Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, Dublin 2008

The fantastic Leonard Cohen performing Hallelujah in Kilmainham Hospital, Dublin, June 13th 2008

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• Leonard
• Cohen
• Dublin
• Ireland
• June
• 2008
• Hallelujah
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[izaacmusic1]

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.

[gk3mat]

OMG He look like Magneto ;-)

[warrax111]

@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

[greenbluekites06]

@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

[allewetter10]

@izaacmusic1

I agree

[ozsfi]

@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..

[taceymg13]

@gk3mat I think he looks more like Dustin Hoffman but sings like Michael the Archangel!

[Albydance]

hallelujah for all people in the world !!!

alby

[hellodalai0523]

@gk3mat What??? From the sublime to the ridiculous!

[izaacmusic1]

@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.