I've grown to be more than a little dubious about the notion of authenticity in popular music, especially as linked to the idea of 'street cred'. All too often there's too much of the consciously performative involved in the work of those who'd like us to believe there's something more 'real' about them than there is for others in their field.
However, despite all the obvious contrivance involved in the video of Johnny Cash's Hurt I have no doubt at all that this is an example of the deeply real, so real it genuinely hurts to watch. I think I first saw it a year or so ago, and I happened to watch it again today. The impact had not been reduced in the slightest.
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