GinAndJuche to music • 5 months agoWhat is a cover that transcends the original?message-squaremessage-square62 fedilinkarrow-up127file-text
arrow-up127message-squareWhat is a cover that transcends the original?GinAndJuche to music • 5 months agomessage-square62 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHuldra [they/them, it/its]hexbear26·5 months agoHurt is the obvious answer, Trent Renzor basically officially handed that song to Johnny Cash. link
minus-squareGinAndJuchehexagonhexbear16·5 months agoI had no clue that was a cover, the Cash version is just so....natural. link
minus-squareHuldra [they/them, it/its]hexbear7·5 months agoAnd for a more personal pick, John Coltrane's My Favorite Things. link
minus-squarescratchresistor@thelemmy.clubhexbear7·5 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? linkfedilink
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexbear2·5 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 link
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