I first heard K.D.Lang's version of this song preformed at the closure of the winter olympics and loved it. But this version adds so much more to the lyrics.
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People need to remember that Jeff Buckley's cover is of John Cale's version, not any of Leonard Cohen's incarnations. Cale and Buckley use a different combination of verses than the various Cohen takes I've heard, and therefore it gets a quite different meaning, and isn't that part of what makes this song great- that it stretches so wide and fits so many different moods?
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Leonard Cohen rocks. My parents were big fans when I was kid... Now 30 years later I have an awesome border collie who loves to sing so we named her Lenny after yours truly...
hi guys, id really appreciate if you checked out my cover of this song on my page and let me know what you think of it :) it would mean the world to me!
Leonard Cohen was a poet before he was a musician. He switched because he thought the money'd be better. It's completly acceptable to say that the various covers are better than the original, musically.
i'm stowned.. this made me depressed in a good way.. a feel good place of dark things in my life, but made me think of the lights between them, the happyness i had with people, around fire's, singing, love.... god, i love my live.. but i hate it so much to.
@CthulhuIStruth i don't know his thoughts, but I know what it is to feel, sometimes i have feelings that other people have, not too often but sometimes it actually happens, i have an invisible ruler that i use to measure feeling
to those of you who are reading this message, please, i made a cover of this song and i'd love you to hear it! its so hard starting out on youtube and trying to build up an audience to watch the videos you make. if you could head to my page and listen to my cover, it would mean the world to me <3
Cohen truly sings the song because he lived it...Buckley was very much influenced by people like Cohen and also sang it like he was feeling it. Without Cohen being the master...there wouldn't be any students like Buckley to take up that march, right???
@800sarina he is songs owner and creater...other made cover.. Jeff Buckley made that song famous...but that is not his own song... sorry my poor english... original is Cohen...
@800sarina Yes, It's a Leonard Cohen original, and Jeff Buckley did a great version of it, re-introducing it to a new generation, and probably made it more popular than it was prior, but it's still a Leonard Cohen song first and foremost.
I just heard a really good verion of this from "some guy" ;) you should take a look /watch?v=LVIdNq1iA2A&context=C39535ebADOEgsToPDskKW_a5bGrLRgIVEUoEESZBT Im sure whoever this guy is would appreciate some comments :)
@natcord7 .. check ur facts, man! This IS the original: written by LC 'isself!!! mebbe not the original recording (which USED TO BE on YouTube), but HIS .. nevertheless!
Ok, Sarcasm's the wrong word - but I find this a more 'realistic' version. The mix of ordinary imagery - kitchen chair and godlike joy and how love can be base and ordinary, godlike and joyful, equally is mirrored in the music and vocal tone whereas Jeff's focuses on the God-like aspect and misses that coarse, base, rough and readyness good old Cohen brings to his words...
@deirdrelennon0 Both songs are beautiful, LC feels his music like you said, whereas Jeff Buckley sings with sweetness, and even with a kinda sadness, (Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah)... Rufus Wainwright has his way to sing too.. Everybody has his favourite version...
@deirdrelennon0 Exactly. We don't need the virgin sacrifices to appreciate the Parthenon, and imagining a god into this song is superfluous to the underlying beauty of the song and the singer
I like Leonard's version because it's more sarcastic. Is it just me but does Jeff Buckey's miss the biting sarcasm in this song? And I love Jeff's version; but it's a very clear and definite different interpretation of this song. And sometimes the biting meaning of the words have been glossed over for a more romantic feel.
Please all, lets not confuse the real thing with flattery, a cover is nice for both the originator as well as for the copy-cat (oh now dont get to defensive , your all professionals here,chop chop. Dig the cat who penned the first emotion, the initial tear , the first rip, and the first one to look away, eyes averted,downcast and realizations made of matters, and love(rs), now past.
I must admit to likeing the idea of Tim Buckley taking a shot at the song, maybe Van Ronk, but for this lot,later
this is the song and artist that brought me out of my dark times and into the wonderful world of music. the way he doesn't have to sing just for his emotions to pour from such short and respectable words. Gods bless such artists and keep them around for all times.
I have heard & liked many covers of Hallelujah. But so often I just have to go back & listen to Leonards version. And for the ignorant, the man is a legend. He never sang a song he didn't write. So the emotions you hear in his songs are his emotions, his words.
There are few artists who have no equal in the world of music & Leonard is right up there in the top 10 in my opinion.
806 dislikes??? Damn, where are you guys from? LC never claimed to be a singer or a stylist. The man was a poet. An artist.
Of course, in this ridiculous age where a janitor is a sanitation engineer and a cook is a chef; real artists, real engineers, real chefs have to share the stage with pretenders because the zeitgeist demands we all be equal in all things. Equal before the law has morphed. Equal opportunity has morphed. The razor cuts at the top. Beware, you who aspire and achieve.
@1492tomato You have said a word or two here that do you well, equal this n that, the blandness of it all is pervasive if not simply stupifying. Fair dues to those who understand the warning, to you who continue following the path your currently on, know this, it will not go any smoother or better or anything short of your own money and lots of that money to boot. Unless you adhere to the Animal Farm life-condition in which all is equal, but some are more equal than others ciao
@1492tomato Sorry mate but you must be a bit dumb right? With all due respect to Leonard Cohen, people can have their opinion about things so you may want to google RESPECT....
@75Unit I find it interesting and ironic that while you preach to me about RESPECT you are calling me "a bit dumb." I know what I wrote, why I wrote it, disrespected no one, and didn't contradict myself in my own post, unlike yourself. And how does respecting Leonard Cohen have any bearing whatever on people having "their opinion about things?" I leave it to the readers to decide who's "a bit dumb." BTW, you may want to google "dumb," and use the word properly next time.
@1492tomato I agree. Look at Bob Dylan. Not everyone likes his voice, but everyone loves at least one of his songs. They may not realize he wrote it, but he is a phenomenal song writer. Some of the greatest artists sing his songs.
@robinbobbin75155 You nailed it. If there were ever such a thing as The Writer of Our Age, it would have to be Bob Dylan, with all respect to Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Randy Newman, et al, et al... Dylan owns it, by any criterion, whatever you think of his voice. With few exceptions, IMO, writers rule.
@DaveMillerish A better self-editor than myself would have caught it. Mea culpa. The blush on my cheeks is only wine, not embarrassment:-) Thanks for your kind correction.
@1492tomato - shit, life in general hurts, but then exalts and celebrates that pain when your born with the dubitable "gift" to see through, into and around things. Some folks can do this and relate to this song, others hit the dislike button...
@thezenmind44 Spoken like a poet... Or at least one who thinks like a poet. Either way, it's a pleasure to correspond with one who has more thought than verbiage in their writing. Wish I could say the same about myself. Thank you.
@rainspirit100 You betcha! KD does everyone proud with her covers. She gets it - all of it - pretty much every time - and has the talent to convey it; whether onstage or in the studio.
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I'm so stoked for Leonard Cohen's new album "Old Ideas" on 1/31 ...His new single "The Darkness" is great!!
a182ava 1 hour ago
Jeff Buckley rip you will never be replaced -_-
TheMakerHimself 18 hours ago
Curse you, Watchmen, you have ruined this song...forever!
Cibenator 1 day ago
i dont know who myzerbear is.
myzerybear 1 day ago
all is all
myzerybear 1 day ago
WTF about the top comment? C' mon!
DRock4L 1 day ago 2
Rest in Peace Leonard. Thanks for sharing your gifts. Hallelujah
pragmaticalpaula123 1 day ago
@pragmaticalpaula123 Rest In Peace? What?
leslieboddie 1 day ago
@pragmaticalpaula123 Thank you for a wonderful post. Rest in peace, pragmaticalpaula123.
ironsausage66 1 day ago
Only a couple more days until the new album "Old Ideas" is released!!! Who else is excited?!
sydneyandersonband 2 days ago
God his voice has so much soul in it. Something Jeff Buckley can't match
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ShannonStephenSmith 2 days ago
Check out my cover of this song ;)
jimmynmandy 2 days ago
I first heard K.D.Lang's version of this song preformed at the closure of the winter olympics and loved it. But this version adds so much more to the lyrics.
Both versions hold my admiration.
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The original version remains the most powerful one! It's so soulful and beautiful... Best voice.
FraisePeach 3 days ago
every tym i listen to this music i fall in love with this guy ... does it means i am become a homo?
aRaSh710000 3 days ago 2
@aRaSh710000 yes
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ShannonStephenSmith 3 days ago
DEXTER SEASON 6 PROMO <3
lostpathblog 4 days ago
I don't like the lyric order in this...
TheCoolGuy367 4 days ago
@Red123Mint I bet thats because of Watchmen.
