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. -- _______________________ *Sam Smith* * » RazzberrySync Mobile, Inc. * *: Principal* * » Black Dog Strategic * *: President* * » Lullaby Pit * *: Editor* * » Scholars & Rogues * *: Editor* *voice:* *303.229.0619 /m* *skype**:** * docsammy22 *usps**:* 5132 Grey Wolf Pl. Broomfield CO 80023 *aim:* lullabypit *e-mail:* sam@estreet.com /"...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing from your heart." - John Millington Synge /