TU4AR said:
emeraldrafael said:
Hurt was already posted, though you should at least <url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF4JaSBu1cI>credit the original band with it, not the cover artist.
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Thats my pick. I broke down earlier today when that played, though thats more for personal reasons.
Uh, right, except Reznor himself said that Cash had turned it into his own song since the cover was so good and, in my opinion, so much more profound.
So no, I don't think you should credit the original artist over the cover artist. In fact, I'd say very often a cover can vastly exceed the original.
Of course he did. That was a war he wasnt going to win if he said it wasnt. The Reason Cash's sounds so much better is Cash decided to take it on himself to dictate the flow of the song and add his twang. He was trying to pay off old debts and fines after his run in with drugs.
Besides that, Cash changed the lyrics itself and its the part that everyone loves to quote. He made it a reference to Christ by changing Crown of Shit to Crown of Thorns. That automatically adds the heavy feel, and draws all the people that flip thier shit over that stuff behind it, where on the other hand, you have Trent Reznor, who looks like Marylin Manson half the time, and is part of the rock group scene that A7F likes to populate.
There was no way that was going to be more profound then some old broken down old drug addict with a huge fan base singing with the allude to Christ and A music video that made the song about Johnny Cash himself. Thats why everyone thinks his cover is so much better, because with that vid, it made the song look like it was for Cash, when really Cash just saw a great chance to earn a shit load more money he needed to pay off debts.
Besides, thats all my opinion about whether a cover whether should be used or the original. I'd rather not get crucified just because I dont have this love fetish that everyone else does for the song. its a good song, but I just think the Original Carries so much more then what Cash is going to bring.