ScopArch
(Berlin, Baby) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 03:09 | |
Now we just need Barry Manilow's, Kenny G's and Yanni's version of this great song to complete the tapestry travesty!!
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Aud
(lost in lakecity) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 03:08 | |
Not another version!! Why is there this obsession with this LC song?!
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 17:52 | |
gorndog wrote:The only female singer I've heard do justice covering this song is ReoRae (search it on youtube, reorae Hallelujah ).
Sorry, but I have to disagree and say this is the best version of this song by anyone, male or female! |
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Mark_Moosier
(Yukon, Canada) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:36 | |
Jarring segue from UT's New Madrid...should have just gone from Tom Waits.
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federico
(Padova, Italy) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:33 | |
gorndog wrote:The only female singer I've heard do justice covering this song is ReoRae (search it on youtube, reorae Hallelujah ).
thanks, very nice version indeed! |
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dpjag
(Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:30 | |
Stefen wrote:
Jeff Buckley
John Cale |
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Jamus
| | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:30 | |
There is nothing as good as listening to Leonard singing his own work with his addled and aged voice. There was and remains the kiss of insight in most of Cohen's music - all it takes is a voice like K.D's to add a parallel universe to the dynamics.
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jiml521
| | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:30 | |
Zzzzzzzz.
Oh Damn ... the song is over already?
Please don't play this *ever* again. Thank you.
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a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:28 | |
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anotherlistener
| | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:28 | |
Must be a seriously good song what with all the artists who are doing covers. Can't really do a bad cover of a great song.
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:28 | |
Better this by far than the execrable McCover of the song by the recent X Factor 'winner' which went straight to the UK No. 1. It says an awful lot about UK taste that a pisspoor no-talent singer can become a star overnight care of a manufactured programme which is essentially an extended karaoke session. At least kd lang's version has some feeling, and she's a proper, professional singer. 6 from the Nottingham jury, minus 6 for the X Factor version.
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GirlFriday
(Funkytown.) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:28 | |
gorndog wrote:The only female singer I've heard do justice covering this song is ReoRae (search it on youtube, reorae Hallelujah ).
I like Imogen Heap's version, myself. |
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VicEdee
(New York City) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:27 | |
Rufus Wainwright's version is great, also! ( not so much this one........! )
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amyjpr
(kansas city) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:27 | |
sooooo gorgeous
i like it better than jeff's and rufus' — though theirs are lovely
but her rich, rich voice.... sigh.
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i4niblind
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 11:26 | |
Pretty good.. but I'm partial to Jeff Buckley's cover, or Mr. Cohen's original.
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gorndog
(El Segundo, CA) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:40 | |
The only female singer I've heard do justice covering this song is ReoRae (search it on youtube, reorae Hallelujah ).
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anandvvn
(India) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:31 | |
I like both Jeff Buckley and this version of the song, both are good
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Limpopoking
(Limpopo) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:24 | |
Mr. Cohen did it best... methinks
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zair99
(In Cognito) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:24 | |
Very nice cover of a beautiful song. This is probably my second favorite version of Hallelujah, but it still just pales in comparison to Jeff Buckley's. Great segue to Coldplay's Violet Hill, though! -7
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(former member)
(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:24 | |
No. This isn't a step up, but one down. There are too many great songs in the world that don't get played, and this one is taking up a space that another worthier song could've had. Veto.
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(former member)
(In the attic...) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:23 | |
Meh. I have no thoughts on this, which in its own way, is a bad thing. I love this song. I like KD. Combined? Meh. It just doesn't grab me the way some other versions do.
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:23 | |
dreadpixie wrote:i like that other guy's version better
Jeff Buckley |
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manzanitafire
| | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 21:21 | |
carbon leaf - block of wood, Tom waits - long way home
Now this??? You guys are seriously tugging on some heartstrings tonight. |
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sharkey
(Hogtown) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:49 | |
DeeCee1109 wrote:I think the original performances of Shakespeare's plays are definitive, and no other performances should have ever been allowed or should be allowed . . . Are we subjected to every hack painter's interpretation of the Mona Lisa?
Seriously, though, I do enjoy different interpretations of songs, musical pieces and dramatic performances. The courage it takes to subject yourself to comparisons with the original artist is impressive and should be encouraged. Without it many of the works of the original artists would be lost in time.
Well said. I'm in total agreement. |
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sharkey
(Hogtown) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:45 | |
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DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:44 | |
LOVE the song.
So far, no cover is bad IMHO.
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ScopArch
(Berlin, Baby) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:42 | |
Nice, but only Jeff's version can make me have to get out the kleenex!
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More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:42 | |
Zweiblumen wrote:Jeff Buckley isn't Jeff Buckley either.  Better than Buckley! |
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Cissy
(Phoenix, AZ) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:42 | |
Zweiblumen wrote:How many recordings of this song do we really need?
One—Jeff Buckley's... |
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hippiechick
(Weekendland) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:42 | |
Zweiblumen wrote:How many recordings of this song do we really need?
Great song no matter who does it, but Rufus' or Jeff's version are still my faves. |
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