I'm not a very religious man but, even though there's no proof god exists, even with all this technology that let's us split the atom and create black holes, we still can't prove he does NOT exist.
I always thought the reference to binding and hair-cutting was about Samson and Delilah - tying someone to a kitchen chair is kind of like domesticating them, and hair cutting is the way Samson's strength was taken from him.
Even so. one cannot use the story of David and Bat Sheva in this connection. For this reason, sometimes Leonnard Cohen skip over the b iblical overture of this song.
@batchava Why doesn't the stoyy of Samson & Bathsheva connect to this song. It is about the loss of faith. & the betrayal of a lover is one of the most profound losses of faith man can experience outside of a church.
This is a truly amazing song. And he sings it with such passion because he really feels what he's talking about unlike the new pop versions I've been hearing.
Cohen sings this song like he's a 2,000 year old Rabbi who smoked weed with Moses. C'mon, no one can compete with that. He sounds like he's praying. And like he actually understands the words that he speaks. Unlike most people who do beautiful renditions of this song and others of his. It's just not the same.
@izaacmusic1 There are a lot of interpretations of the context, but take a closer look: many phrases describe the troubles he had with his wife, by whom he felt hurt .. you know, "his faith was strong" anyway, but he was overwhelmed by her. She broke his throne, cut his hair (the lions hair, you see) ... and the "broken" hallelujah is the praise he can't give unto god as he has been hurt by his wife and life itself.
@Popom4nn I agree with you. I think the cutting of the hair also references Samson and Delilah and the whole experience of completely giving up all of your power and control to a woman. And the 'broken" hallelujah is his broken love as well, and how hard it is to love again when someone has hurt you. I think the points that you make only further emphasize my point which is that being such a deeply personal song, it comes accross with more power when he sings it than any of covers.
@izaacmusic1 The voice. Simple. Heartbreaking and eternally catching. Not Jewish so I don't know if this song has a religious significance. I just know this guy makes it sound incredible.
@greenbluekites06 Everybody keeps coming at me with the same response about how the song has nothing to do with religion. I never said the song had anything to do with religion. My whole point is that he uses a language and tone of biblical proportions in this and many other of his songs. It's like one of his trademarks. And that's why it sounds so ridiculous to me when people cover him because they sound like children and he sounds like god.
thanks for taking the time to explain your view! everybody interpretations of music are different! i do agree that some artists are simply to unique to cover properly! and that cohen is one of them
@izaacmusic1 I understand, what you are saying. And agree, his song is without ego. It's music. The covers are almost everytime about ego... to make a show, where they wants to be better, to compare, to copy something they don't understand, etc... 5:25 is nice example what it's music about. Even better in his performance in London watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q&ob=av2e at 6:00
When LC sings this song there is a certain tantric calmness that descends upon you. Any version of this song - sung by him and him only is the superb version. Others are but mere parrots trying to make best of the song. But credit must be given to K.D.Lang who blew the audience away with ehr rendition os this ever so sweet song.Her strong voice with the clarity that befits her was astounding. I am a great fan of Mr. Cohen and at any age he is the supreme song writer, poet and singer
When LC sings this song there is a certain tantric calmness that descends upon you. Any version of this song - sung by him and him only is the superb version. Others are but mere parrats trying to make best of the song. But credit must be given to K.D.Lang who blew the audience away with ehr rendition os this ever so sweet song.Her strong voice with the clarity that befits her was astounding. I am a great fan of Mr. Cohen and at any age he is the supreme song writer, poet and singer
If anyone gets the chance check out this guy that didnt even make it to the Judges stage of BGT, search - Britains got talent reject dave lennard - It just goes to show you can be good and still not make it
OMG!!!!! I love the man!!! I hear some peeps in the audience seem to laugh. The laugh is on them.....Damn the man can sing and yes I think he is sexy :) I am older, 47, tell you what this man is SEXY!!! How can you not be with that voice and those WORDS :)
I think that because it is his song he is able to sing it how he wanted it done and therefore gives it different meaning than other artists but people have to admit that without the newer artists singing it Leo's version wouldn't be getting this much attention.
but as long as the containers of average palettes throw their change away on "Artists" who at best vaguely point the direction of real music forged from the soul of a poet, there will be no reason for the wasted glittering talents of people who have not and cannot experience life the way even their customers do to ever have anything relevant to sing about.
