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.
Sir? I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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.
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"
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2006 10:02:16 am PST #4505 of 10003
brillig
I like Buckley's the best.
IF that's the one with the additional lyrics I found, with Love is not a victory march or something, then, boy howdie does it change the feel.
askye - Dec 01, 2006 11:58:07 am PST #4506 of 10003
Thrive to spite them
From a quick Google I've found that changing the lyrics to the song is something various artists have done. I couldn't find a side by side comparison (and I'm not checking lyrics sites at work) but one source said these were changes Buckley made:
Well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
When I get home I'll listen to the versions I have and compare them lyrically.
tommyrot - Dec 01, 2006 12:03:19 pm PST #4507 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cale's version has those lyrics too.
askye - Dec 01, 2006 4:04:28 pm PST #4508 of 10003
Thrive to spite them
I found what I think is the definitive post about this song it's on a blog [link] and it has links to many many versions of the song (there's even a link some where to a version by Anthony Michael Hall and a version --lots more links in the comments, I have not checked them to see if they are working. Also in the comments are the lyrics.
Cohen wrote two versions of the lyrics in 1984 [link] and 1988 [link]
Nicklas - Dec 02, 2006 4:10:28 am PST #4509 of 10003
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
The track I cannot get enough of is the last one - the William Elliott Whitmore one. I love it and will probably steal it for my own year-end mix.
WEW does that. He squeezes your heart just enough.
Oh, and if your depressed, don't listen to his first record Hymns for the Hopeless. It opens with a vocal only (almost) hymn about his dead parents. Breaks the heart into tiny tiny fragments and makes things worse. (The record is damn good though.)