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  • So funny, actually he made it better.

  • Wtf?!?!?! while listening this music, I DON'T WANT to look at britney's face!

    it's not her song! :D this version( better version in fact) belongs to Glen!

    Give us Glen's face! Thumbs if you agree!

  • Love the strings in this :)

  • The chorus is in b

  • ok first of ALL Brittney is talented and this version is ok but does not sound better than Brittney singing it though. I am sorry I have no idea who Glen Hansard is but if he is anyone and he chose a Brittney Spears song then he must have listened to it and he must not think she is untalented. You people are JERKS!!! and quite frankly need to get your ears checked.

  • @dswihe ok i agree,britney is/was/ talented, vocally not at the top level imo,but best at what she done,pop songs:) dancing concerts and not the worst singer that made a movie ever,and hope she has more stuff like this in her,this is my fave song by her,shes credited as writing this,a powerful song to write,glens version, better than (imo) britneys version? yes and no,more emotion in glens,britneys video distracts from the song i feel,google glen hansard and tell me you're not impressed if so :)

  • britney's version sucks, this rocks....glen is such a massive talent and made this song one of my favourites...amazing!

  • Incredible!!! I'm embarrassed to say I enjoy a little Britney now and again. But with this version I don't have to be... Well maybe I still do. ;) glen is just one of the reasons I love Ireland!

  • Does anyone know what key and octive this is played/sung in?

  • Is a good cover

  • what instrument is at the begininng? a ukulele?

  • @AVPMisTotallyAwesome I think it's Colm finger-plucking his violin.

  • Proud to be and <3 being Irish!! Glen is the Man!!

  • My bad!!!

    Sorry about the spelling in the last post,half drunk,hallf stoned,which would nearly add up to fully fucked...

  • It really does feel like a new,diffeebnt song........

    Class version!!

  • There's a hint of jack blank in his voice lol specially the high pitch part.

  • amazing <3 

  • not a massive hansard fan but u jusy cant deny the talent he has, unreal cover, fair play outspan

  • I can't get over how amazing this cover is.

  • This is like hearing this song for the first time...amazing. Heart and soul, true artist.

  • amazing i cant stop crying love glen hansard!!!

  • i love it....;)

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  • Seems like this is what happens, when a SONG gets into the hands of a SINGER for once

  • Amanzing!!

  • whooooooooooooooooooooooooo:D

  • the violin, ooh <3

  • Glen sings and plays with conviction....makes another's song his own!!!

  • That *has* to be Colm Mac Con Iomaire on violin...love him as much as I love Glen doing this song!

  • I like glen's version.

    布兰妮唱的好俗气啊。

  • Britney Spears originally sung this. Not Glen.

  • So...I heard Britney Spears did a cover of this? Hmm, I'll have to check it out.

  • @bgpa4 No, I am pretty sure Britney wrote this song

  • I knew just by hearing the Britney version (not by choice) the lyrics could have been given justice and now they have... well done Glen!!!!

  • fantastic. close your eyes and dream

  • NO words... This is beautiful

    !

  • From an ok song, Glen makes a wonderful song. Greetings from Spain!

  • This is so beautiful! And far too short!

  • Before I Fall

    You are the best friend I ever had

    I Love you forever

    i hope you catch me

    Before I fall

    M.S. Morrison

  • great song ... great emotion.... what do you think of our sound?

  • to dugnut87 it is called a ghost writer, she puts the general idea on paper and somebody who can write, but not sing or whatever puts it in a good song form, she doesn't write

  • The best :-(...You're best Glen!!

  • Stunning! ALOT better than the original

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  • I love the canon in d variation at the end. that ol' chord prog is always begging for it

  • @probber66 Haha that's hilarious!

  • Glen you rock

  • absolutely fantastic...

    he puts such feeling into it....

  • omg.. I'm crying I"M CRYING!

    I love how these two talented people Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are good friends. They even have a very similar style!!

  • sadly there are many ignorant comments about britney here.of course she did write this song..there are many songs written by her registered at ascap, songs written by her are given to other singers too (BoA, Selena Gomez). she also plays the piano on one of her releases..for me it's enough to call her a performing artist... haters and critics should do some research before writing stupid stuff... about glen's song: it's awesome, i wish britney did the song to this instrumental

  • This makes me proud to be Irish. Glen Hansard, you are the man

  • @RobHawkie IRISH!!!! <3 ME TOOO

  • @RobHawkie

    Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or attain on your own not something that happens by accident of birth. Being Irish isn't a skill, it's a fucking genetic accident.

    You wouldn't say Im proud to be 5'11" or Im proud to have a predisposition for colon cancer. So why the fuck you be proud to be Irish?

    IF you're happy with being Irish, that's fine. Do that, put that on your car. Be Happy don't be proud. There's too much pride as it is.

