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    I'm not entirely sure why people are listing the Johnny Cash cover of Hurt. Trent Reznor wrote the song so it's him you should really be listing.
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      Editing … You're right but the delivery of the lyrics comes into this list as well for me and the NIN version of the song just doesn't have the same soul that Johnny Cash brought to it.
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      Editing … Yeah, but this is favourite LYRICS, not favourite SONG. Cash didn't write the LYRICS, Reznor did. Just because someone else does a better cover doesn't make the song theirs. Cash didn't write the song.
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      Editing … Oh, I know it's not favourite song, I just can't completely separate vocals from lyrics. If I hadn't heard Cash deliver the lyrics, I wouldn't like them nearly as much.
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      Editing … Well, unfortunately, this isn't a favourite vocal rendition or song list. It's a favourite lyrics list. Argh, never mind. -.-
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      Editing … same with Hallelujah (not even Cohen's best lyrics tbh)
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      Editing … WEll, I voted for NIN's version! *High 5s Chemi*
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      Editing … If giving credit to the songwriter's the approach you want to take there's a lot of sorting out to do. Just to rhyme off a few Michael Jackson didn't write Thriller, Frank Sinatra didn't write That's Life or My Way, Aretha Franklin didn't write R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Nina Simone didn't write Feeling Good, Elvis didn't write Jailhouse Rock or Hound Dog and Elton John didn't come up with the lyrics for Your Song or Candle in the Wind (although he did compose the music). I reckon the solution's to change the database so we can link a song to a songwriter as well as to an artist. Sound good @Pape Badiane @Josh Swihart @Daniel Kayser?
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      Editing … Cash changed some of the lyrics, albeit only marginally so (crown of thorns vs crown of sh--), but generally a fair point really. I guess the same can be said for Hallelujah, All Along the Watchtower and numerous other songs where the cover versions are arguably more popular than the original.
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      Editing … I just think getting hung up on whether covers should be excluded from this list or not's missing the wider point. Even the first artist to perform a song didn't necessarily write it. Switching Crown of S@#* for Crown of Thorns actually is a big improvement as well, it kind of epitomises that Cash's version of the song has more class.
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      Editing … Actually, Trent Reznor did write the lyrics to Hurt, no one else did. So, again, taking a song and changing a few lyrics, doesn't automatically make the song yours. You can still get nailed for plagiarism. Also, like I said, this is favourite LYRICS, not favourite song rendition or song period. Cash still had to get permission from Trent Reznor to use his song lyrics so that implies that it's the same song regardless of modifications. God.
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