ITS HIS SONG. he, and only he, sings it the way its supposed to be sang.
if you would prefer the actual SONG in all its soulful meaning watered down by some irrelevant vocalist whos goal in the first place is simply to show off their ability to create chromatic notes with their mouth.
theyre jokes.
they havnt realized the simple invention of the piano has rendered them obsolete.
when they do realize, maybe theyll actually have something to sing about.
@vostrozlik I would not agree with you otherwise, except I listened to how he sang it in Helsinki, and that was even better. Perhaps he sang better because people there were more quiet and the background singers sang so softly.and tenderly..
LC is a great composer and in his days he was a good performer. There are better sung versions of this. He looks a little like Bogart in his later days.
I just wish poets like him and Dylan would tell us if their lyrics actually mean anything, or if most of their songs are simply nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness non sequiturs.
I am afraid Len will die of old age soon, though.
he could have simply wrote lyrics to the effect of "I had sex with this girl. i liked it a lot. she had a nice ass and i had a boner!"
but he didnt, because there was more to it. more beauty, more emotion, and probably didnt involve anyone he could characterize as a prostitute.
listen how he says "hallelujah" in some of the other versions. hes not saying "hallelujah", whatever the hell that means. hes saying "i love you", and not idly. understand?
The original version is always the best. The copycats will always be copycats. Seen so many versions but none close to match Leonard Cohen. Pity there is no new modern version video and audio of him singing this. This is music from the soul.
@ferna14227 I know. Some people say that the covers are much better. While Allison Crowe and Jeff Buckley (imo) performed the song extremely well, this is the original. He performs it like it was meant to be performed because he wrote it to begin with, and it is his song through and through.
saw Leonard in Sligo - absolutelt the best concert ever. The man is a living legend and played for nearly three hours!! One of a kind - you can keep Jeff Buckley - only Leonard can give this song true meaning and emotion.
God, that voice, that presence, that talent.. .Leo was born too soon for me. One of the few artists whose voice can pluck shivers down my back. Mmm...
WTF this old shit is still alive??? Looks and SOUNDS like he died a long time ago. I once kicked my dog in the ass and he sang better than mr. Leo!!! Please, die u old fool so that we dont have to listen to this shit anymore. MY DOG IS BETTER!! (and looks better too). PS why the fuck does he LICK microphone???
ya the people who bash on leonard for his voice... sigh.... dumbass lol thats the point. hes real. and he makes this music. thats his power... duh lol <3 just a guy. he even might think he has ethinicity? but hes a just a man who cares enough to have his heart broken :) Well done sir.
A GREAT Man Singing in a Great City. Beautiful and so lovely city. Cohen has always been a poet. His first known song " Suzanne" was already being sung by Judy Collins when she finally asked him to sing his song. A great man, never looking for fame, a honest man. Thank you Mr Cohen for all these amazing Lyrics and Music. Thanks for posting.
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By remembered do you mean "remembered" as in no one saw that piece of shit movie and hence no one but you knew it had a soundtrack or a sex scene? Or did you mean remembered as in never known as in i never knew that movie was released i thought it was going straight to dvd and then in an act of good will the movie company just burned the only copy! You're a dumbass!
i was at that concert absolutley brilliant show amazing band fantastic sound for an out door gig when he sang this it was a very spiritual moment almost religious in fact very moving for a man of his age he could teach the younger ones a thing or two ! as cool as fuck still !
Cohen's not a homogenized teched-up American Idol electronic clone. Amen to music that comes from humanity. Amen to music coming back home to the human heart.
Es ist Musik die zu Herzen geht. Allein wie das "Hallelujah" gesungen wird...so simple und trotzdem so toll....obwohl er nicht die höchste aller Stimmen hat, ist es so toll ihm zuzuhören. Diese Musik hat Seele..... Wie soviele dieser Arten.
while his singing is not that great, compared to other singers, his writing is what sets him out from the rest of singing artists. its amazing, and unlike any i've ever seen
atrixi - It's not that his singing is "not that great" it is "HIS" style, listen to some of his other stuff also...Younger people don't get his style - they understand more of the manufactured radio bull that is shoved down everyone's throat now-a-days...Leonard Cohen is a brilliant Singer/Song Writer...
