@paige3406 How can I unwatch something I have already watched? :) I like Damien Rice. I was just saying that he brings nothing new to the song so it'a a waste of time. I know Leonard Cohen wrote it, that has nothing to do with my comment - Jeff Buckley's version is my favorite. Followed by John Cale's. Len is no 3. Rice's does not rate.
@djdaraghBCN simple, don't watch a different version than Jeff Buckley's if you're going to insult it. What's the point in saying he has no talent with it? don't comment, its ludicrous
I recently joined a singing competition...I sang the same song Hallelujah...never thought that after 36 days I will meet the man himself...Damien Rice...in his own home...it was so humbling that he let me and a friend of mine in his own home...he was so nice and pleasant. I am very honored to have met the man!
Sincerely, this is not my favourite corver of this song, but I love everything Damien does. His voice is always emotional, and I like the guitar instead of the piano...
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I believe that Jeff Buckley's version is the ultimate, becaue, like many have said here, he made it his own. Most covers now, including this one are based on Buckley's vocal and guitar arrangements. VERY different from Cohen's original. And, though Cohen's voice fits many of his songs (the way Dylan's does), this song calls for a more tender voice than Cohen.
All that being said, Buckley originally heard Jogn Cale's cover from the ealy 90's and based his version on that, rather than Cohen's.
everyone has their own way of singing songs and there are some ppl who like to pick a song out tht they like tht one person sings better than the other, just let ppl be the way they want to be
It is a great song .... I feel though that Jeff Buckley made it his own, maybe its because of his untimely death that pushes him ahead of the rest or maybe it is because he was a genius who unfortunately was about 10 years ahead of his time
My favorite song....one of my favorite artists...I just did a cover of this song. I put all my heart into it...so it would be awesome if you guys checked it out. please?? :)
Okay, Damien Rice is one of my ultimate favourite singers in the world. No doubt about it. I love his style, his songs, everything. He's a fantastic artist. But his cover is not a favourite of mine of this song.
Despite the fact that Leonard Cohen wrote this, I honestly think that this song belongs to Jeff Buckley. Have you ever heard a more perfect cover than Buckley? My personal preference, but I think that Jeff Buckley completely owns this song.
@EskimoBreckyn I completely agree with you on the Jeff Buckley thing. The closest i think anybody has came before or since (since everybody seems to have covered this song) is a chap called Myles Kennedy who pays a wonderful tribute.
@mrbennnn I listened to Myles Kennedy's version, and I would have to agree, that he has a pretty good cover. Some people take this song so strongly from the beginning, and this is a delicate song that needs to be soft at first and built up in the rising verses. And the way they play the guitar is so gentle, whereas, if you listen to Damien Rice again, he's very harsh with the guitar. I guess some people it's based on preference. But Myles Kennedy was pretty good, thanks for sharing.
back in the days when internet was far away, we were sitting around a campfire when someone took the guitar and started playing this song. unforgettable.
Why do people argue which version is better than others?? I don't understand it. Different singers have their own singing styles. I believe that everyone has their own wonderful way of singing. If you don't like any version, it's not very nice to give strong comments. You'd better stick to the version you like, that's all....
@nuroong18 I completely agree with your annoyance. Although I firmly believe the song has been over done, I have yet to hear one that is "bad". Each artists interpretation is their own addition to what has been built on the foundation of an amazing song written by an amazing songwriter.
@nuroong18 I think it's because, in this case, the version is clearly a direct rip off of the Jeff Buckley interpretation and hence is clearly NOT someone expressing their "own singing style". In a case such as this, it is also easy to assess the comparable versions and state that this is like listening to Buckley if he were drained of all emotion and couldn't actually sing particularly well.
Every version send chills down my spine, Jeff Buckley's is my favourite and this version is a wonderfully sung addition this songs incredible history.
There are very few covers of this song that I don't like(I won't name those). The first time I heard this song was Rufus Wainwrights version loved it. Love Jeff Buckleys and I love this version. I also love K.D. Langs. I enjoyed the impromtu version with Natalie Merchant, Damien Rice and Glenn H. That one because they all looked like they were having fun.
not the best quality recording but still a beautiful rendition of a seminal song penned by the great Leonard...now where is the Shrek version? It's still the best one...
