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Old 10-08-2011, 02:58 AM   #16
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As far as studio versions go, I think I prefer the Cash version, but the best version I've heard is the live version at the top of the list when you search hurt NIN on youtube. I really like the discord in the verses and the feel in the NIN version, but I'm not a huge fan of the production of their studio version. Also, I do agree with rock_show_host about the ending.

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Pretty darn close.... hard to call.

I think I'm going with Nine Inch Nails, but not by a lot. I like the sparse, austere arrangement of the original more than the full instrumentation of Cash's version - I think it fits the song better. I also agree with Rock Show Host about the "crown of sh*t" line. The rewrite just doesn't have the same impact.
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I think I like them both equally. The NIN version makes the whole of Downward Spiral worth sitting through. But I pretty much wept the first time I saw the video for the Cash version. Great song.
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I think I like them both equally. The NIN version makes the whole of Downward Spiral worth sitting through. But I pretty much wept the first time I saw the video for the Cash version. Great song.
Generally speaking I like Cash a lot more than NIN, but I just really love their "Hurt."
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Generally speaking I like Cash a lot more than NIN, but I just really love their "Hurt."
Yeah, same here. I think pretty much any Johnny Cash is good, whereas NIN tends to have 2-3 good tracks on each release.
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While I am a little bit of a NIN fan, I love the heart that Cash brings into this song. Definitely Cash over NIN here, although Trevor wrote a great song.
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I just listened to the Nine Inch Nails one, and this is what came across my mind, "Man, this sounds like crap."

Not my taste I guess!
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While I am a little bit of a NIN fan, I love the heart that Cash brings into this song. Definitely Cash over NIN here, although Trevor wrote a great song.
Yep, Travis sure did write a good song
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Yep, Travis sure did write a good song
Yeah, too bad that Trent guy couldn't write to save his life.
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Both are so incredibly good, but the NIN original definitely feels more hopeless, thus fitting the mood/theme.
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