Happy Angus Day!
SA put a version of "Hallelujah" on a mix CD that I'm absolutely in love with. I think the singer is Ari Hest (?)
I really like Rufus Wainwright's version, except for one thing he does that bugs me. The first verse, for example, goes: "I heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord/ But you don't really care for music, do you?/ It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift/ The baffled king composing Hallelujah." Now in order for "do you" to rhyme with "Hallelujah", it has to be pronounced "do ya". But Wainwright insists on the proper enunciation, "do you", which ruins the rhyme. And he does this in every verse! Hmph.
I've always liked the John Cale verson of Hallelujah, and it FREAKED MY SHIT UP when I heard it used in Shrek.
hopping over to Music to say Happiest of Birthdays to my birthday twin.
Happy Birthday Angus!!!!
Well, happy birthday to you, too, Nora!
Happy Birthday to Angus & Nora. What time/day is it in Australia now? Should we wish Angus happy bday "tomorrow"?
I've always liked the John Cale verson of Hallelujah
Speaking of John Cale, he's on the Leonard Lopate show today. He's up third, so probably around 1. He's also performing in-studio. The show should be archived by tomorrow.
And speaking of musical interviews, Harry Shearer interviewed the great Allen Toussaint on the latest (9/5/04) episode of Le Show. For those of you who don't recognize the name, he was the guiding light of New Orleans r&b in the sixties & seventies. He either wrote, produced or performed on almost every hit out of the Crescent City from about 1960-1977. (I didn't hear his name until much later, but 1977 is the first time his music entered my world via Glen Campbell's cover of "Southern Nights," which was a big hit. Actually I take that back: "Lady Marmalade" was probably my first contact with him.) "Working in the Coalmine," "Mother-in-Law", Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, the Meters, Dr. John, the Band (he did the horn charts for Rock of Ages)... Toussaint was everywhere.
Australia's ahead of the US, so I guess we should be wishing Angus a happy belated birthday (right?). Also, happy day to Nora!
Toussaint's
From A Whisper To A Scream
was one of the records I considered for the book.
I've always liked the John Cale verson of Hallelujah, and it FREAKED MY SHIT UP when I heard it used in Shrek.
Didn't it feel like overkill? Like, playing "Strange Fruit" over a Ren & Stimpy cartoon?
