Helsinki , Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah, .

[murthags]

a real hallelujah :) love this

[tatalu001]

Thank you :) This is exactly what I think this song is- THANK YOU

[proview04300]

Bjr, quelqu'un peut-il me dire où trouver la traduction en français de cette magnifique chanson ? Merci.

[SuperYarndi]

I never thought as a young man nearly 40 years ago getting stoned listening to Leonard Cohen, that I'd still be in awe of his voice and, getting stoned still listening!!!

[cojwat]

Upea taltio tunteikkaasta konsertista, kiitos siitä.

Onneksi sain itsekin olla läsnä.

[MrKlemmari]

hope i can see him at least once more i helsinki, he is the best...

[LaphroaigPi]

Absolutely brilliant. Its taken him the best part of ?40? years, but he can now sing his own songs.

dennis

[LSSuomi]

I think this Version is still the best one...

[artokoo]

Kiittäen kuvaajalle.

[AtomicRollingStone]

Wow just beautiful!!!

[superiornetworkinfo]

#0_o

[KaramaXX]

So great...what a Voice...what a wonderful Song.....Len is the Best!

[umdia2012]

não me canso de ouvir lindo d +++ :) amo sua vóz , essa música , amo vc :)Leonard Cohen :)

[yenon]

מרטיט ונוגע ללב בדיוק כמו ברכת הכהנים

[mariefiserova123]

nemám slov,prostě úžasné...

[egresh11]

@mariefiserova123 úplne s tebou súhlasím

[MrSiggia]

the voice of this man is pure magic!!!

[BluesMistress]

It doesn't get any Better.....Although many have tried!!

[okedanishetgoed1]

mother of a friend died, then they play this song..

GOLD MEMORIES

[partisan72]

You're a Great poet,Mr.Cohen...There's no unit to measure all the emotional colors you gave to this world...To my world...Thank you.

[CCustard704]

i don't know what to say at the moment... it was beyond amazing. there is no word that would describe him and his song right in any language of the universe. you just have to feel it!

[lilataubenei]

@CCustard704 that´s called poesie...



[CCustard704]

@lilataubenei

it's even more than that

[endofscene]

great camera work

[TheAwesomestSulley]

Greatest song known to man! Why we don't play this during church, I DON'T KNOW!!!!

[Subnbellle]

well, i just start cryin' and get that part over with... then watch the video.

i must say, this is my favorite version and i think i've seen'em all.

::subbin now::

~tanya

[MsBubbys]

Would absolutley love to hear this god sent of a man sing :)

[SparkyPaulsStuff]

Just perfect.....

[TheLobo0425]

so many copycats and only one original..the idol kid that sang this didn't have the cojones,the soul,the pain,the angst of having lived a deep love of a woman to understand the depth of emotion required to carry this song.The kid was like a chip of wood bobbing on the ocean compared to a whale dancing in the deep in its environ of love..sorry,kids..no one compares to Leonard Cohen!! No one!!

[Sointula2]

@TheLobo0425 But he did it. Did you?

[TheLobo0425]

@Sointula2 ahhh..how sweet..ur defending ur fave..that's nice..who loves u baby? lol

[72Murazor]

Probably closest an atheist like me can get to god. :P

[hevonkack]

I was there...an unforgettable experience...

[Interneta]

There's more soul in Leonard Cohen's hat than in most other artists' bodies.

[Club1981Channel]

still amazing................ 10/10

[xkbix]

No one will ever do it better than Cohen.

[writerman242]

@xkbix yes indeed...i have seen him TWICE and each time i cried when he did this...amazing isn't it?

[sirknight4]

Beautiful song, wonderful music, great performance!

[STAN611000]

słucham z przyjemnością pięknej piosenki ,serdecznie pozdrawiam

[star2631]

Legend

[SHC87]

They played the instrumental version of this song at my Church yesterday for 9/11 and they only sang the chorus. It was very moving.

[roossi]

nonniii helsinki :D

[IAmMoonSinger]

There are many great versions of this song, by many artists, but there is something about a songwriter's own version that almost always wins my heart. They have the best feel for their own songs. And the older this man gets, the more I love his deep smokey voice~!

[swaugerm]

He wrote the songs!

[rabidgoon]

the fools who claim buckley does it better should have to watch this repeatedly until they see the truth.

[borygoxxx]

...einfach geil :)

[Ekalb432]

Brutal.

