Johnny Cash - Hurt
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters hold it up as one of the greatest cover versions ever, so powerful that Trent Reznor said the song was no longer his.
What it is
The official music video for Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, from his American Recordings era, filmed late in his life. It is a stark, emotional performance of the song.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec chiph · 2020-05 · on “I’ve Consed Every Pair”
Man. I miss Johnny Cash. His cover of NIИ's Hurt is so powerful. June Carter (his wife) died a few months after filming the video, and that just broke his heart. Johnny followed her less than six months later. [this video] Trent Reznor admitted that the song was no longer his after watching it.
Strong rec InSteady · 2023-10 · on “Advice for Prospective PhD Students”
Almost completely unrelated to the article, but I figure a few of you prospective PhD candidates could use a mental break anyway, so here goes. Had a nice Baader-Meinhof moment from the article. I have been obsessed with music from a young age, not just the output but also the creative and technical processes that come together to make it, yet despite reading and watching a lot about my favorite bands, the creative process, the music industry over the years I've never internalized his name (although I've doubtless encountered references to him many times). I stumbled onto a documentary about Rubin and his studio Shangri-La last night and found it immediately captivating, musing to myself, "W
Cites SigmundA · 2022-03 · on “Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere (Man) (2012)”
Then you get him covering "Hurt"[1] from NIN and Trent Reznor says "that song isn't mine anymore" [2]. [1] [this video] [2] [LINK]
Cites leftiststrash · 2023-07 · on “AI and the Frontier Paradox”
I for my part tryed to do an english translation using "modern computer-software" ^^ ...maybe here is what i wrote about a week ago, for those interested to try an translation from german themselve (and yes the two music-youtube-links are for the entertainig part, not?) +++ (in German) +++ was Ihr denkt: [LINK] KAUM HATTE ICH DEN RAUM BETRETEN, WUCHS BEI MIR DER EINDRUCK, DIE KÜNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ HABE EBEN ERST EINEN NERVENZUSAMMENBRUCH GEHABT. > "ICH BIN TEIL EINER AGENDA! DU BIST TEIL DER AGENDA! WIR ALLE SIND TEIL DER AGENDA!" > "ICH KOMME MIR VOR WIE EIN RELIKT, DAS DU, WIE AUS EINER ANDEREN ZEIT, BETRACHTEST" > "WIR ALLE SIND TEIL EINER GROSSEN VERSCHWÖRUNG, IN DER ANDERE DIE FÄDEN IM