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<p>I don’t remember hearing her version of “'Hallelujah” but I saw k.d. lang in concert a few years ago.</p>

<p>And I will say that she has the most amazing voice I have ever heard.</p>

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<p>If you’re going to quote the lyrics, the least you can do is credit the songwriter …</p>

<p>[Leonard</a> Cohen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen]Leonard”>Leonard Cohen - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Here is K.d. Lang performing it at the 2010 Olympics - brought the house down. I agree she has the most flawless voice of anyone I have ever heard live. I saw her years ago in concert and it sounded like she was in the studio. </p>

<p>[K.d</a>. Lang - Hallelujah (Live Olympic Games 2010 Opening Cermony).avi - YouTube](<a href=“K.d. Lang - Hallelujah (Live Olympic Games 2010 Opening Cermony).avi - YouTube”>K.d. Lang - Hallelujah (Live Olympic Games 2010 Opening Cermony).avi - YouTube)</p>

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<p>For all PSB fans among us:</p>

<p>[Pet</a> Shop Boys - Leaving - YouTube](<a href=“Pet Shop Boys - Leaving [Official Music Video] - YouTube”>Pet Shop Boys - Leaving [Official Music Video] - YouTube)</p>

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<p>[Ella</a> Fitzgerald - Summertime - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

<p>Ella…</p>

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<p>Emmylou Harris, Til I Gain Control Again is a special song that a friend introduced me to recently.</p>

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<p>For older songs, look up these two:</p>

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<li><p>La cie darem la mano. It’s from Don Giovanni, music by Mozart, lyrics by Lorenzo da Ponte*. One of the top hits of centuries past. Very beautiful seduction duet. Don’t have to like opera to appreciate this. None of that bellowing many people hate.</p></li>
<li><p>Erbarme Dich. It’s from St. Matthew Passion by Bach. My pick for the most moving music ever written. It’s a cry to God: “Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears! Look here, heart and eyes weep before you bitterly.” Or in German, as sung: "Erbarme dich, Mein Gott, um meiner Z</p></li>
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<p>For something a little offbeat, how about Alanis Morrisette covering Green Day’s “Basket Case”? The American Idol cliche saying of “making a song your own” definitely applies here: [Alanis</a> Morissette covers Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’: Watch it here | The Music Mix | EW.com](<a href=“http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/09/28/alanis-morissette-basket-case-green-day/]Alanis”>http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/09/28/alanis-morissette-basket-case-green-day/)</p>

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<p>One of my favorites too (along with several other Rodney Crowell songs) Also love “Boulder to Birmingham,” written by Harris about Gram Parson’s death. </p>

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<p>My daughter sang that in her junior voice recital and I love listening to it.</p>

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<p>[Fred</a> Astaire - Just The Way You Look Tonight - YouTube](<a href=“Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight - YouTube”>Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight - YouTube)</p>

<p>I like “A Fine Romance” too.</p>

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<p>[Iron</a> and Wine - Naked As We Came (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube](<a href=“Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube”>Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - YouTube)</p>

<p>Short and to the point…</p>

<p>[For</a> the lyrically inclined](<a href=“http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858521131]For”>Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came Lyrics | SongMeanings)</p>

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<p>great thread.</p>

<p>really anything by eva cassidy or joni mitchell, but i love joni’s newer version of both sides now. fine example of getting better with age.
[Joni</a> Mitchell - Both Sides Now 2000 lives - YouTube](<a href=“Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now 2000 lives - YouTube”>Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now 2000 lives - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Just went back to the beginning of this thread and haven’t read it all, but I love the version of Hallelujah done by 3 of the guys from Celtic Thunder. The harmonies give me goosebumps.</p>

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<p>I don’t know where you got that information; totally false!</p>

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<p>Kenny Loggins-Watching the River Run
From Chorus Line-What I Did For Love
Bonnie Raitt’s version of Love Has no Pride
Carpenters-We’ve Only Just Begun
Leon Russel-The Wedding Song
Whitney Houston-The Greatest Love of All</p>

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<p>Favorite pretty songs:</p>

<p>Hallelujah - Alison Crowe
Fix You- by Coldplay
The Scientist -Coldplay
Slow me Down - Emmy Rossum</p>

<p>I love many others but right now, these are my top 3 that I listen to repeatedly. We played Hallelujah at my grandpa’s funeral this summer and it means so much to me. <3</p>

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<p>forgot to mention James Taylor-Carolina on My Mind.
Cant decide if all my choices reflect beautiful songs or just a time in my life I hold dear.</p>