I've been sitting here listening to different versions of this beautiful song and didn't think anyone could do a bad version, until now. How disappointing. Bono could have done it in the same way u2 did I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. It could have been awesome..
it's obivous all the "haters" of this song don't have an original bone in their body. amen to grianne999...why would you want to hear the same boring thing that's been re-done a thousand times? as a U2 fan it's not one of my all-time favorites, but i can certainly appreciate the originality. "cover songs" are meant to sound different, or at least they should imo; otherwise, what's the sense of covering it?
Am I the only person in the world who likes this? I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan, but my feeling is why cover a song if you're going to make it sound exactly the same.. The best thing about Leonard Cohen is his poetry. This is the first time I've heard this song covered where the band really made it their own.
thanks thanks thank... i could never ever find this.... ever only on the cd... and to every body who doubts.... its u2 in the 1990s.... experimental... original.. but still U2..............!!!!!!!!
@tehpeasant we hate it because it destroys the original, the first cover, the cover of the first cover, and so on. Instead of just showing another artist's interpretation of how it should sound, it is just spoken, which doesn't convey the emotion that the song is meant to entail.
Oh, ahaha! This is soooo brilliantly bad. Train crashhhhh... and i can't look away! Oh gosh... now he's singing like a 11 year old boy. Oh, bono. This sorta reminds me of some Gorillaz songs actually.... Oh dear.
this is still one of my favorite versions of hallelejuah. second to jeff buckleys. i don't care that its whispery and whatnot. its not slavishly literal to the original. bono actually tries to do something different with the song. whether the difference works or not, at least he ventured outside the strict confines of homage to cohen.
what the hell is this bullshit? he's just jacked the words of the song, said them in a stupid whispery voice for 5 minutes interspersed with a sample of the worst singing ever recorded. If i wanted to hear this i'd listen to 90% of hip hop. is this serious or is it just an experiment to see how many of bonos fans will lap up this shit, just because he made it?
I don't like this version of the wonderful Hallelujah. The best one is Jeff Buckley's. It really captures your heart., whereas this one is maybe original but certainly tacky. Sorry Bono, I think very much of you but this is my opinion
THIS IS NOT THE REAL SONG!! DAMNED U MORONS this is A SICK SICK JOKE!! I OWN the album Tower of Song and this is NOT BONO'S REAL RENDITION!!!!!! THIS IS HORRID!
Bono's REAL version is 100x better then this!!! DAMN! Can't any1..........UGHHH!!! I love this song and this butchered it!
amazing, this is superb. dont know why many epople dont feel it, its differtnt all right, but open up and listen more, every versions is a souls version of it, so enjoy the uniqueness! U2 forever!
if "amazing", "superb", "different", "listen", "every", "souls", "enjoy", "uniqueness" in fact i'm going to scrap this witty burn i was building up to and tell you you are objectively wrong
To start with, I thought this was an awful, awful joke. Turns out Bono is just a monumental ****. This is probably the worst thing I have ever heard, and I'm not just including music in that. Excuse me, I now have to go and throw up.
I think this version is really interesting!! It goes an other way than the other covers! Nearly all covers sound the same. My faovrite is the one of Jeff Buckley. But this one isn't bad!! It only sounds different!
Wow. I don't like u2 very much, but I admit they are really great musicians, especially The Edge and Bono. But, and again, wooooooooooooow, this version is HORRIBLE. Want a good cover or version?? Check out Myles Kennedy's
original, haunting, great, I like it !! There are so many vovers around that it's a releif that Bono does something original with it. And he follows LC's original with his mixture of singing & talking.
I am a huge fan of U2 and Bono, even though he usually talks tripe. I've seen them perform up close in Belfast and Dublin since 'War'. I also appreciate the comments that this song should be understood before it is sung - I hardly think tender young Leona has a clue.
However, it reminds me of William Shatner!! Really poor execution (in more ways than one) of a great song.
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and another thing... you can be certain Bono is one of the few people who covered this (and who comment here) who actually have an idea what the lyrics mean...meaning certainly it isn't a song to be sung by a young woman, or perhaps even a young man!
Courageous "original" version of a great Cohen song. The balls to be so very different to all other versions - and how many times and how many versions and how many people do we want to hear singing it the Buckley way?
hmm, unlike all the other posts, this is one of the best song and image combos out there - it's about a broken but strong faith sung by an irish (who know a thing or two about suffering and faith) in tribute to a jew (ditto on suffering and faith). The lighthouse that stands strong through all storms, even the overwhelming ones, is the perfect complement to the song.
