Martha Wainwright - The Traitor (Leonard Cohen)

[josephz4naytowhow]

Nehta nikamo awa Iskwew. Ninanaskomon imiyohtakwanihtat oma Leonard onikamowin. Awesome singer this woman. Grateful to hear her doing The Traitor with such grace; Leonard's song.

[boybuddha]

Stunning version. Beautiful voice.

[1940grace]

Songs and Artists like this makes life incredible.So grateful for the emotion that they allow

[AleMayaOM]

HER VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CreativeFoldAgency]

Unbelievable beautiful performance.

[bonjour123456789]

im now used to hear Cohen speaking spanish in the middle of the song! even when im singing it in my head... lol

[imaKaiya]

I'm only 15 and I aspire to have a voice half as good as hers someday. It's not just her voice, but the passion and romance that she puts into her singing. xoxo!

[ddwamj]

Martha Wainwright is the most beautiful singer and the most attractive woman i have ever seen her voice moves me in ways that make me glad i am alive,joy for me is to just hit the replay button,:-)

[Fahamut]

At least a couple here deserve a shabby ending.

[lunasea11]

It's no coincidence that this type of stuff happens. This all happens because we are here to witness it. These are your words, this is your idea of poetry. not too shabby!

[ectowle]

Martha is so beautiful, her voice couldn't be more lovely, and she is an artist of the highest caliber. I melt when I watch her performance of this intensely profound song. Yes she is Rufus Wainwright's sister.

[Taliano58]

Wer negativ kommentiert hat hat keine ahnung , soll lieber zamba zamba musik hören

[Taliano58]

Compliment toller stimme , habe kein worte

[winggoddess]

is she related to rufus wainwright? her voice came as a surprise; it sounds very childlike.

[mossandthesea]

WHO WOULD DISLIKE THIS???

[mlopez657]

YOU ARE SIMPLY AMAZING!!!  WOW! LEONARD COHEN WAS RIGHT TO SAY "THE WAINWRIGHTS BRING MY MUSIC TO LIFE"

[TheFrantogsi]

Beautiful version, it actually makes me go back in time an imagine "long ago...."

[wreccen]

beautiful

[isaysee]

- An IronicTragity with a side of ComicRelief plus a tallglass of CrystalClarity - ALL in about 4 minutes. The SirenSong of Lust4Life produces an act of self revealing YET deluding cowardice. AllThis leads to suggestion that a moment of true Beauty is better then years of soulless facade. THEN, lastly-a quandry--Is this confession & acceptance of roll of TragicExample done in the service of Love&Truth- or yet another act of selful cowardice ? BRAVO- most of us maybe can boil an egg in that time.

[isaysee]

The next time TheDreamers ride against TheMenOfAction, -they may again be overpowered.. So, take your lesson from this story, -don't show up and you will probubly live a long life surrounded by wired roses and windup swans. On the otherhand, - if you go, - you may end up in the wilderness with nothing but a campfire, your memories - - - - and your friend Fernando.

[MtFreedom5]

Wooooooooooooooo



[78geoffreyvera]

Prachtige stem!!

[MsYasp]

Solamente fantástico :-)

[TakeApart]

Is it bad that I like this version more than the original even though I love Mr Cohen?

[matyagriffioen]

@TakeApart

Not at all! Antony's version of Let It Be Your Will, is in my opinion way better than the version of Cohen, as a Cohen fan. But like Cohen said it: The Wainwrights bring my music to life.

[443556jack]

I think she's gorgeous. Dunno what these people are on about saying she's not :/ and this version of the song is amazing :')

[crom1880]

this song brought me to tears the first time i heard it. Its a great story and she is a very passionate singer

[parkercheatwood]

Beautiful!  Beautiful!

[falconhead67]

this is a travesty

[LunaSeaSane]

That says it all.

[GrantsWatching]

She's stunning -- both as a singer and a looker. I wouldn't bother pointing out that she's attractive, if it weren't for people commenting on her clothes.  (Can't find the actual post on here, just the reactions to it.)

