Hurt

Hurt was originally written and performed by Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor). It was actually a pivotal NIN song long before the seminal Johnny Cash cover. [The dissonant note in my intro is an ode to the NIN original.]

In a similar but reverse concept, Jimi Hendrix covered and electrified Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ and it became a top 20 hit in 1968. Dylan has said, “I took license with the song from (Jimi’s) version, actually, and continue to do it to this day. Strange how when I sing it, I…