Quote Originally Posted by leader of mortals View Post
I hate Jeff Buckley's cover of John Cale's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

Really, it's not a bad song, and, if it were a stand-alone song, I'd probably like it okay enough. The problem is, it's a cover, and the original(s) are quite a bit better, in my opinion. I think that the lyrics and the music of the song go much better with the stronger voices of John Cale and Leonard Cohen than with the softer voice of Jeff Buckley.
I respectfully disagree. I am aware it is a cover, but Buckley's voice is positively angelic. His voice, to me, emotionally resonates better and has such a wide array of messages and moods in it. It's mystifying, haunting, and uplifting at the same time without feeling forced. It's more ethereal, more expressive, and creates a feeling not of this world that I feel suits the song perfectly. Yet, despite his high-pitched voice, possesses a keen strength to it. But if I continue, I'd probably kill myself with sadness. At the fact is, his lyrics are a complete reinterpretation that I better identify with that adds a snese of mystery to it.

As for what you said afterwards, I completely understand. Dying animals are </3, but arguments with particularly emotionally difficult people are terrible, yet the inability to mention it without being perceived as defiant makes it 100 time worse.

I'd used my amount of "emotions" today.