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Elspode · 08-24-2003, 01:33 PM

I would hesitate to say that the artists Syc cites here have no relevance to today's music consumer...obviously, they do, because people buy the shit out of what they sell. However, "Hurt" is a classic example of work by a *great* artist, someone with talent and insight which people like Eminem or 50 Cent can only hope to somehow, someday, achieve.

Cash has taken a NIN song, had it set against a video backdrop by someone who admires him boundlessly, and achieved an interpretaton of that work that is so poignant, so deeply *right* for The Man, and released it at a point in his life and career that couldn't possibly be more apropos. I will go so far to say that I cannot imagine the likes of 50 Cent *ever* gaining enough personal insight and honesty to equal something like "Hurt".

08-24-2003, 01:33 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I would hesitate to say that the artists Syc cites here have no relevance to today's music consumer...obviously, they do, because people buy the shit out of what they sell. However, "Hurt" is a classic example of work by a great artist, someone with talent and insight which people like Eminem or 50 Cent can only hope to somehow, someday, achieve. Cash has taken a NIN song, had it set against a video backdrop by someone who admires him boundlessly, and achieved an interpretaton of that work that is so poignant, so deeply right for The Man, and released it at a point in his life and career that couldn't possibly be more apropos. I will go so far to say that I cannot imagine the likes of 50 Cent ever gaining enough personal insight and honesty to equal something like "Hurt". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog