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| From | Chris Kouzes <kouzes@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: KD at the Olympics |
| Date | Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:47:13 -0500 (EST) |
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I do love this song and think that Buckley's version borderlines on otherworldly. That being said, I call for a moratorium on this song. When Jon Bon Jovi feels a need to cover it, the song has jumped the shark.
So I'm pleading to all musicians out there...please pick on another song to overexpose.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Sam Smith <sam@estreet.com>
>Sent: Feb 14, 2010 12:41 PM
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: KD at the Olympics
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>On 2/14/2010 8:40 AM, Gene Good wrote:
>> Justin Timberlake performed "Hallelujah"? You gotta be kidding. I may have new respect for the guy. I would think KD Lang would do a good job. My favorites are Jeff Buckley, as you mentioned, and John Cale.
>> I need to look for these.
>>
>It's on YouTube, and it's certainly worthy. There's also an a capella
>version by Imogen Heap (thanks to Michael MacLauchlan for passing it
>along) that's really pretty. And there are four Norwegian singers I know
>diddley about who put together another beautiful take.
>
>I do an occasional Tuesday feature at Scholars & Rogues called
>"TunesDay," and this week I'm pulling together a lot of the best
>versions, along with some that people probably haven't heard, into one
>handy little online listening room.
>
>Most people I've talked to fall into three camps where the cover is
>concerned: Buckley, Rufus Wainwright (Shrek seems to have made this the
>best-known version, at least up until Friday night) and kd lang. I think
>I may be in the lang camp here - her performance at the Junos in 2005
>rivaled what she did the other night.
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