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[jazzfish]

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?

Leonard Cohen's original version of Hallelujah is at least as good as John Cale's cover (heard in the movie Shrek, but sadly not the soundtrack).

Also:
I Am

Which tarot card are you?

Heh. I am also amused. This is one of the cooler dippy online quizzes I've seen. I have some issues with some of the choices; some of them I don't know myself well enough to say, and, well, I look for enlightenment by studying the facts. But overall it's pretty good.

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Hallelujah covers

[jazzfish]

The Buckley is ... interesting. Worth listening to, at least.

The Wainwright: ugh. I got through about half of the first verse. How can people listen to that when there's the John Cale available? (And the only information I can find online says that Wainwright stole the arrangement from Cale; since Wainwright appears to have sprung into being in 1998 and Cale's version dates from at least '91, this seems more likely.)

Re: Hallelujah covers

[scathach.livejournal.com]

The best by far is Bono. Let it never be said that U2 doesn't kick ass.

Re: Hallelujah covers

[jazzfish]

*blink* how odd. How very odd. It's like someone took the Leonard Cohen version and piped it through a blip-hop filter. Cool, but odd.

Re: Hallelujah covers

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Learn something new every day. :)

And Wainwright's just got a different vocal style.. not without its merits. :)