I love this song. I love it because it can be taken so many different ways, it has so many different meanings. No version is the best version, because each version has a different motivation behind the performance and the arrangement. I do a version of it myself, and of course I like mine the best, because it appeals to my emotions specifically. Everyone is going to favor a different version, possibly because they see the song in a different way, and their favorite version appeals to them.
Great another teenage punk, trying to tell me what's up.......I'm a number of years your senior and heard it all before boy! Now you can go back to your boy band and pretend you can make music or you can be a good kid and study real hard in school to try to be something in life before it's to late. Buckley is far superior then Rice, listen to the arraignment's it's Buckley's.
This guy really gets this song. He sings it with the correct amount of emotion. Well done......Very well done ! This is my favorite song and you sang it as good or better than everyone elses version. Congrats!
Leonard Cohen, is a legend, Jeff Buckley, and Rufus also a legend... But this is a really nice version too.... Have to admit, Rufus Wainwrights version is my fav... dont really mind were any of them are from.. But can i ad Damien Rice is IRISH! So happy days... :)
More Irish mediocridity, what is all these bullshit comments about how wonderful this version is I've heard them all. Just fucking tone deaf if anyone, I mean anyone can't hear Buckley's is easily the most perfect version of this song.
@nat00ben06 Perfection is really an subjective opinion, similar to beauty. Sometimes i find that its the slight imperfections that make something beautiful, as in nature or art. I do like buckley's version and feel it was sang better, however something about the numerous damien rice versions (not so much this one) that makes me feel the singers pain deeper, as if he understands the experience better ... just my two cents :)
@nat00ben06 mediocrity? are you an idiot? this is amazing. and even if you don't like his version of this song, go look up "cannonball" and "the blower's daughter". damien rice is not mediocre!!
@nat00ben06: Ok I agree with you about Buckley's version being great, I'm not gona say the best as, as far as I'm concerned the original is the best, but Buckley's version is amazing. However, I have to disagree with you about the "Irish mediocrity" comment. As I'm Irish apart from being insulted at the comment, it's just plain wrong!! You need to go and listen to his album 'O' and then try and say that he's mediocre! You need to open your ears mate!
Hey everybody!!Please check out Jeneli's cover of this beautiful song.if u like this song,believe me u gonna LOVE it!she covered it in a even more beautiful version of this song.I'm writing this because she is a nice person and deserves to be discovered.Peace and Love :D
PEOPLE. Music is open to interpretation. For some people, the definitive version will be Cohen's. For others, Buckley's. And for others, Wainright's, etc.
I think we all can agree that this is a beautiful song, no matter who the singer is, and stop hating all the people who disagree. Musicality is relative, especially when it comes to covers, so it's quite futile to hate someone who just doesn't like what you do.
PEOPLE. Music is open to interpretation. For some people, the definitive version will be Cohen's. For others, Buckley's. And for others, Wainright's, etc.
I think we all can agree that this is a beautiful song, no matter who the singer is, and stop hating all the people who disagree. Musicality is relative, especially when it comes to covers, so it's quite futile to hate someone who just doesn't like what you do.
this is an a mazing song........iv done a duet version of of this song with my wife its worth a listen...........cheers again and what a great song :)
@bmuscat Really? 113 likes for that bigoted, ignorant statement? Youtube is full of asshole trolls, but I wouldn't expect them all to be watching Leonard Cohen videos.
@bmuscat so what if people refer to this as a "shrek" song..there may be a lot of young listeners, children, who heard this song first on Shrek, so they associate it with Shrek. There is no need for an elitist attitude and make them feel bad about it.
@bmuscat i would like to give 310 thumbs down! first and for all you should not post comments 'to copy', second rufus wainright isn't gay, he has the best version of the song and it was him who did the shrek version and there are MUCH more covers than 6 and the one above sux
i love how he stays very true to the song. he dosnt try to change it and fool people into thinking its his own. he stays very true to the song and lets people know he is doing a cover.
He's got such a great voice and he sings from the heart.... that is why the audience can actually feel the emotion... what a marvelous singer and musician...
I hope with his talent, I hope that he'll be more successful than ever! =)
Regardless of who does amazing covers of this song (and yeah, I think this is a pretty good cover, really love Jeff Buckleys cover too) can we just agree this is a damn good song. And Leonard Cohen deserves big props for composing it.
