I’ll look out for the TR/Immigrant cover, ta. and the Swans too, why not.
I was musing the Cash/NIN Hurt versions the other day. I agree with alba and kimbers and I’ve heard plenty of others say the same. Odd though. Same words, obviously, and you should be able to look past the vocal style.
But spoken by a young man, they sound self-absorbed, whiney and self indulgent; in the mouth of an old man they seem to have much more legitimacy.
Seems that we can allow an old man to introspective, to reflect on his life and his mistakes, but a young man doesn’t have enough life experience to do that, and should pull himself together and get on with things… ? Bit sad really, and probably why young men with mental health problems have such a rough time.
Maybe it’s because the lyrics are entirely looking backwards, with no reference to the future…