I understand he's trying to do something different, but those defending him seem to say that the spoken lyrics are a "very emotional form of poetry". Fair enough, but then you have to admit.. the background music does little for it!
all you people saying it's shit obviously doesn't know what he is doing. It's called spoken word. Search it up on youtube. SPOKEN WORD. it's a very emotional type of poetry and hallelujah has the perfect lyrics for it. Just because it's not what you expected doesn't mean it's bad. He's not trying to sing and that's the point.
Maybe this isn't 'good', but at least he's tried something different - it's a hard song to cover because so many have done it before him. He didn't just want to make the same thing all over again. And I'm not a Bono fan at all.
poetry? you my friend are suffering from mental illness... this is the most pretentious soulless piece of shite i've ever heard. i like some of u2's music, but cmon what the fuck is this?
please, tel me you all agree with me... please tell me this is shit, im not the only same person saying this is a kick in the teeth to the beautiful song hallelujah, tell me im not the only one thinking this is almost an insult to music, let alone leanard cohen. what the hell happened to his voice?!? he suddenly lost the ability to sing. and cover songs!!!! BONO YOU PRICK everyone please reassure me im right
omg...what is this? it sounds like a bad rap. bt seriously he has completely killed the songg =/ gosh if i was him i would hide under a rock for the rest of my lifee
Bono clearly doesn't understand this song. You can't use the lyrics "it goes like this the fourth, the firth, the minor fall and the major lift" if there is none of those changes actually there in the music. As for the falsetto chorus.. i think i could get my cat to do it better if I strangled it.
Who is it who thinks Bono is OK? And that U2 are OK? They're one of the biggest bands in the world (which blows my mind, ugh), but I've never met anyone who likes em. Baffling.
And yes, of course, this version of Hallelujah is a complete joke. Tossed off in five minutes by an ego maniac who doesn't care.
well, i don't really like this version very much at all, but i have got this to say for it- it is probably the most original cover. all the other versions are more or less along the same lines as cohen's, whereas this sounds totally different.
Everyone here is saying, "I love U2, but this is horrible." Now, I hate-hate-HATE U2, and I despise Bono, and love Leonard Cohen - but I actually think this version is pretty cool.
this is really horrible like fuck, i love leanord cohen and this song and so to hear this is a disgrace to leanords name. This really really sucks!!!!!!!!!!! What did bono do? he ruined a really good song
I thought it couldn't get worse than the verse. Then the chorus came. Oh my god. This is an abomination. AND to make matters worse, it was on a TRIBUTE to Leonard Cohen! If I were Leonard, I'd kill myself just so I could turn in my grave at the existence of this atrocity.
I nearly bought this album on many occasions, but always figured I'd rather listen to Leonard himself. So this is the first time I've heard this monstrosity.
First thoughts - it reminds me of (but isn't nearly as good as) European Supermarket by Joe Cornish. Except European Supermarket isn't meant to be serious.
Up until the other day I wasn't even aware Bono had done a version and when I found out about it I just presumed it was live with Edge on acoustic then I read an article about the song and the reporter's description intrigued me so I had to check it out.
WTF?!!!
I know this was recorded during the Passengers era but even most of that was listenable compared to this! Sounds like a really bad version of Numb!
Sorry Bono but as much as I love your music this is shite!
I'm not saying this is a bad version..I'm just saying dip the end of an mop in some brake-fluid.Stick it up my arse.Put me on a trampoline in a moving lift and I'd sing a better version of this song than Bono's
i dont get it at all.
Crazycupmuffin 3 months ago
I've been sitting here listening to different versions of this beautiful song and didn't think anyone could do a bad version, until now. How disappointing. Bono could have done it in the same way u2 did I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. It could have been awesome..
jakijo72 4 months ago
Interesting...spoken word creates a different emotional climate. Very Bono..I kinda like it!
catnhat44 7 months ago
THE GREATEST VERSION EVER!!!! I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!!
u2freak1974 8 months ago
it's obivous all the "haters" of this song don't have an original bone in their body. amen to grianne999...why would you want to hear the same boring thing that's been re-done a thousand times? as a U2 fan it's not one of my all-time favorites, but i can certainly appreciate the originality. "cover songs" are meant to sound different, or at least they should imo; otherwise, what's the sense of covering it?
zoopieraymo 8 months ago
One of the best interpretations from that album. At least something different vs. the country pulp you can hear in other tracks.
signum600 10 months ago
HOLY FUCK THIS IS SHIT
fullysicksuperman 10 months ago 3
Why did you do that? :(
absinthelullaby 11 months ago
WTF ?!
