Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (Comparison Challenge)

*Who do you think is the best?!*
-Leonard Cohen (the Original)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJxI2M2C28
-Jeff Buckley?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfaDXWlIaI4
-Rufus Wainwright?
-Kate Voegele?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7IFj3CbPQ
-Alexandra Burke?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3MvYtZQvUc
-Espen Lind, Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes, Kurt Nilsen?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1maJxNdUH4
*Rate the videos and we'll see!!!*
1st - Kate Voegele
2nd - Leonard Cohen (has a slightly lower rating than Buckley but has a ton more views)
3rd - Jeff Buckley
4th - Espen Lind, Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes, Kurt Nilsen
5th - Rufus Wainwright
6th - Alexandra Burke

Lyrics:

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

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty
in the moonlight
overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne,
she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

***I Claim NO Rights To This Song Or Picture***

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rufus
• Wainwright
• Hallelujah
• cover
• lyrics

[vespercha007]

I like this one best. 

[wolfc2501]

Rufus - any day

[burleq]

Rufus. Perfect.

[WaltzingMtilda]

Best version ever:

New Hollow

[rochey1010]

This is the first version i heard during Shrek.....Still doesn't beat Buckley's, but def the 2nd best cover IMO <33

[davidyounever]

Jeff Buckley



[doctorwest65]

I like John Cale's version the best so far.

[kylev2004]

Buckley. No question. He pours out his heart like it was his last breath.

[janvansteenbergen]

@MaitreDJ Thats so true.

[FetusLovesYou]

JEFF BUCKLEY

RUFAS WAINWRIGHT!

NUFF SAID!