"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 06:37:18 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 11/12/2016 2:29 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Roy" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 1:26:28 PM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
>>> wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:49:22 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>> >Dave Smith wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On 2016-11-10 10:14 PM, wrote:
>>> >> > Leonard Cohen dead at 82
>>> >> >
>>> >> > His was a BIG light.
>>> >> > --
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Unlike a lot of people, I think that Leonard Cohen did have a singing
>>> >> voice, but I think my favourite music album is Famous Blue Coat where
>>> >> Jennifer Warnes sings Cohen's songs. He accompanies her on some of
>>> >> them.
>>> >
>>> >I never even heard of the fellow. Sad that he died but so was Mia's
>>> >death. It happens, unfortunately.
>>>
>>> You should google him - I'll do it for you -
>>> http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/...anders-fields/
>>>
>>>
>>> That is a particularly poignant rendition for today, Remembrance Day.
>>> It's his poet side, he was also a singer, sort of singing one hated or
>>> liked, not much in between, I liked him.
>>>
>>> ===============
>>>
>>> I love his voice.
>>>
>> In that case you'd probably love mine...ahahahahahahahahahaha
>> =====
>> Have a nice day.
>>
>> ==============
>>
>>
>> Send some singing
>>
>>
>Here's Cohen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q
>
>And here's KD Lang singing the same song:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7TRVOM9KQ
>
>After Cohen heard her version he realised that he must have written it
>for her.

KD Lang has disgusting diction, slurs speech, mispronounces words, and
elides vowels... plus I find watching "it" nightmarish.


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I didn't notice that with Lang, but most people who sing 'Halleluja' say
'ya' instead of 'you' etc. Cohen doesn't do that. He sings it properly.

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