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I really like Jeff Buckley's rendition better, but rumor has it Cohen wept when K. D. Laing sang it for him.

Now where are we going and what's with the handbasket?

by budr on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 01:42:13 PM EST
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Sweet.  iPhones do YouTube embeds now.  Don't think I could get those before.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 01:56:02 PM EST
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I can't hear it without thinking of John Cale...

... or the man himself:

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Sat Jul 19th, 2008 at 06:10:38 PM EST
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John Cale was the real arranger of Hallelujah, even if he didn't sing it all that well. Buckley took over the piano arrangement and sang it pretty but over-signified. (Rufus Wainwright ditto).

I'd as soon hear Cohen drone it, but his arrangement sucks, as often.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 02:23:42 AM EST
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I guess I'm just a soft touch for a certain kind of vocal.  Whenever Buckley or Laing get to a certain step on that grand staircase of (what, fifths?) my eyes go moist no matter how many times I hear it.

Now where are we going and what's with the handbasket?
by budr on Sun Jul 20th, 2008 at 11:39:31 AM EST
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