Been to 10 glastos and various other festivals and this followed by the newly reformed Verve was the most beautiful 4 hours of my entire life. Fucking legend.
This was one of my all time Glasto highlights. He had us in the palm of his hand for 2.5 hours. Grown men crying with the whole performance. Truly unforgettable. Great upload
Seen Leonard in 3 concerts. I am mesmerised by him. First heard him in the early 70's . Love his poetry, adore his music. He gives over 3 hours in a concert but so good is he, that you think you have only been there an hour.
Can’t deny that LC is one of the absolute best. The meaning of Halleluyah is from Hebrew ‘Praise Yah’, from first two letters of YHWH. So, is this song is a Hallellujah to something else, or is LC, like the psalmist, still able to look upwards, even in the darkest times...?
This isn't the best version he's sung. But his talent is amazing. He's such a skilled songwriter and singer. The sun going down is just so much more amazing.
I don't even like religious songs but this one sends a chill down My spine and I love it.
this version requires you to have already been touched by this song previously in order to fully enjoy i think. listen to a studio recording, thats the closest you can get to the original vision barring some sort of "divine" intervention.
the problem is that most people, think if it's sung by an old guy, it can't be good. while I don't think the original version, nor this one is the best, it's his song. If anyone could determine how best to sing it or how much energy and soul was needed for it, it would be Leonard Cohen.
he's not pop and just like Kurt Nilson, because he isn't the prettiest or the most popular or the best looking, he gets pushed aside to the shadows.
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don't lash out to those who can't get exited over this. LC is (IMHO) the perfect mix of poetry and music. But some people just may need different stimuli to start resonating. One day they will. And this one is one of his best of the best of the best ..;-)
Right back at you. Cry every time I watch this clip. Largely depression that I'm not there right now. LC has always been my hero, I was happy to see him at Glasto, and elated that the whole crowd (young/old/rich/poor/sober/inebriated) all fell under his spell...
Yes, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen....Halllelujah...The world is blessed because you are here...I have loved your songs for decades, and you are still the poet Laureate
I was too young to see his beginnings, but what I like him, my God! live the artists who continue to touch us beyond an age limit imposed by the collective unconscious ! continue, Léonard, continue!!!
He says it sucks because he is too young, has no depth of character and has no soul. Tell me of another 75 year old who can still make women half his age swoon?
I think Cohen's deep emotion can hard felt by young people.We can't deny that Jeff Buckley also interpreted well so that it is wide spread and be loved by many,though it sounds much better at the first,however,after a while,we know Cohen's emotion is deeper,and it will be in history.
Haha fair enough. I can understand why you think that, he does tend to talk more than sing, but he's still an epic musician. He won an award for his voice, but he himself was in disbelief over it lol, but I've forgotten what he said.
Can"t believe its a year since Cohen was on stage at Glasstonbary, magic performance. This song stole the show of the entire festival. 17&18 yrs olds, who had never even heard of him were in total amazement of this frail old man performing one the most moving songs Glasstonbary has ever witnessed.
Leonard Cohen is the God of Music and Poetry if that is possible .McAsherz do some research you fool, this is the writer of Hallelujah. Leonard Cohen is pure musical, lyrical and poetic genius. He is the poet laureate of not only his native Canada, but the world, and one of the very best musicians alive. If you want to see the most fantastic concert ever then go to Leonard Cohen's and you will have to re-evaluate your naive comments. I've seen Clapton from the floor, love him but Len's my MAN!
It depends on who's covering it. I personally think John Cale does a better job than anyone with this song but I think we can agree that the idiots who watch X Factor or American Idol etc should stay away from this beautiful and INTELLIGENT song.
To zahrone, thanks, Proletarians/Highbrow the same, both classes are generally ignorant (with some exceptions) just different ends of the spectrum, The X factor is aimed at proletariat by definition, High brow these days are proletariat with money ! This is not a class thing I was only referring to proletariat because the Alex version is aimed at them in a commercial sense. LC is not about class it's whether you get him or not! !This is not snobbish LC is a poet singer songwriter!
To xmakatanakid, thanks for the comment but what has being a member of the proletariat got to do with 1984?Suggest you read up on both and get back to me.
Who's the artist? The writer of a book or the reader.
It doesn't surprise me that the greatest living human being on the planet LC is not understood by the X factor crowd and never will be. This is the problem when the proletariat are exposed to culture. The world is in a dark place with millions of dark souls, when the light comes - they can't see it.
proleteriat? did you have to go all '1984' on us ;) anyway, I'd consider myself relatively cultured despite my apparent class. gotta agree with you about this being on a completely different level to the x factor garbage.
@rogeruk23 I completely agree. Cohen is the greatest songwriter the world has ever seen, followed closely by bob dylan, but neither would be understood by today's audiences, who have been reared on the X factor (crap) and thus only care about pretty people with good voices but who couldn't write a good song to save their lives
@rogeruk23 I'm an "old bad" who was once young. I thank the gods, every day, that Leonard Cohen was born and has helped me move up a step in my next life.
@McAsherz - Cohen is the original author of Hallelujah, shut up you fool. And his voice, for an aged man like him, is still wonderful and full of emotion.
@McAsher: don't bother to put another comment ! Leonard Cohen is such a great artist ! The best ever !. Once again, Bravo ! Congrat Leonard, you're a star !
I am pretty sure he doesn't have the money. The reason he is playing shows has to do with some manager screwing him out of his savings or something along those lines. Although I could be making that up. Pretty sure I read it somewhere.
That is correct, his former manager stole some £5.4million which is unlikely to be recovered. So in the midst of all the debates regarding which is the better version which happened at Christmas, the greatest triumph is that the song reached the huge audience it deserves, and Cohen is rightly rewarded financially, and his wonderful compositions are introduced to a new generation.
Cohen's manager actually stole millions off him - he isn't as rich as you would think therefore. Luckily now the royalties will be flowing in nicely from Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley, not to mention his recent amazing tour! Things hopefully are looking up for him. =]
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Dear Leonard. You are erarning a lot of money out of the covers of this song, and anyone who knows music understands that you wrote it and that it is a classic.
But please stop performing it yourself, cos you cant sing for shit mate. Really.
This is awful and does not do the track any justice at all.
Makes me laugh when X-factor fans know shit about music! and it pisses me off when some start slagging off cohen and Buckley! whom they knew nothing about til you argued with them that Alex Burke version is crap and never wrote it! :)
With all these arguments about the 'definitive' version(cover) of 'Hallelujah', I wonder who's interpretation of his song was the best in Cohen's opinion?
I thing it's marvelous the way he isn't showing off, you watch alexandra's version and you see all those little cinematic movements. It's full of sex and everything vulgar, everything untrue that ever crept into music. I hate Alexandra and I hate pop music today.
true! atleast someone remembers cohen wrote this... there's a comment on another video sayin "what a crap version of alexandras song" ffs!! alexandra burke is a worse version of leona lewis!!
you are a fucking moron! what you listining right now is the song of the best songwriter on this poor earth which has to carry such idiots like you on its surface.
Cohen has said interviews he has doesnt know how many verses there are to this song as each artist who does the song seems to add new ones. He also said it is still a work in progress. One of my favourite songs of all time.
Dylan and Cohen were at a cafe once. Dylan asks how long this song took to write, he replies 5 years. Dylan was surprised and so Cohen asked how long I and I took to write and he replied 15 minutes. In an interview a few years later he stated
We knew we were both lying. It took me 10 years to write Hallelujah and it would've taken dylan about 10 minutes to write this song.
But this song is originally a book length song. And as Cohen says, Dylan's songs are unpolished jems.
when i was at glastonbury, i don't think i've ever seen quite so many people cry at the same time. there's this atmosphere about him, especially when he sings this, that makes you feel everything at once and you just feel overpowered by your own emotions.
Saw him in Helsingborg, sweden, the same tour. Magical. I have never seen anyone in my life, especially not on stage in front of thousands, being so humble and modest. The texts are unmatched in the history of modern music.
you wouldn't say that if like simon cowell you were bringing in 2m pounds a day through it. he owns this version and the jeff buckley version as well as the x factor version. and all of them are in the top 40 in england
tuibrogue, I dont think that people have their hands in the air because they think it's a christian song, its pretty obvouse that someone called Leonard Cohen is Jewish. But this is probably the most beautiful and well written song ever written, or at least one of them, pretty hard to quantify that. And i agree that its shite that the X-Factor released it but at least because of it both Cohen and Buckley's versions made it into the the top40 which means a load more people are going to hear them
I couldn't watch it with all the praytards holding their hands in the hair as if this was actually a xtian song. have any of them ever read the lyrics?
Have admired Leonard Cohen for a long time since my 20's (now 50 ) can't believe X- Factor have chosen to trash this beautiful song , for a start in my opinion its suited better to a male voice , but hey ho !
cohen will not recieve a penny. He sold his back catalog to sony at the advice of his manager who then fleeced him of his $7million retirement fund. That is why he is having to tour again at the age of 75.
If that story is true then I despair. I hope he getting a pension.
What a magician, wrapping his deep and original voice, and thus bringing to life, his brilliant poetry.
In Top Gear parlance: Some say that he can depress a whole nation so much that they will vote for suicide to be mandatory from the age of 18. Or, that he has an alarm clock to awaken him, with an explosive devise inside. Set at 8 am. By him.
On this bombshell, all we know he is that he is not the Stig!
