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Même le monde du rock anglo-saxon fut séduit par Brel, si l’on se rappelle l’adaptation d’Amsterdam chantée par David Bowie, méga-star qui pour la circonstance fit preuve d’une grande sobriété, rendant la tentative plus crédible.
Jacques Vassal • Jacques Brel, vivre debout NE (French Edition)
One of the greatest ballads of not just John’s catalogue but of all time. John happily recounts in his memoirs the epic tantrum he threw while originally recording this song — “Send it to Engelbert Humperdinck!,” he shouted — in part because the high Rocky Mountain altitude of their studio made it so hard to track the vocals. But producer Gus Dudge
... See moreThe word Jeshurun that appears three times in this song is a reference to the Israelites. It means “upright ones,” and it’s used ironically here, since they aren’t upright.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
John Mayer
youtube.comAmazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
Lou Reed, 1970: “In his mansion Brian Epstein kept Spanish servants, none of whom could speak English. Let that be a lesson to us all in discretion.”