How to make your mental train jump the tracks

[chipotle]

Watch the video for the Johnny Cash cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt":

http://www.losthighwayrecords.com/johnnycash/video/440063339_02_100k.asx

(Or if you're using Mac OS X's Windows Media Player, try cutting and pasting the pseudo-URL: mms://windowsmedia.umusic.com/losthighway/440063339_02_100k.wmv -- it'll work. Change the "100" to "250" in either URL if you want the higher bitrate version.)

The disturbing thing about it is that it's a good cover, in a peculiar way--and a very good video. Cash looks like a tired old man now--and the video ties that directly into the song's theme.

Comments

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

It was very impressive. Not especially jarring, though... I have a strange sense of time.

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

Oh, another thing. If I recall correctly, Johnny Cash was a contemporary of Elvis Presley, and when he started out, his act was considered really out there... it's therefore not out of character for him to be covering Trent Reznor's show-closer.

[kareem.livejournal.com]

I wish I had the connection to view that properly. Is it in MPEG downloadable form anywhere?