Amanda, I hear Simon Cowell is about to unleash something monstrous upon the British public in the form of this song. I thought I'd apply the original in advance as a homeopathic prophylactic measure.
And monstrous it is, I fear my ears will not recover and Jeff Buckleys' version is like a bowl of used washing up water! I see one of your readers posted the song by Leonard ahead of time. Begs the question why would Leonard give permission for such a 'murder of song' to occur. Hallelujah for antedotes!
The stuff on this blog is poetry. It's not sudoku. You don't have to work anything out or look for any meaning. It's just images and sonics and poetry that is designed to be untranslatable. If you try to translate it it won't work. Just let it remain as poetry and it might just...
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no antidote
least not now
hallelu...
Ha ha, I bought the Jeff Buckley version on iTunes this morning.
Bit cryptic there, Z.
Amanda, I hear Simon Cowell is about to unleash something monstrous upon the British public in the form of this song. I thought I'd apply the original in advance as a homeopathic prophylactic measure.
And monstrous it is, I fear my ears will not recover and Jeff Buckleys' version is like a bowl of used washing up water! I see one of your readers posted the song by Leonard ahead of time. Begs the question why would Leonard give permission for such a 'murder of song' to occur. Hallelujah for antedotes!
Leonard doesn't care. He's sleeping in the tower of song dreaming of the new money.
bullshit.
Jeff Buckley version is stellar. Totally disagree with that one....
Leonard is the fucking gov!
A bit cryptic, indeed. What the hell do I mean haha!
This song seems to have caused a bit of a discussion - cool.
Jeff Buckleys cover is cool as is Rufus Wainwright, but have to agree with anon - Leonard is the gov.
stay cool
zec.
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