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Like A Flock Of Birds On The Wire
Bird On The Wire Already On Heck of a Guy Life List This is hardly the first appearance Bird On The Wire1 has made in the Heck of a Guy blog. A post on the 2007 remastered CD of Songs from a Room, for...
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Risks And Rewards Of Performing Cover Songs
The Impact Of Singing Covers On The Careers Of Performers The original premise of this post1 was that singing cover songs can have a positive or negative impact on a professional performer’s career....
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Allison Crowe On The Cover
Allison Crowe: Expert Witness On Cover Songs The story behind Allison’s appearance in a Heck Of A Guy post is a convoluted one that involves a muckraking expose of the Russian Mafia’s manipulation of...
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Leonard Cohen & Babies, Therapy, Covers, Lyrics, Roberta Flack, Jian...
A Leonard Cohen Features Farrago I’ve accumulated a number of interesting tidbits about Leonard Cohen, none of which lends itself to an elaboration into a full length post. They are far too good,...
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Download Leonard Cohen Covers Collection – Sincerely, L. Cohen Volume One
Leonard Cohen, Covered An interesting set of Leonard Cohen song covers is being offered for download at Music Ruined My Life, which has become one of my favorite music sites by posting, as described...
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Leonard Cohen & Elton John Duet – Born To Lose
Elton John Does Duets In 1993, Elton John released Duets, an album comprising 15 songs, each performed by Elton John and a different duet partner,1 including such notables as Kiki Dee, whose 1976 duet...
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Video: Allison Crowe Performs Leonard Cohen’s Bird On The Wire
Allison Crowe’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s classic “Bird On The Wire” is mournful and, true to the lyrics of the song, conscientiously abjures cheap conventional sentiment or ginning up the type of...
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Leonard Cohen Mashup: “Famous Blue Raincoat Uncovered”
Leonard Cohen’s Lyrical Interview Jo Meul, Heck Of A Guy Mixmaster General Designate, offers another reworking1 of Leonard Cohen material into new musical forms.2 This track is enjoyable listening and...
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Video: Feist Covers Leonard Cohen’s Closing Time On Take This Waltz Soundtrack
Feist Cover Of Leonard Cohen’s Closing Time The Good News: Leslie Feist performs an outstanding cover of the Cohen classic, Closing Time, for the soundtrack of Sarah Polley’s movie, Take This Waltz,...
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Video: Adam Sandler Parodies Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah – Sandy, Screw Ya
Adam Sandler, with an assist from Paul Shaffer, performs a – oh, let’s call it a very special version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah with lyrics customized to suit the occasion, the “12-12-12″ Sandy...
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