vid - God's Gonna Cut You Down - Supernatural

[kiki_miserychic]

Vid Title: God’s Gonna Cut You Down
Vidder: kiki_miserychic, miserychic47@hotmail.com
Musical Artist: DJ Schmolli’s Johnny Cash Allstar Band
Fandom: Supernatural
Category/Summary: Experimental look at John Winchester through Dean
Cross-Posted: here, here, and here(imeem).

Download: 18.4mb, here

lyrics:
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 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

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 done 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

Notes:
I used DJ Schmolli’s mash-up of the vocals of Johnny Cash's God's Gonna Cut You Down, the drums on Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks, the Beastie Boys’ bass from Sabotage, the guitar from Ted Nugent's Cat Scratch Fever, and The Beatles’ lead guitar from Come Together. It’s some seriously amazing work. I downloaded it from MashupTown and I highly recommend it.

After having used Windows Movie Maker for so long and then seeing all the cool things I could do with Vegas without having to write xml was amazing. I fiddled around with it for the 30 days trial and produced this, which I will chalk up to experience and learning. I first got the idea for the vid back in December when it was posted on MashupTown, but then Johnny Cash’s original God’s Gonna Cut You Down was used for a promo for the show, I decided not to make the vid, but then I got a few kicks in the pants and did it anyways.

Comments

[destro.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I loved that! The timing was excellent, but I really, really liked it as a whole, watching John pass his legacy and guilt down to Dean, whether he wants to or not. Just awesome all around.

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! I had such fun watching it and I can tell you had fun making it too. LOVED the audio-synced effects. Thematically it also felt very strong and I liked the fact that it came from Dean's POV. There's a real sense of inevitability with the whole legacy thing.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I really like what you've done with this kiki, the experimentation works. The song is perfect, thanks for giving a link to feed my new mashup addiction by the way. I think you really captured the essence of John, his mission and his fatalism and the way they are passed on to Dean.

Great vid.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Really well done. The song is a perfect fit and I liked the effects you used in the begining to match the music. Also I really liked the scene with the lyrics 'John go do my will' and it's John talking to Dean. Awesome.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I always have a good time watching to see how you're going to bend the source to your vision. :D Thought the creapy noise scanning effect was a great fit for the show and you did some very cool things with the added motion and timing.

[hollywoodgrrl.livejournal.com]

Wow. So this was awesome, and I don't even watch the show (all though I have seen the 1st eppy). LOVE the transition you used for all the guitar bits and of course the wonderful timing on the fireball at 1:42. That was snappy. Excellent!

So you made this in Vegas? Did you get that transition from Vegas too? I'm always looking for new discoveries in that program. ;)

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

"Experimental" in a very good way! It's a great mashup, so driving and inexorable, like the topic. And the effects work with the song...love the wavy scan distortion on the riffs, but also the bouncy, beat-driven pans.

As a side note, you said you hesitated on the song because it was used in the promo...having just gotten caught up on the show and starting to think about vidding it, that's a real issue with Supernatural! They use so much music as a part of the show that I think it makes song selection for vidding very sticky. And I really think you made a good choice here.

[bradcpu.livejournal.com]

One question: Why can't I be you?? WHY???

This is just... it defies description. It's experimental and crazy with the insanity, yet so very precise and perfect in its own way. It's... just beautiful.

I adore the emotion, the affected staticky transitions, the motion... but the thing that really sticks out for me is your amazing sense of pace. It plunges forward, and then suddenly stops and lingers on a scene, then plunges forward. It's just breathtaking.

Your work is so organic and full of a sense of life I don't see in other vids. I vid. This isn't vidding. You do something with which I'm unfamiliar. It's beyond.

Wow.