He has reportedly earned 5 million back from his tour and he actually still retains mechanical rights to the song, though not all rights. These are enough to earn him an estimated extra £1 million on top of that. Oh and he is 74 :)
anyone who was at Glastonbury this year heard the master sing HIS Hallelujah. How can anyone else compare ? Having said that, FGTH's version of Born to Run kicks Bruce's ass...
Cannot believe anyone with music in their hearts can say this is the best version? Where is the quality, emotion and voice in the drawl that Leaonard has produced for 40 years. Boring boring boring
this was the highlight of glastonbury 08 for me, and glastonbury 08 was probably the highlight of my whoe life : )
i dont care that x-factor loving idiots will think 'whos dis old man covering alexandras song he's just talking innit' as long as the guy earns some money to have a happy retirement after being robbed so nastily
simon towel from wet factor is only promoting his bank balance and his ego with karaoke jobs manufactured its the songwriters who have endurance as the beatles do and as leonard cohen does who wrote hallelujah so hallelujah to cohen
Good on him for being the creattor of this song. Still can't help but disagree with most of the comments here. I definately prefer Jeff Buckley's version.
Whoever 'cover's Leonard's song only reinforces my belief that his is sublime. I agree please download Cohen's version, he was fleeced of his life earnings by his manager and he has given us a legacy of beautiful songs with powerful lyrics.
the man is a singing legend and anyone who is trying to say jeff buckleys"origianl" was better, he cant't possibly have because this is the best and original!
Are you joking?!?! This is the man that WROTE the song, and performed it originally! Buckley's version may be more to your tastes, but you can't claim it's his song!!
nowhere will be safe and all the chavs will be singing their incoherent imitations of her materialistic plastic version.. the end of the world is nigh..
i don't think his voice is actually that good, even though the lyrics and songs are really good. just think that there are other people hu've sung it better.
Leonard has been writing poetry since the late 1950's when I first read him as a teen in New York. (Let Us Compare Mythologies, Beautiful Losers/ novel) The music is the vehicle for his readings. IMO he's been the best anti-hero poet working live gigs the last 50 years. Like bad whiskey his grows on you. What I like about the way he sings is his voice is real and he's a man, but a humble one; he doesn't belt it out. You have to lean in to listen and so you hear each word.
There's a good recording of Leonard's Bournemouth show 11/11/08 here megauploadDOTcom/?d=AAFNKXR0 and here megauploadDOTcom/?d=0ISGIB95 (just swap the DOT for a . )
Been to 10 glastos and various other festivals and this followed by the newly reformed Verve was the most beautiful 4 hours of my entire life. Fucking legend.
McHanraohanrahan 3 months ago
This was one of my all time Glasto highlights. He had us in the palm of his hand for 2.5 hours. Grown men crying with the whole performance. Truly unforgettable. Great upload
TheLexbank 11 months ago 3
Seen Leonard in 3 concerts. I am mesmerised by him. First heard him in the early 70's . Love his poetry, adore his music. He gives over 3 hours in a concert but so good is he, that you think you have only been there an hour.
Thank you God for sending us Leonard
Sylvie934 1 year ago
Can’t deny that LC is one of the absolute best. The meaning of Halleluyah is from Hebrew ‘Praise Yah’, from first two letters of YHWH. So, is this song is a Hallellujah to something else, or is LC, like the psalmist, still able to look upwards, even in the darkest times...?
Ginny202 1 year ago
so wish i could have been in that crowd
poppiedoo 1 year ago
This isn't the best version he's sung. But his talent is amazing. He's such a skilled songwriter and singer. The sun going down is just so much more amazing.
I don't even like religious songs but this one sends a chill down My spine and I love it.
Tkieron 1 year ago
don't agree ,,,, watch the people in the audience ,,,, there is no comparison to studio anything ,,, lenny pierces folks ,
heettreet 1 year ago
this version requires you to have already been touched by this song previously in order to fully enjoy i think. listen to a studio recording, thats the closest you can get to the original vision barring some sort of "divine" intervention.
DazmoTube 1 year ago
he always said he does nt have the best voice,, but dear god,,, he sings with his soul,,, and that is sublime
TheDamePlume 1 year ago
@TheDamePlume yes ! he did not write listening to all of us ,,, he wrote listening to what's inside him
heettreet 1 year ago
Nothing more annoying than the idiot singing out loud.
TheAzv3 1 year ago
the problem is that most people, think if it's sung by an old guy, it can't be good. while I don't think the original version, nor this one is the best, it's his song. If anyone could determine how best to sing it or how much energy and soul was needed for it, it would be Leonard Cohen.
he's not pop and just like Kurt Nilson, because he isn't the prettiest or the most popular or the best looking, he gets pushed aside to the shadows.
looks does not equal great singer..