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everytime i hear this song i think of people fucking
Red123Mint 4 days ago 11
@Red123Mint you need therapy..
petekay62 4 days ago
@Red123Mint Because of watchmen lol? :)
DaMrFish 2 days ago
@Red123Mint Spare us your pathology
aanhoudend1 1 day ago
People need to remember that Jeff Buckley's cover is of John Cale's version, not any of Leonard Cohen's incarnations. Cale and Buckley use a different combination of verses than the various Cohen takes I've heard, and therefore it gets a quite different meaning, and isn't that part of what makes this song great- that it stretches so wide and fits so many different moods?
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Bryce6789 5 days ago
Just awesome voice....
llepardi 5 days ago
How you think? This song can be in church on wedding. Only chorus? In moment when we are going by church...
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ShannonStephenSmith 6 days ago
Leonard Cohen rocks. My parents were big fans when I was kid... Now 30 years later I have an awesome border collie who loves to sing so we named her Lenny after yours truly...
17SouthFilm 6 days ago
hi guys, id really appreciate if you checked out my cover of this song on my page and let me know what you think of it :) it would mean the world to me!
headlesssinger 6 days ago
Whenever I hear Cohen sing this I always picture the flaming orgasm in Watchmen.
BlakeKnepper 1 week ago
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ShannonStephenSmith 1 week ago
Leonard Cohen was a poet before he was a musician. He switched because he thought the money'd be better. It's completly acceptable to say that the various covers are better than the original, musically.
yankees1234577 1 week ago
Leonard's the Daddy.
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ShannonStephenSmith 1 week ago
ah,my ears...are currently experiencing eargasm!
ICeSaiahTheProphet 1 week ago
i'm stowned.. this made me depressed in a good way.. a feel good place of dark things in my life, but made me think of the lights between them, the happyness i had with people, around fire's, singing, love.... god, i love my live.. but i hate it so much to.
irdghlzeiurghlui 1 week ago 3
Yes, Cohen wrote the song .. the original score was a little different, but was still distinctly Cohen
long1name 1 week ago 2
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notnicolajames 1 week ago
@CthulhuIStruth i don't know his thoughts, but I know what it is to feel, sometimes i have feelings that other people have, not too often but sometimes it actually happens, i have an invisible ruler that i use to measure feeling
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headlesssinger 1 week ago
Who here is presumptuous enough to say they know Cohen's thoughts!?
CthulhuIStruth 1 week ago
I made a cover of this song and im 12 so I appreciate it if you would check out my videos.
itsaprilful 1 week ago
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headlesssinger 1 week ago
See the live version... any way Cohen is an amazing songwriter!
Caritos1957 1 week ago
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Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris did the best version of this song EVER. Thumbs up if you agree
musicman0313 1 week ago
wainwright rufus version is way more better -_- im not hating im just say O_O
deytroney66quen 1 week ago
@deytroney66quen You ARE hating, liar!
MisterBigBlunts 1 week ago
@MisterBigBlunts no im not lying O_O his sond good i gess but rufus is beter way more!
deytroney66quen 1 week ago
@deytroney66quen no way, you are out of your mind...wainright even changed a bunch of the lyrics and got away from the actual song...he butchered it
001fishman 1 week ago
Why does this remind me of 'Of Mice And Men'?
snoopatomicdog 1 week ago 2
jeff buckleys version is overated.... this version is just the best by far i think anyways
stifler9098 1 week ago
@stifler9098 i don't quite agree. jeff buckleys version is far more intimate. i think leonard cohan would agree.
CRAZYKITTYCATDOG 1 week ago
Play this when your having sex, she'll do you the favor.
bigmidget117 1 week ago
Buckley sings this song like a child. Leonard Cohen sings this song like it's meant to be sung, like a man.
frsamour 2 weeks ago 54
@frsamour you have no soul
vockan1 1 week ago
@frsamour buckley doesn't sing this song like a child. wtf are you talk about?
SporadicHesitation 1 week ago
@frsamour Like a man who can't sing.
DrWhiggs 4 days ago
@frsamour yes sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
MsPetros1972 3 days ago
@frsamour It killed Buckley!?/
ACERAMGAD 3 days ago
@frsamour I'n MY opinion only.
sniffy6999999 3 days ago
@frsamour
Cohen truly sings the song because he lived it...Buckley was very much influenced by people like Cohen and also sang it like he was feeling it. Without Cohen being the master...there wouldn't be any students like Buckley to take up that march, right???
IKatchSkams 3 days ago
beautiful.
willisepic 2 weeks ago
Jeff bucklys cover blows this away
soundlylistening 2 weeks ago
Awesome.
2810gaga 2 weeks ago
Did this guy made this song?
800sarina 2 weeks ago 38
@800sarina Yep
LolPanteraNegra 2 weeks ago
@800sarina No this song was written by the lord back in the 420's
MisterBigBlunts 1 week ago
@800sarina Yes, this man is Leonard Cohen and he is a legend! God! Have you been living under a rock?!
audrey60hepburn 1 week ago 6
@audrey60hepburn yes- even the rocks move when Cohen sings...
Tommyfazz 1 day ago
@800sarina he is songs owner and creater...other made cover.. Jeff Buckley made that song famous...but that is not his own song... sorry my poor english... original is Cohen...
greywolf48 1 week ago
@800sarina Yes, It's a Leonard Cohen original, and Jeff Buckley did a great version of it, re-introducing it to a new generation, and probably made it more popular than it was prior, but it's still a Leonard Cohen song first and foremost.
kylenixon 1 week ago
@800sarina he deed
O7ROADKING 1 week ago
@800sarina he sure did!!
NIMSPINNER 1 week ago
@800sarina i dunno bro
1HoneHeke1 1 week ago
@800sarina yes
SporadicHesitation 1 week ago
@800sarina Yes, in December of 1984
iqaluit222 6 days ago
@800sarina yes he did
MrEricforester 5 days ago
@800sarina yes he made this song.
TheEpicPies 5 days ago
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ejbrabant 5 days ago
@800sarina I'm fairly sure he did. At any rate, sure is Order of Canada material eh?
TheLastCanadian 4 days ago
@800sarina yes
mayanmeron 3 days ago
@800sarina yes
tsayad1986 3 days ago
@800sarina Great quote.
DodicekTruc 3 days ago
@DodicekTruc ty :3
800sarina 2 days ago
@800sarina I don´t understand these symbols... Really, i don´t know them. What the hell is :3 ?
DodicekTruc 1 day ago
@DodicekTruc a man with a french mustache
Ambabb713 1 day ago
@DodicekTruc that be your testicles hangin' !
Tommyfazz 1 day ago
Awesome lyrics from a great composer! Thank you for sharing.
KFCVideos1 2 weeks ago
naaaaaat, i know he´s the composer but....Jeff Buckley gave a soul to this song.
PatCasillas 2 weeks ago
826 dislikes? ...kids.
djs5000 2 weeks ago 2
magnifique , du Nord de la France
thank you for sharing
nickybul62 2 weeks ago
Oh my God... Perfect voice..
Cookie18PL 2 weeks ago
Solo gives me shivers
DavidTebbott 2 weeks ago
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ylliak 2 weeks ago
This music is good even in 240p (Y)
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fmarinho0 2 weeks ago
lovely song
qc5000price 2 weeks ago
No peice is sung or written with more heart than the author. Hail to the heart and mind that takes a peice of life and makes it art.
LuvnOldees 2 weeks ago
@LuvnOldees i agree, he who writes and sings a song, is the one that live the song
goldenzelle 2 weeks ago 3
Maravillosooooooo !!!!!
sin más que .....añadir, queda dicho.
lmrs2 2 weeks ago
Is it just me or does lc look like dustin hoffmann in that shot, kinda sounds like him too.... :)
hamo1701 2 weeks ago in playlist music
@hamo1701 He does look a lot like Dustin Hoffmann in this pic. Peace
B1N4RYGH0ST 2 weeks ago
@B1N4RYGH0ST :) peace be with you too :)
hamo1701 2 weeks ago
My oh my, but some of you are either into deep shit or you don't like someone who thinks different !!
God-like kitchen chair chef equality gift of god to the world gone wrong ?
It's a 7 minute pop song !!
If you're into art, make some, don't follow others !!
Hallelujah indeed.
boggym1999 2 weeks ago
Can't beat the original . . .
hughc023 2 weeks ago
This song isn't art or even music. It's a gift of god to the mankind and the world.
silroel 2 weeks ago
stick to writing, let bon jovi sing
peptopro17 2 weeks ago
You are obviously a fool! Learn yourself some music bitch! Seen "jovi" live he suck cocks 4 cash!
NadiaDowton 2 weeks ago
this is the fucking original, yes
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ChoiceBroMusic 2 weeks ago
ИЗ РОССИИ С ЛЮБОВЬЮ, ДОБРА, МИРА, СЧАСТЬЯ ВСЕМ НАМ !!!