Yeah , you're right. I had heard other versions from different singers before, and some of them are fantastic. But since i heard this one a few days ago, I can't get it out of my head.
Dear disndat11, Thank you for a dearly reply, and that you have the same feeling.Sometimes the elder ones are the best...Love Leonard with his songs..Love to you in Iran from Marie.
it was so amazing to see him back in dublin again, growing up in with cohen, dylan, saw him a few wks ago at the o2 and again it was a masterful experience, better in fact than IMMA, and also we didnt have to put up with a pack of (like I'm like) fucking bastards who sat behind us at IMMA and talked bolloxologie through the entire gig,
i m with you i was at that gig and it was flipping brill but there was too much talking during quiet parts and idiots off to the bar constantly ! by the way bolloxology is great fucking word!
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sonia73 2 months ago
hallelujah for all people in the world !!!
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Albydance 2 months ago
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he sing from his big jew nose
arcand88 2 months ago
It's like karaoke with him, you can sing along with him it's fun
CurtisFromMassey 2 months ago
he is truley brillient..but damn, he looks like Herman Monster!
AlanRibner 3 months ago
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hey I've uploaded a video of myself singing this song, please listen to it and let me know what you think :)
star15615 3 months ago
people love this song in my country
qqvids 3 months ago
all i can say is WOW.This song filled my soul and my heart.It brought me to tears.
spacecowboy1963ful 3 months ago
I would love to smoke weed with Moses. I would smoke weed with anyone if I could sing 7 minutes like this ever in my life.
DrGuha 3 months ago
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This song is so painful. It is good, yet the pain that it evokes... so unspeakable. One can only say "Hallelujah" in the wickedest sense.
LilaDeGr8 4 months ago
I'm not a very religious man but, even though there's no proof god exists, even with all this technology that let's us split the atom and create black holes, we still can't prove he does NOT exist.
Good song.
seanofthedead90 4 months ago
I love it when people use this in connection with Christian faith b/c:
1. he's Jewish
2. it speaks of real faith in the universe that spans beyond any religion
3. its references david's adultery with the woman on the roof
cyreen888 4 months ago 2
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cyreen888 4 months ago
Proud to say Leonard is Canadian :)
soccerathlete181 5 months ago
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SIR LEONARD COHEN. No body can sings like YOU. YOUR voice is one and only. You are the ONE AND ONLY. GOD BLESS YOU. FOREVER.
MrJOACHIM1961 5 months ago
SIR LEONARD COHEN. No body can sing like YOU. YOUR voice is one and only. You are the ONE AND ONLY. GOD BLESS YOU. FOREVER.
MrJOACHIM1961 5 months ago
My favorite song....I just did a cover it. I put all my heart and soul into it...so it would be awesome if you guys checked it out. please?? :)
LupeHerreradj2013 7 months ago
All his versions of this (his) song sound like stripper/cheasy porno music....
rock1the1arts100 7 months ago
I always thought the reference to binding and hair-cutting was about Samson and Delilah - tying someone to a kitchen chair is kind of like domesticating them, and hair cutting is the way Samson's strength was taken from him.
dyingsun23 7 months ago
chi sono i 25 mentecatti a cui non piace
thepollolollo 8 months ago
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there is one more raising star on the sky.. with a great talent:
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ROCKzini 9 months ago
He is amazing.
aires1973 9 months ago
Legend!!! pure and simple!!
jestamonkey 10 months ago
Bat Sheva did not tie David. Just the opposite
2. Broken and cold cannot characterize true Halleluyah.
Neverthe less, your music is celestial.
batchava 10 months ago
@batchava You do realize that this song is about the end of a love affair, right?
PlayaSinNombre 7 months ago
@PlayaSinNombre
Even so. one cannot use the story of David and Bat Sheva in this connection. For this reason, sometimes Leonnard Cohen skip over the b iblical overture of this song.
batchava 7 months ago
@batchava Why doesn't the stoyy of Samson & Bathsheva connect to this song. It is about the loss of faith. & the betrayal of a lover is one of the most profound losses of faith man can experience outside of a church.