Damien Rice gives a gripping performance here. Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley's renditions are excellent as well. Also an honorable mention to Kate Voegele..she sounds like an angel singing this..
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MNouriMusic 1 day ago
Leonard Cohen's song
nellie2581 3 weeks ago
I think this is my favorite version of this song.
thewriter1008 3 weeks ago
This song is too much
littlerabbit57 3 weeks ago
how pointless, jeff has done it better.
djdaraghBCN 1 month ago
@djdaraghBCN then don't watch it. by the way, it's Leonard Cohen's original. Not Jeff Buckley.
paige3406 1 month ago
@paige3406 How can I unwatch something I have already watched? :) I like Damien Rice. I was just saying that he brings nothing new to the song so it'a a waste of time. I know Leonard Cohen wrote it, that has nothing to do with my comment - Jeff Buckley's version is my favorite. Followed by John Cale's. Len is no 3. Rice's does not rate.
djdaraghBCN 3 weeks ago
@djdaraghBCN simple, don't watch a different version than Jeff Buckley's if you're going to insult it. What's the point in saying he has no talent with it? don't comment, its ludicrous
paige3406 2 weeks ago
Why are there only bad copies of his version online, the album version is just perfect?
FridayAssimov 1 month ago
my brah!
speakEazey1916 1 month ago
I recently joined a singing competition...I sang the same song Hallelujah...never thought that after 36 days I will meet the man himself...Damien Rice...in his own home...it was so humbling that he let me and a friend of mine in his own home...he was so nice and pleasant. I am very honored to have met the man!
Estela61211 1 month ago
@Estela61211 everyone says he's a wanker, don't fell humbled!! :)
djdaraghBCN 1 month ago
Justin Timberlake's cover is also great
mymay84 1 month ago
Sincerely, this is not my favourite corver of this song, but I love everything Damien does. His voice is always emotional, and I like the guitar instead of the piano...
LastDamage 2 months ago
This kid sings his ass off, period! With feeling - feeling - feeling.
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ThisMeansWarRecords 2 months ago
Brilliant
princesspinkie1000 3 months ago
so powerful, Damien is the man!
infinity2green 3 months ago
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MrTequilaband 3 months ago
Dont like that Version.
Lila8860 3 months ago
Damien is amazing.
IWishTodayWas2days 3 months ago
Why'd you sing Hallelujah if it means nothing to you?
paige3406 4 months ago 38
@paige3406 how would you know that it doesnt mean anything to him?
This song is a pure prayer and thats NEVER wrong so let him sing it and just ignore it if you dont like it :)
lolman89 1 month ago in playlist HALLELUJAH
@lolman89 it's a line from one of his songs
"why'd you sing Hallelujah if it means nothing to ya?" - Delicate - Damien Rice
mythoughtshalfleaked 1 month ago
@mythoughtshalfleaked oh i didnt know...then im sorry :)
lolman89 1 month ago
@lolman89 The lyrics in his song, 'Delicate' are "Why'd you sing Hallelujah if it means nothing to you"
paige3406 1 month ago
I believe that Jeff Buckley's version is the ultimate, becaue, like many have said here, he made it his own. Most covers now, including this one are based on Buckley's vocal and guitar arrangements. VERY different from Cohen's original. And, though Cohen's voice fits many of his songs (the way Dylan's does), this song calls for a more tender voice than Cohen.
All that being said, Buckley originally heard Jogn Cale's cover from the ealy 90's and based his version on that, rather than Cohen's.
swarmmaster 4 months ago 3
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah... uhh
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better than All.
vNachhall 4 months ago
hey i've uploaded a video of myself singing this song, please listen to it and let me know what you think :)
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3:38 -- JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
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ZiggyZist 5 months ago
most wonderful, emotional singer with the most wonderful, emotional song ever heard... perfect ^^
DonBeccus 5 months ago 2
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stutzand21 4 months ago
everyone has their own way of singing songs and there are some ppl who like to pick a song out tht they like tht one person sings better than the other, just let ppl be the way they want to be
TheMsBLW 6 months ago
If there is someone allowed to sing this song for god sake that one is Damien, a true artist for a true timeless song.
