Guilt Machine - Stranger Song(L. Cohen)

[Jackalos1]

@Glad1kan What did you use to rip the audio for this? I have the bonus DVD but can't rip DVDs!

[Glad1kun]

@Jackalos1 I don't remember. This was one-time task. I just used google or something...

Really dumb way to get a 320 kbps mp3 would be to convert the vob file with the song to xvid+mp3 avi specifying 320kbps audio bitrate and then extract mp3 with avi-mux gui.

Better way is to use some dvd-riper, At some point I used AoA Dvd ripper trial to extract audio from dvd.

[jbones1987]

dear god, thank you for giving us arjen lucassen and his awesome music, amen. i realize this is a song interpretation, not an original, but i like it more.

[gunterandyuri]

in your voice i can really hear the sadness. I always wondered as a little girl, what this song meant when my dad would play it. but yet now I know. I was the stranger..

[pikewerfer]

@dhpmathmusic now that you mention it - true!

[pikewerfer]

brilliant. nuff said.

[Linqua2112]

THIS is how you do a cover. its a re interpretation, not a copy.

[poisonandantidote]

Pretty impressive. Only trouble it the higher notes obscure the brilliant lyrics. But even so, a rabid Cohen fan like me can still appreciate this version...

[Justice1999]

Wow! What an amazing and powerful cover.

[MarinVillalpando15]

Why is it that most of these covers by Guilt Machine aren't on the album? :(

[MarinVillalpando15]

I'm working on expanding my vocal ranges and styles, but damn, Jasper has amazing vibrato in his high register. :)

[Lukeor]

The 3 dislikes cannot be rationalized and I don't mean this as some thumbs up comment, I mean it. If you don't like this then wtf is your mental deficiency?

[conmilae]

@Lukeor

I can see where they are coming from. Not anywhere close to the original. IMHO it simply doesn't do it justice. The vocals are trying too hard. Cohen's version was a masterpiece. This isn't.

[Lukeor]

@conmilae Of course it's not cohen, I never implied it was. I'm just perplexed at someone hearing this and taking the energy to dislike it.

[AllenQuackenstein]

@conmilae Trying too hard on the vocals my ass. It's not anywhere close to the original because it's a re-interpretation of the song. In my opinion, if you are going to cover a song, you should make it some what of your own.

[nooitopinternet]

Such an incredible voice.. Dramatic, powerful.. Seems perfect for covering a song which has such deep lyrics!

[DestructionOverdriv]

I for one like this cover way better than the original.

Just rip it off youtube.

[MissChris6701]

Jasper has a magnifical voice, even better than Freddie Mercury. But, I know, I'm a woman (and this man is so... incredibly beautiful), Belgian (Jasper is from our little country - Flemish part) and for that, not very objective ;-)

[amarantaremedios]

Aunque no es la mejor voz, Jasper tiene una manera única de hacer sentir la música tan cautivadora para mis oídos. Tanto que puede hacer que uno llegue a un estado de éxtasis. Buena elección por parte de Arjen.

[Coleine]

I like this but, Leonard Cohens version is still 10 times better. This is to clean, to short, I'm missing some essential parts of the song. The singer has a great voice but he overdoing it, I hate the way he's moaning, maybe he was thinking that he would add some emotion to the song, but this way it sounds really fake. But I still like it a little hehehe. You should watch the live version from 1967, at the end you can see a tear in leonards eyes...

[mishulaksis]

Thank You! I read earlier your comment at this video. I will search for DVD.

[mishulaksis]

Somebody tell me where can I find this song? On the album doesn't exist...

[Glad1kun]

@mishulaksis It's from bonus DVD.

There might be mp3s somewhere... But it's better to buy and rip yourself.

[metabog]

@mishulaksis I'm so glad I bought the album when it came out, it seems like it might be a huge collector's piece some day in the future.

[StregoicaWestenra]

ahhh Jasper's voice was perfect for this album :O it's sooo versatile!!

[Aleks724]

I prefer Cohen's version much more, but in honesty, I almost always do. The beauty of this song I feel was the sheer simplicity. With Cohen it's all about the lyrics, he is after all a poet, not the music. This version is very edgy, and a stunning composition with a powerful voice, yet I feel it expresses anger, depression and / or a need for vengeance. I feel Cohen was trying to express a stunning self realization that greatly moved him.

[gunmetal125]

I love this singer. And I like L. Cohen. So in that comparison, I love this version. It's pretty epic to me.

And misshelloween, don't know exactly what you said there, but I see Jasper and Freddie Murcury, and I agree.

[neilamer]

original much better, this is just fkn cheesy not epic

[RIPCB]

For me, anyway, the charm of the original is that it is not epic. I prefer Cohen's version but this is still an amazing cover.

[misshelloween]

La voz de Jasper tiene matices parecidos a la de Freddy Mercury , con el debido respeto.

[macdaddylorenzo]

yes, especially at 1:13 I almost fell off my chair! what a voice!

[sechsterlo]

Very powerful, Lucassen and Steverlinck took this song to great heights.

[joostwinter]

Great and powerful cover, I prefer this over the original version as well.

[mishulaksis]

I know the original but this is more epic!

[mishulaksis]

Amazing!

[demented0n3]

You should hear the original, mishu ;)