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Leonard Cohen is Metaphorically Tied to a Chair
Surely I can't have been the only person a little disappointed that the song chosen to pay tribute to Leonard Cohen when inducting him into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was "Hallelujah." It's a great song, certainly, but it's most strongly associated with Jeff Buckley, to such a degree that some people don't even know Cohen wrote it. Worse, the version performed by Damien Rice is the Buckley version, with its ascending melody line in the final chorus and persistent falsetto. It'd be like playing a rock version of "All Along the Watchtower" at Bob Dylan's induction—a fine song, but not really the best choice. So what would've been better, and who should've sung it? Well, just pick any two of the following: More »
Bruce Dickinson, of Iron Maiden, has co-written a horror film. Sadly, it is not an adaptation of Dante's Inferno with Maiden mascot Eddie as Dante, Lemmy from Motorhead as Virgil, and members of other metal bands as the denizens of hell. It is just something or other about Aleister Crowley. (Rob Zombie should feel free to call me about the Inferno idea, though.) [
