This is true
However the Cash version was also palpably not a patch on the original
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:01, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

*holds hand up*
I prefer the Cash version.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:04, Reply)

I agree
As does Trent Reznor, it is therefore better
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:07, Reply)

i think they're both shit

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:13, Reply)

I think the original works if you're 14 years old and still think Billie Joe Armstrong writes "deep" lyrics
If you're not, Cash's version at least delivers the song in a vaguely respectable manner.

Both are, however, inferior to Sad Kermit's interpretation.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:04, Reply)

I assume you're aware that Hurt is by Nine Inch Nails
and that this is some hilarious wind-up
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:06, Reply)

Yes, I am fully aware that "Hurt" was written by Trent Reznor
No, this is not a wind-up. Sorry, I grew out of most of the teen-angst-bollocks that I enjoyed when I was that age. There's very little of it now that I can still listen to.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:08, Reply)

I've just worked out what you meant by the Billie Joe reference
Apologies, I thought you were confused rather than dismissing by association.

I'm actually with you on this in general, Hurt being one of a very few songs from the mid-to-late 90s that I still love
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:11, Reply)