PlayaSinNombre 7 months ago
@PlayaSinNombre
But how one can connect the story of David and Bat Sheva to it?
batchava 7 months ago
@batchava The David & Bathsheba s from an earlier line in the verse..." I saw her bathing on the roof..."
PlayaSinNombre 7 months ago
This is a truly amazing song. And he sings it with such passion because he really feels what he's talking about unlike the new pop versions I've been hearing.
BrunetteNinja12 10 months ago 2
my thoughts are not electric anymore...... hard luck science....the end of the atomic family
63thekey 10 months ago
my thoughts are not electric anymore...... hard luck science
63thekey 10 months ago
truly wonderful
MrElmolar 10 months ago
My choir teacher started playing this and every one rushed to his piano and saturated singing along
zack10011 11 months ago
Woderfull !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You,gggvlg Bea
fillysue1 11 months ago
just awesome
272PAC 11 months ago
damn i cant get my eyes off that blonde over there *-*
Ashtoniv 11 months ago
You are surprisingly close there. Cohen's family can trace their family line to Aaron, Moses' brother.
multical100 1 year ago
Cohen sings this song like he's a 2,000 year old Rabbi who smoked weed with Moses. C'mon, no one can compete with that. He sounds like he's praying. And like he actually understands the words that he speaks. Unlike most people who do beautiful renditions of this song and others of his. It's just not the same.
izaacmusic1 1 year ago 75
@izaacmusic1 There are a lot of interpretations of the context, but take a closer look: many phrases describe the troubles he had with his wife, by whom he felt hurt .. you know, "his faith was strong" anyway, but he was overwhelmed by her. She broke his throne, cut his hair (the lions hair, you see) ... and the "broken" hallelujah is the praise he can't give unto god as he has been hurt by his wife and life itself.
Popom4nn 10 months ago 2
@Popom4nn I agree with you. I think the cutting of the hair also references Samson and Delilah and the whole experience of completely giving up all of your power and control to a woman. And the 'broken" hallelujah is his broken love as well, and how hard it is to love again when someone has hurt you. I think the points that you make only further emphasize my point which is that being such a deeply personal song, it comes accross with more power when he sings it than any of covers.
izaacmusic1 10 months ago
@izaacmusic1
Yeah, nobody can sing it like him. It's his song, and you feel it. He's the most fantastic singer|poet ever. I love him!
MichaGusify 8 months ago
@MichaGusify Yeah I love him too. For me Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed are the greatest singer/poets of all time.
izaacmusic1 8 months ago
@izaacmusic1 I laughed at your comment but do you realize that Leonard Cohen wrote this song - he knows very well what the words mean. It's HIS.
Lolly22aa 6 months ago
@izaacmusic1 The voice. Simple. Heartbreaking and eternally catching. Not Jewish so I don't know if this song has a religious significance. I just know this guy makes it sound incredible.
fireprism2 6 months ago
@izaacmusic1 Yup, no proof of a god to exist yet. That being said, it is beautiful.
Ducks4President 5 months ago
@izaacmusic1 except the song is about his fading sex life and achieving orgasm, its nothing to do with religion!
greenbluekites06 2 months ago
@greenbluekites06 Everybody keeps coming at me with the same response about how the song has nothing to do with religion. I never said the song had anything to do with religion. My whole point is that he uses a language and tone of biblical proportions in this and many other of his songs. It's like one of his trademarks. And that's why it sounds so ridiculous to me when people cover him because they sound like children and he sounds like god.
