XFACTOR-into the FINAL

[jenk1]

new thread

what am i gonna do with my saturday nights now?

Hassled Elf you are very funny

Night all - can go to bed content with the lovely damien rice ringing in my ears instead of the warbly one.

Damien Rice version

I wonder if they picked that song thinking Diana would win.

BoF,you are right.
bye everyone till next year,

Have just joined the facebook group 'Make Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah the Christmas No.1'

damien rice does it justice, too.

but then, he can play.

jeff buckley's is the best, though.

he's so raw.

god, i can't ever think of him without crying.

i cried hearing him even before he died.

oooh just listening now and it's giving me chills - didnt happen with JLS (bit with Alex no2) - how funny how same song can affect you so differently.

the jeff buckley version is so haunting and beautiful

and good point about Diana - it would actually have suited her voice/style I think.

Damien Rice's version is pure sex. Never mind that he's a fine thing himself, it's a beautiful cover

I think i prefer Jeff's version, rather than Damien's.

listen to me, music expert, cant sing a note

It has to be sung by someone who understands the song, xfabba.

lol at the comments on the buckley link. I you look at who owns the buckley version it is Sony BMG somehow I don't think they wil release it.

i agree - call me an old fart but I just dont thing sub 30 somethings are ready.

Having listened to that Buckley version I need a good slow tender shag despite the fact I am too ill to move.

No - they've read the words and heard how other people sing it, but they don't get it, in their gut, where the song needs to come from.

but I do feel very strongly about bad covers of amazing songs.

i know - think JB is doing it for me the most.

thanks girls, this xfactor bashing thread has taken an pleasantly unexpected turn.

so either way they win
how about lobbying for a "perfect day" version with everyone we think could do it justice getting a line?
I'm voting
Damien Rice
Josh Ritter
David Bowie
Bruce Springsteen
Mick Jagger
Melissa McEtheridge
Debbie Harry
Joni Mitchell

they should make them put all the ltrics in - does make me wonder if SC or LW have unexpectedly good taste in music lurking there somewhere.

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