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SayberPL 2 weeks ago
Yeah, this song is without ego. It's the music, the art... not the show. +1
warrax111 2 weeks ago 4
fuck yeah this song rocks! :]
laarkp 2 weeks ago
i saw him in Israel i pay 1000 NIS but evry cent was good joy, one of the best gig show i saw
kop1892 3 weeks ago in playlist HALLELUJAH
So churchlike! I love this version
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JijMapij 3 weeks ago
this man is a great artist, and a beautiful cover of a favourite song.
natcord7 3 weeks ago
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Beautiful, but also the original.
MrSophusRosendahl 3 weeks ago
@natcord7 .. check ur facts, man! This IS the original: written by LC 'isself!!! mebbe not the original recording (which USED TO BE on YouTube), but HIS .. nevertheless!
TheDIHS 2 weeks ago
Använd presens och inte futurum.
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It goes like this, the forth, the fifth.. with Downing's cross and Boateng's flick.. The baffled Keeper can't stop Mark Viduka!
KyleWB1989 3 weeks ago
I would comment on if I liked or disliked this version of this song but I can't. I keep passing out. >.>
iceis01 3 weeks ago
Ok, Sarcasm's the wrong word - but I find this a more 'realistic' version. The mix of ordinary imagery - kitchen chair and godlike joy and how love can be base and ordinary, godlike and joyful, equally is mirrored in the music and vocal tone whereas Jeff's focuses on the God-like aspect and misses that coarse, base, rough and readyness good old Cohen brings to his words...
deirdrelennon0 3 weeks ago 26
@deirdrelennon0 Both songs are beautiful, LC feels his music like you said, whereas Jeff Buckley sings with sweetness, and even with a kinda sadness, (Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah)... Rufus Wainwright has his way to sing too.. Everybody has his favourite version...
rere60610 3 weeks ago
@deirdrelennon0 Exactly. We don't need the virgin sacrifices to appreciate the Parthenon, and imagining a god into this song is superfluous to the underlying beauty of the song and the singer
RandomContent0 2 weeks ago
I like Leonard's version because it's more sarcastic. Is it just me but does Jeff Buckey's miss the biting sarcasm in this song? And I love Jeff's version; but it's a very clear and definite different interpretation of this song. And sometimes the biting meaning of the words have been glossed over for a more romantic feel.
deirdrelennon0 3 weeks ago
ln so ...ma adesso non è più importante..
ciccacarmen 3 weeks ago
I'm sorry Leonard, I was young and dumb. Hope you can forgive me.
Zabroda92 3 weeks ago
chiaro...
ciccacarmen 3 weeks ago
chiaro...
ciccacarmen 3 weeks ago
what is up with the DISLIKING with others who dislike? Let them vote as they feel for fucks sake.
SovietRussia10 3 weeks ago
Please all, lets not confuse the real thing with flattery, a cover is nice for both the originator as well as for the copy-cat (oh now dont get to defensive , your all professionals here,chop chop. Dig the cat who penned the first emotion, the initial tear , the first rip, and the first one to look away, eyes averted,downcast and realizations made of matters, and love(rs), now past.
I must admit to likeing the idea of Tim Buckley taking a shot at the song, maybe Van Ronk, but for this lot,later
ashley86697 3 weeks ago
this is the song and artist that brought me out of my dark times and into the wonderful world of music. the way he doesn't have to sing just for his emotions to pour from such short and respectable words. Gods bless such artists and keep them around for all times.
ShillJus000 3 weeks ago
God brought me here - hallelujah
sxcpaintball 3 weeks ago
@sxcpaintball : my dog brought me here
andyj23uk 3 weeks ago 2
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nunolopezjamiehinton 3 weeks ago
One of the best singer who ever lived - Leonard Cohen !!!!
Anezoblun 3 weeks ago
This song reminds me of Shrek. Great song!
ibaneziceman2007 3 weeks ago
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WHAT ???
1949Jens 3 weeks ago
riaritchies cover is nice too :) you guys should check it out
undesisivej24 3 weeks ago
It's not know to everyone as Shrek song, it's also in Watchmen.
WoodlandReaper93 3 weeks ago
I have heard & liked many covers of Hallelujah. But so often I just have to go back & listen to Leonards version. And for the ignorant, the man is a legend. He never sang a song he didn't write. So the emotions you hear in his songs are his emotions, his words.
There are few artists who have no equal in the world of music & Leonard is right up there in the top 10 in my opinion.
1katsing 3 weeks ago 2
GOOD!!! But... Not as good as Jeff.
