OH: "That's not a love song, it's a song they play on telethons when lots of people have died..."
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― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 04:59 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItXygU9SJCA
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
I wish Cohen recorded a simple guitar or piano arrangement of this, with him singing. His phrasing is better than the cover artists (because he wrote it) but the production feels dated.
― treeship., Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
There is no perfect recording of this song, is what I’m saying. It remains pure potential, a shadow on a wall, an Orphic ceremony on the side of an urn.
― treeship., Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
This song has turned into Amazing Grace, and I mean that in a very bad way. Abbott is right about Shrek being the culprit.― Chaka Mo Khanlier (kkvgz), Sunday, December 5, 2010 7:03 AM (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Chaka Mo Khanlier (kkvgz), Sunday, December 5, 2010 7:03 AM (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is sort of true but I think the greatness of the song allows it to transcend the people who misunderstand the nuances of it. The real sentiment of the song has nothing to do with the shlocky uses it’s put to.
― treeship., Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Cohen's live versions get around the production of the original.
I think it's become a ceremonial standard in part because, unlike Amazing Grace et. al., it sounds religious but isn't religious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3XRVJDfjnQ
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link