Padgett Ray (Freelance Writer Usa)
Padgett Ray (Freelance Writer Usa) - Various Artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Paperback
Padgett Ray (Freelance Writer Usa) - Various Artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Paperback
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Description: When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions - - including the song " Hallelujah" - - in the United States. Luckily Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who did hear " Hallelujah " and he covered it for I'm Your Fan a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still - obscure original version. In 2016, Stereogum labeled the tribute album "possibly the most universally derided format in pop music." However without a tribute album you wouldn't know the song " Hallelujah." Through Buckley through Cale " Hallelujah" is now one of the most often - performed songs in the world - - and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. I'm Your Fan thus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth: Despite all the eye - rolling they inspire tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends fading careers or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.
Title: Various Artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Author(s): Padgett Ray (Freelance Writer Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501355066
Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2020
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
Description: When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions - - including the song " Hallelujah" - - in the United States. Luckily Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who did hear " Hallelujah " and he covered it for I'm Your Fan a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still - obscure original version. In 2016, Stereogum labeled the tribute album "possibly the most universally derided format in pop music." However without a tribute album you wouldn't know the song " Hallelujah." Through Buckley through Cale " Hallelujah" is now one of the most often - performed songs in the world - - and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. I'm Your Fan thus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth: Despite all the eye - rolling they inspire tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends fading careers or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.
Title: Various Artists I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Author(s): Padgett Ray (Freelance Writer Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501355066
Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2020
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
