Leonard Cohen, except not
I absolutely cannot stand any song recorded by Leonard Cohen. I like his voice, but the arrangements all give me hives. And yet easily five of my all-time top 100 favorite songs are songs he wrote. They're just covers done by other people. Since his recordings are purt' much before my time, it actually took me years to realize that some of these songs were written by the same guy.
- "Everybody Knows", performed by Concrete Blonde
- "Hallelujah", performed by John Cale
- "Chelsea Hotel", performed by Lloyd Cole
- "Bird on a Wire", performed by Johnny Cash
- "I Can't Forget", performed by the Pixies
- "Suzanne", performed by Nina Simone
And I bet there are others that I'd love if I knew about them.
Oh man. Okay.
these are covers I have to hear.
Blog Status: Haven't quite achieved not-boring yet, but I'm working on it. All you imaginary readers, you just hang in there now. Heh. Right. And magic sky-man will take me to the happy place when I'm dead.
Posted by Liz at May 13, 2003 01:17 AM