It's the one song I can sing at karaoke when I want to get a free drink from someone who thinks I am horribly depressed
The secret is that I am horribly depressed
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I am sure I will be the odd reply here but I fuckin hate his version of the song, just absolutely despise it. It sounds awful, he sounds like he's faking it, it was bad and trent reznor should have gotten a job doing mixing or some shit in the late 90s to prevent the rest of his career from happening
to be clear, the NIN early albums are fucking amazing
Even Trent Reznor has said Cash’s cover is the definitive version of the song.
Not saying you’re wrong in your opinion, it’s a matter of taste.
Yeah I think reznor was off his rocker by the time it happened
I’m gonna go like 90% into your corner however I don’t think the Cash version sounds awful. Like you, TDS means so much to me
Yeah I listened to everything up to TDS thousands of times, and followed his later career with increasing disinterest
fair, that's the era I like the most too however for whatever reason i find myself throwing on ghosts when i'm chillin or on a long drive
Gonna disagree on the late NIN. I bounced off the band after that piece of shit With Teeth dropped in 2005. I came back like ten years later and they remain one of my favorite bands (with the exception of With Teeth). The most recent stuff (Not the Actual Events, Add Violence, Bad Witch) are some of my favorites.
I don’t hate it as much, but I think the praise cash’s version gets is very much coloured by the context he sang it in. It sounds rough and without the story of his emotions it would be criticized a lot harder I feel
I like to listen to that one when I’m in pure depression mode, makes me feel even worst. I really don’t know why I do that though
I often wonder what elderly people feel when they think about how many of their former friends and foes are gone forever, how their current friends will one day go, and how they’re at the end of their life as well
I often hear that old people accept death pretty easily and aren’t too bothered by it. I mean, I see that with my mom when she shows me old photos and points out that like half of her friends are dead casually.
But still. I’ve accepted that death is inevitable, but something about the end of other things around me make me feel more uncomfortable than the thought of eventually dying. I suppose it’s dying last and being alone is the scary part.
Your first paragraph is one of the most terrifying thoughts of all time imo
Like of course we all die, but that level of introspection into the human condition just fucks me up big time
One of those rare right place, time, and artist type of songs. Not everyone gets to write their own epitaph like that.
He didn’t write it. But even the original artist respects the hell out of his performance of.
I was referring to the entire performance as Johnny Cash getting to write the epitaph for his own life. Trent Reznor admitted that the song didn't really feel like his anymore after hearing the cover.
It’s one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard, so my random ass certainly agrees
But I’m hearing it once had a Reddit moment which makes me kinda sad
I like it and want to learn to play it on my guitar.
It's a very easy song to learn, one of the first I learned. Should look up the tab for it, I think you'll have it down really quick
The picking/strumming was a little technical for me, but I'm gonna stick with it. I haven't been been playing very long.
Just view it as going one direction over and over again. Chords are super basic so you don't have to think about them much. Just started slow and bump up your speed until you get full speed. It's a song that really psyched me out more than it needed to. Finger picking makes the song pretty easy, but the song's sound is done with a pick for sure and that makes it a lot more difficult
never heard this song but i hate it because it’s popular on reddit, which means it must be bad
Death to America
Nah the song is good
I agree being sung by an older man it has more gravitas with its perspective of looking back on a life as though it's already finished
And it basically was already finished
I think he died like less than a year later
I like the bardcore cover someone posted here a while ago, no matter which version the lyrics always get me
I just want to say a picture of Nathan fielder in a nine inch nails t shirt inspired this post
I’ve always had a hard time categorizing nine inch nails, they always seemed like a genre of their own
never heard this song but i hate it because it’s popular on reddit, which means it must be bad
Death to America