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Scarlett Johansson covered Jeff Buckley’s song, “Last Goodbye” and it doesn’t totally suck. I’m amazed.

Unlike her Tom Waits covers which made me want to stab myself with a fork repeatedly, this isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard. Word is that she wants to make a followup album to that first monstrosity of hers, “Anywhere I Lay My Head”.

What do you think?

And for comparison purposes, here’s the original, live: