mynewnameonhere t1_ixxqk51 wrote
Reply to comment by Notinyourbushes in NIN / Johnny Cash - Hurt by confrita
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.
Notinyourbushes t1_ixy7721 wrote
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.
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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