Hallelujah by Lenard Cohen

Marco:

Thanks--my doors are open you are welcome to listen the next time you are in Iowa city (I should be safe--who goes to Iowa City?) Seriously though, I'm always happy to have a listening session with fellow audiophiles.

you are welcome to listen the next time you are in Iowa city (I should be safe--who goes to Iowa City?)

Damn, and I was just recently in Des Moines shooting for a book project! No, seriously, I'm not kidding!

Marco

Actually, if you are into literature Iowa City is one of the capitols of our country in that respect.

I don't know if she has recorded this song yet, but I heard Brandi (I think the spelling is right) sing this when she opened for Jamie Collum on March 12th here in St. Paul, Minnesota. I had not heard her before, and I understand she is from the Seattle area. It was so hauntingly good I ran out and bought a copy of Jeff Buckley's GRACE the following week.

Since this thread started I picked up the "Basquiat" soundtrack, and several other John Cale cd's. Like them all. I also have KD Lang "Hymns of the 49th Parallel" - which has many excellent covers. The Cale and Lang versions are great, but I prefer Buckley's version by a mile - it's loaded with emotion.