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ladiorange in baroque_pop

Spanky and our Gang Download

May 15, 2005 21:02

Richie Unterberger tries to say that the best version of ( Leonard Cohen's Suzanne is by the Fairport Convention... )

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brilliantcareer May 15 2005, 20:15:19 UTC

Wow. That's the most brilliant thing I've heard in some time.

which one? ladiorange May 15 2005, 20:27:52 UTC

Which one? Suzanne or Like to Get to Know You?

Re: which one? brilliantcareer May 15 2005, 20:29:09 UTC

"Suzanne." I was already quite familiar with "Like to Get to Know You."

Yeah, ladiorange May 15 2005, 20:31:05 UTC

It's really a breathtaking arrangement. I actually purchased their Japanese Import. It was money well spent.

Have you heard any of the other versions of Suzanne?

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danschank May 16 2005, 00:25:27 UTC

there's a really nice cover of cohen's "hey that's no way to say goodbye" by roberta flack. it's on the album first take, which is good in general.

just thought i'd add a random leonard cohen cover.

Really? ladiorange May 16 2005, 07:51:14 UTC

I love Roberta Flack because she puts her own personal spin on things; she has her own sound. It sounds like it would be really interesting.

retro_rider55 June 24 2005, 20:13:50 UTC

I've been trying to find anything by SaOG for a while; the 20th Century Masters series released ten of their tracks, but 'Suzanne' isn't one of them, so now I'm intrigued.

"I'd Like To Get To Know You" is a rare gem as it should have crossed a few boundaries with it's non-genre construction. A tad too esoteric to fit in the 'We'll Sing In The Sunshine' M.O.R. mode (read Too Young), but too dreamy too be taken as jazz by the then fit of that genre, though I'd characterize it as such.

SaOG have always struck me as The Mamas And The Papas "Through The Looking Glass" doppelgangers, that is had the era that spawned them been an more gentle (and somewhat naive) time than it actually was, this would have been closer to what TMaTP's would have sounded like.

Thanks for indulging me; I've wanted to put this interpretation of them as a genre down in semi-permanent form for quite a while now.

lovetosaydada October 8 2005, 03:56:01 UTC

I think everyone can agree that Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah is quite better than the original

anardana June 10 2006, 17:12:55 UTC

Can I get that posted again, please? Thanks!

i'm not sure which song you wanted ladiorange June 13 2006, 19:32:36 UTC

i'm not sure which song you wanted but i've posted a new post:

http://community.livejournal.com/baroque_pop/15072.html

It only includes Suzanne but by all three of the above mentioned artists.

Please let me know if you want Like to get to know you. I have 3 versions of it.