And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn

  • SatyrSack@quokk.au
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    4 days ago

    Good for anyone who likes that version, but I could never get into it. It is okay, but will always pale in comparison to the raw emotions of the original, in my opinion.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      I dunno, I think Cash is just as rawly emotional, it’s just a different expression of a slightly different emotion. Reznor is expressing bleak despair in the midst of a Downward Spiral of self abuse, Cash is expressing bleak regret bearing the weight of decades of decisions.

      Maybe it’s just because I have a soft spot for old, tough men expressing vulnerability, but

      Beneath the stains of time

      The feelings disappear

      You are someone else

      I am still right here

      .

      What have I become?

      My sweetest friend

      Everyone I know

      Goes away in the end

      hits way more raw coming from an old guy.