Glory to God

If there's anything better than this / I'd like to know ...

"Glory and the Dream," Vigilantes of Love
"Glory Days," Bruce Springsteen
"Gloryhound," da
"Go Away Little Boy," Lone Justice
"Go Down Easy," Over the Rhine
"God Bless the Child," Billie Holiday
"God Give Me Strength," Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
"God Is Watching You," Leslie Phillips
"God Only Knows," The Beach Boys
"God Only Knows," Claudine Longet
"God Went Bowling," The Swirling Eddies
"God's Gonna Cut You Down," Johnny Cash

"Go Down Easy" is Exhibit A for why nobody does languid and sultry better than Over the Rhine. "Gloryhound" ought to be the Keyboard Kommandos Fight Song ("Strap down, secure the weekend warrior / To his T.V. seat, some kind of gloryhound / A flack jacket yuppie in a camouflage jeep"). The Johnny Cash track is from his final album, "American V: A Hundred Highways." If Cash had lived to record "American VI," I'd love to have heard it include the Leslie Phillips song above. It was the final cut on her final "CCM" record -- the last thing she had to say to the Christian ghetto in Nashvegas before changing her name and leaving for Star's Hollow.

In comments below, let me know what I'm missing in this alphabetical range. (Or feel free to suggest other tracks you wish Johnny Cash had recorded for "American VI.")

Comments

[Kevin]

Glory - People You Meet
God - Grammatrain
God - John Lennon
God - Tori Amos
God Part II - U2
God Part III - Larry Norman

[David]

"Go", Pearl Jam

[Drew Johnston]

God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson
God Don't Never Change - Blind Willie Johnson
Glory - Wyckham Porteous

[mknepher]

Glory - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Gloryhound - da
Go Away - Mark Eitzel
Go Down - Sam Philips
Go Down, Moses - Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
Go for G! - They Might Be Giants
God Be Merciful to Me - Jars of Clay
God Blessed Our Love - Al Green
God Bless The Children - Bruce Cockburn
God Don't Have to Teach You This Way - Peter Himmelman
God Is Standing By - Al Green
God Said It - The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
God Sends Quails - The 77's
God Will Lift Up Your Head - Jars of Clay
God's Away On Business - Tom Waits
God's Golden Eyes - John Hiatt
God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

Glancing through my music, one that Johnny would have done nicely is Daniel Lanois' "Sleeping in the Devil's Bed".

[Vanya]

Glory - Liz Phair
Glow Girl - The Who
Go - Wayne Shorter
Go Cave! - Scissorfight
Go, Hippie - Fountains of Wayne
God Bows to Math - The minutemen
God Killed the Queen - Louis XIV

Glow Girl is a nice little 60s song that would probably appeal to people who don't really like The Who, at least the 1970s AOR Who. But the funny thing is, none of these songs are particularly memorable. And other than the Billie Holiday I'm not very impressed by Fred's list compared to his usual offerings. This could be an alphabet range with very mediocre music.

[Simon]

They actually will be releasing an American VI, late in 2006 or early in '07, featuring songs from the same sessions as A Hundred Highways.

[Evan]

"God Made An Angel" - Timbuk 3
"God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" - Randy Newman (you gotta get this one, Fred)

[hilker]

Glory Box - Portishead
Glósóli - Sigur Rós

[Silent Sound]

Glow, The - The Microphones
Go - Moby
God is a DJ - Faithless

Honorable mention: The entire discography of "God Lives Underwater"

[Ray]

I just don't do Glory to God...
Glory Days - Pulp
Glosoli - Sigur Ros
Go to Sleep - Radiohead
God (Interlude) - Andre 3000

if I did it would be Belle and Sebastian style -

"If you find yourself caught in love
Say a prayer to the man above
Thank him for everything you know
You should thank him for every breath you blow
If you find yourself caught in love
Say a prayer to the man above
You should thank him for every day you pass
Thank him for saving your sorry ass
If you're single, but looking out
You must raise your prayer to a shout
Another partner must be found
Someone to take your life beyond
Another TV I Love 1999
Just one more box of cheapo wine..."

(had to work them in somehow)

[cminus]

The entire selection this time.

"Glynis," Smashing Pumpkins
"Go Ahead, Make My Day (dialogue)," Clint Eastwood
"Go Daddy-O," Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Go Home Paddy," Black 47
"Go Let It Out," Oasis
"Go Spread Your Wings," Godflesh
"Go To The Mirror/Listening To You," Broadway Cast of The Who's Tommy
"Go With The Flow," Queens Of The Stone Age
"Go Your Own Way," Fleetwood Mac
"Go!," Tones On Tail
"God," Pat McCurdy
"God Created Woman," Johnny Dowd
"God In An Alcove," Bauhaus
"God Is In The Radio," Queens Of The Stone Age
"God Part II," U2
"God's Lake," Meg Hentges

Nothing really unlistenable, but a fairly weak selection for the most part. Meg Hentges and Queens Of The Stone Age's "God Is In The Radio" do merit recommendation, but the real star in the firmament here is Pat McCurdy's "God." A wonderful tongue-in-cheek skewering of Christianist pieties.

