Hell O'Kitty - Seeing as we're doomed to listen to Hallelujah this week...

Seeing as we're doomed to listen to Hallelujah this week...

Dec. 21st, 2008 at 9:36 PM

You may as well have some good versions.

Leonard Cohen - my priest at college used to love Leonard Cohen. I am uneducated and do not get it.

Jeff Buckley

The Dresden Dolls

K.D. Lang

Rufus Wainright

Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - this is my favourite;

cidercupcakes gave it me. They keep forgetting the words and giggling. It's adorable.

And while I'm doing this I might as well upload some versions of Fairytale of New York.

The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl

Stars - this one is really good.

Christy Moore - I love Christy Moore, even though he sings both parts.

KT Tunstall

Mood: giggly
Music:Hallelujah

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fordandfitzroy.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 21st, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC)

I've always loved John Cale's (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2y1t2u) version the best.

And I love Leonard Cohen, but his version of Hallelujah is definitely kind of uninspiring.

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:33 pm (UTC)

I always thought he meant it to be uninspiring, but that the rest of us completely missed the point.

Which is sad, but also hilarious.

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cyprinella wrote:

Dec. 21st, 2008 10:44 pm (UTC)

IL the k.d. lang so much.

There was a site I ran across once that was collecting like ever cover of that song and dividing based on the version of lyrics used.

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:28 pm (UTC)

M2!

Apparently there's like eighty verses altogether.

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tardbot5000.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 22nd, 2008 01:54 am (UTC)

*\o/*

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:32 pm (UTC)

>:)

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straussmonster.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 22nd, 2008 04:37 am (UTC)

no john cale?

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:31 pm (UTC)

LOLOLOL everyone corrected me for that oversight :D:

I always get his one confused with Rufus Wainwright.

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tacky-tramp.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 22nd, 2008 09:19 am (UTC)

Wainright's is my favorite. AND YES I KNOW I AM WRONG ON THE INTERNET.

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:31 pm (UTC)

I think people only get annoyed at that one because they hear it more often than the others.

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thomppw.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 12:23 pm (UTC)

^^ john cale & a string quartet hurrah

the cohen version makes more sense if you realise he spent two decades making records with deliberately dodgy muzak backings

the wainwright one really annoys me because i) it sounds EXACTLY like cale's piano-solo one that got licensed in a shitload of films ii) it was recorded the year cale started to refuse permission to use it in films

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shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:30 pm (UTC)

I genuinely cannot tell the difference between the Cale and Wainwright versions.

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thomppw.livejournal.com wrote:

Dec. 23rd, 2008 05:40 pm (UTC)

one is welsher

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