tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958464609117678169.post4368721604353086860..comments2016-11-15T12:28:08.267-08:00Comments on yacitus: Recommended Canadian Content of the Week: Leonard Cohenyacitushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766896734206041912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958464609117678169.post-46808933838530907442009-06-02T20:43:57.933-07:002009-06-02T20:43:57.933-07:00I think Cohen's voice is what kept me from app...I think Cohen's voice is what kept me from appreciating him for so long. But discovering Tom Waits helped me appreciate singer/songwriters who may not have a beautiful voice, but who usually put more soul into their songs than others. (Compare Rod Stewart's and Wait's versions of Downtown Train for an example.)<br /><br />(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future documents his "Only in Canada..." quip.)<br /><br />It's rare that I prefer a cover version to the original (especially if the cover uses the same arrangement), but I'll keep an open mind. I downloaded Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah—$1.29 on both iTunes and Amazon :-( —I'll give it several listens and report back.<br /><br />I do agree with you on Jennifer Warnes' version of First We Take Manhattan. I'm not a big fan of Cohen's "quasi-synthpop" version. I learned from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_We_Take_Manhattan that Warnes' version was the first. (And it was be hard to top Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar on that track.)yacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766896734206041912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958464609117678169.post-20718548805038912722009-06-02T19:27:06.907-07:002009-06-02T19:27:06.907-07:00Cohen is a quintessential songwriter but I tend to...Cohen is a quintessential songwriter but I tend to like his choice tunes performed by, uh, choicer vocalists. I remember watching the Junos in '92 or '93, around when The Future was released and he won the Juno for best male vocal of the year.<br /><br />He started his speech with, "Only in Canada could I win an award for singing..."<br /><br />That always makes me chuckle.<br /><br />So yea, I'll put out Jeff Buckley's take on Hallelujah as the most sublime version of that song ever recorded. And Jennifer Warrens take on First we Take Manhattan as being the voice for that track.<br /><br />Keep 'em coming man. I can gab Canadian music until the cows...err..moose come home. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565101004636399734noreply@blogger.com