Perhaps Tent Reznor thought the same.
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str82L@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I agree, kind of annoying that the person that wrote the song doesn’t get credited for what was said.
str82L@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
In fairness I do believe Johnny somehow managed to do it better, but credit where credit is due.
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
*Trent Reznor’s camp brother.
str82L@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I have been in an all out war with autocorrect over the last 24 hours. Appear to have lost that particular skirmish without even realising it.
leisesprecher@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Vermiculture is a perfectly legitimate hobby and I’m not weird because of it!!!
moistclump@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Do you know all the words? Those would be vermiculture vernacular.
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And now I need to go cry.
Thanks op
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Speaking of covers, Trent Reznor does a great cover of this song. Almost as good as Cash’s!
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yeah this is what irked me.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Considering how much the Cash version changed the meaning and vibe of the song, yeah this is canon now.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Who is his Swedish friend though?
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
you know you’re old when you’re salty about kids thinking the cover version is the original
Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.
GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Johnny Cash always nailed covers. He makes songs I thought were average sound great, and you believe every word he sings.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
He’s out and said it’s Johnny’s song now.
OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Unpopular opinion: His versions of One and Rusted Cage are better than the originals.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
I’m old enough to have bought Downworld Spiral on release day, and I think Reznor wrote that song for Cash. It just took him and the the rest of us 20 years to realize it.
huf@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
it happens like that sometimes. see also jimi’s all along the watchtower.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
there are tons of covers that i love better than the original (if i like the original at all). just one example is lacuna coil’s enjoy the silence
the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 4 weeks ago
Reznor is on record saying it’s cash’s song now so op is only mostly wrong :)
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
That’s the important part.
xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Right? Like damn, I know that was a good cover but have we already forgotten it was a NiN song?
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I love Fallen Kingdom. Who the fuck is Coldplay?