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Thanks Rossy! Dude, you sure have much more patience than me. That's why I'll probably never be a composer. However, your first ever composition was wonderful. You get good results from your efforts! Later!
Was wondering what you was up to Rossy, you must have "Lady Chances" looking over you, some people have Lady Luck, some people, Lady Chances, She looks over me also lol!
You do realise your handing out amo to JizzM, when your composition's finished, I predict.......
JizzM......comment, bad comment, worse comment........and I don't care for the uncoordinated train noise! (pmsl)
Jokin' aside, you know what they say, no pain, no gain.....look forward to watchin'/listenin' to it!
Evening Griffin, hope you well
As if I haven't enough to do/stuff to work on, decided I wanna learn this ready for Christmas, made a start this mornin' and it's probabily do-able!
(If anyone knows of any other decent versions of this, would appreciate it if you let me know, I had a quick look on YT, but none really struck me, so stuck to Alexandre Burke)
Wayne leonard cohen originaly wrote "hallelujeh" and you really should check out the amount of verses he wrote ... however it was never a hit for cohen as such as it was an albumn track... the person that first made it famous?
john cale... ( ex velvet underground)
Dont go for some poxy X factor /we will tell you whos got talent... version please, not till you have checked out the best version... gorgeous strings attatched......
enjoy...
Rise like lions after slumber,in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many,they are few. Shelley
The wisdom is that miss burke ( unfortunately named)only won because of the song choice and not because of overwhelming singing talent... also, she only sang a few verses. I think even John cale may have a crib sheet for the words on his piano! However, both leonard cohen and john cale sing like they mean it. I hate x factor and britains got talent, its only there so Simon cowel and co can make money by telling the british public what "artists" are worthwhile, the ones he signs up and then sells the products of, its an insult to sensibilities.. the cowell "brand"
sickening. I have seen many better buskers , in fact once in london on a tube station that i was just going down the tunnel to, I unexpectedly heard a trumpet player as I was going down the escalater, when I got to the bottom there was this dude ( or dudette) dressed in a full head to toe sylvester the cat outfit, playing the trumpet, in summer, in the baking heat in a tube station.. it was the most surreal and funniest sight and sound i had heard in a long time, I had just been busking somewhere else, so fortunately I had a pocket of change to donate, which i did, twice, he was still there on my return journey, and had made a stack.
Imagine hearing tiger rag played by a full sized sylvester the cat, it was excellent.
On the other hand if jedwood or justin bieber knocked on my front door at christmas, saying they were destitute and needed a meal, I would say "I am so sorry we are very poor go away you celebrity craving cowel gimps, try the sally army, or get sarnies off the nuns"
But if the sylvester the cat dude or dudette came and knocked at our door at christmas, i would say "come in and eat all you wish for free you most amusing and talented dude or dudette"
and ask if I could try on the sylvester the cat outfit and get mrs R to video me playing the piano with it on... ( the fingers stuck out of slots so the dude or dudette could use the valves on the trumpet)
I just ranted didn't I? its cowell. his whole outfit annoys me. If cowell came round destitute at christmas, I would plate up an extra dinner, and say " You see this spare dinner cowell? well watch the birds eat it all up" and with that I would throw it in the back garden where the birds expect the food to be..
Rise like lions after slumber,in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many,they are few. Shelley
Rant on Rossy! I haven't subjected myself to those shows very much.
BTW, I did enjoy the John Cale version. However, not so much because of his voice (nice as it was) it was the instrumental accompaniment that I really loved! I do agree that Cale and Cohen sang it like they meant it. However, I am not digging their voices for this instumentation. I can't think of which artists I might like the most for this. Wouldn't it be fun to try out some voices over the accompaniment?
Ha ha, lovin' the rant! In all seriousness, I do love watchin' xfactor, and LadyG, etc, but my musical interest is much deeper than that lol, I just like to stay up to date with the friends & fam!
I agree with u completely, music/talent from the "inside" can never be replaced, or competed by manufactured stuff!
BTW, Cowel is on American Xfactor now, subdituted with Gary "Not talented" Barlow (that's just my opinion)
I just heard on Breakfast telly ( the good morning thingy that I am usually still in bed fast asleep when its on) with Willy hollybooby, ( holly willoughby) Something about Simon Cowell, He just got offered one million dollars for a days work, just a single day, advertising Viagra, I jest not. I missed whether he is going to do it or not.
But here is an interesting factoid; Harlot church, sorry typo, Charlotte Church got offered £100,000 to sing at the recent Royal pre-divorce ceremony ( the royal wedding)
So, a talent like Charlotte ( well not like Charlotte, because it WAS charlotte) gets offered £100,000 to sing probably three songs ( the usual number at conventional weddings)
Whereas Talentless Simon gets offered $100,000,000 just to appear impotent in an advert.
Well, I would pretend to be that for even less that Charlotte got offered, say about £100, and I would sing a song or two as well.
And construct an interesting mime act, and dress in drag if required.
Rise like lions after slumber,in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many,they are few. Shelley
Good morning everyone. Interesting factoids Rossy. However, you don't want to get me started ranting about spending priorities. I must admit, however, that it would be tempting for me to come up with £100 to get you to sing a few songs in drag. Lucky for you I'm a cheapskate!
