Episode 37 · Country
Hurt
Johnny Cash
A rock song handed to a country legend near the end of his life. We ask what changes when the same words come from a different voice.
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HurtJohnny Cash · Two versions, one lyric
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Some covers answer the original and some replace it. We listen to both versions in turn and try to work out how the same lyric can sound like a different song when time is audible in the voice.
Marcus Reyes on Cash's late-career recordings, Layla Brooks on how the arrangement strips back, and Rio Castillo on whether the video is the true second half of the song.