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Grant-Lee Phillips — The Killing Moon
Album: nineteeneighties
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Released: 2006
Length: 4:08
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Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

In starlit nights I saw you
So cruelly you kissed me
Your lips a magic world
Your sky all hung with jewels
The killing moon
Will come too soon

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin
He will wait until
You give yourself to him

La la la la la...
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No, no, no! Please no more! This is a perfect example of a Soulless Cover of a brilliant song. It tries to sound like the original, and brings nothing to the party.
This cd is the ultimate expression of a someone with a serious writer's block.
bad cover {#Naughty}
 good cover. Neverthantheless
 Farquwaar wrote:
Grant-Lee is like a good scotch...an aquired taste. Your not gonna like it the first time but continued use will being infinite pleasure!!!!
 
Two years later, and I'm definitely much more appreciative of Mr. Phillips' work.  Wouldn't use the phrase "infinite pleasure," but I no longer pine for the originals when a cut from this album is played.

{#Sleep}

Not meant as a compliment...
...cool - i'd heard about this album, but i'd never heard anything from it before...
lord_love_rocket wrote:
Ever since I saw Donny Darko I am reminded of this song
that movie made me actually like some 80's music... isn't the 'echo & the bunnymen' (original?) version there?
Ever since I saw Donny Darko I am reminded of this song
That sound you hear is the soul being sucked out of a great song. Kill this one soon Bill. Just delete it, we won't tell.
please delete this version from existence.
Cruithne3753 wrote:
Hmmm. Nah. E&tBs original is a classic. Give me that any day.
agreed. this version, not so much. needs the angered/troubled emotion of ian mccullugh to make it work word
Cruithne3753 wrote:
Hmmm. Nah. E&tBs original is a classic. Give me that any day.
I concur. Why do artists think that they can just re-record another group's song and get away with it? Listening to this version is a waste of time. Explaining why under my Doctrine of Covers is even a waste of time. Listening to this song is kind of like listening to Modern English's cover of THEIR OWN song "Melt with You" that sounded like the original but was different enough only to be annoying.
Hmmm. Nah. E&tBs original is a classic. Give me that any day.
jlind wrote:
Much inferrior to the bunnymen
WEIRD. I quoted you as saying "Much inferior to The Church" and the quote is showing up in this editor as saying "Much inferrior to the bunnymen" - which is more accurate albeit with typos. this version is nice but kinda blah. but still kind of nice.
Much inferrior to the bunnymen
Tana wrote:
Anybody wanna play the Sounds Like game? I say Bruce Cockburn.
Pearl Jam, if they were from the South. Bruce is definitely from "the North." Still pretty good.
Thistle wrote:
Not bad but Echo's version is vastly better.
Very much agreed.
Anybody wanna play the Sounds Like game? I say Bruce Cockburn.
Doesn't have the same moody feel that Echo and the Bunnymen version has.
Not bad but Echo's version is vastly better.
I think I actually like this version better
I haven't decided if I actually like this or not yet.
Imkirok wrote:
With you on that. I'd much rather hear Echo.
yeah, he sucked all the life out of the song. :(
Echo & Bunnymen remake quite well done - this song reminds me of the 1980's
Farquwaar wrote:
Grant-Lee is like a good scotch...an aquired taste. Your not gonna like it the first time but continued use will being infinite pleasure!!!!
maybe. i think i'd need to hear more of his Buffalo stuff before i could really dig a covers album.
Farquwaar wrote:
Grant-Lee is like a good scotch...an aquired taste. Your not gonna like it the first time but continued use will being infinite pleasure!!!!
Sorry. Still not feelin' the love.
Lazy8 wrote:
...and suddenly a song I've never liked doesn't suck anymore.
yeah
...and suddenly a song I've never liked doesn't suck anymore.
Grant-Lee is like a good scotch...an aquired taste. Your not gonna like it the first time but continued use will being infinite pleasure!!!!
Second new song from this album on RP. After I rated it a 3, I thought I remembered the cover and looked on for what I rated the other song I heared. It was a 4. Better not buy this album then.
With you on that. I'd much rather hear Echo.
not impressed by this album so far. :( would rather hear the originals.