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I will vote for Everything Is Different Now. It's simply my least favourite of the remaining songs.
I wasn't able to participate in the last round, but I would like to add my support for Everybody Knows. I've always loved the Leonard Cohen version and I think Don does a great job. I actually don't think it's inferior to Cohen's other songs... To me, the lyrics are very powerful and I really enjoy them. A sample of my favourite parts:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
I love the lyrics and I think it's a great song, but I can understand why it went early in the context of this game. The rest of the tracks are of an extremely high standard, and I don't think of Everybody Knows as "a Don song" particularly, so I can appreciate why others don't feel as passionately about this one as they do about others.
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Troub, I agree with everything you say about Don's version of Everybody Knows. However, as I said before, I do not enjoy Leonard Cohen's version of the song at all - for me, Don's version is superior in every way.
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EaglesKiwi
I love the lines "To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace - for this I pray." It's so true (and so true that I need to pray for it!!) and Don sings that part so beautifully. :inlove:
However the pacing of the song is a little slow, and the melody a little simplistic for me. It's a pretty song, but is it really one of the Very Best of Don's songs? In my opinion, there are many that deserve to be included on the album ahead of this one. I think Goodbye to a River, Month of Sundays, Talking to the Moon, Lilah, and Come Rain or Come Shine are all better than this song.
And I also agree with this part of what you said about For My Wedding, EK. My lsts of other songs that could have been included instead of FMW differs a bit from yours, but if we just pick other songs from the Inside Job album, I would have much preferred Goodbye To a River, They're Not Here, They're Not Coming, or especialy My Thanksgiving instead.
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Ive always been a dreamer
Troub, I agree with everything you say about Don's version of Everybody Knows. However, as I said before, I do not enjoy Leonard Cohen's version of the song at all - for me, Don's version is superior in every way.
I can understand that. Don definitely brings a rocky edge to the song and livens it up a bit. His vocals are a little different, too... I like it!
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I cast my vote for Everything Is Different Now.
It's a nice sentiment, and I realize the creepy sound of the verse is supposed to provide a great contrast to the bright sound of the chorus, an alignment of melody and theme. In many ways, that works. However, the creepiness is still a turn off for me. Additionally, the ending is rather repetitive.
Finally - and I know it's not reflective of the song - but I can't help but remember
the horrific video when I hear it, and thus associate a headless stripper displaying her crotch to Don when he sings the line "I hate to tell you this, but I'm very, very happy.". :: SHUDDER ::
I love this video, and the message it gives. He doesn't have an epiphany, but rather a gradual recognition of the futility of excess, whether it be booze, drugs, or women. The headless dancer, IMO,simply represents the legions of "faceless" women who were interchangeable and unimportant.
It may have been too gruesome had it been shot in color, but I think the black and white technique helped to convey the "creepiness" of the lifestyle and the resulting redemption from it.
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EaglesKiwi
It's a pretty song, but is it really one of the Very Best of Don's songs? In my opinion, there are many that deserve to be included on the album ahead of this one. I think Goodbye to a River, Month of Sundays, Talking to the Moon, Lilah, and Come Rain or Come Shine are all better than this song.
I guess he tended to favor the singles like "For My Wedding" over the more obscure songs like "Talking to the Moon" which, IMHO, is superior to every song on this collection with the exception of "Heart of the Matter."
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That's why we make our own 'Best Ofs'. Any 'real' Best Of Glenn would not include Sexy Girl, but it was a single, so it's on his compilations. Talking To The Moon, while much loved, was not a single.
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I recently listened to Inside Job for the first time in preparation for this Survivor. For My Wedding made me cry and I also liked Everything Is Different Now, so I don't think I'm ready to vote for either one yet.
I'll vote Not Enough Love In The World. It's not a bad song, but it's never been one of my favorites.
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I vote for For My Wedding.
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I vote for For My Wedding.
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I'm going to stick with my first vote and vote for Everything Is Different Now again. That video :shudder: I can't imagine what he was thinking when he made that!
I'm sorry to see EK go so soon. I really like some of the lines too, even though Don didn't write it. And I love the way he sings it.
I think For My Wedding is a very sweet song, but it is next on my list and I agree there are several that could have been on this cd over it.