The original is always better than the co-
The original is always better than the co-
Jaxson Moore
Ethan Scott
But Johnny Cash's original is better
Sebastian Johnson
He did most of the covers better, others are just as good as each other
Wiped the floor with these though
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Blake Moore
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op is right
Cameron Baker
wrong
Jonathan Russell
WHAT AM I BECOME
Gabriel Edwards
That version of "God's Gonna Cut You Down" is so fucking great.
Thomas Murphy
American IV: The Man Comes Around [American, 2002]
The selection here is at once so obvious and so inappropriate it feels redemptive--as if that old softy Rick Rubin gently advised his fast-failing charge that if there was ever a song he wanted to sing he'd better not put it off till next time, 'cause there probably wasn't gonna be one. In fact this is Cash's second "Danny Boy," just his first croaky one (at the Kettle of Fish in heaven, Dave Van Ronk is mad he didn't do one first). He's recorded the evil-minded campfire chestnut "Sam Hall" before too. But Cash kills "In My Life" as hard as he kills Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails, and though upon reflection Ewan MacColl wrote "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," you'd have thought Roberta Flack defolkified it forever until Cash got his heart on it. Only the pomposities of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Desperado" resist his advances. And first and best comes the newly written title tune, a look at death as cold as "Under Ben Bulben." All that could top it would be American V: Send in the Clowns. A-
David Perez
>Desperado
I thought he did it justice.
Rubin's production was stellar across the board really.
Henry Bell
Apparently Matt Sweeney is like 99% responsible. He put it in a minor key and arranged it as a blues stomper. It has literally nothing in common with the gospel song outside of lyrics.
Joseph Turner
American IV was the last great album Rubin ever did. It's all been downhill from there.
Nicholas Fisher
upvoted
Ian Reed
I think NIN'S/Trent's version is much more complex musically and thematically thanks to its ties with the concept of the album and has deeper meaning thanks to that. It is also much more original and emotionally moving. If it wasn't for the video clip the cover wouldn't be as moving.
Brody Lewis
America V had the best songs though,
Parker Taylor
Anyone who says this CLEARLY has not seen any melodic ukulele covers of rap songs by white guys
Luis Clark
I didn't really like the American Recordings so I never got that much into it, big Johnny Cash fan though
I know most people would say the best cover Cash ever did was Ring of Fire, but I'd probably pick The Legend of John Henry's Hammer (the Folsom Prison version, not the 1963 studio one)...Transfusion/Cocaine Blues is great as well
Kayden Baker
All Along the Watchtower is the only Dylan cover better than the original
Jeremiah Hernandez
Whats up with Sup Forums caring about NIN all of a sudden?
Camden Johnson
"Hurt" is good and a couple other songs are solid but no, this album is not good
Justin Williams
>the only Dylan cover better than the original
John Rivera
Trent Reznor died last week
Alexander Bennett
Johnny Cash >>> Leona Lewis >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emofag 9 inch FAILS
Ayden Allen
Well of course it's better. It's Johnny fucking Cash.
Benjamin Parker
If You Could Read My Mind is my favourite. You can hear his voice cracks. Beautiful song/cover, beautifully produced.
Luke White
-ver.
Levi Davis
>what is Yeezus
>what is De-Loused in the Comatorium
Easton Bennett
well, no. His cover of In My Life is pretty horrendous and the rest of American IV is spotty. It may have been "Johnny fucking Cash" but it was also Cash almost 40 years past his prime. Artists don't get a pass based on their reputation, music should be judged objectively.
I'll give you De-Loused but not Yeezus
Aaron Brown
Holy shit, I honestly didn't know his God's Gonna Cut You Down was a cover, I seriously thought that was the original version.
Andrew Reed
Why did this song became a Sup Forums meme
Asher Johnson
It was in the Prototype 2 trailer so it got exposure to people who were 4 when the cover itself came out. Also, this stupid timeless video youtube.com
Logan Thomas
THIS
Nolan Watson
Devo did Satisfaction way better than the Stones did.
Jaxson Hernandez
>tfw daydreaming of being a leader of a big dev studio and making a trailer with the track avalanche in the background but the Sup Forumsmers would just meme it up because that's what the whole board consists
Jason Jones
Except it's vastly inferior, completely ruins the feel of the song and turns it into just another wankfest when the whole appeal of that Dylan album in general was how minimalist it was
Justin Rogers
Thoughts on my poor cover?