betsy wrote:

"Version"? He *wrote* the bloody song.

betsy wrote:

Oh shit....
I've nearly ruined my keyboard with all the coffee I've spit on it.

YMMD!

Gorgeous.

SomeOldGuy wrote:
It was John Cale, not JJ (unless there's an obscure version out there somewhere by JJ Cale).

And anyway, Cale's version was in the movie. Wainwright's version was swapped in for the soundtrack release ... can't remember why.

Is it just me, or does it almost sound like he sings "... and the holy duck was moving too..."

I'm with the folks who like Buckley's cover a bit better than this one. Not that Rufus isn't good, I think I just like the slower tempo of Buckley's better for this song.

What a beautiful segue from Classical Gas. Not my favorite version, but lovely radio right there. Just lovely.

good song! Bad version!!!!

endoboy wrote: Just seems very manipulative to me. The song itself, regardless of the version. I can't even begin to address the lyrics because the tune itself bugs me so much. This song may be the "one-est" of my one ratings (the one rated most "one-y"?)

endoboy wrote:
totally agree. Get this and K D Lang's version off your top 20 rotation Sucko Barfo

cavalaxis wrote:
Totally agree. This is my favorite version... every time it comes on I have to stop what I'm doing and let my eyes glaze over. *ahh*

Wizzuvv_oz wrote:

Nope. Hooray for the internet, it brings people together. :)

How many version of this song do we have to listen to at all? They all suck.

lathyris wrote:

I'm with you. When, Bill, oh when?

I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't like this song.

Although this is my favorite version, I'm completely burned out on hearing this song in one form or another every day.

This song still gives me chills. In a completely good way. His voice is so amazing. Thank you Bill!

It must be lunch time now.

(this song give me chills in the stomach flu kind of way, right before you puke your guts out)

Geez, how many versions of this song do we have to listen to before we get back to Buckley's? I've been waiting to hear that one for awhile!

enidualc wrote:

Buckley blows this version away, any day...

So many covers... Jeff Buckley's one is far the best one.

The male version of Ethel Merman. Bought his first cd because of the hype and could not bear to get through it. Horrible. This song, though, I gave pretty high marks.

every time I hear a different version of this song, it impacts me less and less

unfortunate, it is a beautiful song

This is horrible

what I like best about this is it led me to Buckley

overcaffeinatted wrote:

Better switch to decaf.

Hannio wrote:

I suspect J.R.(Cash)* would have done a treatment similar to 'Hurt'. It certainly would have been Godlike.

I like Rufus Wainwright, and haven't heard a version of this song I didn't like, but Mr. Cohen and Mr. Buckley did better versions, in my opinion.

*apparently he went by 'J.R.' until he joined the military, in which mere initials were not allowed. So he chose 'John'.

Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckey, JJ Cale, Leonard Cohen.. great version, but I'm waiting for the version by
(let your imagine run wild)

ELmer Fudd?

When this came on during "Shrek" I laughed out loud in a way I hadn't the rest of the film. I regret to say it, but in my opinion its placement in that movie is completely hamfisted and AWFUL. I felt like I was being manipulated, as if they KNEW they couldn't wring a drop of tender sentiment out of the rest of the movie so they decided to deluge the audience with it. Just came out as maudlin and awkward.

agree