Damn

That's heavy

😭

Well shit thanks for making me cry lol. Wow that is heavy.

Stefeny Rheaume sorry.....

I was just going to comment that😂

Yes he did

BM his wife died about 2 weeks after the video too

That's right Glasgow.

Some say the song is his epitaph or obituary

Trent was born to write it Johnny was born to sing it. Trent's words not mine.

Johnny was a junkie in his early days. That's why the words that Trent wrote about the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting was so close to Johnny's heart

@@streghewitch77 Yes Sir look up Johnny Cash A Junkies Prayer.

I agree, i think Johnnys version is more from the perspective of getting old

My opinion- 9 inch nails did an AMAZING job, Jonny Cash honered them by doing it too.... Even the original band (yes, 9 inch nails originally recorded it) were happy that Jonny Cash re-recorded it his way 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Trent said it was Johnny’s song after this

Not sure if it was his last recording. American released another album posthumously, called Ain't No Grave.

No, his last recording was “Ain’t No Grave”. Molly Skaggs (Ricky’s daughter) also recorded that song and did a fantastic job of it.

nahn111 You’re right. Ain’t No Grave was his last recorded song.

he literally said it felt like loosing a girlfriend and that the song isn't his anymore, so that's pretty great as far as compliments go

I believe at first Reznor was kinda meh after first listening, by second or third he knew it wasn't his song anymore.

Perfectly said

He did barrow something from Johnny , made this song timeless . A legend turned his great song into something even more powerful

I usually hate these meme comments because they are over used and idiotic, but the content is just too well written.

The song became a legend just like johnny, Elvis and johnny cash. Two of the legends of the century.

Yeah, Trent said that he both loves it and hates it at the same time. He loves it because it's absolutely amazing but it felt like losing a girlfriend; the song was no longer his.

The day June died, I knew he wouldn't be far behind... :(

I agree

@skylar brown no man

He full on pulled a Padme

Jacque Plett; Very good point, I totally agree!

dogfish ale I think it's cool how he says it not his anymore that shows you how much johnny effects all ppl

When he did this it became such an iconic song between the two of them. It's absolutely one of the best songs of all time.

Like Leonard Cohen with Hallelujah. He openly said Jeff Buckley’s version won...

I forgot where I heard it, but someone said, "Trent was meant to write it and Johnny was meant to perform it."

Every time this gets brought I think about what an honor, mindfuck, and a million other things Trent felt when he first heard this. I can’t even imagine. It’s soul crushing enough but to hear the frailness in his voice literally brings me to tears

Andrew Shirley absolutely. This song is incredible.

Is his reaction actually here on KZfaq

Andrew Shirley i Disagree , i love both.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8pmiKVy3Miyo3k.html briefly, just a snippet of the interview there, dunno about a full version.

When one of the greatest voices in music history sings one of your songs an puts his entire heart into it the way Cash did here you take it as a honor this is better than winning any award because even when all the money is gone an the trophies gather dust folks are gonna remember the time johnny cash sung one of your songs

It gives me a chill, and a lump in my throat, every dang time. Still the only song that almost brings a tear.

so well said.. said what i was thinking

I couldn't agree more!

soooooo true!

The video will make you cry

True.....the imagery is so ........there are no words........it does add context to the song

agreed

That was a key part of if. Trent Reznor wrote it about his experiences with Addiction, and while it struck a chord with Johnny Cash, it ALSO was a case of "Son, you don't know the half of it."

Good job homie

2 years clean off cocaine,,and sadly meth, this song has always hit me hard. Hurts almost more hearing it sober.

Exactly what it is ..HELL...I've been clean for a couple years now too, Thank God!

peace and prayers

Definitely

One of the most emotional experiences I've had in music.

I cried the first time I watched it. Then he passed away. I was telling a friend the look in his eye knew what was coming. That video was like a eulogy he made for himself.

Think I agree. Top 5 music videos all time

Yes, he was very ill when he recorded the song as was his wife. Very powerful song.

Johnny Cash is Music enough said! How fcking beautiful is that.... Legend

I feel like this is something people sometimes say so that they can persist in their belief that they don't like country music. Johnny Cash is country as hell. I think country is just way bigger and more complicated than a lot of people realize.

