# Just saw Johnny Cash's video for "Hurt"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622 "2003-01-24T16:18:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Church\_Key\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/1 "2003-01-24T16:18:36Z")

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…and now I think I want to kill myself.

Seriously though, has anyone else seen this? It’s a few months old, I think… but I find it very depressing.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/2 "2003-01-24T17:28:07Z")

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Haven’t seen the video, but I must say I like Mr. Cash’s cover better than the original – I had no idea Trent Reznor wrote such a great song.

But then, I think JC is one of the best recording artists ever, and an all-around stand-up guy who can do no wrong. (And he has better engineers.)

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/3 "2003-01-24T17:49:54Z")

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The video is [here](http://www.markromanek.com/video/14.html).

Very depressing. Much better than the original, too.

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/4 "2003-01-24T17:53:10Z")

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I usually hate country music. But I love Johnny Cash.

My favorite has to be “the Mercy Seat” - also a cover waaaaay better than the original.

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**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/5 "2003-01-24T18:46:00Z")

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Johnny Cash is not country - he’s rockabilly. 😃

That’s the only way I can see me allowing myself to like him so much.

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-johnny-cashs-video-for-hurt/150622/6 "2003-01-24T19:09:13Z")

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Johnny Cash trancends Country or Rockabilly.

Johnny Cash is Cool.