izaacmusic1 2 months ago 2
@izaacmusic1
thanks for taking the time to explain your view! everybody interpretations of music are different! i do agree that some artists are simply to unique to cover properly! and that cohen is one of them
greenbluekites06 1 month ago
@izaacmusic1
I agree
allewetter10 1 month ago
@izaacmusic1 I understand, what you are saying. And agree, his song is without ego. It's music. The covers are almost everytime about ego... to make a show, where they wants to be better, to compare, to copy something they don't understand, etc... 5:25 is nice example what it's music about. Even better in his performance in London watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q&ob=av2e at 6:00
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izaacmusic1 1 year ago
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When LC sings this song there is a certain tantric calmness that descends upon you. Any version of this song - sung by him and him only is the superb version. Others are but mere parrots trying to make best of the song. But credit must be given to K.D.Lang who blew the audience away with ehr rendition os this ever so sweet song.Her strong voice with the clarity that befits her was astounding. I am a great fan of Mr. Cohen and at any age he is the supreme song writer, poet and singer
shusha50 1 year ago
When LC sings this song there is a certain tantric calmness that descends upon you. Any version of this song - sung by him and him only is the superb version. Others are but mere parrats trying to make best of the song. But credit must be given to K.D.Lang who blew the audience away with ehr rendition os this ever so sweet song.Her strong voice with the clarity that befits her was astounding. I am a great fan of Mr. Cohen and at any age he is the supreme song writer, poet and singer
shusha50 1 year ago
sorry
suskell1 1 year ago
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If anyone gets the chance check out this guy that didnt even make it to the Judges stage of BGT, search - Britains got talent reject dave lennard - It just goes to show you can be good and still not make it
davidgibbs75 1 year ago
OMG He look like Magneto ;-)
gk3mat 1 year ago 8
@gk3mat What??? From the sublime to the ridiculous!
hellodalai0523 2 months ago
@gk3mat I think he looks more like Dustin Hoffman but sings like Michael the Archangel!
taceymg13 2 months ago
OMG!!!!! I love the man!!! I hear some peeps in the audience seem to laugh. The laugh is on them.....Damn the man can sing and yes I think he is sexy :) I am older, 47, tell you what this man is SEXY!!! How can you not be with that voice and those WORDS :)
cryslee426 1 year ago
Years from now this will be a singer compared to Sinatra and Torme.
He has class.
rlscott4 1 year ago
Halleujah Leohard. Ur the best.
wabo53 1 year ago
This is how the song is supposed to sound, a strong powerful voice, not some post pubescent doing vocal gymnastics with no real talent to speak of.
Katela30 1 year ago 2
So, when did Mr.Spock change his last name to Cohen?
pboyfloyd 1 year ago
I think that because it is his song he is able to sing it how he wanted it done and therefore gives it different meaning than other artists but people have to admit that without the newer artists singing it Leo's version wouldn't be getting this much attention.
stargazer793 1 year ago
but as long as the containers of average palettes throw their change away on "Artists" who at best vaguely point the direction of real music forged from the soul of a poet, there will be no reason for the wasted glittering talents of people who have not and cannot experience life the way even their customers do to ever have anything relevant to sing about.
its a damn shame is what it is.
DazmoTube 1 year ago
dont like the way he sings it??
ITS HIS SONG. he, and only he, sings it the way its supposed to be sang.
if you would prefer the actual SONG in all its soulful meaning watered down by some irrelevant vocalist whos goal in the first place is simply to show off their ability to create chromatic notes with their mouth.
theyre jokes.
they havnt realized the simple invention of the piano has rendered them obsolete.
when they do realize, maybe theyll actually have something to sing about.
DazmoTube 1 year ago
Listen this version too:
X-Faktor Takács Nikolas (Hallelujah)
Amazing:)
SzerenyVelemeny 1 year ago
this is the one and only. He is the best.
ton054 1 year ago
sa musique me donne des frissons,c'est monumentale sa musique,bob Dylan n'a rien inventé
MrLionel06 1 year ago
I love this song but, i really don´t like the way he sing it...
vostrozlik 1 year ago
@vostrozlik he's a poet mostly, id say, so he kinda has a mix of spoken word. it gets his point across better than the way it's sung by others
applejuiced 1 year ago
@vostrozlik
It is up to You...
hunone 1 year ago
@vostrozlik He's not really a singer. He's a poet. The singing came later when the folk movement took over.
PlayaSinNombre 7 months ago
@vostrozlik I would not agree with you otherwise, except I listened to how he sang it in Helsinki, and that was even better. Perhaps he sang better because people there were more quiet and the background singers sang so softly.and tenderly..
ozsfi 2 months ago
this song reminds me of before
oanezzaa 1 year ago
WOW! What an amazing song!! All though i do like Bon Jovi's cover alot to!
theguitarguymike 1 year ago
LC is a great composer and in his days he was a good performer. There are better sung versions of this. He looks a little like Bogart in his later days.
gruutschmoeh 1 year ago
I love Len Cohen.
