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Jacqueline 10:49 pm UTC 04/27/07 |
| In reply to: | re: I love this video from YouTube - Vin 09:11 pm UTC 04/27/07 |
| I will alway pick the songwriter doing the singing...and I love the backing vocals (images of the young) here. Been watching old Joel & Zevon tonight. Really great stuff! > Do you love it because its so totally 80s? Check out the > fashion on the BG singers! > > I don't know about LC: I think he's a talented writer, > but singing is obviously not his strong suit. > > I've sampled the Buckley and Wainwright versions of this > today, also, on Amazon, and it seems to me that Cale's > vocal and piano touches me much more than these. > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI > > > > > Can anyone point me to the BEST verison of this song? My > > > first exposure to it was the movie "Shrek," which version > > > I love. I investigated and ended up buying a Leonard > > > Cohen album with the song, thinking it was the "Shrek" > > > version, but I was sadly mistaken. Turns out, Cohen's > > > version of his own song does little for me. Anyway, I > > > hear this song has actually been covered to death. > > > > > > So anyone with any insight, please advise. > > > > > > Thanks. | |
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