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"God Told Me To" is the first single from Australian songwriter Paul Kelly's album ''Stolen Apples''. The song deals with a fictional character called John Johanna, on trial for murder. To explain his actions, John defends himself by saying that God told him to do this. The song continues Paul Kelly's affair with using biblical imagery in his songs. In an interview Kelly explains Kelly explains that he borrowed the opening line - "My name is John Johanna" - from American folk antiquity but points out that John is also the name of the author of the Book of Revelation, the apocalyptic last book of the New Testament. ==Video== The video for the song was first aired on ABC music video show rage in June 2007. The controversial video was directed by Natasha Pinkus, and is done in a single shot.〔 〕 The camera zooms out slowly from Paul's eye, eventually revealing him to be tied up in a glass case in a pool of blood. Pinkus explains that the blood was Kelly's idea The video was nominated for a Dendy award at the 2007 Sydney Film Festival〔 and won the 2007 Inside Film Award for 'Best Music Video'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IF Awards (2007 winners) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「God Told Me To (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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