[julia]

Guitar Concerto Vivaldi
Get Together Youngbloods
Getting Better Beatles
Getting Better Beatles
Great Balls of Fire Buddy Holly
Gin And Juice The Gourds
Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
Guess Things Happen That Way Johnny Cash
Goodnight Irene Leadbelly/Woodie Guthrie/Pete Seeger
Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard
Great Balls Of Fire (RARE!) Beatles
Get Ready Temptations
George Jones is playing in the city Austin Lounge Lizards
Gin & Juice Phish
Give Me Back My Job Tom Petty/Bono/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cash
Ghul Raha Hai Sara Manzar Shankar Mahadevan
Go All the Way The Raspberries
Guess I'm Just A Lucky So and So Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl Johnny Lang
Green, Green Grass Of Home Johnny Cash
Ghost Johnny Cash
Gloria Van Morrison
Guitar (Indian) & Flute Ravi Shankar/David Rampal
Get Down Gilbert O'Sullivan
Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison
Give Me Love George Harrison
Good Morning Starshine John Denver
Gnossienne Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 3 - Lent Et Grave Erik Satie
Groundhog Day Double Trouble
Guantanamera Celia Cruz
God Give Me Strength Elvis Costello/Burt Bachrach
Glory Days Bruce Springsteen
Gymnopedie #3 Branford Marsalis
Goodnight Saigon Billy Joel
Goodnight, My Love Billie Holiday/Ella Fitzgerald/Lena Horne/Sara Vaughan
Good Vibrations Beach Boys
Guantanamera Arlo Guthrie/Pete Seeger

[Tim Lehnerer]

Johnny Cash recording "Have I the Right" by the Honeycombs would have been heartbreaking. The final chorus, as we all know, is:

Come right back; I just can't bear it
I've got some love and I long to share it
Come right back, right back where you belong

Glory Days / Bruce Springsteen
Glory of Love / Otis Redding
Gluck Auf, Der Steiger Kommt / "Schultze Gets the Blues" sdtrk.
Gluck Das Mir Verblieb / "The Big Lebowski" sdtrk.
Go Go / Galactic
Go Go G.T.O. / Carol & Cheryl
Go Home Girl / Frank Black and Gary U.S. Bonds
Go Lil Camaro Go / The Ramones
Go Now / Bessie Banks
Go On Then / Gunilla Thorn
Go Speed Racer Go / Sponge
Go To Rhino Records / Wild Man Fischer
Go West / The Village People
Go! Go! Go! / Roy Orbison & the Teen Kings
Go, Go, Go (live) / The Blasters
God Knows It's True / Teenage Fanclub
God Only Knows / The Portsmouth Sinfonia
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Los Straitjackets
God Save the Queen / The Sex Pistols
Godzilla / Blue Oyster Cult

[Todd Larason]

Pretty slim pickings here, too.

"Glory Be", Oingo Boingo
"Glow Worm / It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", Rockapella
"Glow Worm", Johnny Mercer
"Glow", Kelis
"Go Down", Bloodhound Gang
"Go Fun Burn Man", Mission of Burma (x2)
"Go Home", Barenaked Ladies
"Go No More A-Roving", Leonard Cohen
"Go Tell Aunt Rhody", Woody Guthrie
"Go Tell it on the Mountain", Simon & Garfunkel
"Go To Sleep", KLF
"Go Wild in the Country", Bow Wow Wow
"Go Your Own Way", Fleetwood Mac (x3)
"Go ahead dad", Poe
"Go to Sleep", Roxette
"Go", Tones on Tail
"Go, Speed Racer, Go!", Sponge
"God Bless the Child", The Simpsons
"God Don't Make Lonely Girls", The Wallflowers
"God Flintstone", Urge Overkill
"God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign", The Carter Family
"God Knows", Bob Dylan
"God Only Knows", The Beach Boys
"God Part II", U2
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", Barenaked Ladies
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", Mason Williams
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", Trans-Siberian Orchestra
"God Save the Queen", Sex Pistols
"God Won't Get You", Dolly Parton
"God in an Alcove", Bauhaus (x2)
"God is a Bullet", Concrete Blonde (x6)
"Goddess Air Presents Hullo, Don't Worry", Firesign Theatre
"Goddess Air", Firesign Theatre
"Godspeed", Patti Smith Group

[Rob H.]