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BlAcKeYeDpEaSCoOl 1 year ago
mr cohen is one increaible man
wullie111 1 year ago
Cohen wrote it, Buckley covered it, Wainright murdered it, and now all modern artists copy the prostrate body
17Hongo 1 year ago 6
don't lash out to those who can't get exited over this. LC is (IMHO) the perfect mix of poetry and music. But some people just may need different stimuli to start resonating. One day they will. And this one is one of his best of the best of the best ..;-)
Everybody be good, halleluja !
ewsflys 1 year ago
No, it doesn't get any better than Leonard Cohen. The musical world has been blessed by his presence and the great body of music he has given us.
shubus 1 year ago
I cried watching this clip, just as my mates and I did in that field in Somerset in 2008. Brings back incredible memories, thanks so much.
ffenest 1 year ago
@ffenest
Right back at you. Cry every time I watch this clip. Largely depression that I'm not there right now. LC has always been my hero, I was happy to see him at Glasto, and elated that the whole crowd (young/old/rich/poor/sober/inebriated) all fell under his spell...
aclcox 1 year ago
most peacefull song on earth good job leo
asafon12 1 year ago
You don't really care for Jehovah, Leonard, do Yah? But yah do like a bit of Dylan.
000Jerusalem 1 year ago
how right you are Roger ....ignorance and fundamental darkness seem to rule the plantet these days...
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popcornrabbit07 1 year ago
Yes, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen....Halllelujah...The world is blessed because you are here...I have loved your songs for decades, and you are still the poet Laureate
popcornrabbit07 1 year ago
Love you Len!
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I was too young to see his beginnings, but what I like him, my God! live the artists who continue to touch us beyond an age limit imposed by the collective unconscious ! continue, Léonard, continue!!!
ratustaupus 1 year ago
sounds great.
vikisisa 2 years ago
a bit shaky , like da cam , but still :Gr8 !
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wow- this sucks
mikedowd66 2 years ago
How can you say that sucks?
Tell me another 75 year old that can sing like that.
13koromiko 2 years ago 5
He says it sucks because he is too young, has no depth of character and has no soul. Tell me of another 75 year old who can still make women half his age swoon?
inchargenow 1 year ago
Someone should beat that guy singing along with a removable vacuum attachment.
chaplan76 2 years ago 4
Really beautiful song!!
Thanks, for this video.
septagrama 2 years ago
Killer. Gorgeous. Sublime. Music, music, music...
colliedogjoy 2 years ago 3
I think Cohen's deep emotion can hard felt by young people.We can't deny that Jeff Buckley also interpreted well so that it is wide spread and be loved by many,though it sounds much better at the first,however,after a while,we know Cohen's emotion is deeper,and it will be in history.
Lin65911 2 years ago
his voice and his song are amazing
tapuahadama 2 years ago 2
ledhead,,,,,you sureley r a LEDHEAD.
wilkinsonroy 2 years ago 3
man what a song, i really admire him as a composer.
berkekirk 2 years ago
one word-BRILLIANT
heyrocknroll 2 years ago
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Awful. Strictly Awful. Thank god for Jeff Buckley.
ledhead923 2 years ago
You're pretty stupid, seen as if it weren't for Leonard Cohen, this song wouldn't exist.
oFUDGEo 2 years ago 3
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I should have been more clear, I appreciate that Cohen wrote this epic song, but let us be real; the man can't sing.
ledhead923 2 years ago
Haha fair enough. I can understand why you think that, he does tend to talk more than sing, but he's still an epic musician. He won an award for his voice, but he himself was in disbelief over it lol, but I've forgotten what he said.
oFUDGEo 2 years ago
he is a smoker. his voice used to be much better. listen to old versions of the partisan or suzzane.
eeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrm 2 years ago
from an oldie,he wrote this,he knows how to interpret his own works,the mans a genius,he may appear pathetic to the uninitiated but he can sing
micks558 2 years ago 5
jeff who? Never heard of him.
stevebenbob 2 years ago 5
A DREAM!!!
Tiana3009 2 years ago
Can"t believe its a year since Cohen was on stage at Glasstonbary, magic performance. This song stole the show of the entire festival. 17&18 yrs olds, who had never even heard of him were in total amazement of this frail old man performing one the most moving songs Glasstonbary has ever witnessed.
stevebenbob 2 years ago
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I prefer Rufus singing it!
dabro4711 2 years ago
Oh to have been there. Although The Dome Brighton circa 75 or NEC Birmingham latest tour ( & hope not the last?!)