He is his own kind of music it can be like a semi rock at times and it can be country and a few others all at the same time

He certainly would've said he was country.

Well said.

Cat Fish same. I heard his first then had to look for the other - I listen to primarily country. The lyrics are amazing, but his arrangement and voice... It's freaking eerie.

It still gives me goosebumps.

Cash's health was declining the recording of this song and video. His wife June, died 3 months after the recording, Johnny seven months after. It changed the whole original concept of the video.

ABSOLUTELY agree Brian

Me too. It chokes me up everytime. If you've had regrets or been broken, this song rips a hole right to your core.

William Keith I'm sorry for your loss and what you're going through

I’m sorry too... good luck and God bless. My husband lost a fight with cancer 3 months ago. I get it.

I'm so sorry to hear you're going through all of that William. That would be unimaginably hard. I find we learn the most during the toughest times. My thoughts and prayers go out to you through this experience. Also, a toast to reuniting with your sweetheart when the time comes. God bless sir.

William Keith Keep the faith.My prayers are with you.Stay strong.

Stay strong mate

Yup. that was the most poignant image..."Closing the Casket and saying goodbye to it".

Yeah, it adds layers and layers and layers.

lee carter Yeah that was a huge missed opportunity

They should watch the video of the original. That, my friend, is powerful.

But I appreciate that they didn't watch the video , so that their emotions are focused on the words and the performance alone, and not amplified by the video. But I agree that they need to watch the video.

Re-do

This video describes Reznor's feelings much more accurately. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdKqndSBrMqzg4E.html

I think he just had a way with music. If he did anything, it was his and all his. Legend doesn't even describe Johnny Cash, whether you like his music or not.

Down in it - Nine Inch Nails!

Craig thanks for posting that im typing thru the tears

interesting. i like johnny cash's version of hurt, he describes so much emotion in it and causes you to feel every word of the song , his cover of soundgarden's rusty cage was amazing too... but i really love the original from nine inch nails..actually love the entire downward spiral album (except maybe closer because its so played out)

DangerMouSe if you can watch the video without shedding at least a single tear....you’re already dead inside

That music video does something almost no other music video has ever done and that is extremely powerful.

Every damn time

I'm pretty sure Putin would give no fucks. He'd probably laugh.

The great thing about Johnny Cash was he was always open to genres of music other than his own. He was always listening to different types of music and he had all sorts of performers on The Johnny Cash Show, he never just stuck with country. He wasn't afraid to court controversy (Pete Seeger) and he never shied away from showing his audience artists they probably hadn't heard of before.

NIN's covered the song also, its not their original. It was written in the early 50's, performed by Roy Hamilton

@@gregfontaine2776 That's a completely different song.

he covered soundgarden's "rusty cage"

Megan Brown this right here!!! Mr Cash (I can’t call him Johnny) was the ultimate musician...the powerful lyrics he wrote along with the simplistic music allowed people to enjoy both. At the same time, he could take someone else’s music apart and put it back into song in that beautiful way only he could.

They cut the song off at that specific part 🤦‍♂️ And it was a lyrical climax - shifting from ending the chorus at "I will make you hurt" to extending it with "if I could start again...I would find a way"

Absolutely not about doing drugs. Its used as a metaphor for all his regrets

Matt VanLuven Johnny Cash actually did do drugs when he was younger

It’s about how we get old and we take meds and do things to help with the pain our bodies go through, but nothing can take away what we have done up to that point (for Johnny, all the *hurt* he put his health through from his youth)

He had been a drug addict in his early life. It speaks of regret from then and later in his life, could be the pain felt on losing everyone.

@@mvanluven78 Johnny's early touring was a booze, meth, and the coke fuelled frenzy, it was how him, Elvis, and many other performers played all night, travelled all day, every night, and every day. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, wrote the song) was a heroin addict and nearly died of overdose. "The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting, try to kill it all away, but I remember everything" Is literally about doing heroin... Why comment if you're just gonna make things up??

Cwswb drug addiction was part of Johny Cash story.

Yes, the song is about both for Cash. He had a long documented drug addiction battle.

