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Hurt is a gut punch

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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For me, it's Hurt. It was released in 2002. Every time I hear it I almost tear up... an aged Cash, his voice shaky, nearing the end of his time on earth, lamenting the things he did wrong. At my age, it's something that I can relate to.

The pain that he imbues the song with is so palpable that even Trent Reznor admitted that Cash "owns" the song now. His take is the definitive take that all others will be measured by.

Within a year or so, Cash would lose his wife. He would pass away just four months later.

[–] Esterhowse (468) 4 years ago

It is such a powerful song!

[–] Jones70 (6534) 4 years ago

I agree that one and also When the Man Comes Around, God’s Gonna Cut You Down, I Hung My Head, The Wanderer, Lost on the Desert, Keep on the Sunnyside, In the Jailhouse Now, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, Six White Horses, I Got Stripes, I Got a Boy and His Name is John, Drink to Me, Clementine, Nazarene, Johnny Reb, Cocaine Blues, Austin Prison, My Old Kentucky Home, Pickin Time, September When it Comes