I’ve been listening to a new radio station in Cincinnati, The Sound, for a while and they’ve played the song God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash a few times. It’s haunted me because I knew I recognized the lyrics from somewhere; especially the “Go tell that long tongued liar” one. Well thanks to Wikipedia, I figured out this song has been sung many times under a different name Run On, which is how I recognize the song from Moby’s Play album which I’ve listened to many times (it’s one of my favorite albums). Now I can finally sleep
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The video for Johnny’s version is filled with a cast of stars listed in the aforementioned Wikipedia article as: Iggy Pop, Kanye West, Chris Martin, Kris Kristofferson, Patti Smith, Terrence Howard, Flea, Q-Tip, Adam Levine, Chris Rock, Justin Timberlake, Kate Moss, Sir Peter Blake, Sheryl Crow, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson, Amy Lee, Tommy Lee, the Dixie Chicks, Mick Jones, Sharon Stone, Bono, Shelby Lynne, Anthony Kiedis, Travis Barker, Lisa Marie Presley, Kid Rock, Jay-Z, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Corinne Bailey Rae, Johnny Depp, Graham Nash, Brian Wilson, Rick Rubin and Owen Wilson. Fun to watch and try to recognize all them.
