{"id":5248,"date":"2013-09-04T21:17:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T01:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2023-08-04T11:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:11:33","slug":"midweek-makeover-your-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. &nbsp;I actually enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dtEgAx80NC4\">Moulin Rouge!<\/a>. I know, I know. &nbsp;Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John&#8217;s Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know you&#8217;ve heard it, but seriously, press play:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elton John - Your Song (Top Of The Pops 1971)\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GlPlfCy1urI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d normally put something that good on a shelf labeled &#8220;Do Not Cover.&#8221; &nbsp;But then Ewan McGregor (!) did this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D9soYPNDlq4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tnoG0ONh4b8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knocked it out of the park. &nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/nicolekidmanofficial.com\/related-project\/moulin-rouge-working-with-ewan-mcgregor\/\">According to Nicole Kidman, too.<\/a>) So really, you&#8217;d think that it was done. I mean, loads of covers out there, but no one&#8217;s going to top the original, and McGregor&#8217;s take staked out something so different that anything else would necessarily fall short. But then:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ellie Goulding - Your Song (Official Video)\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9AFMVMl9qE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what it is about this one that works so well. &nbsp;Obviously Goulding&#8217;s voice is something special. But it&#8217;s more than that. The arrangement, the voice, the pauses. It&#8217;s a worthy addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. &nbsp;I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. &nbsp;Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John&#8217;s Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John&#039;s Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"music\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  And the constant incursion of cycling.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John&#039;s Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1518\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-05T01:17:33+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-04T15:11:33+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blacknell\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Blacknell\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John&#039;s Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Blacknell\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net\",\"headline\":\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/author\\\/mb\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/#person\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-04T21:17:33-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T11:11:33-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":1,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Music\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/category\\\/music\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Music\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/category\\\/music\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Music\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/category\\\/music\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/category\\\/music\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Music\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/#person\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/author\\\/mb\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/author\\\/mb\\\/\",\"name\":\"MB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/\",\"name\":\"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net\",\"description\":\"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John's Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/04\\\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/author\\\/mb\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/author\\\/mb\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-04T21:17:33-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T11:11:33-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blacknell.net\",\"description\":\"Politics, open government, and safe streets.  And the constant incursion of cycling.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blacknell.net\\\/dynamic\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net","description":"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John's Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"music","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#article","name":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net","headline":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/author\/mb\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/#person"},"datePublished":"2013-09-04T21:17:33-04:00","dateModified":"2023-08-04T11:11:33-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":1,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Music"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/#listItem","name":"Music"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Music","item":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#listItem","name":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/#listItem","name":"Music"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/#person"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/author\/mb\/#author","url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/author\/mb\/","name":"MB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/","name":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net","description":"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John's Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/author\/mb\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/author\/mb\/#author"},"datePublished":"2013-09-04T21:17:33-04:00","dateModified":"2023-08-04T11:11:33-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/","name":"Blacknell.net","description":"Politics, open government, and safe streets.  And the constant incursion of cycling.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  And the constant incursion of cycling.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net","og:description":"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John's Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know","og:url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/","og:image":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg","og:image:width":1170,"og:image:height":1518,"article:published_time":"2013-09-05T01:17:33+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-08-04T15:11:33+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blacknell\/","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@Blacknell","twitter:title":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition | Blacknell.net","twitter:description":"So recently I revealed a not-so-secret-secret to a friend. I actually enjoyed Moulin Rouge!. I know, I know. Shut up. Anyway, one of the (many) great tracks from it was a cover of Elton John's Your Song. Which has to be, on its own, one of the best love songs of all time. I know","twitter:creator":"@Blacknell","twitter:image":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2536.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5248","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":[],"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":[],"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-02-04 14:26:52","updated":"2025-12-10 06:01:51","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/\" title=\"Music\">Music<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tMidweek Makeover: Your Edition\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic"},{"label":"Music","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/music\/"},{"label":"Midweek Makeover: Your Edition","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/09\/04\/midweek-makeover-your-edition\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}