Those eyes are smoldering.

[egelund1976]

Seeing the Leonard Cohen movie really opened my eyes to this talented woman with the beatyful voice.

[hermucaor]

Qué grandísima canción!

[jerryrigging]

so what about teleprompts....Dolly Parton and Antony sing teleprompts...if you don't like it just listen and minimize the window

[jerryrigging]

quite amazing

[enen1027]

Marta jest fan-tas-ty-czna .... słucham tego od kilku dni i nie mogę wyjść z podziwu

[zenoglobal99]

that is an awesome vocal!

@Snk.Jackson - many pros tele-promt lyrics. Getty Lee does for his own songs he has been singing for years.

[FungusMossGnosis]

Rufus is good. Martha is wonderful.

[zeropointemcs]

shes back on the nitros oxide again,

[johneunson]

i saw the leonard cohen, i'm your man' movie. i have to say this was a highlight. she really lives this song. it's available on itunes, and it's addictive. thank you for posting this one.

[marjannan]

Mooi, mooi, mooi, wondermooi ! Dank u voor dit lied !!!!

[SnkJakson]

this is bullshit she doesn't even know the lyrics, she's reading along the whole time.

[maZZiveAttack]

@SnkJakson Who cares, Man!

[SnkJakson]

@maZZiveAttack "I'll know my song well before I start singing" Dylan

[seuzo901]

@SnkJakson but if you listen you hear that she knows the song. She may not have memorized the words but she knows the song in more ways than one.

[findmeacrysallis]

wow this gives me chills in a good way

[DukeHeisenberg]

But I lingeeeeeerd on her THIGH a Fatal MOment!

I KISSed her lips as thooooough i thursted still

and her falsity had stuuung my like a hornet.

The poison sank and it paralyzed my will.

[godzillaeatchu]

La mismisima voz de Dios!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marinthe]

Nice.. Nice..

[Roselma15]

superb!

[arimart100]

Why haven't I heard this one before? Just beautiful !

[MsTommyknocker]

I think she dresses very nicely

[f4fakers]

Absolutly beatiful!!!!!!!

[DEOO100]

considering this song is supposed to be sung by a man she does a brilliant version.

[caratranca]

uno de los poemas más hermosos jamás escritos...

[temptressofvomit1]

one of my favorite songs.

[Skydancer31]

One of the most beautiful and powerful voices. Amazing cover. I almost cried.

[topcat666999]

id marry this woman tomorrow, even if she was dressed in a sack!!!

[anniholdt]

@topcat666999

me too<3



[NORTHSORROW]

Saturday night i been at home night tiime...

then i saw this program about LC so if you plz there is two other great songs,1-man with hat on his head...2-woman looks like beautifulest maid on the earth...

plz do this faver then tell me

[Shrimpdrums]

why is Krang singing?

[amenicinema]

Una de las canciones más hermosas que se han escrito, y una Martha Wainwright en estado de gracia.

[KJPRAR1]

leonard's own explanation of the origin of the song is extraordinary, within the film that produced this recording. martha's rendition is brilliant and beyond poignant.

[rootbeerfan6]

Martha is amazing. Her emotions float like oil on water through out this song. The Wainwright family is truely blessed. Sorry about Kate McGarrigle's passing. I send my prayers for their recoverery.

[rufkate2]

I could not possibly have expressed it better. Eternal love and prayers for the family.