[rodriguez80jp]

This song reminds me of my wife and how fragile love. I can't help but shed a few tears when i hear it. I guess it hits me deep with in my soul. And as for the debate who sounds better it will always be the great Mr. Cohen

[daffydilly1]

Lsten to KD Lang sing it, then come back and coment

[Cristoadoradores]

@daffydilly1 lang sang the song... this man WROTE IT... by te way for some people prefers jeff buckley instead of lang... i like john cale the better... i like lang more than buckley.. if you want the best cover here in youtube check HALLELUJAH where performs alejandro fuentes, kurt nilsen and others

[lolman89]

@daffydilly1 leonard is better...coz only he knows the true meaning of his words :) have a good day mate :)

[151023034]

Saw LC in Monaco - cost me an arm and a leg. I'd gladly give the other two to see him again :)))))

[crazycat6382]

ich liebe diesen song schon seit meiner kindheit er zaubert mir immer ein wohliges lächeln ins gesicht =)

[kackalacke66]

best version of this song, love his deep voice =)

[tomkk311]

he sounds like bob dylan

[seerocco]

los seis que han votado no me gusta. ni escuchais la cancion.

[Uzoemezie]

Thank you Sir, for giving Halleluja to us. Your best is good enough.

[TheMickeyearz]

I think Jesus paused...just to listen....

[BuddyNeighbour]

He was my favorit singer and songwriter when I was young. I rediscovered him now, 40 years later - and he still ist great, maybe even greater.

[NiteWatcher504]

Hats off to this man

[Rochenreiter]

Only when the master performs it himself it's good. May he stay alive long and healthy!

[jirka353]

krása

[SYLVIE131501]

all thumbs up !!!!

thank you for sharing dear Ivica

it's great !!

i love it !!!!

friendly greetings

SYL

[davidlipton]

The master expresses the ineffable. There are not enough superlatives to describe the magic that Leonard Cohen gave to this song to hold. Thank you, my friend, for this gift. Hallelujah!

[williescholz]

He is a poet, a great Gentlemen and one of best .... I listen to him at least 2 times a day and cannot get enough of his lyrics, his voice and the truth in all his songs..

[Gitte237]

Only one word to say: Hallelujah

[davidlipton]

OMG I've listened to maybe 100 different recordings of this (my favorite song), sung by LC and everyone else on the planet. This is my favorite of ALL of them. He just puts it all together like nothing I've ever heard before or expect to see again. Everything is perfect, powerful, transcendent, multidimensional, passionate, sensitive, and wow, what a master!

[MetalLenchen666]

@davidlipton thats because its the original

[JustifiedH8]

Ah jeez...Leonard Cohen! He was, is and will forever be a music god! Is it just me or is his voice giving shivers even if it's steaming hot?!

[gunter099]

looks and sounds like an old pervert

[eagleas1]

Tonight My hurting spirit , welcomes the healing sweet medicine of this song,as sung. Thank You......May We Walk in Beauty......Blessings 

[MissTeenPregnancy]

He's amazing. Is it possible his voice is getting better ? It's very deep and emotional

[Hornadayfan]

I have goosebumps...

[DD5975]

It's not his best song, though these days it's probably surpassed "Suzanne" as his best known. Personally I think "If It Be Your Will", "Anthem" or "Diamonds in The Mine" might vie for that credit ... but ye gods, Cohen could sing the New York telephone directory and time would stand still.

[Cramasie189]

Like a good wine, this man truly improves with age. Saw him in Edinburgh in 1974 and again in 2008. Same poet, same soul, deep and gravelly voice a real improvement. How can people call him depressive? There is a dark and thrilling humour running through his songs. Go on, Lenny!

[pinefields]

There are 6 people who dislike this? It must be awful to be that spiritually, creatively and emotionally bereft. Poor, sad, empty lives.

[88ofem]

A lot of artist left the last verses out when they recorded it. I believe that all these verses are original to this masterpiece by Mr. Leonard Cohen. It's a shame that several verses are left out many times because they really complete this amazing song. This song speaks to me. Originally, it says "I didn't come here to fool you", he threw "Helsinki" in because that's where he was.

[karmadhyana]

The Master making magic. One question: What's up with the last verse? I've never heard it used it before, and the way the audience laughed, it seemed like an inside joke...

[LaMascollaise]

@karmadhyana He used the Verse everytime i think .. but originally he sings :

i told the truth , i dind't come to fool ya.

true , here he's joking ..

but the verse is normally used :)

(sorry for my english , i am german)

[karmadhyana]

@LaMascollaise Oh, cool, thx for the info! See? That's what happens when a covered version gets more play than the original: people (like me) get used to the lyrics, arrangement, etc. in the cover, and when they hear the original, it's easy to get thrown for a loop (like me!). Thx again. Have you ever seen him perform? He's been by this way twice in the last two years, and I couldn't go. (btw, don't apologize for your english--you speak better than many American-born folks I've met!) Peace!

