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Oh no she did NOT- Scarlett Johansson covers Jeff Buckley

First Tom Waits, now Jeff Buckley?!

Scarlett Johansson must be stopped before she sucks the life out of another beautiful song.

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Friday, January 30, 2009
by Imaginary Mimi
3 comments

Latest comment by: Imaginary Mimi: "Fair enough, ChrisB- I totally understand and appreciate your comment, especially the Ben Gibbard part- well played, sir. I might also add that Vanilla Ice didn't cover "Under Pressure," he sampled it (well, he says he didn't), which I think makes a huge ...

Maybe I'm just out of touch with pop culture, but ...

Today I was perusing the iTunes store, like I do when I'm trying to find a copy of Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" and I noticed, to my amazement, that the #1 song download on iTunes is current Jeff Buckley's 1994 classic Cohen cover, "Hallelujah". Now, I am all for Jeff Buckley and any posthumous fame he might get (kids, remember, don't swim in the dear ol' Mississipp), but can anyone explain why "Hallelujah" is currently #1? Did I miss some huge pop culture moment? I'm guessing that is it, or maybe it has something to do with American Idol. Ugh.

 

Monday, March 10, 2008
by Erik Gonzalez
12 comments

Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "Erik -- you are definitely out of touch. But when this is the culture, perhaps it's best to bury ones head in the sand (says the imaginary girl who's never seen American Idol). Our brains can only hold so much. That's why I've yet to click through and ...

Ten years ago today...

A Jeff Buckley video on the anniversary of his death.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
by imaginary char
9 comments

Latest comment by: ChrisB: "He also played a show in Seattle last month."