tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post7447016153372389465..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: HallelujahTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-47326515653421954212016-11-15T15:51:49.707-05:002016-11-15T15:51:49.707-05:00A brand new and topical version
https://youtu.be/...A brand new and topical version<br /><br />https://youtu.be/XOXol8TBaYsbagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-64962586500665590442016-11-15T08:24:38.542-05:002016-11-15T08:24:38.542-05:00I had no idea Cohen was still alive. I think I hea...I had no idea Cohen was still alive. I think I heard a song of his back in the 1960's, but noting in the intervening half century. I didn't have to go out of my way to avoid him - he just never showed up where I was. He didn't make the kind of music I listen to, unlike Scarlatti or Ditters von Dittersdorf.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-5804191262802817012016-11-15T01:14:34.108-05:002016-11-15T01:14:34.108-05:00Melissa McCarthy is pretty good. Spy and Bridesma...Melissa McCarthy is pretty good. Spy and Bridesmaids were very funny.. Of all the fat women comedians, she's my favorite........Leonard Cohen was no dilettante. He lived the spare, bleak life of a Buddhist monk for a lengthy period of time. He wrote spirituals for non-believers. He was definitely looking for God or, rather, faith in God. He doesn't sing Hallejuah the way Handel does. It's not a joyful noise before the Lord, but it does celebrate his wish to find faith. He prays to an absent God, but it's a prayer nonetheless .....We used to think that reason and intellect were our most divine faculties, but that's changed in recent times. . The way, parodoxically, to transcend our base nature is by fucking. Apparently you're closest to God when making love as opposed to, say, solving Fermat's theorem in a novel and elegant way. There's something to be said for this way of seeking the godhead.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88385793889360566212016-11-14T19:09:42.314-05:002016-11-14T19:09:42.314-05:00Troop, that Amy Schumer film is a How Not To Guide...Troop, that Amy Schumer film is a How Not To Guide to millenials, or rather, how to end up miserable and alone (except for some cats). Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-87806921795080861312016-11-14T18:14:01.728-05:002016-11-14T18:14:01.728-05:00"Her uncle is a manipulative evil fuck nut, b..."Her uncle is a manipulative evil fuck nut, but in a weird way gave us Trump over Rubio."<br /><br />It took me awhile to figure out how Chuck Schumer gave us Trump over Rubio, but finally the nickel dropped.<br /><br />And no, I'm not going to drop hints. Figure it out fo yosef!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-88419305655359749292016-11-14T17:30:11.394-05:002016-11-14T17:30:11.394-05:00It sounds like hysteria to me but I'll allow t...<i>It sounds like hysteria to me but I'll allow that's just me.</i>'<br /><br />Dismal is how I experience it. Gloomy and without point, with a melody that pulls at the heartstrings. MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-80689739522941196972016-11-14T17:26:47.813-05:002016-11-14T17:26:47.813-05:00If you want a secular Christmas hymn, try "He...If you want a secular Christmas hymn, try "Hey Santa Claus" by Kevin Bloody Wilson. I'd link it but I've probably pissed off enough people today.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-75551021339735683162016-11-14T16:13:59.060-05:002016-11-14T16:13:59.060-05:00Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer profess to be entertai...Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer profess to be entertaining but they're not.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-1268749851097093462016-11-14T14:48:21.899-05:002016-11-14T14:48:21.899-05:00I enjoy the song - helps to get me in the Christma...I enjoy the song - helps to get me in the Christmas spirit [though per the comments, that may be a sacrilege heh].<br /><br />Thanks Chip for posting. I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20942408245752350902016-11-14T14:43:35.661-05:002016-11-14T14:43:35.661-05:00It is a fraud in the sense that Lena Dunham is a f...It is a fraud in the sense that Lena Dunham is a fraud. Or Amy Schumer. They profess to talk for a generation. But they don't. They certainly represent a slice of their generation. But most people are nothing like them and actively abhor their attitudes and sensibility. At best they represent 20% but claim 100$<br /><br />That is why I say art is fraud.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-41808102004370973312016-11-14T14:27:16.553-05:002016-11-14T14:27:16.553-05:00It is a secular hymn. It is not a fraud because it...It is a secular hymn. It is not a fraud because it is pretty up front and in your face about what it is about. Cohen wrote some good songs, couldn't sing a lick and was difficult to listen to. Lived a secular life screwing Scandis in Greece while drinking wine. <br /><br />Pretty good result for a secular Jew from Quebec. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34032595327906032472016-11-14T14:24:57.755-05:002016-11-14T14:24:57.755-05:00Amartel - not just you.
