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Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Jon B. - Nov 30, 2006 10:12:30 am PST #4495 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
askye - Nov 30, 2006 10:20:17 am PST #4496 of 10003
Thrive to spite them
According to John Cale's Wikipedia entry his version was used in Sherk with the line "maybe there's a God above" edited out but Rufus Wainwright's version was used in the soundtrack.
Jon B. - Nov 30, 2006 10:29:52 am PST #4497 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sherk
Shrek's irresponsible cousin?
Sorry.
Good to know Frank & I aren't crazy.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2006 10:35:45 am PST #4498 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shrek's irresponsible cousin?
Snerk.
Who's probably also a cousin.
Good to know Frank & I aren't crazy.
Yes it is. I wouldn't be surprised if the removed line was the reason for the problem of using it on the soundtrack.
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2006 11:27:31 am PST #4499 of 10003
brillig
I just looked up the lyrics of Cohen's Hallelujah, and they are not the lyrics I heard. The song was about dying, and there was definitely the line "blood is not a victory" or something like. The lyrics I found are about singing before God. So I'm looking for something else, apparently.
edit: Ah hah! There are additional verses from somewhere. It's "love", not "blood". Hubby and I obviously have our ears tuned to a different vibe.
Theodosia - Nov 30, 2006 12:18:53 pm PST #4500 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I uploaded Fletcher Henderson's "Happy Feet" and Ella Fitzgerald's "Hallelujah" to Buffistarawk. The first because of the movie (which it's not related to) and the second because it's not at all like the Cohen song. So there.
Jon B. - Dec 01, 2006 6:25:29 am PST #4501 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That VU acetate discovered a couple of years ago was just sold on eBay: [link]
DXMachina - Dec 01, 2006 6:28:00 am PST #4502 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Actually, it doesn't look like the auction has closed yet, so if you're looking for that special Christmas present...
Jon B. - Dec 01, 2006 6:29:09 am PST #4503 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yeah, sorry, I should have said "is being sold"...
askye - Dec 01, 2006 8:22:53 am PST #4504 of 10003
Thrive to spite them
Connie - Jeff Buckley changed some of the lyrics in his version of the song, I can't remember what changes were made off the top of my head but it does alter the feel of the song some.
Of the versions I've heard --Cale, Wainwright, Buckley, the original, and Bob Dylan-- I like Buckley's the best.