[LaMascollaise]

@karmadhyana No proble , you're welcome (:

ehhm no , I never saw him performing.. see , I am only 16 Years old..

and my Music is more like The Kelly Family ;D

i covered the Song too , but it's sad , that more People know the cover versions , like from Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright.. or the most stupid cover version here in germany .. you might know everybody's joking about your mother.. and so there is a "Deine Mutter Song" - "Your Mother Song"

this is the way I got to the song..

Thank You !

[JRFproductions]

What a voice.

[11eggs]

Thank you, Field Commander Cohen. Thank you.

[unnompasutilise]

god what a performance

thank for this great song m cohen

[MsKantEva]

Predobro :)

[aniagniech]

WONDER....

[nejisfangirl1]

no will ever perform this song like Cohen. He wrote these words and only he will every truely know the emotion behind them...Whenever I feel sad or lonely I just play this over and over again. I won't say it make me feel any happier. But it makes me feel like all we can do as human beings is face what comes our way and turn to what we still have. For some it may be love, religion, freindship...the little things that make life life...Even pain can make us feel alive...

[DD5975]

@nejisfangirl1 Absolutely ... I found that with Cohen in many contexts for three decades now ... well said!

[272PAC]

just AWESOME...

[DeaneEmerson]

I wish I wrote this. Maybe someday God will give me a song so real, and beautifully influential.

[merlinspuss]

He looks like Spock

[edelweiss1001]

curious i hear his versions and hallelujah seems as much a curse as a blessing within the song...maybe its just me and early in the morning.

[nojyor321]

@edelweiss1001 its a cold and its a verry broken hallelujah, sometimes we screw up and do something that will change our life forever and we cant get it back so all we can do is move on and say at least I still have God hallelujah well anyway thats my interpritation today but like most things that come from above they are alive and the meening can be flued

[james4piano]

Much better than the one on here from the documentary. Extremely powerful - probably because he knows life's coming to an end soon. I'd sing like there's no tomorrow too if I had his voice at his age!

[graceaaronathotmail]

@james4piano Leonard Cohen could live another 10-15 years so I really don't think you should say he knows life's coming to an end soon. Nevertheless, he sings this song so beautifully. Let's hope he's with us for many more years to come !!

[batchava]

It seems that David was on the roof and Bat Sheva took a bath within a room that its window had not been shut.

[batchava]

leonard - the lion, the king of animals

[Derynda]

The amazing Leonard Cohen... looks like my father, sounds like a g-d!

Bless you, lovely man....

[IMAGIO1952]

THE MAN GROWS OLD. THE POET STAYS FOREVER YOUNG. THIS IS ESSENTIAL COHEN.

[kittikitteh]

6 Dislikes? Please go die.

[MareInTheMoon]

@kittikitteh Geez, can't people have their own opinions these days?

[kittikitteh]

@MareInTheMoon Geez, can't I have my own opinion these days?

[MareInTheMoon]

@kittikitteh You can, unless it disrupts a relatively healthy society.

[mazoe04]

j'adore cette version, excellent

[Pilotpatty1]

I just love every bit of this man! His Music, his soul, his essence, his very being!

[MEINENGELP]

Ob er das jemals sehen wird, ich bin optimistisch und bin gespannt...

[Geshem100]

Tov meod!!!!!!!!!!!

[nycpara897]

6 retarded ppl .. Tsk tsk tsk

[ulmafi]

...einfach nur gut!!

[maleproz]

FUCK BUCKLEY, BURKES AN X-POOPER BURKE BUT,... LEN'S THE GEM!!

[mclaire12]

I am absolutely awed by this performance-all his performances. What an artist!

NO one else cando this song.

[ehurt152]

It blows my mind how this can have any dislikes?????

[ehurt152]

It blows my mind how this can have any dislikes?????

[shrooms318]

Now I understand

[mikoch100]

השיר מעולה!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[sammymc5888]

Loved it .. from the master himself, the truest emotional rendition of the song I have ever heard. It almost is painful in its sincerity. Some songwriters cannot bring that breath of life into their words, but Mr. Cohen gave it more vitality than anyone else could possibly impart. My hat is off to him .. and, Leonard, you CAN sing!

