I still prefer Kermit’s version.
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str82L@lemmy.world 3 months agoIn fairness I do believe Johnny somehow managed to do it better, but credit where credit is due.
NABDad@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
davidgro@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Even putting aside the music, that video is incredible.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Darth Kermit?
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
That’s only because the US version of Further Down does not contain the live version, which is the best version.
frezik@midwest.social 3 months ago
There’s a lot of those. Patti Smith’s “Because the Night” is better than Bruce Springsteen’s performance of the same. Leonard Cohen has a voice that’s something of an acquired taste, so most people prefer Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah”.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Said this before on this platform, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. It’s your opinion that you think Johnny’s version is better.
I like both versions of the song. They have a different delivery.
Lookorex@lemm.ee 3 months ago
For what it’s worth, Trent Reznor likes Johnny’s version better
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not until he saw the video. He originally said after listening
scutiger@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some people are into that. Who’s to say Reznor wasn’t?
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Trent liking a cover version more doesn’t mean Trent didn’t write the original lyrics.
Lookorex@lemm.ee 3 months ago
When did I say anything about who wrote the lyrics?
str82L@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I too like both versions, and actually writing such a powerful song is something Trent deserves huge credit for. Talent all round.
ziggurat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t know how to speak music, but I’ll try. I think the dissonant notes together with i believe micro tonal pitch bending (maybe I don’t know i have bad pitch) in the original better illustrate the discomfort of Trent very poetically.
Also Cash sensoring the original lyrics is okay, but it doesn’t deliver has hard.
Don’t get me wrong, both versions are beautiful, and this is just nit picking
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think that Cash’s slow delivery, acoustic guitar, and deep, raspy voice, better delivers the despair and loneliness of the song.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
the best cover of any song ever