Recovering still from the Monster Cold, God, I hope not! I'm beginning to think love is a warm rock -- as in nurturing (warm), and solid (rock). A lousy metaphor, maybe moss covered rock? The point is, able to hold the pain of the beloved. love, mommy
I just got it on iTunes. It's starting to grow on me. I think all three do it well, though. His voice is quite wonderful (although I'm not much for the backup vocals), Buckley's is, well, just sad, and Rufus' is much lighter than the others. It's the one I know the best, and first heard, so I'm going to have to stick with him. But I'm glad I discovered Cohen.
I also noticed most of Rufus' stuff is on there. Mind you, the guy in the room next to me is über-obsessed with Rufus, so I have it all already, and he, I, and the other folks I went to NGLTF with last weekend were singing songs from Want One all weekend, but it's still nice to see it on there.
Glad to hear it. I was introduced to the song watching Shrek (I am a purist's nightmare, i know, though i can also be an obnoxious purist myself.) and tend to prefer first experiences in most everything (food, music, which incarnation -- movie, book, play -- i first experience a story, anything) but i love the song and so have all 3 versions and was listening to them just now to refresh myself and was going to sign on to AIM to remedy your lack of the Cohen version.
Ah. I don't much care for the Wainwright rendition - I think it's too light and airy for the tone of the song.
The whole thing reminds me of "As Tears Go By", which, though initially written by Jagger & Richards, was performed by a fresh faced Marianne Faithfull. Her teenaged rendition is lovely, but it is the version she recorded at 50 - her voice rich with years of hard living and a ripe understanding of the weight of the lyrics - that I hold highest.
Cohen's voice brings out the years of living that I think are implied. It's why I like Buckley's too, he was aged well beyond his years.
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love is a cold ?
Date: 2003-11-10 07:27 pm (UTC)God, I hope not!
I'm beginning to think love is a warm rock -- as in nurturing (warm), and solid (rock). A lousy metaphor, maybe moss covered rock? The point is, able to hold the pain of the beloved.
love, mommy
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Date: 2003-11-11 09:04 pm (UTC)His voice is full of dark and smokey rooms. It's just...so wonderful.
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Date: 2003-11-11 09:17 pm (UTC)I also noticed most of Rufus' stuff is on there. Mind you, the guy in the room next to me is über-obsessed with Rufus, so I have it all already, and he, I, and the other folks I went to NGLTF with last weekend were singing songs from Want One all weekend, but it's still nice to see it on there.
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Date: 2003-11-11 09:21 pm (UTC)Glad to hear it. I was introduced to the song watching Shrek (I am a purist's nightmare, i know, though i can also be an obnoxious purist myself.) and tend to prefer first experiences in most everything (food, music, which incarnation -- movie, book, play -- i first experience a story, anything) but i love the song and so have all 3 versions and was listening to them just now to refresh myself and was going to sign on to AIM to remedy your lack of the Cohen version.
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Date: 2003-11-11 09:22 pm (UTC)The whole thing reminds me of "As Tears Go By", which, though initially written by Jagger & Richards, was performed by a fresh faced Marianne Faithfull. Her teenaged rendition is lovely, but it is the version she recorded at 50 - her voice rich with years of hard living and a ripe understanding of the weight of the lyrics - that I hold highest.
Cohen's voice brings out the years of living that I think are implied. It's why I like Buckley's too, he was aged well beyond his years.