I stumbled across the cover version below recently. It was released late last year - I'm guessing it was an outtake from the More sessions and in days gone by would probably have been a B-side. Not that such things still exist.
I'm sure Jarvis would be the first to tell you that his version can't really compete with the original, one of the last songs Johnny Cash wrote before his death in 2003. Johnny's version is suitably apocalyptic, but Pulp make it their own, particularly towards the end when it starts to sound like a twisted cousin of Running The World.
Both versions take on a new resonance during these, the last days of the American empire...
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I love that Pulp version.
ReplyDeleteA very good cover version by Pulp. Years ago, Gunter Gabriel, a German country musician, translated several songs by Johnny Cash into German and re-recorded them.
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Had no idea that cover existed. Great take on a great song....the original often brings a lump to my throat, which is unusual for an upbeat tune, as I ponder what was going through the mind of Johnny Cash as he recorded this, knowing he wasn't going to be alive much longer.
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