Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah is #2 on iTunes

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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    meme wrote:
    But really, best of all... Jeff Buckley would never go (have gone :()to American Idol :)

    I love how "cool" you guys are because you're Anti-Pop music. Get over it already.
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    Indian Summer wrote:
    I love how "cool" you guys are because you're Anti-Pop music. Get over it already.

    I used to be a great fan of pop music. Still don't mind pop, but I have never been able to take in more than 2 consecutive minutes of American Idol.

    I'm old, I have grown out of the wish to be cool, trust me.
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  • pineapplesandwaves
    pineapplesandwaves Posts: 584
    There are many songs that people just shouldn't bother trying to cover. They can never come anywhere close to the original or another cover. 'Imagine' comes to mind, as does 'Hallelujah'. I don't think the American Idol kid did a bad job; it just can't compare to Jeff Buckley's version. Having said that, I actually really like Rufus Wainwright's version, but I'm a RW fan.

    catefrances wrote:
    and yes people are lemmings for the most part when it comes to music. ooh ooh simon cowell says its a great song, so it must be, therefore i must hear it. idol does nothing for music.
    Lemmings? Come on. If I saw some dude sing a song and I really liked it and then a friend mentioned that a cover of that song by Joe Blow is one of his favourite songs ever, I'd would more than likely go download that song.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    rrivers wrote:
    I, like cutback mentioned, was exposed to the song on The West Wing. Does that make me a lemming too?

    I'm no American Idol fan, but if people are exposed to music through there that is a good thing.
    Yeah but that has nothing to do with the flock-like behavior of a great deal of the American Idol viewers, particularly the young, female viewrs, and they're the ones using iTunes. They buy any piece of shit that show endorses. It's a rare glitch in that system to bring such a high-quality song to this kind of attention. I never said it wasn't a good thing that more people know the song. ;)

    And I'm sorry, but I hated that performance. Snooze job. No passion - suitable for the show he was on. I'm not surprised one bit.
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  • Taft
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    This is sad and gross.

    I can see it now, all the religious freaks from the south "look Mom, American Idol has a song called, Hallelujah, see its such a righteous show"
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    pineapplesandwaves wrote:
    Lemmings? Come on. If I saw some dude sing a song and I really liked it and then a friend mentioned that a cover of that song by Joe Blow is one of his favourite songs ever, I'd would more than likely go download that song.

    yes , lemmings. :p:D

    so are you downloading the song cause of the recommendation of your friend or cause you saw some bloke sing it on a talent show? and had you friend NOT mentioned it was one of his fave songs would you still have downloaded it. or would you have only have thought of doing so?
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  • facepollution
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    I really don't see why so many people have an issue with this. I totally agree that it's sad that people have such high regard for Simon Cowell's opinions, but at the end of the day, the worst thing that's going to happen here, is that a load of people who would probably never have heard of Jeff Buckley, are now going to be exposed to his music. Some will like it, some won't, but there will certainly be a fair few people who will be buying Grace and a bunch of his other stuff.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    catefrances wrote:
    yes , lemmings. :p:D

    so are you downloading the song cause of the recommendation of your friend or cause you saw some bloke sing it on a talent show? and had you friend NOT mentioned it was one of his fave songs would you still have downloaded it. or would you have only have thought of doing so?

    I would guess he is downloading the song because he likes the song. What's the difference how he is exposed to the song?

    I have been turned on to quite a few songs and bands by Pearl Jam. I listen to them and if I like them I like, if not I move on.

    I agree it is lame for someone just to start listening to a song or band just because someone mentioned it even though they don't like it. It is pretty arrogant of people on this thread to think all the people who downloaded the song is just following what Simon said, rather than that they were exposed to the song and actually like it.
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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    meme wrote:
    I used to be a great fan of pop music. Still don't mind pop, but I have never been able to take in more than 2 consecutive minutes of American Idol.

    I'm old, I have grown out of the wish to be cool, trust me.

    Well I think American Idol and furthermore Guitar Hero have been great gateways for younger generations to explore new(old) music.....have you seen the Itunes most downloaded list lately....it's amazing! So it's not as bad as you make it out to be.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Indian Summer wrote:
    Well I think American Idol and furthermore Guitar Hero have been great gateways for younger generations to explore new(old) music.....have you seen the Itunes most downloaded list lately....it's amazing! So it's not as bad as you make it out to be.