123freddie321 2 years ago
my poop is nice
applemaster965 2 years ago
i dont like his voice
but great song
DasherDylan123 2 years ago
I've sung the pants off of girls with this song.
senorsquiid 2 years ago
Leonard Cohen is the God of Music and Poetry if that is possible .McAsherz do some research you fool, this is the writer of Hallelujah. Leonard Cohen is pure musical, lyrical and poetic genius. He is the poet laureate of not only his native Canada, but the world, and one of the very best musicians alive. If you want to see the most fantastic concert ever then go to Leonard Cohen's and you will have to re-evaluate your naive comments. I've seen Clapton from the floor, love him but Len's my MAN!
DylanSensFan 2 years ago 24
this video defines glasto 2008 for me, best song of the festival and also includes the 'fist me jesus' flag. class.
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ShaftInAfrica920 2 years ago
Yeh I think cowell and co have duped the youngsters into thinking that good singing has to sound like Celine or Whitney.
Even Garrett Gates and Will Young sound like females.
My advice? Ditch X factor and explore youtube for some real talent.
03D23036 2 years ago 3
The crowd is singing better? Lol, great musical statement!
OlpusBonzo 2 years ago
It depends on who's covering it. I personally think John Cale does a better job than anyone with this song but I think we can agree that the idiots who watch X Factor or American Idol etc should stay away from this beautiful and INTELLIGENT song.
TulseLuper 2 years ago 2
Who's the artist? The Author or the Reader?
LC wrote the song without him there are no covers!
Interpretation is down to personal taste. Only the creator can convey the true spirit no matter how good the cover.
Roger Brown - London England
rogeruk23 2 years ago
To zahrone, thanks, Proletarians/Highbrow the same, both classes are generally ignorant (with some exceptions) just different ends of the spectrum, The X factor is aimed at proletariat by definition, High brow these days are proletariat with money ! This is not a class thing I was only referring to proletariat because the Alex version is aimed at them in a commercial sense. LC is not about class it's whether you get him or not! !This is not snobbish LC is a poet singer songwriter!
rogeruk23 2 years ago
To xmakatanakid, thanks for the comment but what has being a member of the proletariat got to do with 1984?Suggest you read up on both and get back to me.
rogeruk23 2 years ago
love you leo, one of the choosen.
anjelikaboo 3 years ago
Who's the artist? The writer of a book or the reader.
It doesn't surprise me that the greatest living human being on the planet LC is not understood by the X factor crowd and never will be. This is the problem when the proletariat are exposed to culture. The world is in a dark place with millions of dark souls, when the light comes - they can't see it.
Roger Brown London
rogeruk23 3 years ago 39
I agree , if you can't see what this is you are lost !
perryis82 3 years ago
To roger
That's what I'm saying on and on and on. He's the most deep and spiritual man I ever met. But I won't say that proletarians
don't understand what Leonard is talking about. Maybe they'll do better than highbrowrd people.
zahraone 2 years ago
proleteriat? did you have to go all '1984' on us ;) anyway, I'd consider myself relatively cultured despite my apparent class. gotta agree with you about this being on a completely different level to the x factor garbage.
xmakatanakid 2 years ago
@rogeruk23 I completely agree. Cohen is the greatest songwriter the world has ever seen, followed closely by bob dylan, but neither would be understood by today's audiences, who have been reared on the X factor (crap) and thus only care about pretty people with good voices but who couldn't write a good song to save their lives
17Hongo 1 year ago
@rogeruk23 Oh man. This is nothing more than snobbery.
WalkersBlues 1 year ago
@rogeruk23 I'm an "old bad" who was once young. I thank the gods, every day, that Leonard Cohen was born and has helped me move up a step in my next life.
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he cant even sing his own song well!
it sounds shit
he aint got nothin on jeff buckley
rip jeff, u were awsum dude :)
luvinly2k7 3 years ago
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why the fuck are people rating this comment back its 100% He can't even sing it well no emotion just a dead voice. RIP JEFF
McAsherz 3 years ago
You really don't get it do you? Go back to VH1.
boomac62 2 years ago 2
@McAsherz - Cohen is the original author of Hallelujah, shut up you fool. And his voice, for an aged man like him, is still wonderful and full of emotion.
OlpusBonzo 2 years ago 6
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hmm the crowd sing it better lol. Please don't bother replying to something which is old. Lol excuse the pun.
McAsherz 2 years ago
@McAsher: don't bother to put another comment ! Leonard Cohen is such a great artist ! The best ever !. Once again, Bravo ! Congrat Leonard, you're a star !
25daniel 2 years ago 3
lol i'll comment what i like.
McAsherz 2 years ago
wow ...uh
Alexandra broke this song..
