merits.

One is that of an angry young man looking into his frightfully short looking future and the mistakes of his relatively young past, the other carries all the heavyness of a long life full of regrets that is going to end soon. It's like two sides of the same coin and they're both beautiful.

 

Also Lana del rey -  The other woman.

Don't get me wrong, I like Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, just not nearly as much as NIN.  It's more the music than the vocals.  I love the sound of the flat guitar, and the piano makes a really great contrast.  The verses are really minamalistic as opposed to the lively chorus which sort of feels like a struggle.  It also helps that it's the finale of a concept album instead of a random song.

I like Johnny Cash's version, but NIN is way better.  Of course the best version is Kermit the Frog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU