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Excruciatingly Exquisite

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Norway's Kurt Nilsen, Espen Lind and some friends performed the most breathtaking cover of U2's With or Without You on a recent talk show appearance.

Simple, beautiful, you will watch this on repeat a few times!

    Posted: Apr 6, 2009 at 9:35 am / Email this  »
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    1. 1

      Mario-enough with the commercials



    2. 2

      I'LL JUST LISTEN TO THE U2 VERSION THANKS…



    3. 3

      Took too long to play.



    4. 4

      Hmmmm… Nothing about the ACMs huh , Perez? *YAWN*
      Who cares about SaMAN and that emaciated mess.
      Post about the ACM Awards last night!!!!!!



    5. 5

      …



    6. 6

      wow. that is beyond beautiful :-) thanks for sharing



    7. 7

      next



    8. 8

      Wasn't this the guy that won that World Idol thing they did after Kelly Clarkson won?



    9. 9

      Kurt Nielsen's voice is breathtakingly beautiful - he does a killer version of Hallelujah :)



    10. 10

      I have heard better covers of this song on you tube.
      And I suddenly feel the need to run out and buy head and shoulders even though I have no dandruff…
      Odd.



    11. 11

      The Heckling commercial was stupid. Like ridiculously stupid.

      I'm glad Kurt won over Kelly Clarkson in World Idol. He's a great singer. I didn't really care for the other guys (except maybe the other blonde).

    12. Lene says – reply to this


      12

      Post Miley Cyrus' ACM performance!!!!!!!! WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better than Taylors!!!!!!!
      Go miley.



    13. 13

      He is actually named Nilsen.
      Not Nielsen :)



    14. 14

      what you want one of them? why must you put us through hell, cant you just find lets say something interesting?



    15. 15

      Kurt Nilsen, not Nielsen :p



    16. 16

      This is beautiful! I'm pretty sure I'll be purchasing some new music now :)



    17. 17

      Re: Lene –
      Saying it's better than Taylor's performance isn't really saying much. It's like saying that one's smelly shit and the other is slightly smellier shit.



    18. 18

      Cool version. seem lipsynced though



    19. 19

      perez, u should hear them sing hallelujah together. love it!



    20. 20

      N N N N Next…

    21. MilaP says – reply to this


      21

      WHERE can I buy this?

    22. assie says – reply to this


      22

      I thought it was lovely.



    23. 23

      That has ALWAYS been my favorite U2 song; what a breathtakingly beautiful rendition.



    24. 24

      I have always loved this song but this rendition gave me goosebumps!



    25. 25

      Wow- gorgeous. Best cover of that song I've ever heard.



    26. 26

      I never understood why these singers say "with or without Choo" instead of "with or without YOU" that gets sooo annoying



    27. 27

      Hey, where did my post go? It dissapeared?? Anyway.. I'll re-say it.. I have never understood why singers say With or Without Choo vs. With or without YOU, I can't listen to Choo over and over, its so aggreviating



    28. 28

      sounded beautiful, but I couldn't stand to look at that guy's giant gap between his two giant front teeth….

      the best U2 cover I ever heard was Michael Stipe singing "one", but this was a close second…



    29. 29

      yeah u2 is better….wake me when it's over folks….alllllll over….



    30. 30

      beautiful–it gave me goosebumps!



    31. 31

      yes…he won world idol, beating Kelly Clarkson….

      his cd is amazing!!! GREAT singer!

    32. Kate says – reply to this


      32

      Wow Yikes. I made it 10 seconds into this and had to shut it off. They took my favorite song from my favorite band and made THIS?! Horrible. Maybe if I listened to it WITHOUT looking at some puffy faced parking-lot-toothed androgynous person it would have been better… but that first guy?! UGH.



    33. 33

      Yes, exquisite. Just one problem, a pet peeve of mine, the pronoun "you" is pronounced "u", not "chew".



    34. 34

      beautiful! i don't mind his teeth at all with a voice like that it doesn't matter what he looks like! soo much talent! ps i LOVE me some Espen Lind!! :)

    35. dd says – reply to this


      35

      I love him even though he looks like a hobbit.



    36. 36

      I thought this rendition was absolutely beautiful. The way there voices blended was just astounding.

      That was a wonderful live performance. To bad you really don't see performances like that much anymore.



    37. 37

      When the three ladies sing in unison, you can almost tune out the shrieking screams of help from Bono as he gets raped in the green room while Edge is tied down and forced to watch.



    38. 38

      Kurt Nilsen has a beautiful voice…



    39. 39

      I love Kurt Nilsen and absolutely adore Espen Lind. Kurts voice is nothing short of amazing.



    40. 40

      their performance was flawless.
      =Impressed.



    41. 41

      This is my all time favorite song and I HATED this version of it. Its terrible….



    42. 42

      Those of you commenting here who did not find that performance to be absolutely exquisite are dummy douchebag dildo-noggins with no sense whatsoever. You suck the hairiest sac around. Your mothers are whores. Bury your head and smother, you log-chomping suck farmers.



    43. 43

      sounds more like a bluegrass choir, give me u2 anyday.



    44. 44

      Re: Randisay – if noregian bluegrass is your thing, then whoopty doo.



    45. 45

      I love these guys, their voices fit so well together :D



    46. 46

      Re: Below Me – ew, love the visual. at first i thought your name was blow me.:)



    47. 47

      Kurt Nilson!! Any of you guys complaining about Kurt has never watched any of his Idol performances on youtube. Go on….then talk your shit!! And by the way, english is their SECOND language . How many do you speak?



    48. 48

      I am a HUGE fan of them!!! Their version of Hallelujah is amazing as in Kurt Nilsen singing Lost Highway with Willie Nelson!

    49. leese says – reply to this


      49

      i love kurt nilsen and alejandro fuentes :-) goooooo norweigians!



    50. 50

      oh my god, this is great! i'm from norway, yey!



    51. 51

      GUESS WHAT, I'm from Norway guys! hahah



    52. 52

      THANK YOU for posting something that is enjoyable to listen to.
      *
      *
      I still haven't forgiven you for posting that horrendous noise that Heidi 'leaked' all over you. Or was it Spence who gave you the golden shower?
      *
      *



    53. 53

      Re: SparklingVanilla –

      Our first language is Norwgian (ofc)
      Our second language is English.
      Then we can chose if we want to learn spanish, german or french in 8th grade. We also understand and can read swedish and danish. x) I really suck at english, especially the grammar. But speaking it is a lot of fun! : ) And these guys are fantastic! Went to their last concert a few years ago.



    54. 54

      Im Norwegian, and these four guys are norwegian too..
      And I am the only one who HATES this version!