Leo and even Jeff actually feel this song, Alexandra just sings it; something many good singers can do. Takes talent to really feel the music.
thedrumstix 3 years ago 5
Love the drunk guy singing in the background.
beatlefreak777 3 years ago
that was great! thankyou for sharing video.
joms67 3 years ago
He has the money, everybody knows that. This performance isn't about money. It's Cohen doing what gives him pleasure. Don't hate that way.
loveya93 3 years ago
I am pretty sure he doesn't have the money. The reason he is playing shows has to do with some manager screwing him out of his savings or something along those lines. Although I could be making that up. Pretty sure I read it somewhere.
bballarl 3 years ago 3
That is correct, his former manager stole some £5.4million which is unlikely to be recovered. So in the midst of all the debates regarding which is the better version which happened at Christmas, the greatest triumph is that the song reached the huge audience it deserves, and Cohen is rightly rewarded financially, and his wonderful compositions are introduced to a new generation.
verbaluk1 3 years ago
Cohen's manager actually stole millions off him - he isn't as rich as you would think therefore. Luckily now the royalties will be flowing in nicely from Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley, not to mention his recent amazing tour! Things hopefully are looking up for him. =]
2harri2 3 years ago 3
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Dear Leonard. You are erarning a lot of money out of the covers of this song, and anyone who knows music understands that you wrote it and that it is a classic.
But please stop performing it yourself, cos you cant sing for shit mate. Really.
This is awful and does not do the track any justice at all.
Please stop!
Your
Me
fracturedminds 3 years ago
You're... Wrong.
This is Hallelujah the way it should be.
You don't need showy in-your-face guitar/vocals to make this song amazing.
Cohen is the only one who can do this justice, because Hallelujah is no song. This is a cry from inside his heart.
loveya93 3 years ago 4
You are a douche!
I've also read that he does not have the rights to the covers, which - if true - is a travesty.
bgussey 3 years ago
mm I like this version and the Damien Rice version actually.
clokverkorange 3 years ago
Makes me laugh when X-factor fans know shit about music! and it pisses me off when some start slagging off cohen and Buckley! whom they knew nothing about til you argued with them that Alex Burke version is crap and never wrote it! :)
Synthweasel 3 years ago 4
With all these arguments about the 'definitive' version(cover) of 'Hallelujah', I wonder who's interpretation of his song was the best in Cohen's opinion?
tearypeary 3 years ago
good point - but he banked every check - so does he really give a toss in the end?
fracturedminds 3 years ago
amazing*
tumtiiitum 3 years ago
Bloody awful, but a fantastic song writer. Beautfiful song.
tumtiiitum 3 years ago
what day was he on? i obviously didnt read the set list very well.
beenyj 3 years ago
I thing it's marvelous the way he isn't showing off, you watch alexandra's version and you see all those little cinematic movements. It's full of sex and everything vulgar, everything untrue that ever crept into music. I hate Alexandra and I hate pop music today.
curzmg 3 years ago 6
hats off to you my friend
HelenaMCRomance 3 years ago 2
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how crap is this really? Thank god for Jeff Buckley
dib86 3 years ago
You realise Cohen wrote this song?
JackaFord 3 years ago 4
true! atleast someone remembers cohen wrote this... there's a comment on another video sayin "what a crap version of alexandras song" ffs!! alexandra burke is a worse version of leona lewis!!
OssieBel 3 years ago
sigh**
gennaiafebbraio 3 years ago
You can't be serious.
adambomb6672 3 years ago
you are a fucking moron! what you listining right now is the song of the best songwriter on this poor earth which has to carry such idiots like you on its surface.
jesamludkorobinhood 3 years ago
Cohen has said interviews he has doesnt know how many verses there are to this song as each artist who does the song seems to add new ones. He also said it is still a work in progress. One of my favourite songs of all time.
Dalmaik 3 years ago 5
good job ;)))))) beautiful
damek2929 3 years ago 3
Beautiful...
NixonMcvicar 3 years ago
L2sing
Quillipod 3 years ago
Some great shots here, man :)
Kombajncek 3 years ago
Dylan and Cohen were at a cafe once. Dylan asks how long this song took to write, he replies 5 years. Dylan was surprised and so Cohen asked how long I and I took to write and he replied 15 minutes. In an interview a few years later he stated
We knew we were both lying. It took me 10 years to write Hallelujah and it would've taken dylan about 10 minutes to write this song.
But this song is originally a book length song. And as Cohen says, Dylan's songs are unpolished jems.
qotsa111 3 years ago 6
i bet you dont
dizzieistanbul 3 years ago
how much?
gregoryedwardkelly 3 years ago
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I sing better in the shower.
gregoryedwardkelly 3 years ago
you are also a douche in real life :D
qotsa111 3 years ago 2
when i was at glastonbury, i don't think i've ever seen quite so many people cry at the same time. there's this atmosphere about him, especially when he sings this, that makes you feel everything at once and you just feel overpowered by your own emotions.
it was incredible.
xflashahh 3 years ago 5
Hahaha. That made me chuckle... "wait, did he say glastonbury? WOOOOO!!! - what a man..."
xxx
licklestarlet 3 years ago
Cohen makes Dylan sound like the "laughing policeman" great....
moonmanas 3 years ago 2
Dylan is also a great poet. But sadly that's all..
ntztz 3 years ago
You're kidding right?
I hate fanboys
oOOShaunOOo 3 years ago
Though thinking about this properly. In my opinion Cohen's voice has bettered with age where as Dylans has withered.
If this is what you ment then sorry
oOOShaunOOo 3 years ago
Yep, ya can't beat the original
saint5367 3 years ago
He's old, he's passionate, he's brilliant.
craigndp 3 years ago 20
haha he does sound tanked up lmao don't believe its about an orgasm like pffft
beautifulgarbage28 3 years ago
Saw him in Helsingborg, sweden, the same tour. Magical. I have never seen anyone in my life, especially not on stage in front of thousands, being so humble and modest. The texts are unmatched in the history of modern music.
realias 3 years ago 6
Or thats what buckley thought
bignard86 3 years ago
This is not a christian song. It's a fact that leonard cohen wrote the song about the power and beauty of an orgasm. Look it up
bignard86 3 years ago
he sounds tanked up...
mojopin70 3 years ago
no quetion he's a great poet-song writer,but,singing voice?.
TCostellos 3 years ago
you wouldn't say that if like simon cowell you were bringing in 2m pounds a day through it. he owns this version and the jeff buckley version as well as the x factor version. and all of them are in the top 40 in england
andyboy123asdf 3 years ago
tuibrogue, I dont think that people have their hands in the air because they think it's a christian song, its pretty obvouse that someone called Leonard Cohen is Jewish. But this is probably the most beautiful and well written song ever written, or at least one of them, pretty hard to quantify that. And i agree that its shite that the X-Factor released it but at least because of it both Cohen and Buckley's versions made it into the the top40 which means a load more people are going to hear them
wilbursphere 3 years ago
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fuck you
krisjankeyser 3 years ago
I couldn't watch it with all the praytards holding their hands in the hair as if this was actually a xtian song. have any of them ever read the lyrics?
tuibrogue 3 years ago
Have admired Leonard Cohen for a long time since my 20's (now 50 ) can't believe X- Factor have chosen to trash this beautiful song , for a start in my opinion its suited better to a male voice , but hey ho !
kwaismum 3 years ago 3
I read in the paper that it took leonard cohen 5 or 15 years to right hallelujah (can't remember)
But this is the true master and no x factor wannabe can even compare to this.
SlimFitSam 3 years ago 7
The people in the crowd were real people. Not X Factor puppets
kjf666 3 years ago 8
At least he does all the verses. The last one is the best one and no one ever sings it.
enswal 3 years ago 2
good on laughing lenny.
im sure he gives a shit about this stupid furore over who covers his music.
its money in the (stolen) bank for him,so frankly im delighted xtractor used it.
coogo2 3 years ago
cohen will not recieve a penny. He sold his back catalog to sony at the advice of his manager who then fleeced him of his $7million retirement fund. That is why he is having to tour again at the age of 75.
pyzerchiefs 3 years ago
If that story is true then I despair. I hope he getting a pension.
What a magician, wrapping his deep and original voice, and thus bringing to life, his brilliant poetry.
In Top Gear parlance: Some say that he can depress a whole nation so much that they will vote for suicide to be mandatory from the age of 18. Or, that he has an alarm clock to awaken him, with an explosive devise inside. Set at 8 am. By him.
On this bombshell, all we know he is that he is not the Stig!
orkneyfellow 3 years ago
He has reportedly earned 5 million back from his tour and he actually still retains mechanical rights to the song, though not all rights. These are enough to earn him an estimated extra £1 million on top of that. Oh and he is 74 :)
senseideano 3 years ago
haha i nearly wet ma self listening to that guy sing oer him at the start!! leonard cohen genius writer but not as good at singing unfortunatly!
SamHiggins08 3 years ago
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The guy singing from the crowd near the beginning sings it better than Cohen...
MonkersX 3 years ago
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You F*ckin moron. bet you fiddle with your kids too huh?
HornyForEvil 3 years ago
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Brigyn's Welsh-language adaption of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (Haleliwia) is now also available from the iTunes Music Store.
Go to Brigyn's YouTube Channel to view the video of 'Haleliwia', and for details of where to buy the new single.
Diolch // Thanks :-)
Nadolig Llawen! // Merry Christmas!
brigyn 3 years ago
anyone who was at Glastonbury this year heard the master sing HIS Hallelujah. How can anyone else compare ? Having said that, FGTH's version of Born to Run kicks Bruce's ass...
shaunsouthern 3 years ago 2
Cannot believe anyone with music in their hearts can say this is the best version? Where is the quality, emotion and voice in the drawl that Leaonard has produced for 40 years. Boring boring boring
emmerdale59 3 years ago
You wouldn't have the song without him. Think about that you obnoxious twat.
nicck 3 years ago 3
this was the highlight of glastonbury 08 for me, and glastonbury 08 was probably the highlight of my whoe life : )
i dont care that x-factor loving idiots will think 'whos dis old man covering alexandras song he's just talking innit' as long as the guy earns some money to have a happy retirement after being robbed so nastily
leonard, i salute you!
sssssssssssssssssste 3 years ago 3
simon towel from wet factor is only promoting his bank balance and his ego with karaoke jobs manufactured its the songwriters who have endurance as the beatles do and as leonard cohen does who wrote hallelujah so hallelujah to cohen
lyndono72 3 years ago
Good on him for being the creattor of this song. Still can't help but disagree with most of the comments here. I definately prefer Jeff Buckley's version.
samwiseflipflop 3 years ago
Whoever 'cover's Leonard's song only reinforces my belief that his is sublime. I agree please download Cohen's version, he was fleeced of his life earnings by his manager and he has given us a legacy of beautiful songs with powerful lyrics.
promisso 3 years ago
*Please* download the original Cohen version of this song from itunes or wherever. The early mid week download chart in the UK:
Top: Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
2nd: Leona Lewis - Run
3rd: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
'Poised to enter the chart': Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah [his original version].
Thanks!
deanzo999 3 years ago
Breaking news. Lenny enters UK singles chart this evening at no. 34. Please download. Please please please.
routeoz 3 years ago 5
Only one person sings this with feeling. That is Lenny
kjf666 3 years ago 3
*Please* download the original Cohen version of this song from itunes or wherever. The early mid week download chart in the UK:
Top: Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
2nd: Leona Lewis - Run
3rd: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
'Poised to enter the chart': Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah [his original version].
Thanks!
routeoz 3 years ago 2
the man is a singing legend and anyone who is trying to say jeff buckleys"origianl" was better, he cant't possibly have because this is the best and original!
kaakee1 3 years ago
was that the group karaoke version?
supercrazyandy 3 years ago
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Hes murderd that Jeff Buckley song.
alman53 3 years ago
Are you joking?!?! This is the man that WROTE the song, and performed it originally! Buckley's version may be more to your tastes, but you can't claim it's his song!!
WindsorB 3 years ago 5
Indeed, as the originating artist he has the right to define how it should be sung.
stokebishop 3 years ago 4
The start of a wave that promises to be huge. Go with the flow. Halleluja
bobbyaburns 3 years ago
Tsk tsk...Its not jeff Buckley's song originally. Admittedly though, this version is ruined by the crowd
riordan32 3 years ago
But we know the truth....is our gorgeous, lovely beautiful Cohen...X:D
BonniScottishHeather 3 years ago
God in Heaven - I love Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah!
flindas 3 years ago 2
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sounds shit
davz1992 3 years ago
nowhere will be safe and all the chavs will be singing their incoherent imitations of her materialistic plastic version.. the end of the world is nigh..
lyndonlongden 3 years ago 6
lol
rhydiantitch 3 years ago
god save from the alexandra burke version ...all sound no substance to her warbling version
mrshubbles 3 years ago 3
mon vooeux mr cohen, etre dans la foule pour chanter alluyaaaaaaaaa et vous rencontrer comme neil young j l ai fais
michelibertad 3 years ago
ummmmm, yeah you think?
floaty32 3 years ago
i don't think his voice is actually that good, even though the lyrics and songs are really good. just think that there are other people hu've sung it better.
susa09 3 years ago 3
Is called singing from the heart with feelings
effshelt 3 years ago 2
must.see.leonard cohen.live.before he dies of old age!!!
liedowninthelight 3 years ago
Leonard has been writing poetry since the late 1950's when I first read him as a teen in New York. (Let Us Compare Mythologies, Beautiful Losers/ novel) The music is the vehicle for his readings. IMO he's been the best anti-hero poet working live gigs the last 50 years. Like bad whiskey his grows on you. What I like about the way he sings is his voice is real and he's a man, but a humble one; he doesn't belt it out. You have to lean in to listen and so you hear each word.
yangyin09u 3 years ago 2
The Welsh-language adaption of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is out today on CD.
Go to Brigyn's YouTube Channel to view the video of 'Haleliwia', and for details of where to buy the new single.
Diolch // Thanks! :-)
brigyn 3 years ago
There's a good recording of Leonard's Bournemouth show 11/11/08 here megauploadDOTcom/?d=AAFNKXR0 and here megauploadDOTcom/?d=0ISGIB95 (just swap the DOT for a . )
1oo1oo1oo 3 years ago
if you were to take away the music you would think this guy was just talking ....im sorry not that entertaining
hotterthanmofo 3 years ago