"Glory" - KMFDM (x6)
"Glory Box" - Portishead
"Go-Go Gadget Gospel" - Gnarls Barkley
"Go Go Boots" - cEvin Key
"Go To Hell" - KMFDM
"Go To Sleep." - Radiohead
"Goblin Girl" - Frank Zappa
"God" - Tori Amos
"God's Gift (Maggot)" - Skinny Puppy
"God Inside My Head" - Catherine Wheel
"God Killed The Queen" - Louis XIV
"God Made Me" - The Sundays
"God Said No" - Dan Bern
"God Save The USA" - Pennywise
"God Send Death" - Slayer
"God Yu Takem Laef Blong Mi" - Hans Zimmerman
"Godeatgod" - Marilyn Manson
"Godlike" - KMFDM (x3)

[Steve]

God's River - The Jeff Gray Band
God Inc - Rick Elias
God (Interlude) - Outkast
God Bless - Danielson Famile
God Only Knows - The Langley Schools Music Project
God Makes No Mistakes - Loretta Lynn
God Is Love - Marvin Gaye
God Gave Rock and Roll To You - Petra
Godpleaser - Petra
God Grant Me Tears - Ragamuffin Band
God Is In The Roses - Rosanne Cash
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Russ Taff
God Don't Never Change - Russ Taff
God's Unchanging Hand - Russ Taff
God Sends Quails - The 77's
God Good Devil Bad - The Swirling Eddies
God Part II - U2

Songs I would have loved to hear Johnny Cash sing:
Jesus Is For Losers (Steve Taylor)
Hopeless Etc. (Adam Again)
Grace (U2)
I Still Believe (The Call)
A Simple Prayer (Jeffrey Gaines)
A Man Of No Reputation (Rick Elias)
Losing My Religion (REM)
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Traditional)

[Ian Mathers]

The first ten, as always:

"Glorious" - Diefenbach
"Glow" - Nelly Furtado
"Glowworm" - The Apples In Stereo
"Go Get the Cops" - Wheat
"Go On" - Takuma Itoi
"Goat of the West" - The Comsat Angels
"God Bless" - Lamb
"God In the Details" - Sweet Billy Pilgrim
"God Only Knows" - Petra Hayden
"Goddes on a Hiway" - Mercury Rev

The Wheat is probably my current favourite. Sadly, I can't think of anything for Johnny to cover.

[Steve]

Two more songs I think Cash cold have covered...I just heard for the first time this week, both off of T Bone Burnett's newest album:
There Would Be Hell To Pay
Blinded By the Darkness

[Brent White]

"Gloryhound" is up there with Costello's "Shipbuilding" as among the smartest anti-war songs ever. Nice choice!

I really, really want to get behind the Johnny Cash American Recordings stuff, but I just can't. I love the idea of them, but he lost so much of his range toward the end, the recordings seemed like exploitation. Tell me how I'm wrong? I much prefer Elvis Presley's and Moby's version of "God's Gonna Cut You Down."

A few additional songs:

"Go Mental," Ramones (Road to Ruin)
"Go On Ahead" Liz Phair (Whitechocolatespaceegg--her best album by far!)
"Go Where You Wanna Go" The Mamas and the Papas (If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears)

[kmg]

Glory--Liz Phair
Glory Box--Portishead
Go--Moby
Go Coastal--Velocity Girl
Go West--Liz Phair
Go Your Own Way--Fleetwood Mac
God--John Lennon
God Bless America--Joan of Arc
God Only Knows--The Beach Boys
Godless--Mason Jennings

[ken nussbaum]

"Go With God, But Go" - The 77's
"Godless" - the Dandy Warhols

[Steve]

Brent, I'll gladly tell you where you are wrong. The beauty of Cash's final discs was THAT he'd lost his range and booming voice...and instead of belting out his tunes, he offered then with honesty and fraily. Not always beautiful, but BEAUTIFUL.

That being said, I love American Recordings I-IV, but haven't heard V yet.

See further this review of AR IV: http://www.dwightozard.com/lq-article.asp?id=54

And Cash’s baritone does waiver. The ravages of time, hard living and disease have taken much of the power from his legendary voice—the deep notes no longer resonate with his distinctive, nearly seismic rumble. But where the younger Cash might have song through a lyric, he now is forced to cling to every syllable for dear life, like it might be his last, singing through a frailty that gives the song an air of dynamic, painstakingly beautiful immediacy. It’s yet another example of a great artist—and theologian—at work, as Cash has taken his weakness and transformed it into his strength. Indeed, while his voice may be less than it was, his singing has never been better.

[Susie from Philly]

God Bless the Child - Blood Sweat & Tears
God is Alive, Magic is Afoot - Buffy Ste. Marie
God Was In The Water - Bonnie Raitt
Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) - Radney Foster

[Sophist]

"Glowing Heart of the World" - Calexico
"Glowing/Colorful" - Windy & Carl
"Gnidjougouya" - Amadou & Mariam
"Go" - Common
"Go Away" - Archer Prewitt
"Go Away" - Guillemots
"Go Call You Mine" - Of Montreal
"Go Down, Old Hannah" - Jackie-O Motherfucker
"Go Home, Get Down" - Death From Above 1979
"Goat and Ram" -bonnie 'prince' billy & Matt Sweeney
"God" - Apollo Sunshine
"God Takes Care of the Little Things" - The Boy Least Likely To
"God's Away on Business" - Tom Waits