Thursday, March 17, 2011: Johnny Cash - Hurt

I've said previously that Jimi Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower is the greatest cover ever.

I was just giving you the general consensus, the popular opinion, the default vote.

Here's the real deal.

Johnny Cash's take on Nine In Nail's Hurt is the greatest cover ever.

He is 71 years old in this video, he died 7 months after it was made.

If this haunting, poignant and heartwrenching exploration of regret set in the twilight of a man's years doesn't give you a Mike Tyson sized punch to the chest, then I don't know what to tell you friend.

Other than, maybe you have no soul.