Perhaps I can entice you with a few of my postings.
My first post is "Senda Urbana" performed by A Chordless Theory."
OUTSTANDING Eglantine!! This is everything I'm looking for. Jeff Buckley is the one! There is something magical about this moment to me. I was just about to do a posting of a Nina Simone recording when I saw you had just posted. I decided to listen to your posting first and discovered that Buckley gave a tribute to both Leonard Cohen and Nina Simone!
Here is Nina Simone singing "I Wish I Knew What It's Like to Be Free"
I'm including her live performance and a recording.
Hya dudes and dudettes, well Wayne, I was sort of banking on folks not having a spare £100, though if anyone does take me up on the offer I have paypal. ( no euros ) I am more than prepared to do that and sing for £100 as this will buy the Rossy christmas.
We have not been idle or unproductive today in the Rossy Household, In fact we have "Invented" a Yuletide game that should be fun for all the family.
In all fairness it was Mrs R who invented it, well, version one ( the "girly" version) and I "refined" it for version two, the "hardcore" version.
YOu need some items in your inventory to be able to play the game, these items are:
A plate of cooked halibuts, a bottle of tequila, some shot glasses, and a bouncy castle (version one only) Fast vehicle to the hospital (for version two only.)
The game is called "Halibut slammers"
version one ( girly version) you eat halibut, drink tequlia, eat halibut, drink tequila, eat halibut, drink tequila....
Then go on the bouncy castle, (remembering to take shoes off) the "slammer" part of the halibut slammer game should soon become apparent when you see your tequila soaked halibut returning, this is when you shout "slammer"
First person to shout, wins outright.
Version two, (hardcore version, no bouncy castle required)
You cook halibut, and spoon a desertspoon of halibut into a shot glass and top up with tequila. Then you "slamm"it and drink it down. every player does this, taking turns, till there is no halibut or tequila left over.
This version sorts the men from the boys, because as you dont chew any of the halibut, there is a risk of a halibut bone sticking in your throat, hence the need for a fast vehicle to the hospital.
It's good to be busy, I feel proud to have been a part of the halibut slammer invention.
Rise like lions after slumber,in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many,they are few. Shelley
Rossy, hope you enjoy your xmas activities, I won't be able to make it however, as I'm going to spend xmas...errrrr....with my great auntie.....errr auntie Pat!
You might be tired of Hallelujah now lol, as my neighbours and other half probabily are, just wondered if someone could explain what the song's about lol? Is it a relationship that's changed and not like it used to be? and the bloke singing, says he's done his "gods honest truth" best to do stuff right?
here they are;
"Hallelujah"
I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there’s a God above But all I’ve ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It’s not a cry you can hear at night It’s not somebody who has seen the light It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Wayne !!! NOBODY knows what leonard cohen lyrics are about, its the rule, "Suzzanne takes you down to her place by the river and feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from china"
WHY? did she not have any biscuits? Had california run out of oranges, did she like drinking tea that was tinged with the aftertaste of the oranges?
This is why generally apeaking its the girls that Love leonard cohen, especially emo types..
Its so they can pretend they understand that everything he says has deep and poetical meaning, and us males cant because we are not deep poetical and sensitive.
Its just the rule.
Mrs R will now explain what the leonard cohen lyrics to hallelujah mean... these are her words not mine.....
I quote: " Obviously ,there are a lot of biblical refernces to David and Bathsheba, in the biblical story KIng david saw her having a bath on her flat rooftop and fell madly in lust with her, but she was married... SO, he sent her husband who was in the army off to the front lines of the war..
This was Davids great sin, uptill then he had been a good king. David played a harp, this playing ( the secret chord) had soothed a previous king in his madness this was Saul.
So he is referencing bathsheba in the second verse and is comparing himself to david, a man who was overthrown with desire for the love of a women.
Then he references ; she cut your hair, which is a reference to Samson, who lost his strength when his hair was cut by delilah,
In the third verse, baby I have been here before..... he is saying ; I used to live alone before I knew you, and it is like that now , because there is no communication between us.
In the second half of that verse he is saying, it is not love, it is like a victory march , and trying to get one up on each other is not love.
The fourth verse is just saying again, they used to be really good togther but are not anymore, he talks about how it used to be different and in this verse the word hallelujah is used as a synonym both for a perfect relationship and a mutual orgasm.
The fifth verse, is really saying the same again, the relationship has been a battle and all he has learned for his love for her is the trying to get the better of her, the upper hand.And that that type of relationship is a broken thing.
The next verse is just saying it was what it was, as a relationship it wasnt perfect and he can see that , but as a relationship it was better than nothing.
The last verse just recaps, he did his best, and even though it went wrong it was what it was."
Mrs R says also " I told you girls know what it means, and that was just her five min "off the cuff " explanation,
Personally, I say think yourself damn lucky you didnt get the full explanation...
Rise like lions after slumber,in unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many,they are few. Shelley
Rant on Rossy! I haven't subjected myself to those shows very much.![[Linked Image]]( https://www.pianoworld.com/forumpicts/MOYD_2011/MOYD_1.gif)