Thank you so much for posting this masterpiece... it is, for me, the quintessential emotional experience! Whenever I listen to it, I loose all track of time... this brilliant lyric gives rise to such atmospheric imagery through the mastery of this arrangement so that, for me, it has no equal!! With the haunting female vocal accompaniment, this is certainly the arrangement that Leonard Cohen had in mind when he conceived this masterpiece!
Emmylou is beautiful, but Jenny's phrasing wins the vote. Absolutely fantastic - I feel every word she's singing - and that's the whole point of a song.
Warnes' phrasing is quintessential. Many try. Few succeed. Even Peter Gabriel's recent cover album sinks below minimalism into mumble-ism. Entirely without artifice, this most-underrated woman lets the song lead. No ego here. Even Patti Griffin can't pull back from "self" and deliver a vocal selflessness with the purity of Jennifer Warnes.
Warnes' phrasing is quintessential. Many try. Few succeed. Even Peter Gabriel's recent cover album sinks below minimalism into mumble-ism. Entirely without artifice, this most-underrated woman lets the song lead. No ego here. Even Patti Griffin can't pull back from "self" and deliver a vocal selflessness with the purity of Jennifer Warnes.
@MegaJewels1 I have just about every EmmyLou album out there since "Pieces of the Sky" but nobody interprets Leonard Cohen better than Jennifer Warnes. Her "Famous Blue Raincoat" speaks for itself. And Emmylou's voice is way is far too nasal for this ballad.
Thank you so much for posting this masterpiece... it is, for me, the quintessential emotional experience! Whenever I listen to it, I loose all track of time... this brilliant lyric gives rise to such atmospheric imagery through the mastery of this arrangement so that, for me, it has no equal!! With the haunting female vocal accompaniment, this is certainly the arrangement that Leonard Cohen had in mind when he conceived this masterpiece!
TheCrabbie1 2 months ago
Emmylou is beautiful, but Jenny's phrasing wins the vote. Absolutely fantastic - I feel every word she's singing - and that's the whole point of a song.
anathealias 3 months ago
This song rulez!!!!!!!
d3rtyd 9 months ago
Warnes' phrasing is quintessential. Many try. Few succeed. Even Peter Gabriel's recent cover album sinks below minimalism into mumble-ism. Entirely without artifice, this most-underrated woman lets the song lead. No ego here. Even Patti Griffin can't pull back from "self" and deliver a vocal selflessness with the purity of Jennifer Warnes.
AGREE EVERY WORDS OF IT
atyafi140 10 months ago
No one can do this like Emmylou, but this is close. They should do a duet. Sweet.
Haasman65 11 months ago
Beautifully produced.
99earwig 1 year ago
Warnes' phrasing is quintessential. Many try. Few succeed. Even Peter Gabriel's recent cover album sinks below minimalism into mumble-ism. Entirely without artifice, this most-underrated woman lets the song lead. No ego here. Even Patti Griffin can't pull back from "self" and deliver a vocal selflessness with the purity of Jennifer Warnes.
dancgear 1 year ago
Nope Emmylou by a mile!!! I like J Warnes but ELH has such a haunting and plaintive voice!!
MegaJewels1 1 year ago
@MegaJewels1 I have just about every EmmyLou album out there since "Pieces of the Sky" but nobody interprets Leonard Cohen better than Jennifer Warnes. Her "Famous Blue Raincoat" speaks for itself. And Emmylou's voice is way is far too nasal for this ballad.
2976canada 1 year ago
Jennifer Warnes is the best female singer ever!
insearchothetruth 1 year ago
.............can't believe only 193 views of this haunting ballad - lovely voice
seanosutherland 1 year ago