Ani Difranco
Amazing Grace
Dilate
(1996)

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milipili
Aug 21, 2012 - 05:41
This would have definitely sounded better if she had split it into two songs. Her vocals and the instrumental part VERY far away from each other...


rtrudeau
Oct 06, 2009 - 22:36
I tried to like this. FAIL.


joanie
Sep 05, 2009 - 10:34
She took the goosebumps out of one of the most powerful spirituals ever written. Big Zero.


avidfan
Sep 05, 2009 - 10:34
Fantastic...actually a 10. (I'm sure I'm the only one)

Best rendition I've heard recently, though, was a guy on Coronado Island (San Diego) playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipes out on the rocks overlooking the ocean during sunset.


bam23
Sep 05, 2009 - 10:33
Amazingly graceless


cayenne
Sep 05, 2009 - 10:31
WonderLizard wrote:
This is a terrific version. IMHO Ani does what Ani does best—imbues a mournful plea with subcutaneous rage, almost as if the prayer might not have been answered, or simply not answered soon enough. Sorta like Job, "So, what is it, Lord? Don't I rate?" Lord, "Sometimes, boy, you just piss me off..."

Great description. I am digging this.



Greendragon00
Sep 05, 2009 - 10:30
{#Puke}

Had to mute this mess.


lisa999
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:16
I rarely want to turn the station when I'm listening to RP....this song did it


WonderLizard
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:12
This is a terrific version. IMHO Ani does what Ani does best—imbues a mournful plea with subcutaneous rage, almost as if the prayer might not have been answered, or simply not answered soon enough. Sorta like Job, "So, what is it, Lord? Don't I rate?" Lord, "Sometimes, boy, you just piss me off..."


pannaramma
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:11
Horrible. And L O N GGGGGGG too.


davin
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:11
krich58 wrote:
Ho man, I love this tune.

I guess you gotta have a pretty weird sense of rhythm and such. As a musician, I would love to be able to play something with this strange timing...That voice a-la my life in the bush of ghosts, and that ringing bell. So otherworldly...

This is the best thing I have heard from AD and the most original cover of a really played out song. Refreshing in a couple ways. Timing is not too complicated though, this is in a 4/4 time signature if you listen carefully..



stevematic
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:11

this is just awful.




ThePoose
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:10
It's amazing how she's taken the grace out of this song.



More_Cowbell
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:10
Great version! 7



AvoidingWork
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:10
If she used the words to Gilligan's Island I would like it more. {#Cheesygrin}


Leslie
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:09
I love the different timing.


zipper
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:08
n4ku wrote:
I keep going back and forth between rating this a 10 and a 1. Right now it is a 1.

I've never had a song mess with my mind like this.

Good call.

I can't pick a number. Like/almost hate it.

edit: wtf is that whoofing noise?! {#Eek}




pannaramma
Jun 02, 2009 - 10:06
raindogt00 wrote:
LOVE the strong reactions this one evokes.

Yeah - more 1's than anything else. (mine included)



krich58
May 01, 2009 - 17:06
Ho man, I love this tune.

I guess you gotta have a pretty weird sense of rhythm and such. As a musician, I would love to be able to play something with this strange timing...That voice a-la my life in the bush of ghosts, and that ringing bell. So otherworldly...


Shesdifferent
May 01, 2009 - 17:05
Horrid!


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