    "Pride goeth before the fall"

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  • @johnihnio

    A) That whole thing was a George Carlin quote, the point of which is not to disparage happiness, but to denounce the concept of ethnic pride

    B)You are fucking stupid

    C)You are fucking stupid

    D)Go back and read the third sentence asshole "If you're happy thats fine. BE HAPPY DONT BE PROUD" The point is to make him feel bad about pride not happiness

    E)Only a highly functioning retard (like yourself) would think im shitting on happiness

    F)get fucked you filthy taig

  • @msfattytroll talk about a scathing attack on some1 whose only crime was to have pride and love for their country! im Irish and im PROUD of it!! God just because you arent proud of your country dont attack people who are! oh and btw i am 5'11' and guess what? im fuckin Proud of that 2!!

  • @tkdmurphy

    Like George said, pride should be reserved for personal achievement, you didn't earn being irish, it was an accident of birth.

    Im an american, and 6' even and I am damn happy to be so. Happy not proud.

    However, Im proud of my well behaved and intelligent children, Im proud that I own my own succesful business and Im proud to own my own home clear and free. These are things I earned or caused and influenced not accidents

    Racial and National pride leads to bigotry,

  • @msfattytroll U R a discrace to all americans. Shut your pie-hole msfattytroll.

  • @RobHawkie totes

    whats ur top 5 btw?

  • @Seershak top 5 songs u mean?

  • Glen is God

  • @RobHawkie U guys also have U2, the irish rock!

  • @Tysrian Ye man ;)

  • haha there's a little bit canon in there!!

  • This version is pretty nice, actually. :D

  • I absolutely love his version, makes me feel so calm and relaxed even though the song is sad :\

  • They say that songs can touch peoples hearts...

    ... This is a good example.

  • u suck if u downed this

  • i like this version more then the real one

  • actually, (and i mean this is totally speculation on my part, but,) as a musician, i'd say colm added it because the entire song is an apology for the narrator destroying their marriage. The guilt is palpable throughout, and Colm probably thought it was fitting to end the song, which is about a failed/ended marriage, with the classical piece most commonly associated with weddings. Canon in D is almost always played before the wedding march. It adds a really bittersweet image to the apology, imo.

  • loveeee this

  • Amazing cover, I love nearly everything I have ever heard by Glen .......seduce me with your words!

  • simple beatiful, lovely voice

  • Glen's voice makes any song sound amazingly beautiful

    <3

  • WOW, he makes britney spears look like a $2 hooker..

    wait hang on....

    ( you G-legend )

  • Its called a circle of fifths progression, its used in way more than just Pachelbel's cannon. Just so you can sound super smart the next time you point out something super obvious.

  • Shit awesome! I'm falling in love with Glen all over again!!! =D <3

  • beautiful

  • <3 goosebumps

  • @davidarkins That's The thing, e didn't come up with it, it's a ripoff from à song that's 300 years old. Dont get me wrong thou, both glen and his violinist are really great musicions, i have high respect for them bouth. That doesn't forbid me to question why he riped of a pachelbell lick

  • @virrpottan Are you kidding? Playing a recognizable tune is now theft? Colm was playing that specifically because, as littleswedishboy was saying, lots of popular songs are basically derivations of the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon in D, and this song just happens to be one of them. He's not "ripping off" Pachelbel, as he's clearly not passing it off as one of his own creative works.

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  • @virrpottan You do realise this is a cover of a Brittney Spears song right?...If anything they are just recognizing that this Brittney song uses the very common I V vi iii IV I IV V chord progression and decided to put the Canon in D melody over it as such.

  • @virrpottan Could you come up with better??? and if so, put it out there!!!! DICK!

  • @virrpottan It's not theft, it's a quote. Musicians do it all the time, especially to extremely popular pieces like Pachelbel's Canon in D. And this one is just playing the root note of the chords Glen is playing. More than that, I think you'll find Pachelbel's Canon (especially the bass line) is the basis for very many pop-rock songs of the last century.

  • I was brought here by browsing damien rice vids and I hit a dead end!

  • This is from an Irish radio station where the hosts have great artists cover really bad songs. Glen did it as a joke, hence him laughing towards the end.

  • 1:01, kinda sounds like jack black

  • @davidakelly Haha that's gas. It really does. :)

  • The best cover ever.. :)

  • No need to argue over who wrote this, as it's a pretty average song. No where near Hansard's best. Britney is American pretty, but Marketa is world beautiful.

  • Well they missed coming to Portugal. Show was cancelled :s .

    I want this guys to come here as fast as they can, or i will go to ireland!

    I used to hate this song. Now just forget what i Said :)

  • i love this version :*

  • thank you for uploading !!!

  • not another pachelbel cover :-/

  • i cried so weak :-(

  • I prefer the Britney version, of course, but great job on this! Britney is the Queen of Pop!!!!!!

  • i guess i need you baby ♥

  • luv this version ...brill

  • Omg i first heard Glen after my bf sang a conver of falling slowly

    and ive fallen in love with his voice ! its amazing

    and i hate britney songs but he gives it meaning and it sounds soooo good

    definate ear-gasm xx

  • Ahhh so awesome....anyone else think the Violin at the end sounds like Pachelbel's canon in D??