Merritt1000million 3 weeks ago
@Merritt1000million correct. Much better than buckley.
fohawk871 3 weeks ago
chills...nuff said...
supermanoncrak101 3 weeks ago
806 dislikes??? Damn, where are you guys from? LC never claimed to be a singer or a stylist. The man was a poet. An artist.
Of course, in this ridiculous age where a janitor is a sanitation engineer and a cook is a chef; real artists, real engineers, real chefs have to share the stage with pretenders because the zeitgeist demands we all be equal in all things. Equal before the law has morphed. Equal opportunity has morphed. The razor cuts at the top. Beware, you who aspire and achieve.
1492tomato 3 weeks ago 96
@1492tomato wisdom
TheVivalalife 3 weeks ago
@1492tomato You have said a word or two here that do you well, equal this n that, the blandness of it all is pervasive if not simply stupifying. Fair dues to those who understand the warning, to you who continue following the path your currently on, know this, it will not go any smoother or better or anything short of your own money and lots of that money to boot. Unless you adhere to the Animal Farm life-condition in which all is equal, but some are more equal than others ciao
ashley86697 3 weeks ago
@ashley86697 Pervasive and stupifying blandness... You have the heart of the matter. Damn well said, Ashley.
Ciao yourself...
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato Sorry mate but you must be a bit dumb right? With all due respect to Leonard Cohen, people can have their opinion about things so you may want to google RESPECT....
75Unit 3 weeks ago
@75Unit I find it interesting and ironic that while you preach to me about RESPECT you are calling me "a bit dumb." I know what I wrote, why I wrote it, disrespected no one, and didn't contradict myself in my own post, unlike yourself. And how does respecting Leonard Cohen have any bearing whatever on people having "their opinion about things?" I leave it to the readers to decide who's "a bit dumb." BTW, you may want to google "dumb," and use the word properly next time.
1492tomato 3 weeks ago
@1492tomato I agree. Look at Bob Dylan. Not everyone likes his voice, but everyone loves at least one of his songs. They may not realize he wrote it, but he is a phenomenal song writer. Some of the greatest artists sing his songs.
robinbobbin75155 3 weeks ago 3
@robinbobbin75155 You nailed it. If there were ever such a thing as The Writer of Our Age, it would have to be Bob Dylan, with all respect to Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Randy Newman, et al, et al... Dylan owns it, by any criterion, whatever you think of his voice. With few exceptions, IMO, writers rule.
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato WAS a poet? WAS an artist? He's still around!
DaveMillerish 2 weeks ago
@DaveMillerish A better self-editor than myself would have caught it. Mea culpa. The blush on my cheeks is only wine, not embarrassment:-) Thanks for your kind correction.
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato
May the 806 prefer the other version.
Rossonero072213 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato they are Jeff Buckley's fans
deadpoetsic 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato - shit, life in general hurts, but then exalts and celebrates that pain when your born with the dubitable "gift" to see through, into and around things. Some folks can do this and relate to this song, others hit the dislike button...
thezenmind44 2 weeks ago
@thezenmind44 Spoken like a poet... Or at least one who thinks like a poet. Either way, it's a pleasure to correspond with one who has more thought than verbiage in their writing. Wish I could say the same about myself. Thank you.
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato what do you mean was?do you know something i don,t?
ThePeeterd 2 weeks ago
@1492tomato I like your response, very well worded.
Goodbygirl 2 weeks ago
@Goodbygirl Thank you. I like your screen name, very well chosen.
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
no disrespect, yet kd lang does Leonard proud with her cover, the emotion fills each "rise and lift"
rainspirit100 3 weeks ago
@rainspirit100 You betcha! KD does everyone proud with her covers. She gets it - all of it - pretty much every time - and has the talent to convey it; whether onstage or in the studio.
1492tomato 2 weeks ago
I remeber time when I moved in you and the Holy Dove she was moving too... I mean, c'mon!
MrBarty79 3 weeks ago in playlist HALLELUJAH
LoL the shriek song!!! Damn kids and their stupid ways of finding timeless classics.
SORRYBACKPACK 3 weeks ago
Legendary frontline
wannasinz 3 weeks ago
No one sings this song better. Leonard cohen sings his song the best way possible. Love the original verson, hands down!!
keithstand 3 weeks ago
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honkhonkbeep69 4 weeks ago
To the new generation this song is know as "the shrek song". god save us.
ClackJam 4 weeks ago
@ClackJam
No its not... -_-
2BCBattlefield 2 weeks ago
Leonarad Cohen - Hallelujah: your music composition is sincere & so