Monday, December 25, 2017

The Advent Jukebox, Day 25... Thank-you Mr. Cohen.




Obligatory?

Sure.

But it's still a great tune and, if you ask me, not a bad choice for this particular day...

Merry Christmas Everyone!





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4 comments:

davemj said...

Could never get tired of listening to this version,0r the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Great taste in music Ross, Maybe in the wrong business Troubador!

RossK said...

Oh, I don't think I'll be quitting my day job anytime soon Dave.

But thanks!


As for the irony of the fine Morman assemblage banging out Mr. Cohen's tune...Well.


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Scotty on Denman said...

I love this song for, at least partly, the same reasons as most people — a lot of people — do.
Which is actually a lot of reasons, too many to list (I’d be sure to miss some, anyway).

But how often does such a great number — it’s simple-but-profound quality one of its most outstanding — get away with putting musical shop-talk in the lyrics: “The fourth, the fifth, the major lift...” ?!?

Was Cohen (Peace Be Upon Him) getting a vicarious chuckle in doing that?

I mean, anyone can do it; for example: “When you finish playing the four-chord jive/ Don’t forget to go to the five.”

Somehow it just doesn’t have the same je-ne-sais-qua.

RossK said...

Scotty--

Gosh, I never thought of it like that.

Very interesting perspective.


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