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Notinyourbushes t1_ixwln77 wrote

Trent himself said that after Johnny sang it, it wasn't his song anymore. It was Johnny's.

Just going to edit this and including a link so anyone who's interested can hear the full story.

Trent video commentary

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mynewnameonhere t1_ixxplov wrote

Someone says this in every thread about this song, but I’ve never seen a single source. Here’s a source of something Trent actually said, though.

>"I listened to it and it was very strange. It was this other person inhabiting my most personal song. I'd known where I was when I wrote it. I know what I was thinking about. I know how I felt. Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive."

https://www.musicradar.com/news/johnny-cash-trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails-hurt

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-00-- t1_ixxr0n3 wrote

NIN’s songwriter, Trent Reznor prolifically responded to Cash’s “Hurt” cover with: “I wasn’t prepared for what I saw, and it really then, wasn’t my song anymore.” There was no warning that Cash would be covering “Hurt.” Reznor said.

https://societyofrock.com/trent-reznor-i-wasnt-prepared-for-what-i-saw-and-it-really-then-wasnt-my-song-anymore/

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TheOneHundredEmoji t1_ixy5yjd wrote

That's not what prolific means

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-00-- t1_iyactas wrote

>prolifically

you should contact the author of the article and let them know.

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mynewnameonhere t1_ixxrddk wrote

That article doesn’t provide a source. It simply says that he said it without saying when or where he said it or linking to a source. If you even read the actual article about the interview that article links to, he says the opposite. He says when he was initially asked if Cash could cover one of his songs, he was honored. But then when he heard Hurt, because he didn’t know which song he was going to do, it felt invasive.

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-00-- t1_ixxv2yd wrote

Try this one on for size. At the end.

https://www.grunge.com/294136/why-trent-reznor-was-initially-hurt-after-johnny-cash-did-a-cover-of-his-song/

Edit: add a link to the FT. Quote from TR at the end.

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/hurt.html

"At the end of the video, Cash, silhouetted by a harsh yellow light, closes the lid of the piano and rests his ageing hands on top of it. Reznor’s “valentine to the sufferer” at that point became Cash’s swan song. After watching it, Reznor said: “That song isn’t mine any more.”

The song is haunting. The video is intense.

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HanHeite t1_ixwqm4o wrote

No, he did not

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Notinyourbushes t1_ixws294 wrote

Uh, yeah. He did.

Dumbass

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mynewnameonhere t1_ixxqk51 wrote

I’ve looked for an actual source for that quote and I can’t find one. That article even says he said it but doesn’t provide a source. Without a source, it’s no better than a Reddit comment claiming he said it.

If you even read the actual article about the interview that article links to, he says the opposite. He says when he was initially asked if Cash could cover one of his songs, he was honored. But then when he heard Hurt, because he didn’t know which song he was going to do, it felt invasive.

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Notinyourbushes t1_ixy7721 wrote

full story here including the quote about a minute in

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mynewnameonhere t1_ixy9yq1 wrote

That’s it? Wow you people have completely taken that out of context. This is actually making me mad now.

First he said the song sounded weird to him because it was his song being played differently. Then he said after seeing the video, it didn’t sound like his anymore. He’s saying “it wasn’t my song anymore” meaning he wasn’t hearing his song being played differently; he was hearing a completely different song. How you got that he meant the song belonged to Cash now, I have no idea. That’s completely crazy.

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Notinyourbushes t1_ixybkrq wrote

You're hearing what you want to hear. You don't say you finish watching a video with “tears welling, silence, goosebumps” just because its "being played differently."

“What I had written in my diary was now superimposed on the life of this icon and sung so beautifully and emotionally. It was a reminder of what an important medium music is. Goosebumps up the spine. It really made sense. I thought: ‘What a powerful piece of art.’ I never got to meet Johnny, but I’m happy I contributed in the way I did. It wasn’t my song any more.”

If you don't see it, it's because you either don't want to or you don't understand what he's saying when he uses the word superimposed.

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HanHeite t1_ixy5qje wrote

Yeah fuck face, read the article maybe? He didnt say that, he never did

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mcnathan80 t1_ixyw27r wrote

Lol at the fuck face, this is what I come to reddit for 🤣

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HanHeite t1_ixz1jev wrote

Haha, well he called me a dumbass, then link a unreliable article

Then everbody downvotes me …

Reddit in a nutshell

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mcnathan80 t1_ixz1tyy wrote

The dumbass was funny, and the fuckface was the clincher

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nomorelurken t1_ixxhbdc wrote

Try not to dismiss new information without at least spending 5 seconds investigating it.

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mynewnameonhere t1_ixxqppz wrote

If it only takes five seconds, then you should be able to easily provide a source. But I’m willing to bet you can’t.

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