Hellzing50 6 months ago 6
It is a great song .... I feel though that Jeff Buckley made it his own, maybe its because of his untimely death that pushes him ahead of the rest or maybe it is because he was a genius who unfortunately was about 10 years ahead of his time
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penelopesodyssey 6 months ago
adorei, gosteii muito.. eu queria tanto dizer essas palavras do fundo do meu coração, mas não consigo. =(
didihleitedo 6 months ago
this is music.
misslittlewonder 7 months ago 3
My favorite song....one of my favorite artists...I just did a cover of this song. I put all my heart into it...so it would be awesome if you guys checked it out. please?? :)
LupeHerreradj2013 7 months ago
Okay, Damien Rice is one of my ultimate favourite singers in the world. No doubt about it. I love his style, his songs, everything. He's a fantastic artist. But his cover is not a favourite of mine of this song.
Despite the fact that Leonard Cohen wrote this, I honestly think that this song belongs to Jeff Buckley. Have you ever heard a more perfect cover than Buckley? My personal preference, but I think that Jeff Buckley completely owns this song.
EskimoBreckyn 7 months ago
@EskimoBreckyn I completely agree with you on the Jeff Buckley thing. The closest i think anybody has came before or since (since everybody seems to have covered this song) is a chap called Myles Kennedy who pays a wonderful tribute.
mrbennnn 7 months ago
@mrbennnn I listened to Myles Kennedy's version, and I would have to agree, that he has a pretty good cover. Some people take this song so strongly from the beginning, and this is a delicate song that needs to be soft at first and built up in the rising verses. And the way they play the guitar is so gentle, whereas, if you listen to Damien Rice again, he's very harsh with the guitar. I guess some people it's based on preference. But Myles Kennedy was pretty good, thanks for sharing.
EskimoBreckyn 7 months ago
love this version
jessicataylor2003 7 months ago
This is a beautiful song
1804bernard 7 months ago
Barely even singing :S he just speaks the entire song
hoobastankrulez 8 months ago
@hoobastankrulez Have you seen Leonard Cohen's version ?
Frenchdayz 7 months ago
@Frenchdayz yeah...i dont like it :/
i know it sounds stupid but i like the covers of this song a lot more than the original
hoobastankrulez 7 months ago
worst version i ever heard :(
laurenzblack 8 months ago 2
Beautiful n sweet...
SuciSiahaan 8 months ago
hallelujah he can sing his heart out!!!! :D
keliamclain 8 months ago in playlist MY playlist!
this is beautiful
Absynth616 8 months ago
So much better than Rufus or even Leonard himself. Just amazing.
UseMeAbuseMe4Ever 8 months ago
few musicians can play this song. he can.
LoroHunt 8 months ago
back in the days when internet was far away, we were sitting around a campfire when someone took the guitar and started playing this song. unforgettable.
theoneandonlyhut 8 months ago 4
'twas good. but nothing beats buckley's version.
matsukatse 8 months ago 2
who does not like Damien, well.... concentrate on syncrodiving because obviously you have no clue of what is music.
symba 8 months ago
Stunning version, one of the best out there...very powerful...sigh.
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Naidoo4Everr 8 months ago
Why do people argue which version is better than others?? I don't understand it. Different singers have their own singing styles. I believe that everyone has their own wonderful way of singing. If you don't like any version, it's not very nice to give strong comments. You'd better stick to the version you like, that's all....
nuroong18 9 months ago 135
@nuroong18 I completely agree with your annoyance. Although I firmly believe the song has been over done, I have yet to hear one that is "bad". Each artists interpretation is their own addition to what has been built on the foundation of an amazing song written by an amazing songwriter.
ianlevi74 7 months ago
@nuroong18 I think it's because, in this case, the version is clearly a direct rip off of the Jeff Buckley interpretation and hence is clearly NOT someone expressing their "own singing style". In a case such as this, it is also easy to assess the comparable versions and state that this is like listening to Buckley if he were drained of all emotion and couldn't actually sing particularly well.
damens 7 months ago
@nuroong18 I dont think everyone has their wonderful way of singing, I doubt you would want to hear me sing this song. but I still get your point :D
biggibolla 6 months ago
@nuroong18 I definitely agree with you.