He had his own problems with addiction.

I'm pretty sure his own addiction was a part of his influence on this cover. In addition to life and aging and watching youth in the rear view kinda thing.

Absolutely.

michelle88960 yup, I remember hearing that about him at that time.

What really stuck with me was that they were showing her during the lyrics "everyone I know goes away in the end", it was almost prophetic.

michelle88960 this song was the last song she heard him do that why she was in the video

mjmoney9s the song was written by NIN a long time before he sang it

Kyle Pickus agree country music I never got into but Cash I truly like and he’s one of my favorite musicians

There was a rapper who heard Cash and said Cash was the first Gangsta Rapper. There is a grit and honesty to Cash's music. Might be why he was the first cross over artist who took country music onto the popular charts.

Kyle Pickus Then my friend, you’ve never heard country before. Don’t make the mistake of thinking this new “Pop Country” is what actual country is about.

The Lone Outlaw I know what your saying. Country music, at its roots very much valued authenticity. I simply just don’t like how some of their voices sound.

Cobb Knobbler I’ve fucked with Willie Nelson as well. I think that my thing is that I don’t really like the overly patriotic thing, the overly religious thing, trucks, or rodeos. I think my biggest disconnect is the lifestyle. I don’t mind the idea of outlaw country or protest country.

YES! I was going to suggest this one!

One of his best.

Ima go check it out

God's Gonna Cut You Down, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down), or When the Man Comes Around

Me too......

DTWC I agree. Or they’ve figured out that if they pretend to love everything, they will get more subscribers and therefore more advertising revenue. But I honest believe what you said about these two more than any impure motive.

Nathan Woodley They actually don't like all the stuff they kinda review and are open about it. I get a really nice laid back feel of these guys and when they go nuts listening to stuff like Gojira and AiC, you can tell they really like what they are hearing.

I still prefer NIN version, but Cash did great.

This was after Trent said he didn't want Johnny to do the cover because he thought it would be cheap and gimmicky... after he saw the video he cried and said it was like losing a loved one.

To me, Johnny's voice adds so much to the song. There's so much depth of woe and experience in that aged, somewhat creaky voice that Reznor's youthful angst (while great in its own right) simply cannot touch.

Pixiesnix Agreed.

That's actually not true at all. Trent thought the cover was alien and something wasn't right. He never said he made it his own til the video was made.

Milinky_Pants Spot on description of the two.

I felt sad listening to Trent, I cried like a fucking baby listening to Cash.

Even Trent Reznor said that this song is no longer his... It is now Johnny's...

All props to Johnny Cash on this particular song and his entire career, but Johnny Cash's interpretation is a slow burn for me, although it gets there, definitely. Trent's version is just so much more powerful all the way through. Now that depends on which version and that's where Trent Reznor kinda screws the pooch. He keeps tinkering with too many of his works and it's very difficult to hear the "definitive" version of a lot of his songs lol, but the live version of NIN's "Hurt" that is on "And All That Could Have Been", imho, is that definitive version and has a lot of the feeling and desperation that you may have noticed in the use of "Hurt" in the second season closer of Rick and Morty.

Sorry, I had to add, as Milinky_Pants suggested, this is sung from the perspective of one who had lived a long hard life and is confronting or recalling all he had lost. Johnny Cash had that long career and experienced the loss of many friends in the industry and was failing in health at this time. The video also showcased his beloved wife June just months before she passed which gives his rendition an added layer of poignancy.

I think that's the only reason why he signed up

Absolutely. Even Trent Reznor commented that the song didn't even feel like it was his anymore, and that he was crying over the emotion in it when the video was dropped. Dark Star from David Bowie was another song dropped posthumously, & had that same emotional delivery...listening to both songs make me happy and sad all at the same time. It's like both Johnny & David were both saying, "The last thing I can give to you is my dying breath"

His wife was still alive at recording. You even see her looking down at Cash in the video.

theedgeinshow awesome and true.

theedgeinshow 😂😂😂

Only two?