[fklco]

Now the Swan, it floated on the English river

Ah, the Rose of High Romance, it opened wide

A sun-tanned woman yearned me through the summer

and the judges watched us from the other side

I told my mother 'Mother I must leave you

preserve my room but do not shed a tear

Should rumour of a shabby ending reach you

it was half my fault and half the atmosphere'

[fklco]

But the Rose I sickened with a scarlet fever

and the Swan I tempted with a sense of shame

She said at last I was her finest lover

and if she withered I would be to blame

[fklco]

The judges said you missed it by a fraction

rise up and brace your troops for the attack

Ah, the dreamers ride against the men of action

Oh, see the men of action falling back

[fklco]

But, I lingered on her thigh a fatal moment

I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still

And my falsity had stung me like a hornet

The poison sank and it paralysed my will

[fklco]

I could not move to warn all the younger soldiers

that they had been deserted from above

So, on battlefields from here to Barcelona

I'm listed with the enemies of love

[fklco]

And long ago she said 'I must be leaving,

Ah, but keep my body here to lie upon

You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping

Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan'

[fklco]

So daily I renew my idle duty

I touch her here and there, I know my place

I kiss her open mouth and praise her beauty

and people call me traitor to my face

[M15A2]

Her Mother Kate McGarrigle passed away very recently. Condolences to the family. RIP Kate.

[loudxbritnay]

It's sad that in this world if a woman does not flash 2/3 of her body then she is not considered a talented individual :(

[parisianna87]

so you dont think shes talented, thats not true if we seperated the world into 2 parts how many would stay and how many would leave!

[loudxbritnay]

@parisianna87 I never said she wasn't talented. I only said that with the way the world thinks and how the media replies to that, talent comes from the way you look and how often (with how much) you flash your skin.

[evrythngtkn]

@loudxbritnay you're stupid. shut up. thank you.

[loudxbritnay]

@evrythngtkn I'm not stupid. If anything, I'm pretty intelligent to not fall under the spell that the media portrays: "sex sells".

[sonnysburning5133]

the diliverance is the key

[rdylan27]

The lyrics are beyond...

[Philiv99]

incredible

[keegansister]

i love her, but she's obviously looking at the words written below her, however lovely.

[joetz34]

@keegansister If you were to watch the show it seems that everyone has the words on a stand in front of them when they are singing. To me, it is more impressive. How can you work on how you want to sing something when you do not completely know the words? She's almost karaoke singing this then. Wish I could do that!

[bonecollector1984]

una voz bellisima y me encanta su interpretacion de Cohen. Una lástima que en Chile sea tan poco conocida.

[STEPASAUR]

what a voice, i'm slow to pick up on her but gladi have

[EJTJ04]

Ya know I always try to be polite on Y.T. But some of you ppl. say things about a person's appearance. They may be talented but if they don't fit into your idea of beautiful, you cut them off at the knees. How nice.

[carlossg01]

No words to describe (my / her) feelings...

[dgarnes1]

She's unique...This is a gorgeous rendition.

[Minstrel1961]

I can't help but notice how after she smiles and greets everyone, she transforms herself showing the fragility needed for the song. Outstanding.

[eldondor888]

PS: It's those beautiful eyes that get me let alone the gorgeous voice - ooh yeah!

[EJTJ04]

Sorry, I forgot to add, why don't people judge the looks of a male singer by the same standards they hold a talented woman? It is 2009 for gods sakes. Perhaps we still really have the mentality of the 1950's. Ain't it a shame?

[EJTJ04]

What I don't get is all of the haters commenting. What the hell is wrong with her looks? I think she is beautiful, individual, and sings like an angel, written by the wonderful poet, the great Leonard Cohen. I guess everyones' fantasy is the Barbie Doll plastic look. What happened to originality? Some of the most famous artistic geniuses would not fit the sterotype of beautiful, but their spirit and soul did.

[eldondor888]

I completely agree - I've already posted a comment about idiots basing comments on looks. Looks have nothing to do with it, I'm a football loving beer guzzling Aussie bloke and I can't understand why people are fixated with what women singers look like on stage. It's not a friggin' fashion parade is it. However being an Aussie bloke I've got to say - "I'd love to park my slippers under her bed ANY DAY!" She's bloody beautiful!

[JakeDonaghue]

what an amazing voice!!!

[JakeDonaghue]

gracias por los subtitulos. me encanta martha wainwright, poca gente la conoce aqui en españa. una voz preciosa por cierto.