CronaMakenKid 3 months ago
this is such a great tribute to this song, and what better musician to do it than Damien Rice :)
Carsonator3000 9 months ago 3
Anyone who complains about the cover, why don't you just fuck off and listen to the original???
acopas 9 months ago 3
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Just another bad cover
WeedyMellow 9 months ago
Rufus Wainwright is cool that is my opinion nd i really think that his cover is the BEST I#ve ever heard
NamidamoTooku 9 months ago
Every version send chills down my spine, Jeff Buckley's is my favourite and this version is a wonderfully sung addition this songs incredible history.
sasy707 9 months ago
I can't make up my mind on which version of this song i like the most
seclairty31 9 months ago
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star15615 10 months ago
Bloody worst version ever.
1939PlymouthRatRod 10 months ago
so leonard cohen sits down to pee/ who gives a fuck if anybody is from canada..oh wait nickelback is..fuck canada
bigbonfireben 11 months ago
I could listen to a thousand versions of this song. The lyric is so powerful, you sometimes forget the voice. It consumes me.
shenmue78 11 months ago 3
I've heard better but he is still great :)
madigirly321 11 months ago
totally amazing!
btw. I prefer him in longer hair :))
disappearances 11 months ago
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disappearances 11 months ago
His voice is like magic.
pimsy75 11 months ago
@bmuscat well done... well done
thamm001 11 months ago
he puts so much passion into his music, get's me everytime!
comment on my cover of this if you get time :) i also did a cover of Blower's Daughter.
joeyy42 11 months ago
@newKelchJr too fast
missmcmahon 1 year ago
I love Damien Rice. He has one of my more pure, soulful voices of our generation. Excellent cover.
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Becksgoldoman777 1 year ago
No matter how many talented singers cover it, it is and will always be Leonard Cohen's song
MrsDreamsequence 1 year ago 3
There are very few covers of this song that I don't like(I won't name those). The first time I heard this song was Rufus Wainwrights version loved it. Love Jeff Buckleys and I love this version. I also love K.D. Langs. I enjoyed the impromtu version with Natalie Merchant, Damien Rice and Glenn H. That one because they all looked like they were having fun.
weezie422 1 year ago
Excellent version of this magical, spiritual song. One of the best I've heard.....and I've listened to dozens. Great job!
Jimtimpop 1 year ago
i love the little pauses he takes. and every moment is full.
NikkieFreakshow 1 year ago
not the best quality recording but still a beautiful rendition of a seminal song penned by the great Leonard...now where is the Shrek version? It's still the best one...
MrSimeonk 1 year ago
i've seen a lot of comment arguing about "whose version" is better.
i just want to say : listen to the song. you like it ? you love it ? great.
you don't like this cover? go listen another and stop criticizing artists.
freeangel16 1 year ago 3
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Slider68tg 1 year ago 120
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ScrisGaming 4 months ago
@Slider68tg that would make any sense if this was a bob marley song
milesgorey 4 months ago
@Slider68tg no he just sucked at singing the song
bobz23579 3 months ago
@bobz23579 ...no
Jamesscalise 1 month ago
Wonderful..., wonderful..., wonderful rendition of this often covered song, my favorite from all the performances I have heard.
2102fitz 1 year ago
No, Cohen is Quebecer (he is born in Montréal and he still lives there
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milenymama 1 year ago
I love this song. I love it because it can be taken so many different ways, it has so many different meanings. No version is the best version, because each version has a different motivation behind the performance and the arrangement. I do a version of it myself, and of course I like mine the best, because it appeals to my emotions specifically. Everyone is going to favor a different version, possibly because they see the song in a different way, and their favorite version appeals to them.
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354Lemmy 1 year ago
one of the best versions of the song..
his song is so sad for soem reason...
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354Lemmy 1 year ago
@XxPepperMintxX - because it's got minor chords in it ;)
CarlBewley 1 year ago
Great another teenage punk, trying to tell me what's up.......I'm a number of years your senior and heard it all before boy! Now you can go back to your boy band and pretend you can make music or you can be a good kid and study real hard in school to try to be something in life before it's to late. Buckley is far superior then Rice, listen to the arraignment's it's Buckley's.
nat00ben06 1 year ago
This guy really gets this song. He sings it with the correct amount of emotion. Well done......Very well done ! This is my favorite song and you sang it as good or better than everyone elses version. Congrats!