I just wish poets like him and Dylan would tell us if their lyrics actually mean anything, or if most of their songs are simply nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness non sequiturs.
I am afraid Len will die of old age soon, though.
bosszeroboss 1 year ago
@bosszeroboss
Ill tell you why they dont.
he could have simply wrote lyrics to the effect of "I had sex with this girl. i liked it a lot. she had a nice ass and i had a boner!"
but he didnt, because there was more to it. more beauty, more emotion, and probably didnt involve anyone he could characterize as a prostitute.
listen how he says "hallelujah" in some of the other versions. hes not saying "hallelujah", whatever the hell that means. hes saying "i love you", and not idly. understand?
DazmoTube 1 year ago
@bosszeroboss
Die of old age?
Man, he'll live forever, thanks to YouTube, G-d bless the man!
And old as he is, he still moves this woman like some boys never could.
Derynda 10 months ago
amazing song
u can also listen to a wonderfull version
u write -danny budiski and u can listen to is version
gilagoldfarb 1 year ago
I want this song played at my funeral!
dentyboy117 1 year ago
he looks like leonard nimoy
RizoTheRat 1 year ago 2
krása
olli365 1 year ago
The original version is always the best. The copycats will always be copycats. Seen so many versions but none close to match Leonard Cohen. Pity there is no new modern version video and audio of him singing this. This is music from the soul.
ferna14227 1 year ago
@ferna14227 I know. Some people say that the covers are much better. While Allison Crowe and Jeff Buckley (imo) performed the song extremely well, this is the original. He performs it like it was meant to be performed because he wrote it to begin with, and it is his song through and through.
jesuisme94 1 year ago 3
saw Leonard in Sligo - absolutelt the best concert ever. The man is a living legend and played for nearly three hours!! One of a kind - you can keep Jeff Buckley - only Leonard can give this song true meaning and emotion.
pajo17371 1 year ago 14
Is that Joan Osborne singing backup?
RDWinthrop 1 year ago
Le vrai chanteur de cette chanson, c'est lui et pas Jeff Buckley
Ronnienanzou 1 year ago
Did any of you spot Enya in the crowd. She's wearing a really bad long blond wig.
You can see her at the bottom of the screen at 2:15 and 6:42. only a quick flash, but Enya a Leonard Cohen fan?.
lenovo70183 1 year ago
@lenovo70183 Cohen has influenced just as many musicians as Dylan and the Beatles. He is one of the few living Musical legends.
taxidriverstj 1 year ago
@zukoslawa
he is one of the greatest composers <.<
an i feel sorry for your poor dog...
hohneck123 1 year ago
Rufus Wainwright does a better job i think :/
Reaper00147 1 year ago
Why the back vocals are so beauty?
Gmascarenhas 1 year ago
Perfect words !
allmeterany 1 year ago
He wrote it ...he can sing it ...
gb
beefgdb 1 year ago 3
play that song at my funeral !!
rentalife 1 year ago
Rufus, KD, Bon Jovi, Lee Dwyze, Shrek, everybody! They should worship the ground this man walks on ! ! !
twinkie57401 1 year ago
he reminds me of spock xD
Caaynee 1 year ago 2
bravo
reno111u 1 year ago
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!
misterbaleize 1 year ago
Incredible simply incredible. Any dumbass who thinks he sucks can go to hell
zazaza555555 1 year ago
j aime bcp ce chanteur ainsi que cette chanson.
laurekhelifati 1 year ago
God, that voice, that presence, that talent.. .Leo was born too soon for me. One of the few artists whose voice can pluck shivers down my back. Mmm...
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WTF this old shit is still alive??? Looks and SOUNDS like he died a long time ago. I once kicked my dog in the ass and he sang better than mr. Leo!!! Please, die u old fool so that we dont have to listen to this shit anymore. MY DOG IS BETTER!! (and looks better too). PS why the fuck does he LICK microphone???
zukoslawa 1 year ago
@zukoslawa A lil more respect for one of the best composers ever plz
DarioConner 1 year ago
i saw him twice live on stage, the man is a magician, sexy as hell even at his age, and a real poet - I adore him!!!!!
catlet1961 1 year ago
好啊。深情
cdz001 1 year ago
Leonard Cohen is a genius--and a genius with incredible depths of soul. I also love what the organ adds to this piece.
dabrenn 1 year ago
wunderschön LOVEVA
morgenschweis 1 year ago
i will cry when he dies..
eik35 1 year ago
@eik35 why not celebrate while he is alive...........?
Collieshamin 1 year ago
@Collieshamin I do, everyday, listen to his songs, buy his records, but WHEN he dies, i will cry.
eik35 1 year ago
Magnifique, merci
eve2090 1 year ago
I was there!absolutely A-MAZ-ING!!!!!im going to see him 1st of august this yr cnt wait!!!!!!i bet its gonna be even more A-MAZ-ING!!!!
mileycyruspeacelover 1 year ago
beautiful song, one of the best.........but mr cohen, let others sing it for you please!
jenskolli 1 year ago
vocal freshness, vocal technique is one thing but authenticity exists in only one voice, and that is Leonard Cohen's alone
herminestover 1 year ago 2
great song
272PAC 1 year ago
He's brilliant! Love his songs.
tracam1 1 year ago
ya the people who bash on leonard for his voice... sigh.... dumbass lol thats the point. hes real. and he makes this music. thats his power... duh lol <3 just a guy. he even might think he has ethinicity? but hes a just a man who cares enough to have his heart broken :) Well done sir.
TheiRenaissance 1 year ago
tus muertos, ¡cuantas emociones!
bentaibi 1 year ago
Wow!
jpmcquinn 1 year ago
hows does this sound? watch?v=w63YiKbL5oI
GuyWithoutEyes 1 year ago
great voice !! awsome song
AlienVsPredatore 1 year ago
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notbob50 1 year ago
Hey! I was wondering if anyone would like to check out my cover of this song? Thanks so much in advance!<3(:
SincerelyAly 1 year ago
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@SincerelyAly Well Ally I did check out your cover of this song. One question; Are you tone deaf? My advice; don't quit your day job.
notbob50 1 year ago
Ditto, brownrevolution, that verse, spoken from a true man, who, like us all, has loved and lost, speaks to all of us... Hallelujah
Andrewross07 1 year ago
The song really touched my heart.
123456785538 1 year ago 3
A GREAT Man Singing in a Great City. Beautiful and so lovely city. Cohen has always been a poet. His first known song " Suzanne" was already being sung by Judy Collins when she finally asked him to sing his song. A great man, never looking for fame, a honest man. Thank you Mr Cohen for all these amazing Lyrics and Music. Thanks for posting.
Malleck.
Malleck1 1 year ago
Hallelujah
stelou123 1 year ago 2
Better listen to the music and see one of the greatest songwriters of our times
Grüße Rainer
RainerBrueck 1 year ago 3
@RainerBrueck amen
pappy154451956 1 year ago 2
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he sing from his big jew nose
arcand88 1 year ago
childish comment...
wrs46 1 year ago
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Oh,fuck you....
Zlatano10 1 year ago
jid stfu
arcand88 1 year ago
what happened at 19 seconds? there was a sound and he freaked out a little
IamLouder 1 year ago
@IamLouder I think he belched...said at last gig that he was on the wagon but Ireland's the only place he has a few!
larryoloai 1 year ago
Now...........he is a poet more than many other songwriters. Always been one of my fav all-time singer!
cambtone 2 years ago 4
Now this song is best remembered for a sex scene in Watchmen
Urvy1A 2 years ago
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By remembered do you mean "remembered" as in no one saw that piece of shit movie and hence no one but you knew it had a soundtrack or a sex scene? Or did you mean remembered as in never known as in i never knew that movie was released i thought it was going straight to dvd and then in an act of good will the movie company just burned the only copy! You're a dumbass!
CaptainObfuscation 2 years ago
And it should be:
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Cohen is the man
brownrevolution 1 year ago 4
this has touched my heart
mergonite 2 years ago
i was at that concert absolutley brilliant show amazing band fantastic sound for an out door gig when he sang this it was a very spiritual moment almost religious in fact very moving for a man of his age he could teach the younger ones a thing or two ! as cool as fuck still !
jacquesbrelfan 2 years ago 2
Cohen's not a homogenized teched-up American Idol electronic clone. Amen to music that comes from humanity. Amen to music coming back home to the human heart.
owlabelle 2 years ago 11
Others sing better technically. But this has soul like none other can ever touch.
