Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


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.


Jon B. - Nov 12, 2007 6:10:24 am PST #6763 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Her wikipedia article is pretty good: [link]

My favorite bit:

Bob Dylan reportedly startled a young Laura Nyro when he approached her at a party and declared "I love your chords!"


tommyrot - Nov 12, 2007 6:11:41 am PST #6764 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Ooh baby!


Jon B. - Nov 12, 2007 10:36:34 am PST #6765 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Not sure whether to post this here, in Technology, or in Premium cable. From PopBitch:

How music promotion works - part 2
Wire have received a nice paycheck thanks to "I Don't Understand" being used on a recent Victoria's Secret advert. And how did that come about? Someone at the lingerie company's advertising agency was trying to download an episode of The Wire TV series from a file-sharing site, but accidentally ended up with Wire's "Read & Burn 01" album.