Jimtimpop 1 year ago
Leonard Cohen, is a legend, Jeff Buckley, and Rufus also a legend... But this is a really nice version too.... Have to admit, Rufus Wainwrights version is my fav... dont really mind were any of them are from.. But can i ad Damien Rice is IRISH! So happy days... :)
Julestube1980 1 year ago
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bulo008 1 year ago
A great version of a great lament....a sad prayer
sgebhardt100 1 year ago
Personally I think this is the best cover of this song :)
Rhysthedai 1 year ago
Accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. I don't care who doesn't like this. A Great Artist in anyones book. Kudos.
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Rainbowlove7217 1 year ago
better than alexandra, jeff still better...
Oohlaful 1 year ago
More Irish mediocridity, what is all these bullshit comments about how wonderful this version is I've heard them all. Just fucking tone deaf if anyone, I mean anyone can't hear Buckley's is easily the most perfect version of this song.
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 Perfection is really an subjective opinion, similar to beauty. Sometimes i find that its the slight imperfections that make something beautiful, as in nature or art. I do like buckley's version and feel it was sang better, however something about the numerous damien rice versions (not so much this one) that makes me feel the singers pain deeper, as if he understands the experience better ... just my two cents :)
jesterpox 1 year ago
@nat00ben06 mediocrity? are you an idiot? this is amazing. and even if you don't like his version of this song, go look up "cannonball" and "the blower's daughter". damien rice is not mediocre!!
0ngus 1 year ago
@nat00ben06: Ok I agree with you about Buckley's version being great, I'm not gona say the best as, as far as I'm concerned the original is the best, but Buckley's version is amazing. However, I have to disagree with you about the "Irish mediocrity" comment. As I'm Irish apart from being insulted at the comment, it's just plain wrong!! You need to go and listen to his album 'O' and then try and say that he's mediocre! You need to open your ears mate!
aoifs22 9 months ago
@aoifs22 I'm American, and "O" is on constant rotation at my house. Damien is brilliant.
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FiumanoF 1 year ago
jeff buckley still wins!
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BrightLightSyndrome 1 year ago
really nice song
andreedakkar 1 year ago
*song
Aliena22221 1 year ago
Amamzing son and amazing voice
Aliena22221 1 year ago
@Aliena22221 song*
fetilaradu 1 year ago
@fetilaradu thanks
Aliena22221 1 year ago
PEOPLE. Music is open to interpretation. For some people, the definitive version will be Cohen's. For others, Buckley's. And for others, Wainright's, etc.
I think we all can agree that this is a beautiful song, no matter who the singer is, and stop hating all the people who disagree. Musicality is relative, especially when it comes to covers, so it's quite futile to hate someone who just doesn't like what you do.
jesuisme94 1 year ago 6
PEOPLE. Music is open to interpretation. For some people, the definitive version will be Cohen's. For others, Buckley's. And for others, Wainright's, etc.
I think we all can agree that this is a beautiful song, no matter who the singer is, and stop hating all the people who disagree. Musicality is relative, especially when it comes to covers, so it's quite futile to hate someone who just doesn't like what you do.
jesuisme94 1 year ago
I think he's one of the very few successors of Cohen alive.
BrianGriffin83 1 year ago
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this is an a mazing song........iv done a duet version of of this song with my wife its worth a listen...........cheers again and what a great song :)
thechannelmj 1 year ago
How can this happen? One sometimes gets tired of hearing it so much. How can you get tired of eating ham?
mailconraul 1 year ago
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After reading seemingly hundreds of comments on various versions of this song, I've decided to compose one comment to cover them all:
1. Leonard Cohen wrote the damn song. And he's Canadian.
2. John Cale covered it first.
3. Jeff Buckley's cover owes a lot to Cale's arrangement.
4. If you refer to the song as "that Shrek song" you need to get out of the house more.
5. K.D. Lang is a lesbian, a vegan AND Canadian.
6. Rufus Wainwright is gay, and Canadian-American.
Copy and post as needed.
bmuscat 1 year ago 358
@bmuscat, Thanks - 2:25 AM at Pacific Grove, California 25 October 2010 and you made me laugh.
circle43cm 1 year ago
@bmuscat : ), If you were in front of me, I'd hand hug you.
MSAZgreen 1 year ago
@bmuscat and well, john cale is gay too.
