It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., and between the turkey and the football not many people will visit this blog today.
If I write about radio, six people will read this.
And I don’t want to write one of those “I’m thankful for…” essays.
But somehow it seems natural to share with you two powerful musical performances. There’s a good chance you’ve seen one or both of them, along with millions of others on YouTube.
Still….
I thought John Cale had the definitive version of this Leonard Cohen song until I witnessed kd Lang’s performance.
Not saying one is better. Just different.
Cale’s is mournful. Lang’s is anguished.
I will say, though, that I had a better understanding of what the song’s about after hearing Lang.
Anyway…Happy Thanksgiving, my radio brethren around the world.
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Dan,
During the 2005 Canadian awards, The Junos, a barefooted KD Lang brought the house down. It was a show stopping moment and we were only half way through the telecast awards show!
No Thanksgiving in Estonia, 100% pure work! But thank you for the blog!
@Priit: You’re one of the six people reference above.
Probably you want to take time today to register for PD Grad School….