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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There are songs we've gone our whole lives without hearing and the best song we've ever heard might still be out there. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nope. I've heard Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and Johnny Cash's version of Hurt.

One of those is the best, but I can't pick. They both are so moving - as mere covers! - that the odds are low of anything better coming out.

And then Farrel's Happy, so yeah.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

As much as I love the cover, I really have never been able to enjoy it more than the original version of Hurt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That is interesting. I loved the original in my youth, but now that I am older, a cancer survivor, and with a lifetime of challenge and too many dead loved ones, Cash's version speaks to me on a different level.

I'm not yucking your yum one bit. I am happy that you have a song that speaks to you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I loved the original in my youth

To be fair, I'm in my mid 20s which may still be "youth". I do see how the cover can speak more with more challenges in life. I do also love "Thank you for the offer" by Chip Taylor and it gives me a similar feeling to Cash's Hurt.

I'm not yucking your yum one bit. Wouldn't take it that way. Besides, Cash's version is also "my yum", just not more than the original :)

I hope life has given and continues to give you more to smile about.