(but, the sexuality of the artist, really matters?)
amotomen 1 year ago
@bmuscat
number 4 is best ... :D
schmellisch 1 year ago
@bmuscat lmao. thanks for the list, just made my day a little. #5. K.D. Land is a lesian, a vegan AND Canadian. Rofl
HayteTank 1 year ago
@bmuscat lol. Good comments.
vegasrenie 1 year ago
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stefgo26 1 year ago
@bmuscat
hahaha top! but you are so right with this comment :)
stefgo26 1 year ago
@bmuscat
And Allison Crowe's version is one of the best covers I've ever had the privilege of hearing say for Jeff Buckley's.
dalsims 1 year ago
@bmuscat
And Allison Crowe's version is one of the best covers I've ever had the privilege of hearing say for Jeff Buckley's.
dalsims 1 year ago
@bmuscat pro.
024ItinerantTangent 1 year ago
@bmuscat Really? 113 likes for that bigoted, ignorant statement? Youtube is full of asshole trolls, but I wouldn't expect them all to be watching Leonard Cohen videos.
yossarian20081 1 year ago
@bmuscat
you are god(ess)! we need more of your concise, pertinent and pointed commentary. (tho' you might want to add that, yes, K.D. Lang is barefooted)
snoopy5767 1 year ago
@bmuscat so what if people refer to this as a "shrek" song..there may be a lot of young listeners, children, who heard this song first on Shrek, so they associate it with Shrek. There is no need for an elitist attitude and make them feel bad about it.
MissusFingerBottom 1 year ago 2
@bmuscat cursing "damn" while reviewing "Hallelujah"......ignoramus
hemet92544 1 year ago
@bmuscat
thanx for the reminder
I'd just like to point out that Leonard Cohen version is terrible, lame, gloomy, and I hate it.
and I do like Leonard Cohen a lot ( "Suzanne" and so many beautiful songs)...
Jessminder3 1 year ago
@Jessminder3
It's supposed to be sad and gloomy! It's not a happy and cheerful song, it's meant to be sad!
urska06 1 year ago
@bmuscat hehehehhe. nice point of view
gudrn 1 year ago
@bmuscat
Awesome!
anaisamaris 1 year ago
@bmuscat THATS FUNNY SHIT...
MsMINDYLEE 11 months ago
@bmuscat damn mate/girl. nice reply ;) and GO CANADIANS :D just teasin
jennidot 11 months ago
@bmuscat Leonard Cohen is kind of Canadian. The Jewish type
mikeg12r 11 months ago
@bmuscat I second that, for sure!
AvalostK 11 months ago
@bmuscat i would like to give 310 thumbs down! first and for all you should not post comments 'to copy', second rufus wainright isn't gay, he has the best version of the song and it was him who did the shrek version and there are MUCH more covers than 6 and the one above sux
knorieworiebobsnor 9 months ago
@bmuscat Thanks for saying what was in desperate need of being said.
flyoverangel 9 months ago
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BrightLightSyndrome 1 year ago
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BrightLightSyndrome 1 year ago
i love how he stays very true to the song. he dosnt try to change it and fool people into thinking its his own. he stays very true to the song and lets people know he is doing a cover.
tributeforlife 1 year ago
He's got such a great voice and he sings from the heart.... that is why the audience can actually feel the emotion... what a marvelous singer and musician...
I hope with his talent, I hope that he'll be more successful than ever! =)
freespirit0129 1 year ago
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BrightLightSyndrome 1 year ago
check out alter bridges cover of this
mirrorimagesound 1 year ago
Regardless of who does amazing covers of this song (and yeah, I think this is a pretty good cover, really love Jeff Buckleys cover too) can we just agree this is a damn good song. And Leonard Cohen deserves big props for composing it.
whataboutredlorry 1 year ago 2
Now I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord; but you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth; the minor fall, the major lift.
The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Kalumnu 1 year ago
This song pierces my soul..everytime..
Damien Rice gives a gripping performance here. Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley's renditions are excellent as well. Also an honorable mention to Kate Voegele..she sounds like an angel singing this..
TeapotSpot 1 year ago
search for "hallelujah elisa" for me, the best version
elisante91 1 year ago
Wow this version is absolutely terrible.
manlyman111 1 year ago