Grensley 2 years ago 60
@Grensley -He 's the greatest lyricist in the world (among Dylan).And the voice..it makes me laugh and cry at the same time..
rentalife 1 year ago 2
@Grensley
Agree...
hunone 1 year ago
@Grensley
This is the only one I would like to see live
QuitePictures 1 year ago 2
Leo Cohen! The First - The One - The Only!!
Lujacos 2 years ago 5
megamusicluv HALLELUJAH
MegaMusicluv 2 years ago 2
Es ist Musik die zu Herzen geht. Allein wie das "Hallelujah" gesungen wird...so simple und trotzdem so toll....obwohl er nicht die höchste aller Stimmen hat, ist es so toll ihm zuzuhören. Diese Musik hat Seele..... Wie soviele dieser Arten.
Guitarman092004 2 years ago 3
while his singing is not that great, compared to other singers, his writing is what sets him out from the rest of singing artists. its amazing, and unlike any i've ever seen
atrixi 2 years ago 4
That is singing from the heart and nobody else can get close to the song's creator. Rock on, Leonard.
rihojo007 2 years ago 29
atrixi - It's not that his singing is "not that great" it is "HIS" style, listen to some of his other stuff also...Younger people don't get his style - they understand more of the manufactured radio bull that is shoved down everyone's throat now-a-days...Leonard Cohen is a brilliant Singer/Song Writer...
Cheers : )
furrydogs 2 years ago 3
das schönste lied was ich kenne...einfach nur wunder-wunderschö!das ist musik!!!
salishas23 2 years ago
Great song from a great Quebequer musician!He is from Montréal
Chicoutimi 2 years ago 5
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Are you kidding?! This is awful!
AngelMarieFox 2 years ago
You're crazy like a fox!
pervisirani 2 years ago
@AngelMarieFox this is his song...
adammurphy 2 years ago
This is old school it's great work...
eveships 2 years ago 4
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bookhound63 2 years ago
This is your song, dearest Leonard...
No one can sing it like you ...either...
All my love, Marie from Norway.
miehaga 2 years ago 9
Yeah , you're right. I had heard other versions from different singers before, and some of them are fantastic. But since i heard this one a few days ago, I can't get it out of my head.
with greetings from Iran
disndat11 2 years ago 5
Dear disndat11, Thank you for a dearly reply, and that you have the same feeling.Sometimes the elder ones are the best...Love Leonard with his songs..Love to you in Iran from Marie.
miehaga 2 years ago 5
yeah there is a new verse and its unbelievable beatiful
toto111321 2 years ago
Love this man but was that a burp a 0.19 he he
n12961 2 years ago 4
I Love This Song
What An Amazing Voice !
Beautiful Performance.
5*****
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Thanks For Sharing Fundybaygirl
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abbeyharry1952 2 years ago 2
just awesome
272PAC 2 years ago
Was that a new verse starting at 5:14sec
I did not miss
It wasn't much
I couldn't feel
So I learned to touch
I've told the truth I didn't come all this way just to fool ya
Even though it all went wrong I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing, nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
alligetisspammail 2 years ago
I've heard that verse before. I'm not sure where, but maybe on Cohen's original version, which used different verses from later versions.
BlackMonk66 2 years ago
No it's in the original version :P
mrzigge 2 years ago 4
it was so amazing to see him back in dublin again, growing up in with cohen, dylan, saw him a few wks ago at the o2 and again it was a masterful experience, better in fact than IMMA, and also we didnt have to put up with a pack of (like I'm like) fucking bastards who sat behind us at IMMA and talked bolloxologie through the entire gig,
anthonynewsome 2 years ago
i m with you i was at that gig and it was flipping brill but there was too much talking during quiet parts and idiots off to the bar constantly ! by the way bolloxology is great fucking word!
jacquesbrelfan 2 years ago
amazing voice
FERNAOHK 2 years ago 6
leonard cohen gets better with age...bravo<