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Among Crappy Music Videos

Tue Jul 15, 2008, 12:37 AM
... you always find the occasional amazing one.

It's Johnny Cash's music video for his cover of "Hurt". It is absoultely amazing. [link]

And yeah... I know that what he did was a cover of the Nine Inch Nail original, but I've heard both versions, and I really do love the Cash version better.
He makes the song his own and brings it to an entirely different level. And there's a definite poignancy that is added, especially since he re-made it right before he died.

The song (and especially watching the music video to go with it) always makes me want to do some sort of artwork reflecting those feelings, but I refrain... because I'm afraid anything I'd do would end up being stupidly emo.
I'd rather do no work based off of the song, then make crap based off of it.

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~Raptoranim:iconRaptoranim: Jul 15, 2008, 7:39:21 AM
Interesting video. I meanning the two versions... two way to see the same song...
~deranged-badger:iconderanged-badger: Jul 15, 2008, 9:26:46 AM
It is less a cover than it is a reworking. It is so much better than NIN's version.

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*RD-Dragon:iconRD-Dragon: Jul 15, 2008, 10:28:10 AM
Agreed in full. Its one of the exceedingly rare occasions where the re-worked version is by far and away the superior one. Check out 'The Man Comes Around' from the same album too, another fantastic song.

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!Zaireekoid:iconZaireekoid: Jul 15, 2008, 11:00:48 AM
That's one of my favorite albums by him, even if it is composed mostly of cover songs. After a billion years of being the best damn country artist out there, he deserved that. :B

I haven't seen the video in forever though.

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Oh yeah, that's why I haven't seen it in forever, it makes me cry.

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~Waykum:iconWaykum: Jul 15, 2008, 11:20:58 AM
It does seem like one of those deep, emotive songs, and I find that style of music helpful for releasing feelings in any form of art. If you do, by any chance, decide to create artwork based on the song, I have no problem with it.
~hypothetic-realist:iconhypothetic-realist: Jul 15, 2008, 3:52:15 PM
Old guy of awesome. Yeah, this version is better than that stringy poopoo Nine Inch Nails version :T though this may or may not partly be stemming from a secret loathing of NIN...

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~quaidezmaster:iconquaidezmaster: Jul 15, 2008, 4:11:28 PM
HE IS (... well... was...) OLD GUY OF AWESOME!

Don't tell Kenny that though! (He and I had a mini-debate over which version was better... on Valentine's Day, no less!)
Johnny Cash definitely did bring a different level and more poignancy to the song though, considering that he had re-made it so close to his death and because... well he just approached from a stylistically different way.

WELL IT'S NOT A SECRET ANYMORE! I've never really been an NIN fan. I could take them or leave them. I think they're WAY overrated though.

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~quaidezmaster:iconquaidezmaster: Jul 15, 2008, 4:13:03 PM
Well... like I said, I would had a personal problem if I attributed horribly cliche,emo crap-art to the song.

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~quaidezmaster:iconquaidezmaster: Jul 15, 2008, 4:14:55 PM
He did.

That music video did win MTV's "Best Music Video of the Year" award. I don't know how much credence that gives to anything (especially considering that it's from the MTV), but with or without the award it's still an amazing video.

It does.

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