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KD LANG SINGS HALLELUJAH Leonard Cohen's novel "Beautiful Losers" carried me over the threshold into adulthood.......I had been reading his love poems through my years and swooned when I saw him read them live in Montreal ......That was before he started putting his poems to music.......poems like Suzanne.......I was thrilled when his first album came out and listened to it constantly.....It drove my mother mad....she once took one of his records off the turntable, marched to the door and threw it like a Frisbee across the yard, over the garage and into the back-lane, where it shattered.......She gave me money for a new one if I promised to only it on the portable in my room.......I preferred my Father's souped up stereo.....but alas......... The first time I saw KD Lang live was in 1985.....She came bouncing onto the stage in bright red ankle-high Converse and a thrift-store wedding dress replete with veil........She had a lot of energy and a beautiful natural voice that rang true........but I didn't like her enough to her buy albums. Next time I saw her live was the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 20 in Vancouver......That time she came on the stage in a more dignified manner and was wearing a white suit........She sang Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah......and she was magnificent.......and, I think, pretty intimidated by the crowd and the TV cameras beaming her across the world. She had sung that song before.......many times, and Leonard Cohen, when he heard her sing his song at the 2005 Junos, where he won an award....he said that although, there were then at least 300 covers of Hallelujah, KD's performance was his favourite. " We can lay that song to rest now, it's really been done to it's ultimate, blissful state of perfection." I know, this blog is perhaps too Canadian for most of this crew, but there you go........KD Lang singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah..it's a great pleasure to listen to.....my favourite is the 2005 Juno Awards performance..............I listen with my headphones......goosebumps..... |
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The first time I heard KD was in 2005. We were building a brand new High School with a lot of emphasis on the arts, which included a real nice theater which someone had pushed through (no doubt) with the promise of selling tickets to events in years to come. I was doing 'pick-up' work, minor repairs and changes. A big-girl technician contractor was setting up the sound system. This was a several weeks project. I was having my own relationship problems and my hour long commute each way was filled with Linkin Park's Meteora and Hybrid Theory about as loud as I could stand. One day in the theater she played the cover "The Air That I Breathe". I had no idea who KD was at that point but stopped in my tracks and later requested she play that song again many times. Later I read KD's Biography and don't remember much, but I also like her song "Trail Of Broken Hearts" and "The Valley" just to name a few. Truly, a gifted singer. Goose Bumps Galore. thx
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6/27/2019 4:31 am |
Wow!! Beautiful
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I agree!!! KD Lang is absolutely the greatest!!!
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Man, there were so many words missing from my blog.....I fixed it,hope it stays fixed this time...
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The first time I heard KD was in 2005. We were building a brand new High School with a lot of emphasis on the arts, which included a real nice theater which someone had pushed through (no doubt) with the promise of selling tickets to events in years to come. I was doing 'pick-up' work, minor repairs and changes. A big-girl technician contractor was setting up the sound system. This was a several weeks project. I was having my own relationship problems and my hour long commute each way was filled with Linkin Park's Meteora and Hybrid Theory about as loud as I could stand. One day in the theater she played the cover "The Air That I Breathe". I had no idea who KD was at that point but stopped in my tracks and later requested she play that song again many times. Later I read KD's Biography and don't remember much, but I also like her song "Trail Of Broken Hearts" and "The Valley" just to name a few. Truly, a gifted singer. Goose Bumps Galore. thx
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Wow!! Beautiful 
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I agree!!! KD Lang is absolutely the greatest!!!
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I know what you mean.......
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I love KD Lang's voice, so mellow and pure!
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6/28/2019 1:54 am |
The first time I heard KD Lang I switched channels instantly. Never again. Party On!
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KD Lang was born in Edmonton, Alberta where I lived for 13 years way back when. She wasn't known back then. But she did become a Canadian favorite and has won many awards. I too remember when she sang at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 and the song she sang Hallelujah.
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