actually, until I just looked it up, I thought it was the John Cale version
Huh, I could have sworn that SHREK DID use the John Cale version. I remember thinking how strange it was to hear a John Cale cover of a Leonard Cohen song in a kid's movie.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
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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.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2006 5:51:06 am PST #4484 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2006 5:53:30 am PST #4485 of 10003
brillig
Have you seen Shrek? Rufus Wainwright's version featured prominently.
I did see Shrek but I have no memory of that song. I rarely pay attention to the actual songs of montages, but Hubby found the song interesting and asked me to track it down for him.
Well, no, "Holding Out For A Hero" in Shrek II made me very happy, but I'm proud of my unhip musical tastes.
Dana - Nov 30, 2006 6:01:35 am PST #4486 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Connie, just for you, I popped in my season 1 Scrubs discs. It's not the Rufus Wainwright version. It is also not Leonard Cohen or Jeff Buckley.
And the Scrubs soundtrack lists "Hallelujah" by John Cale, so there you go.
ETA: Huh. DX answered that question like twelve posts ago, didn't he? t sigh
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2006 6:12:50 am PST #4487 of 10003
brillig
The hivemind is very kind and effective. Thank you.
Jon B. - Nov 30, 2006 6:29:38 am PST #4488 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I remember thinking how strange it was to hear a John Cale cover of a Leonard Cohen song in a kid's movie.
Me too! I wonder if they used Rufus on the CD soundtrack because of licensing issues with the JC version? Unless Rufus just sounds a lot like John Cale?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2006 7:01:51 am PST #4489 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Me too! I wonder if they used Rufus on the CD soundtrack because of licensing issues with the JC version?
That's what I was just wondering. I wonder why they'd let it be on the DVD, though (which is how I saw the movie). Or maybe the Rufus track was substituted because that version had become popular?
Unless Rufus just sounds a lot like John Cale?
I haven't heard a lot of Rufus (saw him open for Roxy Music, though), but I don't think he does. I mean, as someone who owns several of his 70s albums and saw him do a solo show once I thought it sounded unmistakeably like John Cale.
DebetEsse - Nov 30, 2006 7:28:36 am PST #4490 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It was used on House. Last season, I think. Irritated me, because, yeah, living the cliche.
Volans - Nov 30, 2006 7:33:03 am PST #4491 of 10003
move out and draw fire
I haven't heard a lot of Rufus (saw him open for Roxy Music, though)
Me too! I saw this show at the Merriwether Post Pavilion in Maryland.
I am well familiar with "Hallelujah" but I don't remember it being in Shrek. Of course, I kinda hated the movie so I may be blocking. I hope Cohen gets royalties - he could probably live on just the royalties from that song.
Kate P. - Nov 30, 2006 7:42:39 am PST #4492 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I definitely remember "Hallelujah" from Shrek, but I thought the movie actually used the Jeff Buckley version...? I do remember reading that the Rufus Wainwright cover, which wasn't the version used in the movie, was put on the soundtrack album due to licensing issues.
DebetEsse - Nov 30, 2006 7:45:00 am PST #4493 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The Buckley's a guitar version. The Wainwright is a piano version, which was the big difference in my head.