Yay!!!! Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová won the Oscar award for best original song tonight for "Falling Slowly." The "chill moment" is an oft-used criterion for assessing the emotional impact of a piece of art. I have probably never experienced a more sublime "chill moment" than the first time I saw Once and they performed this song.
What I love about this version is the stripped down arrangement devoid of any strings. Not that I don't love strings, but there's an intimacy in this performance that's unparalleled anywhere.
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