    Agree. That's why I am on the fence somewhat about songs being in commercials. If I was in a band, I would still fall in the camp of not allowing the song to be played in a commercial for the reason, that you wrote the song from a real place about real emotion, not as a jingle to sell a Hummer.

    I also see it as a good thing if a kid is turned on to The Who by hearing "Happyjack" on a commercial. The other thing is this could lead them down the path to a lot of other bands, by them saying, "This is great. What other bands are out there like these guys?" I just think it's better to get songs out there without selling something, ie in movies, etc.
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  • facepollution
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    rrivers wrote:
    Agree. That's why I am on the fence somewhat about songs being in commercials. If I was in a band, I would still fall in the camp of not allowing the song to be played in a commercial for the reason, that you wrote the song from a real place about real emotion, not as a jingle to sell a Hummer.

    I also see it as a good thing if a kid is turned on to The Who by hearing "Happyjack" on a commercial. The other thing is this could lead them down the path to a lot of other bands, by them saying, "This is great. What other bands are out there like these guys?" I just think it's better to get songs out there without selling something, ie in movies, etc.

    I totally agree.It also has to be said that bands wouldn't have to whore their music to advertisers if people actually bought their records rather than just downloading them for free.
  • tkepearljamn
    tkepearljamn Posts: 583
    IT is now Number 1 on itunes.

    That is sorta amazing.

    RW version is pretty cool too. They each took this mid-eighties pop song and made it their own.
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  • Marie Curie
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    rrivers wrote:
    It is pretty arrogant of people on this thread to think all the people who downloaded the song is just following what Simon said, rather than that they were exposed to the song and actually like it.

    I'm pretty sure that if Simon hadn't said it was one of his favorites songs, it would not be #1 on iTunes just because it was played on the show. I wonder if labels are going to start paying Simon to say that certain songs are his favorites to boost sales...
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  • rrivers
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    Marie Curie wrote:
    I'm pretty sure that if Simon hadn't said it was one of his favorites songs, it would not be #1 on iTunes just because it was played on the show. I wonder if labels are going to start paying Simon to say that certain songs are his favorites to boost sales...

    Interesting. It couldn't be that a ton of people were just turned on to a great song on an insanely popular show?
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  • dharma69
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    rrivers wrote:
    Interesting. It couldn't be that a ton of people were just turned on to a great song on an insanely popular show?
    Turned on to not only a great song but also a great artist on said insanely popular show.

    Damn you, you American Idol bastards. What audacity.

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  • Marie Curie
    Marie Curie Posts: 1,250
    rrivers wrote:
    Interesting. It couldn't be that a ton of people were just turned on to a great song on an insanely popular show?

    How many songs get played on that show every week? They don't appear as #1 on iTunes because of that. Saying that a certain song is "one of your favorite songs of all time" is a pretty strong statement. If they haven't mentioned Jeff's name on the show, this wouldn't have happened.
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  • Super Vedder
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    facepollution wrote:
    I totally agree.It also has to be said that bands wouldn't have to whore their music to advertisers if people actually bought their records rather than just downloading them for free.

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  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Yeah, and?

    I guess my and a few other points here is that there are worse things in the life of music than for people to get clued in to good music, whether it's via Simon Cowell, American Idol, a Chevy commercial or the recommendation by a friend. Yes Buckley and that tune have been around since the 90's, yes Cowell openly expressed great affection for the song and it's singer, yes sales have exploded on iTunes for the song....

    And...? The next logical step is for music labels/management/artists/bands to get Cowell to drop their name or song with a recommendation for a nominal fee? Silliness.

    And it's not "lame" for someone to listen to a song because someone else said that they liked it...duh, folks, that's probably how a healthy bunch of us got turned on to Pearl Jam or any other band or artist that you hadn't heard of until someone told you about them.

    Can we get over it already?
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  • facepollution
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    Super Vedder wrote:
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    Haha! I wanna know what you said now?!
  • TrixieCat
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    At any rate, after all you music snobs simmer down:
    Damien Rice is performing said song as part of a tribute to Leonard at the Rock and Roll HOF dinner tonite in NYC.

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