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I still haven't heard the original, but Pentatonix is awesome.

Perhaps the only version of Hallelujah that I enjoy:



BMO

rdsrds2120 wrote:Perhaps the only version of Hallelujah that I enjoy:



BMO

This is not knocking you, rdsrds, or the song, which I think is beautiful, but it always kind of bugs me that people like the one who made this video think this is some kind of hymn or worship song. They obviously never paid attention to the lyrics, other than the title. It's a sad song about a guy who has been through multiple hurtful relationships, and the title/chorus and other Biblical references are meant to be ironic. Once again, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's evil or anything; a lot of beautiful music is about sad relationships. It's just not what a lot of people seem to think it is.

That said, here's my favorite version. I think you'll like it too:

I kind of think of it as a call to a God that might not exist from the depths of despair.

Symmetry wrote:I kind of think of it as a call to a God that might not exist from the depths of despair.

Yeah, I would say that's one of the undertones of the irony. I think what I said would still apply, though. Btw, what are you doing up so late?

daddy1gringo wrote:

Symmetry wrote:I kind of think of it as a call to a God that might not exist from the depths of despair.

Yeah, I would say that's one of the undertones of the irony. I think what I said would still apply, though. Btw, what are you doing up so late?

Wondering what to do with an essay I have to edit. It's early here though.

Heart And Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0 Hoagy Carmichael (song by Helen Ward)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7q-A0bt1M Ella Fitzgerald

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_FrtiTNsQ The Cleftons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYm-02xkStk Jan & Dean

OK, this is going to be unusual in 2 ways. First, it's not the song itself that was covered (actually, it is, since they tell me that the song is an old one from the 30's, but that's not what this post is about) but what goes along with the song that is "covered" or borrowed.

Second, I'm going to post the cover first, since people are familiar with it, then post the original after. According to "Teens react to..." 's research, this is the first known use of the thing, and the person in the video invented it.

The "cup song" from "Pitch Perfect"


And here's the original: Screen Door" Rich Mullins.

Darius Rutger's version of Wagon Wheel sucks the BIG ONE!!!!!





Usurper.

I don't know who does the original (I think it's like really, really old) but Van Morrison's live version of St. James Infirmary Blues is fantastic. Check out the Satchmo and Cab versions, too.

-TG

St.James Infirmary Blues is an old classic

Bonnie Raitt has some excellent covers on her recent album,
Slipstream: Gerry Rafferty's, Right Down The Line
and Bob Dylan's, Million Miles are just a few.

Rise Against covering Nirvana's Sliver

The Vines covering Outkast's Ms. Jackson.

Jerry Lee Lewis does Led Zep's
Rock and Roll
with Jimmy Page

of course Heart has always covered it well too

and Ann & Nancy's recent contribution at Kennedy Center Honors
Led Zep kicked butt too... Stairway to Heaven.

TA1LGUNN3R wrote:I don't know who does the original (I think it's like really, really old) but Van Morrison's live version of St. James Infirmary Blues is fantastic. Check out the Satchmo and Cab versions, too.

-TG

I think Louis Armstrong probably popularized this old folk song. There are two other version I am familiar with as well, an old version by Leadbelly:



And amazingly, Hugh Laurie's "Let Them Talk" album is pretty decent, and has a fine rendition of it:




--Andy

Supertramp - Breakfast in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aag9ivdCtE
and something classic , the jazz version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMXlXF3hrJ8
and a classic the hardcore version ( in 1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNv-pprhQ8
oriental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjW_J18Sayc
something austrian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoFnQ6hlG1w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRKfxJ_9qlQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGikhmjTSZI
something german
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pySXCmwpc
something from former yugoslavia, Sarajevo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkX-fCGgusI
italian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lmNMxl7VJM
spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJK7EIK0Xw
latino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgTovAzw6A
manu chao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJMLJVha5sw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvdhOdd4UmU
cat stevens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_0U3DlLFSU
French
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pKrVB5f2W0
bob marley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyTxWvxYr4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8GCc8OhTz8
a forgotten happy song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skBGdyoMkk
something from the states
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUU0h5n6hJI
something from asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjP-OJ7Bh4
British
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-uyWAe0NhQ
and finaly the ArmyofKings Clan Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajaY0X10cpg

i could post a million songs u dont like
but any song u post i will love
music is for the ears, if u can hear everything,
imagine your eyes could see everything too
how beautyful would that be ?
enjoy it