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"A modern hymn."

Very apt description.

Cohen is still a horrible singer with a nasty emphesematous pathology-class croak of a voice. But he wrote a great song. No question.

I have to admit I was completely smitten with this reading:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKTGbyjAtM

She really is that good. Amazing musicianship.



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rubato

The only question was, "Will it be cricket, or Cohen?"....

That good and then some:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xc0fvYM ... 34ZerW_uqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEJWmbc_ ... 34ZerW_uqQ

Lord Jim wrote:The only question was, "Will it be cricket, or Cohen?"....

How about a smack over the head with a mallet?

APPOGGIATURA:

I must admit I'm captivated by this musical "device" whenever I hear a piece of music that achieves this goal and, although I can be quite emotional, I'm not a weepy kind of guy. Adele's "Someone Like You" -- as explained in the link below -- grabs me the same way.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 01378.html

An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound. "This generates tension in the listener," said Martin Guhn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007 study on the subject. "When the notes return to the anticipated melody, the tension resolves, and it feels good."