GinAndJuche@hexbear.net to music@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoWhat is a cover that transcends the original?message-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a cover that transcends the original?GinAndJuche@hexbear.net to music@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHuldra [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·10 months agoHurt is the obvious answer, Trent Renzor basically officially handed that song to Johnny Cash.
minus-squareGinAndJuche@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months agoI had no clue that was a cover, the Cash version is just so…natural.
minus-squareHuldra [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoAnd for a more personal pick, John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things.
minus-squarescratchresistorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoI fall into the Trent Reznor camp on this. The Johnny Cash version is undoubtedly great, but a little… toothless(?)… compared to the original?
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago but a little… toothless(?)… compared to the original? if you watch the music video it’s clearly meant to be the lamentation of a dying old man which is why it feels toothless
Hurt is the obvious answer, Trent Renzor basically officially handed that song to Johnny Cash.
I had no clue that was a cover, the Cash version is just so…natural.
And for a more personal pick, John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things.
I fall into the Trent Reznor camp on this. The Johnny Cash version is undoubtedly great, but a little… toothless(?)… compared to the original?
if you watch the music video it’s clearly meant to be the lamentation of a dying old man which is why it feels toothless