NIN arranged this song and it seemed faster and had more of the heavy metal sound. After NIN heard Johnny's version, they said they would no longer perform the song as it belonged to Cash. But after Johnny died, they redid their version and made it reflect Johnny's interpretation of the song. Excellent decision by NIN as true artists can be influenced by other great artists. Kudos to NIN for respecting what Cash did for their song.

theedgeinshow lmao true story!

That's a good way to say it

neo the one perfect

He has since said that this song basically now belongs to Johnny Cash. Very touching, and both versions are superb. The J.C. video always seems to be on when the invisible ninjas are chopping onions near by. Or is it just me...

baconmr2 ill admit it ive cried from this song without the video

No way. Both versions are incredible pieces of music, but the pain in Trent's version is unbelievable. He's lived that life, and he bares it in his version. Hell, he wrote the song before being an addict, then became and addict and overcame it, then sings about all of those feelings and emotions. Jesus, it's so good.

lol

Lmaooo

rsarto74 agree

@@LostInVegas Y'all remember this beat from Westside Connection's "The Gangsta, the Killa and the Dope Dealer"?

They have absolutely no idea what they're talking about during the entire song. No clue

Reznor wrote it about his drug addiction, and losing those close to him because of it and the crumble of his empire (his life's work, due to drugs). Trent did live it, both versions are amazing and I do prefer Cash's version, but I don't think it's fair to say Cash lived it but not say Trent also lived it. Music takes on different meanings depending on who, and how it's sung.

Between the Borderline Personality Disorder, and former Drug/Alcohol addictions, I think it's safe to say Reznor's lived it as much as Cash did. Cash just had the raspier, somber, soulful voice.

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Trent lived it too. He's an addict

Exactly, Thank you Troy.

Adam Wenger Trent Reznor never said anything close to what you said. Here are his actual thoughts on it. He is very respectful, but didn't "give" his song to anyone. ttps://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/trent-reznor-talks-johnny-cash-168199

That's what separate mere players from legends. Reznor is a helluva songwriter and Cash was one of the greatest interpreters and songwriters of all time. So, it's exactly what you said: respect!

he never said that. this is just copy pasta bullshit

I wish they would have done NIN version.

Having said or no, both are awesome musicians. I'm going to read this arcticle.

They always have Society tells them to hide them

Pat Engness if you show emotions your a bitch, thats what society wants us to feel like

That’s why so many men struggle deeply with depression. We have to keep everything locked up inside. In our society if you show emotions you have to fear being viewed as weak or somehow lesser of a man. It’s messed up, we’re all humans and all feel emotions regardless of whether you’re male or female.

Yep. Men have higher rates of suicide all over the world. But no one cares because we're "more privileged". It's sad how people think that men must be strong all the time and show no weaknesses etc. Life is hard for everyone, we're in this shit together.. but life was never fair.

@@thewildhealer541 except it's literally the people talking about male privilege who bring light on this issue

Trent Reznor wrote this about his heroin addiction.

Trent Reznor said this is no longer a NiN song, it's "officially" a Johnny Cash song now.

@@andyb1653 Cash did that to a lot of songs. He wasn't a great guitarist or technical singer, but he made you feel the words on a deep, deep level, both his sad songs as well as his joyful songs.

Trent Reznor wrote this about his herion addiction but Johnny Cash had an addiction to perscription pills and alcohol before he married June. He gave them up for her, and never took another thing again. He wouldn't even take pain meds in the end reportedly. According to a biography I saw this song was because he didn't think anyone would remember him.

Quite the opposite actually. This was the last song from the NIN concept album downward spiral, in which the main character kills himself at the end. That's why when you listen to the original at the end of the song you hear the loud musical "noise" representing a gun shot in which he's taken his life.

She was saying goodbye too 😭

Oh man ur explanation made me tear up.... The love of a woman is amazing how it can hold a man "together". How he loved her is no doubt.

@@deliaart7304 it's said June had to die first. Johnny wouldn't go without her.

That's my favorite moment as well. I met Johnny and June in the late 90s. He was playing the casino circuit at that time, while his career wasn't at it's peak. The limo from the place he'd been playing happened to stop at the sane store I was at with my friends. We were in college then, but we'd been raised on the old-school country music so we knew we were in the presence of greatness. He was really kind, and even posed for a picture with us. June stayed in the car, watching him with a little smile and happy eyes.