ImStefany 11 months ago
This litterally s u c k s .
RicOf1213 11 months ago
omg i can't tell you how much i hate this cover...i can't find words for this piece of shit...
Undertaker934eva 1 year ago 6
What a weak effort! With his voice and soul, he could have taken the cover of this song to new level.
zpln7 1 year ago 3
When I first heard this I thought it was Trey Parker singing, taking the piss out of Bono on South Park or something. Apparently not?!
carterusm 1 year ago
nossa nunca vi o povo falar tão mal do Bono,,não é ruim, é diferente. até que gostei!
simonesilvaudi2008 1 year ago
Am I the only person in the world who likes this? I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan, but my feeling is why cover a song if you're going to make it sound exactly the same.. The best thing about Leonard Cohen is his poetry. This is the first time I've heard this song covered where the band really made it their own.
grianne999 1 year ago 2
wow... how horrible is this?
wesker10able 1 year ago
That was... different.
TheWizzkid02 1 year ago
Well, that was interesting.
blueviola121 1 year ago
i think even a metail verson would even be better than thisXDjk
jackbug333 1 year ago
awfull.
ChristopherA69 1 year ago
Oh no.. cringe ... Bono.. what a disapointment... he wrecked it :o( .. Jeff Buckleys is Heavenly.
ChristopherA69 1 year ago
I'm a huge fan of U2 but omg you can't take a song like this and destroy it ..
mota2b 1 year ago
nice pics
zakaumite 1 year ago
Probably one of the worst things I have ever heard... How can anyone want to listen to that....
krazzeydaveyc 1 year ago
thanks thanks thank... i could never ever find this.... ever only on the cd... and to every body who doubts.... its u2 in the 1990s.... experimental... original.. but still U2..............!!!!!!!!
zsuzsannasalda 1 year ago
This is just awesome, dont know why everyone hates it
tehpeasant 1 year ago
@tehpeasant we hate it because it destroys the original, the first cover, the cover of the first cover, and so on. Instead of just showing another artist's interpretation of how it should sound, it is just spoken, which doesn't convey the emotion that the song is meant to entail.
KaisarWilhelm 1 year ago
Oh, ahaha! This is soooo brilliantly bad. Train crashhhhh... and i can't look away! Oh gosh... now he's singing like a 11 year old boy. Oh, bono. This sorta reminds me of some Gorillaz songs actually.... Oh dear.
MewoAndTheCrow 1 year ago
simply ruined
etie50 2 years ago 2
this is still one of my favorite versions of hallelejuah. second to jeff buckleys. i don't care that its whispery and whatnot. its not slavishly literal to the original. bono actually tries to do something different with the song. whether the difference works or not, at least he ventured outside the strict confines of homage to cohen.
cherish78748 2 years ago
what the hell is this bullshit? he's just jacked the words of the song, said them in a stupid whispery voice for 5 minutes interspersed with a sample of the worst singing ever recorded. If i wanted to hear this i'd listen to 90% of hip hop. is this serious or is it just an experiment to see how many of bonos fans will lap up this shit, just because he made it?
drumachine01 2 years ago
@drumachine01
I would listen to this version over the original ANY DAY! Cohen may be a great lyricist/poet but his version of this song is owned by Jeff Buckley.
NCdude76 1 year ago
I don't like this version of the wonderful Hallelujah. The best one is Jeff Buckley's. It really captures your heart., whereas this one is maybe original but certainly tacky. Sorry Bono, I think very much of you but this is my opinion
brixian1 2 years ago
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CCorsario77 2 years ago
Yikes!!! Yuck!!!
raven8152 2 years ago 3
Simply gorgeous! I like the original song of Cohen, and I truly love this version...:]
Aradeia 2 years ago
simply ruined
tubboo 2 years ago
I love Bono. I love Leonard Cohen. I love this song. But I hate this version.
timeszero 2 years ago 10
I couldn't agree more. What a disappointment.
tmgukcatfan 1 year ago
this version just makes me laugh xD
bluesparklemushroom 2 years ago
THIS IS NOT THE REAL SONG!! DAMNED U MORONS this is A SICK SICK JOKE!! I OWN the album Tower of Song and this is NOT BONO'S REAL RENDITION!!!!!! THIS IS HORRID!
Bono's REAL version is 100x better then this!!! DAMN! Can't any1..........UGHHH!!! I love this song and this butchered it!
Anastasia467able 2 years ago
@Anastasia467able
u mad?
AGunNamedExtinction 2 years ago
amazing, this is superb. dont know why many epople dont feel it, its differtnt all right, but open up and listen more, every versions is a souls version of it, so enjoy the uniqueness! U2 forever!
JamesofJesus 2 years ago 3
if "amazing", "superb", "different", "listen", "every", "souls", "enjoy", "uniqueness" in fact i'm going to scrap this witty burn i was building up to and tell you you are objectively wrong
Wykfo 2 years ago 2
... okay its cool that hes trying to be different... but this is just toooo different >:(
Tallguyalec 2 years ago
To start with, I thought this was an awful, awful joke. Turns out Bono is just a monumental ****. This is probably the worst thing I have ever heard, and I'm not just including music in that. Excuse me, I now have to go and throw up.
danbeames 2 years ago
I definitely think Bono is a talented guy, but I'm totally not feeling this. To each his own!
SanctusRealRocks 2 years ago
wouldn't it be nice if only talented people were allowed to cover nice songs...
mikeygberman 2 years ago
bono IS talented, it's just not that good :D
inayeah 2 years ago
What a breath of fresh air. This version, with the visual mix, really brings out the poetry of Cohen's lyric.
revfugu 2 years ago
I think this version is really interesting!! It goes an other way than the other covers! Nearly all covers sound the same. My faovrite is the one of Jeff Buckley. But this one isn't bad!! It only sounds different!
u2andbruce 2 years ago
OMG!! SAD!!
Great music,,, It is awsome!
The "Hallejujah"is Pathetic!
Very dis-appointed in U2!!
Wow!!
santamara 2 years ago
porqueria
belongin 2 years ago
This is the worst version I've ever heard of this song. I love Bono but ....
grandepinna 2 years ago
WTF!... hes talking the whole bloody song and hes still doin it shit thats depressing
xXxXxHIxXxXx1 2 years ago 4
this is fucking terrible im surprised the rest of the band agreed to do another album after this. thats embarassing bono.
delamaskedeskimo 2 years ago 4
Wow. I don't like u2 very much, but I admit they are really great musicians, especially The Edge and Bono. But, and again, wooooooooooooow, this version is HORRIBLE. Want a good cover or version?? Check out Myles Kennedy's
mrbig71014 2 years ago 2
Brilliant take of Cohen's classic. Everyone sings it, Bono recites it... brilliant... weird, subjective, but brilliant!
cisaaca 2 years ago
I agree. Why do the same arrangement that everyone else is doing. Cool.
onecrowesorrow 2 years ago
this is absolutely terrible :(
beemills 2 years ago 2
crap
mistersjs 2 years ago
this is fucking terrible. bono is bono, cohen is cohen.
noahstitt 2 years ago 4
i absolutely love u2 and bono, but i really, really dislike this one. respect for the originality of this song though.
7leintje93 2 years ago
leonard cohen (hallelujah)
machpc 2 years ago
original, haunting, great, I like it !! There are so many vovers around that it's a releif that Bono does something original with it. And he follows LC's original with his mixture of singing & talking.
lovegoodmusicz 2 years ago 2
Oh my.. Me too. :p
viviaanelise 2 years ago
I'm sorry, I like U2, but this version is simply laughable... I cracked up when I heard the chorus.
ss36ss 2 years ago
I am a huge fan of U2 and Bono, even though he usually talks tripe. I've seen them perform up close in Belfast and Dublin since 'War'. I also appreciate the comments that this song should be understood before it is sung - I hardly think tender young Leona has a clue.
However, it reminds me of William Shatner!! Really poor execution (in more ways than one) of a great song.
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zealotnut 2 years ago
You don't have to play by anyone's rules. You have your own code: you will fulfill the terms of the contract, no matter what.
Hallelujah!
Fuck the Venezuela Solidarity Network.
Yours smugly, Bono.
zealotnut 2 years ago
this just proves that bono is up his own arse
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well it is ...interesting?
mf088 2 years ago
i just find this disturbing
bleepingass 2 years ago
Beautiful
ltieler 2 years ago
is this music?
flippygabba 2 years ago
stinking
vanderfoxe 2 years ago 3
and another thing... you can be certain Bono is one of the few people who covered this (and who comment here) who actually have an idea what the lyrics mean...meaning certainly it isn't a song to be sung by a young woman, or perhaps even a young man!
WhoDoYouWant 2 years ago
Courageous "original" version of a great Cohen song. The balls to be so very different to all other versions - and how many times and how many versions and how many people do we want to hear singing it the Buckley way?
WhoDoYouWant 2 years ago
Lots of critics in the world....very few doers. Interesting version.
Reverence is its own reward.
EmerThoreau 2 years ago
damn this is soooo bad!
carmenvljn 2 years ago
hmm, unlike all the other posts, this is one of the best song and image combos out there - it's about a broken but strong faith sung by an irish (who know a thing or two about suffering and faith) in tribute to a jew (ditto on suffering and faith). The lighthouse that stands strong through all storms, even the overwhelming ones, is the perfect complement to the song.
Well done.
WKJ
wkjohnston 2 years ago
Perhaps, this is the best example of how deep you can fuck up a great song.
Hitozan 2 years ago 35
bono is awful
dustingardenhire 2 years ago
Oh dear, it's like a song for the devil
ronaldmcc 2 years ago 2
Hmmmm.... I get what people say about it being deliberate and all that. But it's a bit shit isn't it?
Bogey1970 2 years ago 4
Hm.. nice version, but I think, that U2 can do it better ;)
nasty9292 2 years ago
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wincman60 2 years ago
I love the whole concept. The lyrics (the poem) are good and the music is very spiritual to me.
wincman60 2 years ago
i love Bono but i'm not a fan of this. I just don't like the spoken word stuff, but i do like the 'Hallelujah' part where he actually sings
u2MacPhisto09 2 years ago
This is bizarre.
I understand he's trying to do something different, but those defending him seem to say that the spoken lyrics are a "very emotional form of poetry". Fair enough, but then you have to admit.. the background music does little for it!
conormmmm 2 years ago
all you people saying it's shit obviously doesn't know what he is doing. It's called spoken word. Search it up on youtube. SPOKEN WORD. it's a very emotional type of poetry and hallelujah has the perfect lyrics for it. Just because it's not what you expected doesn't mean it's bad. He's not trying to sing and that's the point.
kiwimaddoges 2 years ago
it sucks. that's why its bad.
dustingardenhire 2 years ago 2
I think that this is like the FIRST and ONLY crap thing that Bono has ever done!
donpazer 2 years ago
Interesting.... can't fathom if I like it or not...
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ameliamaisie 2 years ago
Maybe this isn't 'good', but at least he's tried something different - it's a hard song to cover because so many have done it before him. He didn't just want to make the same thing all over again. And I'm not a Bono fan at all.
bobbelibob 3 years ago 10
@bobbelibob
hi, i have a version of this song with slightly different lyrics and a slightly different melody- i wonder if you would like to check it out
Halleujah Uncoverd and Explicit by Ta'fxkz
I have made a video response of it
tafxkz 1 year ago
i love bono but this ist shit !!!!!!!!!!
nilse01 3 years ago
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jlundy1016 3 years ago
AHHBono couldn't hack it by "singing" could he, stupid prick.
morose7 3 years ago 2
Really great. I love the jazz, gospel, poetry, modern loop and spoken word feel in this version !!!!!
Love&Peace
FB/ Amsterdam
AcousticPromotions 3 years ago 5
perfectly described
lewecca 2 years ago
LOL WAT
CircusOfHeaven 3 years ago
Fantastic its just like a dirty phone call.
daysleeper92 3 years ago 2
very nice vidio.
pettersutharsan 3 years ago
What the fuck is this shit?
wiggy1988 3 years ago 2
Very weird version, but pretty cool.
Caladolen 3 years ago
Hahaha, what the fuck man, this is ridiculous. It's as though Ross Gellar covered it! "Infinite time!"
McCue949 3 years ago 4
bono, you cunt.
GhostPockets 3 years ago 2
Is that "music"?
KeyOfGlory 3 years ago 2
poetry? you my friend are suffering from mental illness... this is the most pretentious soulless piece of shite i've ever heard. i like some of u2's music, but cmon what the fuck is this?
thevirgintongues 3 years ago 5
I love it. It's poetry. That's what Bono was aiming for, imo - a poetry reading of a very inspired but also erotic song.
devilhornss 3 years ago
Im with you man!...His voice singing Hallelujah is soo powerful!!
lewecca 3 years ago 2
please, tel me you all agree with me... please tell me this is shit, im not the only same person saying this is a kick in the teeth to the beautiful song hallelujah, tell me im not the only one thinking this is almost an insult to music, let alone leanard cohen. what the hell happened to his voice?!? he suddenly lost the ability to sing. and cover songs!!!! BONO YOU PRICK everyone please reassure me im right
29rope69 3 years ago 4
This is my favorite song of all time
hellooovertigo 3 years ago
WWHHAAAAaaatttt??????
1rachelc 3 years ago
LOL. My reaction exactly. I could do this. Even Leonard Cohen tries to pretend that he's singing
Legaleze50 3 years ago 3
WOW
this is shit
SCOTTYDOG91 3 years ago 4
ps anyone that hasn't heard jeff buckley's cover, check it out - awesome.
mrjeffkoons 3 years ago
this guy has become so wrapped up in his own press releases he seems to be no longer able to judge his own work. Utter shite.
mrjeffkoons 3 years ago 2
omg...what is this? it sounds like a bad rap. bt seriously he has completely killed the songg =/ gosh if i was him i would hide under a rock for the rest of my lifee
Cookies7694 3 years ago
Bono clearly doesn't understand this song. You can't use the lyrics "it goes like this the fourth, the firth, the minor fall and the major lift" if there is none of those changes actually there in the music. As for the falsetto chorus.. i think i could get my cat to do it better if I strangled it.
6ar6od6 3 years ago 3
this makes me want to kick Bono's teeth in...
I think the man's a genius when it comes to music, but this changed my mind.
jeekabnieks 3 years ago 3
Bono's great
this song...isn't
emerp2007 3 years ago
Im scarred for life, that was hideous. What did he think he was doing when he was screeching the chorus. Puke. No offence to U2 or anything though.
boohiccups 3 years ago 5
Fuck you bono. Fuck you.
jooosha 3 years ago
Your just jealous
agizzleg 3 years ago
i think this version is pretty neat really;
the effects, rhythm and horns :D
its alot different from the version everybody does,
quite original, just whether your cup of tea.
whimstar 3 years ago
kill me...kill me now.....what has been heard cannot be unheard!
badvock71 3 years ago 2
Who is it who thinks Bono is OK? And that U2 are OK? They're one of the biggest bands in the world (which blows my mind, ugh), but I've never met anyone who likes em. Baffling.
And yes, of course, this version of Hallelujah is a complete joke. Tossed off in five minutes by an ego maniac who doesn't care.
cedarjet707 3 years ago
OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE! What the hell was Bono thinking?! this is the worst thing they have ever done, i hate this so bloody much
29rope69 3 years ago 3
I cannot believe this...
mwilliams22 3 years ago
AAARRGGHHHH!!!!
This hurts your ears.....
blackflower75 3 years ago
what a fuckin dickhead he's trying to rap along and jus sounds like a douche bag
Gtastic15 3 years ago
I rated this as poor, but only because its god awful! A beautiful song slaughtered by Bono... just horrible!
Spanishamanda 3 years ago
The sound is like hearing really bad house music through the wall of a teenagers bedroom.
The way he says the words is so dispassionate, soulless and bland that if I didn't know better I would swear this wasn't Bono at all.
He had the chance to make a really great version of a classic and just fucked it up so bad.
I'm a little disappointed here. :(
mysteriousmartian 3 years ago
well, i don't really like this version very much at all, but i have got this to say for it- it is probably the most original cover. all the other versions are more or less along the same lines as cohen's, whereas this sounds totally different.
still, buckley for the win!
bbblg 3 years ago 3
What is it. This is fu**ing terrible. It's no tribute, it's an insult, both to Cohen and to the ears of anyone who hears it.
I hope dj's and shopping mall managers don't feel the need to poison the soundwaves with it.
TIT.
bevis1000 3 years ago
Not as cool as Jeff's, but still awsome!
apis38 3 years ago
You're failing to recognise the significance of this 'thing' as the moment that Bono finally disappeared up his own arse.
jammydodger3025 3 years ago
Sounds like he was drunk, high, exhausted and really really bored. Next time, someone should keep him away from any kind of recording equipment.
Lexoka 3 years ago 2
Everyone here is saying, "I love U2, but this is horrible." Now, I hate-hate-HATE U2, and I despise Bono, and love Leonard Cohen - but I actually think this version is pretty cool.
sosiopat 3 years ago 2
Oh Dear Gawddd...This Is Terrible..
ShehnazKhan2008 3 years ago
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StevenAFC 3 years ago
What's the difference between God and Bono?
God doesn't walk around Dublin pretending to be Bono.
tinyturner0908 3 years ago 2
this is really horrible like fuck, i love leanord cohen and this song and so to hear this is a disgrace to leanords name. This really really sucks!!!!!!!!!!! What did bono do? he ruined a really good song
sexymidnight69 3 years ago
I thought it couldn't get worse than the verse. Then the chorus came. Oh my god. This is an abomination. AND to make matters worse, it was on a TRIBUTE to Leonard Cohen! If I were Leonard, I'd kill myself just so I could turn in my grave at the existence of this atrocity.
hardfifan 3 years ago 5
I love U2 but this is truly awful!!!
Dbx125 3 years ago 4
Apparetnly, U2 fans are horrified that Jeff Buckley's version might get to number two in the charts, so are downloanding this en masse.
pointy69yo 3 years ago
Of course they were.
andyboothismyhero 2 years ago
bono and U2 are musical genius' in my opinion, love their stuff...but this is total guff
phillipjfry99 3 years ago
I respect Bono for the work he does for the poor, but Man!!!! does his music stink. U2 are atrocious.
jayne0914 3 years ago
This is the worst thing that has ever happened. I want to dropkick Bono at the moon.
PollMaggot 3 years ago 4
what a load of rubbish
apee99 3 years ago 4
Wowser. That's spectacularly bad.
bernardcoleslaw 3 years ago 4
If ever there was any lingering doubts that Bono is an utter twat this should banish them most expeditiously!
Please - I'm losing the will to live.
jaqmart 3 years ago 2
worst version of the song ever
babaganoush12 3 years ago 3
worst version of any song ever
daviddelarge 3 years ago 5
funky
littleangel935 3 years ago
Sorry to be crude but...
What the FUCK is this? Seriously Bono!
Come on Man...
:S
mayer8356 3 years ago 2
hopelessly pretentious
rottenbastard83 3 years ago 4
Bono is one of the greats but this isn't worth listening. I love U2 but I'm sure he can admit that it's not great!
HighburyGhost 3 years ago
I nearly bought this album on many occasions, but always figured I'd rather listen to Leonard himself. So this is the first time I've heard this monstrosity.
First thoughts - it reminds me of (but isn't nearly as good as) European Supermarket by Joe Cornish. Except European Supermarket isn't meant to be serious.
opensourceress 3 years ago
I should imagine thats his God awful trumpet playing too, talentless prick.
Willspurling 3 years ago
I'm a big U2 fan - I can even stomach Bono most of the time - but what was going on here? It's pretty nasty stuff...
jonner22 3 years ago
Up until the other day I wasn't even aware Bono had done a version and when I found out about it I just presumed it was live with Edge on acoustic then I read an article about the song and the reporter's description intrigued me so I had to check it out.
WTF?!!!
I know this was recorded during the Passengers era but even most of that was listenable compared to this! Sounds like a really bad version of Numb!
Sorry Bono but as much as I love your music this is shite!
jamlemon 3 years ago
What a load of shite. Great man killing a great song!
StephenDon24 3 years ago
oh my god. this is horrendous. i love bono, but he just butchered this song.
guineapig102 3 years ago
A mop even
Clantoi 3 years ago
I'm not saying this is a bad version..I'm just saying dip the end of an mop in some brake-fluid.Stick it up my arse.Put me on a trampoline in a moving lift and I'd sing a better version of this song than Bono's
Clantoi 3 years ago 3
Haha, I agree this version is shocking, but that comment of your