Willow ,'Potential'
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.
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?
Lenny Cohen or John Cale for me as well.
Wasn't there a link to the various Hallelujah versions over in the comedy thread? Something to do with Ugly Betty?
You got it, bunk.
Who wants to tell me about Laura Nyro?
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.
There was a fun tribute album of her songs out called "Time and Love"
I have this. It's terrific.
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!"
Ooh baby!
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.