Tidings is the third studio album by Allison Crowe, released
in 2003 (see 2003 in music) in EP form and expanded to full album length in
2004 (see 2004 in music). Recorded live-off-the-floor, it is primarily an album
of traditional songs of the season and Christmas carols alongside cover
versions of some of Crowe's favourite songs of spirituality and redemption.
This collection includes several songs by fellow Canadian
songwriters, along with international writers. Among these is a single/first
take recording of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah that is the best known of the
artist's numerous acclaimed song interpretations. It has been commented upon
extensively in print and broadcast media, including a November 2008 BBC radio
documentary, "The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall".
Crowe's recording of Hallelujah was selected as the
soundtrack accompaniment to a love scene in The Watchmen, before being replaced
by Cohen's own live version. "I originally had a different version of
'Hallelujah' on that scene (involving characters Nite Owl and Silk Spectre II)
- it was the version by Allison Crowe, and it was really beautiful. Too
beautiful, as it turned out..." says the movie's Director Zack Snyder. In
another interview, Snyder explained that Crowe's recording is "too romantic"
and "too sexy" for the scene which is meant to come across as ironic
and "ridiculous"
No comments:
Post a Comment