Jim!
Re: Jim!
"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.
yrs,
rubato
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.
yrs,
rubato
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Re: Jim!
How about a smack over the head with a mallet?Lord Jim wrote:The only question was, "Will it be cricket, or Cohen?"....
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
"HALLELUJAH"... WHY IT RESONATES
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."
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."
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”