[popcornapples]

so moving to hear it from him.... tears

[Wehrwolf1941]

how people can dislike this wonderful song?! :(

[calvertwow]

I am moved to the deepest of my heart

*bow*

[efelibra]

I had just discovered Leonard Cohen few days ago; I'm listening to him in the morning and in the evening....cannot have enough! It is all of him: the voice, the lyrics,the choice of words, the rhythm, the tempo etc.etc., and how well he makes me feel...I am 63 and music has been my passion my entire life...Now, I can whole heartedly fall into it all....Incredible! So authentic and so awesome!

[myqiheart]

@efelibra Happy you found Leonard and hope his companionship in music will be ever present now for you.

[myqiheart]

@efelibra Happy you found Leonard and hope his companionship in music will be ever present now for you.Check out Sisters of Mercy.

[seabrr11]

@efelibra The same thing happened to me...in 1973. It is the whole package that keeps me enchanted. I am 59 and am happy that you have discovered the master.

[painxtreme]

@efelibra You lucky soul, to have just discovered this treasure

[painxtreme]

@painxtreme also look for a cd by a guy named Joe Henry called Fuse, and of course, any Tom Waits...if this wonderful writing and textured vocals moves you, neither of the 2 performers I mentioned will do anything but delight you. A great Tom Waits album to start with is called Rain Dogs.

[petrilah]

You didn´t come here to fool us

[Joelonly4jesus]

OH MY FREAKIN" GOODNESS!!! that was AWESOME!

[SunSerenity]

This man is incredible. Nobody else will ever be able to put the whole heart to this song and give it the true meaning it has. When you hear this, you must stop and just listen, fascinated and moved.

[angelamariapreuss]

@SunSerenity Stop using the word must! It is inappropriate.

[jasonyoungdenmark]

@SunSerenity

I bought Live in London recently, and the power of his performance there is incredible... the ability of this amazing singer songwriter to keep going at his age is absolutely a miracle of human endeavour

[SunSerenity]

@jasonyoungdenmark That's also why I love him so much. There are many good or even briliant artists in the world, but only very few possess this almost visible spirit of something deeper and meaningful for whole their lives... OK, let's quit the babbling, he's one in a million:-)

[LohiHarHar]

Bury my heart on Leonard Cohen.

[nojyor321]

hands down the best no one can sing this song with as much passion as this man can

[ohyounome]

B * E * A * U * T * I * F * U * L

[vollkornflocke]

Like it? Like it? LOVE IT !!!

[vollkornflocke]

Goosebumps all over my body! What a voice! What a man! But please delete the ladies' voices and half of the instruments...!

[nessaholichu]

This is one of the greatest songs ever composed. Honestly, is simply awesome.

And it's incredibly the amount of artists which have covered it.

If I had to chose a song I'd have to hear for the rest of my life, this would probably be the one.

Beautiful song.

[variationsthereof]

itd be better without the soprano

[nessaholichu]

@variationsthereof yes, totally.

[variationsthereof]

great voice

[loftje1]

What a man and what a voice! Hallelujah

[brandygabor]

Hallelujah

[kenshiroonline]

They should play this in church,HALLELUJAH!Leonard one of the greatest:)

[ichbjoern1]

an old man but a giant voice

[dontleavehimfaceless]

watch?v=kk18OIT0ZTU

[simonelongley]

fabulous

[nikokern]

the best of the best-absolute unique-brilliant songwriter an musican!

[korpen69]

bravo Leonard - the best voice!

Najlepsze wykonanie tej piosenki - i ten głos!

[korpen69]

bravo Leonard - the best voice!

[FadySoleil88]

Amazing! - Please listen to: FADY MAALOUF Hallelujah !

[tubebirdie]

Amazing!

[TheKonsti666]

great!!

he sings always "you" but all the young pusssie that think that they can do it better sing "ya" and it sucks!

[tubebirdie]

@TheKonsti666 LOL

[MaPiaLa]

één woord: PRACHTIG!

[uemciicmeu]

wonderful take

[Gads100]

I did my bets

It wasn't much

I couldn't feel

So I learnt to touch

RIP dear friend - Leonard says it so much better than me as he did at your funeral

[Gads100]

I did my best

It wasn't much

I couldn't feel

So I learnt to touch

RIP dear friend - Leonard says it so much better than I could

[rekino12]

po prostu klsyka  piekne....

[nndirk]

I love this song, who can help me for the englisch version, please. Praise the Lord. Halleuja.

[ThothBob]

@nndirk - isn't this the english version??? but really, you don't even need to understand the words to feel it (but is sure is nice if you can). :)

[lustforlife358]

Its like trying to do a cover version of any classic, it just dont work.