Since the beginning of time people from all aspects of the world have took music as a way of life. To the art form of how music was made to the beats, rhythm, and the way music makes you feel. Some of music’s greatest legends have done many cover songs, such as Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt”, Guns N’ Roses – “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”, and Muse’s cover of ‘Feeling Good’. While many may believe the original version of the song itself sounds better than the covered form, some covered versions sound better than the original song.
Johnny Cash’s cover of ‘Hurt’ took the world by an undoubtable surprise of, well, hurt. His old ragged voice tied into the video of him wearing the usual all black, pictures …show more content…
As the gentleman plays until about 0:17, in and he starts to sing. His voice is different more moderate than Johnny Cash’s cover. His seemingly steady voice is more calming as he sings. Almost as if he has no feeling as to how the song is supposed to make you feel. No change in his tone as he keeps going. 1:16, and his voice hits a higher pitch of ‘you can have it all’ as he keeps playing the electronic keyboard. A bit of a twist as the music plays on, 1:47, and a female’s voices comes on singing ‘I wear this crown of thorns’ as she closes her eyes as she sings, her voice is low almost like she’s singing at a whisper, but it’s the low voice of a calm woman that feels some kind of pain (Hurt). 2:06 as she still keeps singing he starts to sing with her as you hear them both start to say ‘beneath the stains of time’. As they go on together with their duet, it is today’s modern and beautiful …show more content…
Less drums that beat at a slower rate unlike Guns N’ Roses wild rate of drums. 0:30 seconds in and you hear the masculine voice of a woman. Its deep but not as deep as a man’s voice her empowering vocals coming throughout the speakers makes you want to hear more, drawing you in for the unknowing version of this song. 2:00 and her voice hits a high note as she sings ‘that cold black cloud is comin down’(Raign). So much emotion is rolling through her voice. It almost makes you feel sad to listen to this woman sing this song with such depths of