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I choose the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, though I’d like to write specifically about Jeff Buckley’s version of the song. Jeff Buckley released his cover of Hallelujah in 1994 on his album Grace. Buckley first heard the song on a Leonard Cohen tribute album he discovered at his friends house in Brooklyn in 1992.Continue reading “Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley”

I loved the excerpt from the play of virtue. I loved how it was acapella and that the woman were singing in unison, it really added a heavenly feeling to their voices. It was relaxing, yet you could hear that there was some tense story line being played out though the song. Hildegard sounded likeContinue reading “Hildegard’s play of virtues, Princess Leia’s theme, and Darth Vader’s theme”

I have to say I think I preferred the Louis Moreau Gottschalk of the Star Spangled Banner over the South City Voice version. Though the harmonies sounded great, and I’m sure took a lot of hard work, their voices sounded rather bland, and lacked color, and after a while I was tired of hearing it.Continue reading “Louis Moreau Gottschalk, South City Voice, Stravinsky, and Jimi Hendrix’s version of the Star Spangled Banner.”

I first heard the Star Spangled Banner when I was very young (around seven or eight). I heard it on my grandparents television, being sung at a Royals baseball game by a country singer, I couldn’t tell you his name though. I couldn’t say I was a fan of his version considering country was, andContinue reading “The Star Spangled Banner”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”