  • @irishrocker182183 It is :) ahhhhh i <3 it xx

  • oh that's beautiful... i love Glen Hansard!!:D

  • It is so easy to press replay that i thought the song was short then i saw 3 minutes and 50 seconds, wow. the song is so delicate, calm and sweet that hours seem to be minutes.

  • one of the best covers i have ever heard

  • come un acanzone diventa emozione,, grazie glen

  • I love how the violinist managed to stick some of "Canon in D" at the end.

  • I love this song and I love your voice, your guitar too !!!!!

  • I love the violin and this voice *-*

  • I could hear only live once!

    Ireland .... ooh why you're so far away: (

    Glen wonderful, I wish you all the best, pure heart:)

    When I see you in Budapest?

  • @alomkep1 I'd prefer him coming to Pécs ; )

  • I saw Glen live yesterday and and all I can say is... I guess I need you baby ;)

  • wow this guy makes even shit sounds marvelously! absolutely love it!

  • Most tangent song i know on this world.

    18 people are idiots.

    Its such a powerful song, full of love.

    god damn-it i love it.

    Glen Hansard I Love You!

  • britney should disown this song and pass it on.glen is a legend

    

  • In the voice and feeling of hansard anuthing sounds great, sorry but showing the underwear in every concert and kissing madonna live don't become someone with talent. Hansard has feeling and voice and TALENT not just boobs ass and blonde hair

  • 3:14 Canon in D!!^^ yeay

  • This is the only time I could actually listen to this song without feeling disgusted.

  • krasa

    

  • he's the best!... his voice is sooo unbelieveable.. I have no words for this!

  • sexy

  • IM LOOKIN FOR A COVER.... THINK IT WAS MUNDY LIVE ON RAY DARCY SHOW YEARS BACK...

    HE DID SUM POP DIVAS SONG BUT SO ORIGINAL INTERPETATION WAS SUPREME ... WASNT THE WHATEVER SHAKIRA 1 SUMTIN EL;SE HMMMM CANT REMBER ..ANY1 MUNDYS COVER....?

  • @emeraldpegasus mundy - wherever , whenever. from the album even better than the real thing vol 1

  • How could Britney has a great song like this? It's more better when Glen plays it

  • Whoa re the 17 Dumbz who missed the "thumbs up" button???

  • Can I just say though dugnut87, Glen Hansard covered this for an Irish radio station.....the public vote on what song they want that week's musician to do......it's kind of as a bit of a joke sometimes....Glen covered it because he was asked to (and made it sound amazing as is his way), rather than because he's a huge fan of Britney or anything ;)

  • beautiful cover

  • WOW...i really love it when Britney sings BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER AND FULL OF EMOTION.....great....those great singers should be in the top 10 and no Bieber-Fever....

  • that annette person totally ripped off  "breathless" by this one country band with the female singer

  • Schnuppi vermisst...babe

  • Con Britney odio esta cancion me parece espantosa

    pero escuchandola con Glen suena bastante decente :)

  • well she doesn't have the voice...she is only a good performer

  • @HTIDDOSEY07 I've seen other people cover this song way better then this Glen guy

  • so much better than the britney version. her voice is so winey

  • Anyone who thinks britney is talented is in denail,glen really makes this song hit home...

  • great, great cover! love it!

  • :D he stole some line from the classical pachelbel's canon in d.

    sounds great! :)

  • wow

  • linda a voz parabens!

  • britney is untalented???

    wtf are u saying???

  • holy shit! Glen can transform poo in flowers!

  • @trfreitaslivre

    true that =D

  • @trfreitaslivre He's a magician! lol.

  • Britney or Glen, either way I love this song.

  • It's Glen Hansard's talent not Britney's.

  • sounds a bit like cat stevens. great cover!

  • beautifull!

  • quality

  • Did i hear a Pachelbel Canon in D near the end?

  • @omah12jyah yeah :)

  • who cares who wrote what...we just heard natural, beautiful talent...must we always diminish something so wonderful with petty drama? just listen and enjoy...

  • In so many parts of the songs its just too boring, the atmosphere is lost. Furthermore the singing is sometimes a bit without power. Only in the Chorus you do everything right. But nevertheless pretty good version, but as i said, something is missing...

  • this is sooooooo much better than britney!!!!!

  • damien - david and glen would be epic - err

  • Ah, I love this!

  • I wish Damien would cover this song

  • @iamnitrox Oh no kidding. Damien and Glen, that would be epic.

  • this version is so much better than brittney's. i love it<3

  • @JohnyVirgil Dirpy Son

  • Anyone know where to get a good quality recording of this?

  • @JohnyVirgil

    "even better than the real thing volume 2", it should be on i tunes to.

  • iTunes has it

  • great voic

    talent

  • this song is much better than britneys =) i <3 it

  • Didn't Britney actually write this song too? It sounds better with this guy singing.

  • I'd be surprised if Britney has ever written on a piece of paper , never mind a song.