Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
14 December 2008, 09:39 PM
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You are right but they are slowly growing on me, i wouldn't go so far as to say i love em though.
14 December 2008, 10:09 PM
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I still prefer the Rufus Wainright version: in that happy kind of way I would like it played at my funeral!
YouTube - Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (shrek)
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YouTube - Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (shrek)
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14 December 2008, 10:15 PM
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Absolutely love this song.. but this is the best version for me
YouTube - Bon Jovi (Unplugged)-hallelujah
YouTube - Bon Jovi (Unplugged)-hallelujah
14 December 2008, 10:16 PM
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14 December 2008, 10:17 PM
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To my ears version he performs on stage is superior because it is his own interpretation
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14 December 2008, 10:18 PM
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That Rufus Wainwright cover was recorded specially for the Shrek soundtrack ands was intended to be a note for note copy of John Cale's cover as used in the film itself
To my ears version he performs on stage is superior because it is his own interpretation
I'll get me anorak now
To my ears version he performs on stage is superior because it is his own interpretation
I'll get me anorak now
14 December 2008, 10:19 PM
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14 December 2008, 10:21 PM
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Track listing
"Stay Home" - Self
"I'm a Believer" - Smash Mouth
"Like Wow!" - Leslie Carter
"It Is You (I Have Loved)" - Dana Glover
"Best Years of Our Lives" - Baha Men
"Bad Reputation" - Halfcocked
"My Beloved Monster" - Eels
"You Belong to Me" - Jason Wade
"All Star" - Smash Mouth
"Hallelujah" - Rufus Wainwright (While Wainwright's cover of the Leonard Cohen song is on the soundtrack album, the version that appears in the movie is a cover by John Cale)
"I'm on My Way" - The Proclaimers
"I'm a Believer (reprise)" - Eddie Murphy
"True Love's First Kiss" - John Powell
"Stay Home" - Self
"I'm a Believer" - Smash Mouth
"Like Wow!" - Leslie Carter
"It Is You (I Have Loved)" - Dana Glover
"Best Years of Our Lives" - Baha Men
"Bad Reputation" - Halfcocked
"My Beloved Monster" - Eels
"You Belong to Me" - Jason Wade
"All Star" - Smash Mouth
"Hallelujah" - Rufus Wainwright (While Wainwright's cover of the Leonard Cohen song is on the soundtrack album, the version that appears in the movie is a cover by John Cale)
"I'm on My Way" - The Proclaimers
"I'm a Believer (reprise)" - Eddie Murphy
"True Love's First Kiss" - John Powell
14 December 2008, 10:41 PM
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I'm thinking John Cale's version is on a par with Buckley's. Absolutely love the guitar playing on the Buckley version. Wainwright is a close third. Women shouldn't be allowed to sing it - the whole POV lyrically is male and the words make no sense sung by a woman.
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14 December 2008, 10:59 PM
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I constantly confuse the order of JCs and RWs recordings (probably because I prefer the RW one), but Ive always felt that theyre both very much in the style of JB. Leonard Cohens original is very different.
14 December 2008, 11:01 PM
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15 December 2008, 06:28 PM
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So did anyone buy this today or were we mass media sheep and bought the alex version?
Alexandria is currently number 1 but buckley is number 4 and climbing.
Alexandria is currently number 1 but buckley is number 4 and climbing.
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15 December 2008, 06:48 PM
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15 December 2008, 06:51 PM
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The irony is, with it being released by cowell the song has the line.
You don't really care for music do you?
Not to mention the lyrics implies that alexandria must bat for the other side.
Well that's the general public im afraid bubba, never know good music whatsoever.
buckley might not make number 1 but it'll sure as hell embarrass cowells version when they're played next to each other in the charts
People will hear the difference!!
You don't really care for music do you?
Not to mention the lyrics implies that alexandria must bat for the other side.
Well that's the general public im afraid bubba, never know good music whatsoever.
buckley might not make number 1 but it'll sure as hell embarrass cowells version when they're played next to each other in the charts
People will hear the difference!!
15 December 2008, 07:23 PM
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Im sorry, but that Cohen fella looks and sounds like an X factor reject, I watched it and listened to it and thought it was a wind up.
Are you sure he doesnt work in a chicken factory.
Three no's from me.
Are you sure he doesnt work in a chicken factory.
Three no's from me.
17 December 2008, 12:36 AM
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Actually here's one thing i didn't realise, the download charts are done off quite a few places, on itunes alone buckley is both at number 3 and number 21, then there's other download sites to take into account.
Could be interesting times, i think the carts are both run the same time.
Could be interesting times, i think the carts are both run the same time.
17 December 2008, 08:54 AM
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I'm thinking John Cale's version is on a par with Buckley's. Absolutely love the guitar playing on the Buckley version. Wainwright is a close third. Women shouldn't be allowed to sing it - the whole POV lyrically is male and the words make no sense sung by a woman.
....agree, although not 100% certain I'd score Rufus so highly, always sounded a bit monotone to me (I know that's part of the appeal) and that's even in comparison to Cohen's
17 December 2008, 10:22 AM
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I think we could do with brief respite from the holder personage etc.
Gloom and doom is fashionable ( could it be the current climate
) you just have to survey the ranks of paper-back 'victim' publications down at whs , if it hasnt gone bust .
Go on my son (Buckley - even tho he copped it 10 years ago )
Gloom and doom is fashionable ( could it be the current climate
) you just have to survey the ranks of paper-back 'victim' publications down at whs , if it hasnt gone bust .Go on my son
(Buckley - even tho he copped it 10 years ago )
17 December 2008, 08:48 PM
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This is a good version:-
YouTube - Chris Moyles Hallelujah Lamb Bhuna Parody
YouTube - Chris Moyles Hallelujah Lamb Bhuna Parody
That is quite funny, I must have missed the morning they did that!
(it also goes to show that the tune is good irrespective of the words!)
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17 December 2008, 10:05 PM
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This is a good version:-
YouTube - Chris Moyles Hallelujah Lamb Bhuna Parody
YouTube - Chris Moyles Hallelujah Lamb Bhuna Parody