Comments on: Hallelujah

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:04:16 +0000

Being from Canada, I don't really know of the problem, but I discovered your beautiful post on Leonard Cohen, and left you a message. Thank you!

By: Hoof

Hoof — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:29:13 +0000

Someone told me that the High King of all Karaoke Cretins, Ronan Keating (sorry for desecrating the blog with his name) "covered" Fairytale of New York on RTE last week and managed to omit the "bad/swear" !!!! words. Some feat, must have been a classic version.

The same stupid "My best friend is Jack Daniels" fuck who likes to play at being a hard-man can't even say "cheap lousy faggot" on national TV?

Sure, who'd be offended by that?…..Louis Walsh?

So for the season of goodwill that's in it, fuck all the whooo-hooo-yeahhh-oooouu-bbbbaaabbbbby vocal gymnasts and x-factor generation.

I'm off for the Happy Birthday Jesus break-up/piss-up. Keep the counters clear for drinkers.

By: Eagle

Eagle — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:57:07 +0000

Didn't plan to ban *all* covers. Jesus, no, I might have a problem with Watchtower though, Dylan's is still the best, hmmph. Agree that BZ and all pop tv covers should be banned, in fact Louis Walsh and his cohorts should be stopped, and stopped NOW before it gets worse.

Bock, agree entirely on Freddie White, Jenny Sings Lenny and the others. Covers ARE good, but not all covers, oh no.

By: Nora

Nora — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:08:14 +0000

:chuckle: :snort:

(I'm on the Sherry already.)

No I'm not, I'm kidding. Happy Christmas all. Or 'Happy Holidays' if you prefer.

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:43:27 +0000

You're right. It's the Jazz Police!

By: Nora

Nora — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:58:31 +0000

"What you gotta do is stop some people like boyzone recording anything – full stop!"–Silverfox

Priceless.
I'd ban the Three Irish Tenors. And The Singing Priests. And Daniel O'Donnell.
But it's all a matter of taste. And you can't dictate taste to people. It's as bad as anything in a police state.

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:57:24 +0000

Or Joe Cocker's With a Little Help From My Friends, or EmmyLou's Here There and Everywhere, or Jennifer Warnes singing anything by Lenny. Or Police and Thieves by the Clash. Or all of Freddie White.

By: Silverfox

Silverfox — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:49:02 +0000

Come to think of it Eagle I don't agree with you – you can't disallow all covers or you might miss some classics like Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower. What you gotta do is stop some people like boyzone recording anything – full stop!

By: Silverfox

Silverfox — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:32:13 +0000

Eagle I agree with you except for "Father and Son" or anything that murderous little bastard Cat Stevens (or Yusuf whatever he calls himself these days) ever wrote, and in that case I would say "black-listed" instead of "listed" just in case any royalties accrued to him or his latter day cronies.
That castrated version of Hallelujah is an abomination. And Jesus yes, that version of Fairytale where they replaced "faggot" with some twee shite which I can't remember, was another one.

By: Red Mist

Red Mist — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:46:12 +0000

Lucky me! have not heard the song being desecrated, (yet) nor do I know the name of the winner of the stupid competition. Bah humbug Bock to you and yours, the Browns are playing down in the other place later, might see you there for a pint. Mist