Wilco Worshipper Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 ...it kills me EVERYTIME I hardly ever watch this show anymore, so weird that I caught it tonight...a lot of heart strings were pulled... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kicking_Television Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 That song was also played awhile back on a christmas episode of the west wing if i remember correctly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I think it was on that show about the attractive young people from California, as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 John Cale's version is in the first Shrek movie (but Buckley's version is on the soundtrack). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Love the song, though it sometimes seems overused as background music for tv/movies. I can't place exactly which places I've heard it, so I'm not sure if that's a true statement about it being overplayed or if it just seems this way because I've seen Shrek 3000 times with my kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I heard this on the radio in my car two days ago, and although it kills me everytime, it extra-killed me this time. Just the best cover ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rogi Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 John Cale's version is in the first Shrek movie (but Buckley's version is on the soundtrack). i thought it was rufus wainwright's version that was on the soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 i thought it was rufus wainwright's version that was on the soundtrack.ding ding ding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nettles Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I had the thought last night while I was watching the show, that I had forgotten how devastatingly beatuiful that song is, I hadn;t heard it some time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 i thought it was rufus wainwright's version that was on the soundtrack.My bad ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 john cale's version is on an early episode of "scrubs". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 this is a great song. but for christsakes why does every TV show need to use it everytime they need to have an emotional scene. There are millions of songs out there, note to all producers find some more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 john cale's version is on an early episode of "scrubs". and on the Basquiat soundtrack Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 and on the Basquiat soundtrack Great soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 this is a great song. but for christsakes why does every TV show need to use it everytime they need to have an emotional scene. There are millions of songs out there, note to all producers find some more. I hope you haven't had to watch the show Grey's Anatomy. When the wife watches it I stay in the bedroom, but I always know when it's close to being over as a sappy song comes on as they are wrapping up the sophisticated emotional webs that the show weaves Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Great soundtrack. that movie is where I first heard a few seconds of Keith Richards performing "Nearness of You," which eventually became the first song the wife and I danced to at our wedding reception (performed by the wedding band, sadly not Keith Richards). Eventually I emailed the guy who recorded the tune with Keith in the studio and he was nice enough to send me a copy of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Leonard Cohen is a genius. and Rufus Wainright ruins songs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 that movie is where I first heard a few seconds of Keith Richards performing "Nearness of You," which eventually became the first song the wife and I danced to at our wedding reception (performed by the wedding band, sadly not Keith Richards). Eventually I emailed the guy who recorded the tune with Keith in the studio and he was nice enough to send me a copy of it.I remember that story - very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 John Cale's version is in the first Shrek movie (but Buckley's version is on the soundtrack). i thought it was rufus wainwright's version that was on the soundtrack.I think this is the strangest thing ever. Why did they do that and not give Cale the dough?? Clearly he okayed the movie version, whynot the soundtrack? Actually I believe Cale was the first to cover this song (with somewhat different lyrics) and start the entire Hallellujah craze. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Leonard Cohen is a genius. and Rufus Wainright ruins songs ? Wow, that is just plain harsh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I like Allison Crowe's cover . Girlifies it up a bit without straying too far from Leonard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 i thought it was rufus wainwright's version that was on the soundtrack. I still remember the first time I heard it on the movie. My oldest daughter and her cousins were watching it while I was bathing my youngest daughter, I had up until that time ONLY heard Buckley's version. I remember I stopped washing her hair and I was moved...literally and emotionally...I ran to see what was going on and started to tear up a bit. As for it being overplayed, I'm glad I don't hear it a lot. Buckley, as well as Wilco, were introduced to me by an ex-boyfriend (lost soulmate, at that) and all of their music just means so much more to me... and although it kills me everytime DITTO, DITTO, DITTO... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I still remember the first time I heard it on the movie. My oldest daughter and her cousins were watching it while I was bathing my youngest daughter, I had up until that time ONLY heard Buckley's version. I remember I stopped washing her hair and I was moved...literally and emotionally...I ran to see what was going on and started to tear up a bit.John Cale is no slouch either. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 John Cale is no slouch either. LouieB Actually, I was moved by the song, in general. It might be small-minded of me, but since Buckley was my first it means the most. I couldn't imagine WHO else would be singing "his song" (or so I thought it was HIS at the time). I will try and find Cale's version, tho. I may be small-minded at times but I am quite open-minded most of the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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