[natasjasproat]

oh martha your like an epic jane austin, a scottish rose, a ship battelling moby dick, a farmer delivering a calf,

[cianfra47]

Bravissima la migliore

[Finnichicken]

Martha is so talented

[Finnichicken]

Martha is great, she's edgy, emotional, controlled yet not contrived. She does Cohen well

[hampusheh]

I love Martha, she's very ugly in a beautiful way

[yogadarla]

oh GOD. so amazing, so beautiful.

[abthebluepup]

I wish this was the version on the CD. This is such and amazing performance.

[tier0008]

I think it this is the best song ever written.

[throthette]

WOW, what a performer!

[koqui85]

Hola gracias por compartir los subtitulos de este increible documental, ¿tienes mas temas subtitulados?

saludos desde Perú

[wrongwayup]

Now, this is a cover that can proudly exist next to the original on pretty much the same level.

[cely132]

NIce!

[123losvas]

hallo loes heel mooi fijna vacantie riet

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Isn't that a great song? What a cove too!

[dchendr]

Now that's what I call HEART

[bloodsling]

Rufus..Martha..good lord that is one phenomenal gene pool

[whisperingfox]

Whats that hidious blouse all about? Martha always sounds great but always looks a bit sloppy and unkempt.

[Kombajncek]

Who cares how she looks when she can sing like that.

[cbaltatescu]

Thing is she looks old and common. She looks 50 or more (no joke) in the part where she sings Hallelujah with rufus, later in the movie.

She has pics on the internet where she is actually pretty, when properly dressed and hair-dressed. She also has nice legs :)

[Kombajncek]

Again, who cares :)

[dchendr]

so go fucking beat off to Britany Spears if you don't like how she dresses. What an idiot

[oYoYebutu]

@dchendr By the same argument, if you, too, can't accept a different point of view, should you not f-off yourself?

[eldondor888]

You're right, sloppy and unkempt but how sexy is this woman. If she'd been wearing a hessian sack I wouldn't have noticed a thing if I had been there - the voice is all that counts. You want fashion - go find a catwalk.

[mttm06]

Who cares about the look and how she dress, listen to her voice!

[emailpdonahue]

Absolutely love it. So good. So good. So goood !!!!!!!! Loe is godly. Embrace. Life moving.

[bloodsling]

this,Antonys impeccable "If it be your will" and Teddy Thompsons "Tonight will be fine" are the 3 best songs on the dvd in my opinion,and neither is better then the other..they all come out on top

[looneyngilo2]

I agree, those 3 were just perfection. :)

[silowhore]

One of the most amazing things I've ever heard. It brings a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye every time I hear it. Superbly sang by a living angel and written by one masters of the written word in any form.

[dchendr]

AAAAAMMEEEENNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

[mfrmorrobay]

hot damn

she stones me to my soul

[Lagusaya2]

Spellbound when I saw this video! Go get it...many many great songs by Cohen!

[paradicebydasee]

Spell bound and swallowed....the voice soars to clouds unseen,thoughts not formed and feelings untouched.

 Beautiful arrangement as are all of the songs from this tribute.

[sisaphis]

lovely

[vcyless]

I would suck her toes and die for her.

Rise,...up -Die perfect perfect beautiful woah

perfect

Suck her toes again and again , and die another ,...day so not to insult her perfect dear existance

I would live in death to know her one Night .

[Kombajncek]

You are my hero.

[Crapinabus]

This performance sends shivers up my spine. Amazing and otherworldly. Leonard Cohen surely had a tear in his eye and a smile on his face when he heard her perform this tune. She now owns this song.

[Jck455]

She is beautiful =)

[SteveSanoski]

I love cohen's quote about this song...a wonderful remark

[puc7]

Maybe it is; form her first release. Actulally, her last disc disappointed me a little. Any way, this version of The Traitor is one of my best memories in music.

[iusedtobecool]

This is my favorite vocal/stage/performance, period.

[chrisj7903]

yes, just superb art

[TheAtraxRobustus]

(Bloody Motherfucking Asshole)is her best song.