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That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth the fifth
The minor fall the major lift
The baffled King composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Maybe I've been here before
I know this room I have walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
There was a time you let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Maybe we need a Hallelujah-off? Play them all in a row & everyone votes live?
Not really complaining (I suppose it means I really like RP) but we had Jeff Buckley doing it at 3:09am and now Rufus Wainwright at 6:45am. Hallelujah!
I second the motion. Enough is enough.
So it's not just me? Cool! Every time I hear it I have to drop what I'm doing to go rate it a 1 again.
Well, you nailed it. Loved his dad, his son is execrable.
I would've sang this one with more emotions...
The Atlantic just covered this song — check out How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Became Everybody's 'Hallelujah'.
And they mention there's a book on the way out: The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah".
Who?
K.D. Lang, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen
Let's hear Buckley's version, please.
Who?
K.D. Lang, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen
Bob and Roberta. Ya gotta love 'em.
Who?
1. Leonard Cohen
2. kd lang
3. Jeff Buckley
After which, I don't particularly care.
I think my order might differ slightly, but I have to agree, I think the Rufus Wainwright version is probably my least favorite version. Excellent song, nonetheless.
1. Leonard Cohen
2. kd lang
3. Jeff Buckley
After which, I don't particularly care.
who sang the original?
This version is in a 3-way tie for 2nd place for this cover, shared by John Cale, and the man himself, Leonard Cohen.
Number one is Jeff Buckley's version.
Way down the list id K.D's version
(it's the singer, not the song, that's what i mean)
Just thank your lucky stars that we're not getting the Alexandra Burke version (winner of UK's "X Factor" in December '08). The truck driver's gear change* half-way through (with added gospel choir) still disturbs me.
* https://www.gearchange.org/
Have you seen the movie? It's not shy about penis jokes and other wink-wink, nudge-nudge adult humor that supposedly goes over the kiddies' heads.
Man, I hated that movie. I'll take my children's entertainment without a side order of wanna-be hipster snark, thanks.
There was absolutely no need for another cover of this song.
... or for RP to play it.
John Cale nailed it, kd lang did a good job, Jeff Buckley's was overwrought but moving ... and yeah, this one adds absolutely nothing.
Ironically, I don't think I've ever heard Leonard's version
I like pretty much every version of this song I've heard, but it'd be nice to hear the original sometime.
who sang the original?
And what if another artist loves the song so much they want to record it? C'mon, lighten up. While Wainwright's version may not measure up to Buckley's, who's to say someone else won't in the future? One of the great things about music is hearing the differences in how one artist covers a song from the next artist. Vive la difference, you know?
Amen, brother....
Agreed. There was absolutely no need for another cover of this song.
And what if another artist loves the song so much they want to record it? C'mon, lighten up. While Wainwright's version may not measure up to Buckley's, who's to say someone else won't in the future? One of the great things about music is hearing the differences in how one artist covers a song from the next artist. Vive la difference, you know?
I like pretty much every version of this song I've heard, but it'd be nice to hear the original sometime.
This
Sounds
Uninspired
Wait.. did he just sing "the holy duck was moving too?"
Yep. Buckley's is in another category entirely.
Leonard Cohen is well ventured because all the versions that had made of its song had been all successful; nor always it happens - 8.
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Agreed. There was absolutely no need for another cover of this song.
Yep. Buckley's is in another category entirely.
This version ranks at the bottom for me. Too rushed. Too nasally.
It was John Cale, not JJ (unless there's an obscure version out there somewhere by JJ Cale). And anyway, Cale's version was in the movie. Wainwright's version was swapped in for the soundtrack release ... can't remember why.
Artist/Label conflict/ownership issues.
And John Cales treatment of this beats Wainwright by a country mile - this sounds like 'happy birthday' in comparison.
IMHO
Agreed. There was absolutely no need for another cover of this song.