Comments on: Bonkers For Buckley: America’s Dead Idol

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:10:34 +0000

Cohen's version still beats them all, especially Buckley's flat and amazingly overrated one.

And yes, Leonard is alive and touring this summer.

By: rogerniner

rogerniner — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:24:38 +0000

yes, that album with Bono was very, very Bono.

By: tigerpop

tigerpop — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:44:44 +0000

@rogerniner: You mean the god-awful Bono cover from the god-awful Tower of Song, right?

By: rogerniner

rogerniner — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:34:03 +0000

@SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley: Halleujah.

By: SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:30:31 +0000

@rogerniner: Ah, the glories of 5th grade. I'd go back in a heartbeat. For like a week. Then I'd want pot and sex back.

By: rogerniner

rogerniner — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:14:58 +0000

@SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley: Maybe you were trying to decipher whether the song could help you avoid the mentioned "she" from giving you cooties by figuring out her movements.

By: SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:10:18 +0000

@rogerniner: What does Bono do that isn't god-awful? Though I had a weird obsession with 'she moves in mysterious ways' when I was 10.

By: rogerniner

rogerniner — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:22 +0000

The Buckley version follows the Cale version more than it did Cohen's, so Cale might be pissed... or indifferent. Probably indifferent.

Does anyone rememer the god awful Bono cover from "Tower of Song?"

By: Elijah-M

Elijah-M — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:59:00 +0000

@SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley: I am sure he digs the royalty checks.

By: Aleb

Aleb — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:51:17 +0000

@tigerpop: not only "The Pretender" is still charting, but if you rank the songs on the chart by the audience they reach, it's actually the #1 alternative single in the US right now, 32 weeks after it hit the airwaves. I can't wait for the format to implode.