He covered it after his wife passed

He didn't cover it after his wife died, his wife is in de video accompanying the song so how could she be dead before he covered it? Story is: His health was declining and he wanted to do this project where he covered songs by other artists in his own style. He made the album and shot the video for "hurt" with his wife June Carter in it. The video was shot in february 2003, June died 4 months later and 4 months after that Johnny died.

😢

No... It's about Heroine

You have to listen to the entire album (The Downward Spiral) to fully understand the song.

Biological Riley yes. Pick a song. Review.

Front to back, stellar album.

I think Cash's version is pretty good at portraying the darkness, albeit perhaps in a different way. It is definitely not purely about self pity, but about the nature of existence for us all. What is refreshing to me about this video ( and a lot of their others) is the way these guys remind us about the laughter at the end of the dark.

For some reason, there are not a lot of African Americans that listen to rock, when in fact Rock came from an African American, and the roots of Rock come from the Blues.

These guys are all about open mindedness which is so great! They are really so open to new songs and genres, it's refreshing to hear their reactions!!

I still love what Trent said in an interview right after hearing it live. He said, " it's like watching your girl leave with another man."

I agree about the different versions. They're SUCH different songs. It's really impressive.

Danziiiig exactly what I was thinking his final goodbye

Trent Reznor really wrote something real, something I don't think he had experienced as much as Mr. Cash but then again to be able to write that song there must have been pain

This was definitely his goodbye song, I remember when it came out the local news channel actually played the video, and all I could think when I saw it was that Johnny was going to be gone in a few months. 😭

smitty3456 without June his heart was broken

redhotchilifan98 so true, when June passed I figured he would go within the year.

Exactly

This... a million times

Check out the version with Trent Reznor and David Bowie. It's not quite as hard-hitting, but it's pretty close.

Can I have your empire of dirt? I'll trade you my castle of sand.

robert miller you’re right, the video , reminds me of Roscoe Texas, the old houses, he could be my , you’re, family. We all die in the end! I wish I could start again

I assume they didn’t see the video, it explains a lot, it brought tears to my eyes,

Wow mate, I spent 13 years with the hottest chick from my HS, but it was THIRTY years later I heard from her cuz my brother was at his 30 HS reunion, since he was in her class, a year younger to me. I fought my way hard to show her out of her divorce from some pose screenwriter, then took care of his kid, his ex wife, his ex wife's mother (wonderful lady), but in the end, she took all I had... shut down my life, not sure where that anger came from, but she gave me NO hint to "we need therapy" or we have "problems" === nothing like that. Just found her journal she left behind where she measured how marrying me would be beneficial to her aging "nest egg"... She broke my heart, injured me in so many ways I can't reveal here but I can say this... once a sociopathic person sucks you into their life, your are literally like a little kitten she/he can starve you to death from lack of honest love

Mr. Miller your words are so terrifying but understandable. Although I do have family still the important ones have passed. The ones that do remain want no part of me so its as if they were gone too. I wait for my turn now and I do believe it is near. FINALLY!!!

definitely

Hung my head is my favorite

David chill guy Rubin is fantastic. He was the catalyst behind reviving Cash’s career in the early 2000’s. Those records were also some of Cash’s greatest works.

Good point. I forget about ol' Rick Rubin. That guy did a lot of good for music.

Nobody will ever forget Johnny Cash giving the middle finger to "modern" country music in that famous giant-sized photo: www.savingcountrymusic.com/johnny-cashs-famous-middle-finger/

Terrance Cook that or Albatross

I think they will love this song.

Terrance Cook omg. Yes.

If I could start again a million miles aw-.. "I hate to cut if off there man. But.. " 😫😫😫

I think they would dig almost anything off of this album. Seems like their kind of groove.

palmieres And he also did a cover of "I won't back down" and Tom Petty did backing vocals on it.

I found the cover first, and worked back to Cornell’s rendition. While I prefer the Cash cover of this song, I favor the original soundgarden recording of rusty cage. One of the most unique time signature interchanges in grunge.

palmieres he also covered In My Life.

Usernames today suck good thing I have no username

Rusty cage was written by Shel Silverstein