Amartel - not just you.<br />Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34976833243010237412016-11-14T14:23:53.474-05:002016-11-14T14:23:53.474-05:00SNL is a broken Hallelujah.
SNL is a broken Hallelujah.<br />Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-47150147878846499642016-11-14T14:20:43.417-05:002016-11-14T14:20:43.417-05:00They're flooding the local airways with Cohen ...They're flooding the local airways with Cohen songs. One of them, supposedly one of his greatest is Everybody Knows. So I got up on Sunday morning for my usual fix of Country and Western that the local station plays every Sunday morning from 6 to 9 and I'm hit by "Everybody knows the fight was fixed, the poor stay poor the rich get rich," and I scream at the radio, "This everybody don't know that AT ALL!" Then I got back in bed till the blood pressure went back down. What a poison peddler that guy was. ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-77448506555891699172016-11-14T13:38:47.709-05:002016-11-14T13:38:47.709-05:00Exactly, it's a secular hymn. As such, it'...Exactly, it's a secular hymn. As such, it's internally contradictory and inauthentic. Coopting religious references to give reassurance to state-worshippers. I don't object to the cultural appropriation though. It's a free for all so far as I'm concerned. But I don't even like the way this song sounds. It sounds like hysteria to me but I'll allow that's just me.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52200939544258940022016-11-14T13:28:44.343-05:002016-11-14T13:28:44.343-05:00The song is basically a fraud. A secular Jew using...The song is basically a fraud. A secular Jew using the images and themes he learned at Hebrew school. <br /><br />A beautiful fraud.<br /><br />Basically the definition of art.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-15531723332071615922016-11-14T12:59:25.687-05:002016-11-14T12:59:25.687-05:00I do not remember it on the West Wing. I remember...I do not remember it on the West Wing. I remember it from Shrek. <br /><br />But I totally understand Amartel. How a song works or not is very subjective to the listener. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-71246550368959700422016-11-14T12:15:48.402-05:002016-11-14T12:15:48.402-05:00This song has been the national anthem for the ins...This song has been the national anthem for the insufferables ever since West Wing. With Cohen's passing I've heard it again, bits and pieces of it, and I still can't get with it. So much solemn intoning, but that's kind of Cohen's thing and I don't mind it in his other songs. Whatever. Sometimes a popular song just doesn't hit my ear the right way. It's fine.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-79649635882344543952016-11-14T12:05:21.891-05:002016-11-14T12:05:21.891-05:00They are all great versions, just a bit different....They are all great versions, just a bit different. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-40797184760722100692016-11-14T12:03:46.572-05:002016-11-14T12:03:46.572-05:00Oh, I wish I had mentioned him. Thank you. I like ...Oh, I wish I had mentioned him. Thank you. I like his rendition very much. He has a way of making you forget that you're listening to a clown. <br /><br />Commenters say they disapprove of the girls hooting and yelping, they say that it ruins it. But not for me. I don't mind it at all. Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6322305054477396732016-11-14T11:59:10.758-05:002016-11-14T11:59:10.758-05:00I like that version very much. Puddles does a dece...I like that version very much. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcI09AWQbZA" rel="nofollow">Puddles</a> does a decent job with it, as does <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ" rel="nofollow">Pentatonix</a><br /><br />McKinnon's Clinton bit took away from a decent version of Hallelujah. She should have just sung the song straight. Evi L. Bloggerladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371362907839227149noreply@blogger.com