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headliner
12-06-2009, 07:37 PM
Hi, new here and this is my first post. I've been reading some of the stuff on the board and figured i'd start participating in the conversations now.

One thing i wanted to talk about a music video for a Johnny Cash song "God's Gonna Cut You Down".
The video has dozens of celebrities from both the music and acting world, some with little attachment to Johnny which make it interesting as to why they would be their. Homage is one thing, but with this song it seems to be more.

specific examples would Jay Z, and Kayne.

Besides the obvious Illumanati throw ups that are seen through out the video, with numerous Jay Z doing his sign with his eye peering through it, and multiple close ups of skull rings, their is one scene imparticular that i think is poignant.

(i don't know how to posts pics yet so this may not work)
http://www.somaaustin.org/mediafiles/sinners-make-the-best-saintsjpg.jpg



$inners (with the S as a dollar sign) make the best Saints (with the S as a serpent, the A as a Pyramid/triangle, and the T a cross).

The person representing this image is Bono, who has false wings and a halo and is praying to heaven in the still before this one, and who has always been heavily rumoured to be Satan worshipper, but is now largley recongized as a "Saint" thanks to his work in the Eugienics society of world depopulation politics (i love giant long on sentences).

IMO what this is pointing out is that $inners (with the dollar sign) the people who have sold their souls for cash, make the best (false)saints. The snake representing deception, trickery. The Pyramid representing the interests they work for (Illuminati) and the Cross representing what they work against.
Our society treats these celebrities as saints and idols. They put faces of benevolence on, yet they understand that they are working to undermine the cultural and ethical fabric of society.

As said in the song...
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the light



Anyways, not even sure if this has been discussed before, and you might think im way off, but have at er.

Feel free to post other spots in music videos that make you say hmmm... if you like. Theirs a thread for album covers but not music videos which is why i didn't post this there.


Here are the lyrics of the song

You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down

Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down

Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in the voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
He called my name and my heart stood still
When he said, "John go do My will!"

Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down

You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down

Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the light

You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down

Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down

schaff
12-06-2009, 09:21 PM
This is a great vid focusing on some of the symbolism in the song in question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPwPmO7JTKc

headliner
12-06-2009, 10:46 PM
Thanks for the link, much appreciated.

scooby doo
17-06-2009, 10:48 PM
The MMs/MTV made this video after Johhny's death. Has J-Z in it FFS. The lyrics to the song are class. The video sucks but they made it after Cash's death :mad::( the bastards!

Here's the song and listen to the words.
'Working against your fellow man'
'What done in the dark will be brought to the light'!!

J.Cash knew the score I think hench why they made a mockery out of the vid to a song that is talking about the very people who made it. But then again that is how they work. Sneaks,lairs and thieves but hey...they can run for a long time but sooner or later they'll get cut down ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0EQlQXoEo&feature=PlayList&p=E64FB399A242F2A4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

The video is shit like I say MTV/types made it after his death. Ignore the video (think that was why they had so many 'big names' so people would be saying 'oh thats blah blah instead of hearing the words) Ingore the vid, hear the song!

To the OP good post by the way :)