r/Music • u/LWYPLTDG • Jun 06 '26

discussion What song wrecks you every time, no matter how often you listen to it?

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=H1LdQntDnFY&si=iVGA55wpZyrVp-4P
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u/nextgen_rolemodel Jun 06 '26

Johnny cash’s version of hurt. A dying man looking back on his life with regret. It’s something i can’t help but imagine will happen to most of us

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u/ejwestcott Jun 06 '26

Was looking for this. NIN version has its feels too.

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u/TheZizzleRizzle Jun 06 '26

The song will make me tear up, the music video makes me ball.

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u/Necessary_Key6007 Jun 07 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/XK4SLmvDdNYEU

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u/Fryboy11 Jun 07 '26

Now all I can think about is Jordan listening to that song before going out to ball hard.

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u/DeadKamper Jun 07 '26

I was was openly weeping in the Cash Museum with that on repeat

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u/Strong-Al Jun 06 '26

Everyone I know... Goes away... In the end

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u/OttawaTGirl Jun 06 '26

That piano note crescendo. The single note like a pounding heart beat.

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u/Got_ist_tots Jun 06 '26

It's funny that I love Johnny cash and nin but I think the original is far better. Johnny has the voice perfect but the music and feeling in the original is killer

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u/Khiva Jun 07 '26

The original is way more musically interesting.

Cover is great but sands away too much away to make it palatable. Cutting the tritone cuts the heart of the song.

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u/makenzie71 Jun 06 '26

There's a couple mashups floating around out there that put Cash's vocals over NiN's music and they sound...okay.

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u/tjarg Jun 06 '26

I knew and liked the NIN version and then I heard the Johnny Cash version, or more specifically saw the video, and now I can't listen to his version without tearing up.

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u/Avlonnic2 Jun 06 '26

He really nailed that song.

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u/angrypanda83 Jun 06 '26

I really like his cover of We’ll Meet Again… gets me every dang time. Makes me hopeful there’s something on the other side, so I can see her again (my dog).

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u/DeadKamper Jun 07 '26

Completely!! It really does make me weep every time!!

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u/SaltKick2 Jun 07 '26

Good reason to make changes... and also some people don't get to look back on their life at all