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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: KD at the Olympics |
| Date | Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:20:34 +0000 |
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Thanks for the info. I will definitely check out your "Tunesday " piece. Please include the Norwegian singers. I am intrigued by your mention of them . I had forgotten about Rufus 's version which I enjoy.
Gene
> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:41:59 -0700
> From: sam@estreet.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: KD at the Olympics
>
> 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.
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> 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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