You go, bunk. We're still heng mai when you're famous, right? Hec, congratulations. (I believe that the Waits "Down in The Hole" was the last music beloved Wire producer Robert Colesberry heard on the planet.)
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
erikaj - Nov 09, 2007 4:07:49 pm PST #6753 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
chrismg - Nov 09, 2007 8:29:45 pm PST #6754 of 10003
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Hey, guys, a couple questions about "Hallelujah". I wasn't too impressed with the Jeff Buckley or k.d.lang versions, and I'm not sure I want to buy a whole alblum for the Rufus Wainwright. Does anyone have a version you think is clearly superior. Also, I'd swear I've heard a version with an extra line that goes:
I couldn't tell you which it was, the holy or the broken Hallelujah.
Am I crazy, or just from a parallel universe?
Oh, are there any other Shoji Meguro fans here?
Hayden - Nov 09, 2007 10:55:44 pm PST #6755 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Chris: Leonard Cohen.
Erika: When I'm the worst-selling 33 1/3 author ever, you can always tell folks that you knew me back when I had some promise.
Sue - Nov 10, 2007 3:55:38 am PST #6756 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I couldn't tell you which it was, the holy or the broken Hallelujah.
I'm sure I read an article a few years back that talked about all the different versions of the song and how the different artists had monkeyed with the lyrics.
I'm a fan of the John Cale version.
I have to say, there needs to be a moratorium on using that song during montages on TV shows. I wonder if we can insert that into negotiations in the writers strike?
Jon B. - Nov 10, 2007 5:07:39 am PST #6757 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Lenny Cohen or John Cale for me as well.
sumi - Nov 10, 2007 7:58:29 am PST #6758 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Wasn't there a link to the various Hallelujah versions over in the comedy thread? Something to do with Ugly Betty?
erikaj - Nov 10, 2007 9:00:31 am PST #6759 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
You got it, bunk.
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 4:58:21 am PST #6760 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Who wants to tell me about Laura Nyro?
sumi - Nov 12, 2007 5:20:43 am PST #6761 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
She's a singer/songwriter from the 60s and 70s (mostly). She wrote "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Stoned Soul Picnic" which were hits for other people. She died of cancer. There was a fun tribute album of her songs out called "Time and Love" after one of her songs.
I think that I first heard the Fifth Dimension's cover of "Stoned Soul Picnic" as a child because my parents had that album. And I'm pretty sure I heard Wedding Bell Blues somewhere on the way. My local library used to have some Laura Nyro and I'd look at it but didn't try listening 'til Time and Love came out. Anyway, she's got a great warm voice and sometimes Laura Nyro is exactly the only thing you want to listen to.
DXMachina - Nov 12, 2007 5:34:16 am PST #6762 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
There was a fun tribute album of her songs out called "Time and Love"
I have this. It's terrific.