[Lazamataz]

His best performance ever was his cover of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt". I almost cried when I saw it.

[sharktrager]

That album is brilliant. It crosses genre and truly shows the man's skill.

I believe it was a true return to greatness and one of the greatest albums of all time, and I am not exactly a Johnny Cash fan.

[Dr Snide]

Love that cover and the video was one of the most powerful pieces of film I have ever seen. But I till love Folsom Prison Blues. How can you beat a line like "I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die."

[jern]

blasphemy

[Osage Orange]

Mr. Cash knew his earthly end was in sight......when he made that song & video. It's hauntingly beautiful...IMO.

[Terabitten]

His best performance ever was his cover of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt". I almost cried when I saw it.

I have to agree. Very few songs move me so deeply that I can't even listen to the entire song. To this day, I can't get past the first chorus. When Trent Reznor sings it, it just sounds whiny and self-pitying... but when the Man in Black does it, I hear a lifetime of pain from a cracked seventy year old voice. It's the most despairing thing I've ever heard.

I hurt myself today,
to see if i still feel,
I focus on the pain,
the only thing thats real,

The needle tears a hole,
the old familiar sting,
try to kill it all away,
but I remember everything,

what have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone i know,
goes away in the end

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

His best performance ever was his cover of Nine Inch Nails "Hurt". I almost cried when I saw it.

ditto. I'm a HUGE Cash fan, and the video hit me like a bomb. Unbelievably personal and powerful. The most haunting image was June Carter Cash hovering over him like a mother lion - you could just feel the bond between them. Old John sure went out on a high note artistically.