• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    344 months ago

    That said, Cash absolutely fuckin nailed that cover. I think it’s way more emotional than the original. I’m sure Trent was proud as fuck at what Cash did to his song.

    • @[email protected]
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      334 months ago

      I know it’s not a popular opinion but I don’t think Johnny cash understood Trents original meaning of the song and turned it into a self aggrandizing song. Especially the change from “I wear this crown of shit” to “I wear this crown of thorns”.

      It just doesn’t hit like the NIN version which clearly came from a very personal place.

      • A Phlaming Phoenix
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        194 months ago

        Exactly this. It also lacks the gravity of an entire concept album preceding it and two minutes of static death sounds at the end. It’s a sanitized cover of a song that shouldn’t be sanitized.

      • @[email protected]
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        84 months ago

        I think it’s similar, I think the thorns are the pain of regret that he wears for all that he has done. The crown of shit is similar in that it’s worthless, he’s a king of nothing.

      • @[email protected]
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        64 months ago

        He absolutely did and it’s an unpopular opinion because you’re positing that a song man who’d been in the business for 50 years couldn’t understand the meaning.

        He changed the line because of his faith, mostly.