im very annoyed to not see Jeff Buckley's name on the list of performers, while Rufus Wainwright's does appear. Anybody who has heard Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" is fully aware of its clear superiority over Wainwright's overblown, overrated rendition.
shareerrm....considering that Buckley died in 97 and the film was recorded in 05, I'm actually quite glad not to see his name on the list of performers.
shareBuckley ruined that song, as far as I'm concerned. Had it been his own tune, I would have been fine with it, but his delivery completely changed the feeling and meaning of the song. Worse than that, he changed the lyrics. YOU DON'T *beep* WITH LEONARD COHEN'S LYRICS!
shareThose were Leonard Cohen’s lyrics that Buckley used. Check out the version of Hallelujah on “Cohen Live” the lyrics are completely different than the original.
I actually like Cohen’s live version better......
Baby, I've been here before.
I know this room, I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
Yeah I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
But listen, love is not some kind of victory march,
No it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, (Hallelujah...)
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below,
Ah but now you never show it to me, do you?
Yeah but I remember, yeah when I moved in you,
And the holy dove, she was moving too,
Yes every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Maybe there's a God above,
As for me, all I've ever seemed to learn from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
Yeah but it's not a complaint that you hear tonight,
It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light
No it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
I did my best, 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 to fool you.
Yeah even tough it all went wrong
I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Whatever. Doesn't change the fact that he mutilated it with quasi-operatic asspeckery.
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"Have you heard the Various Positions version? I like it, but I really don't think many people do. It's not very well produced."
Of course. It's my favorite version. I love the fact that it could almost come across as a happy song if not for Cohen's deadpan delivery. He makes it sarcastic, which I prefer over Buckley's melodrama.
Funny you should mention the production. I've had a few classes with Leanne Ungar. I'll ask her about her process sometime.
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Actually, every singer who does that song changes the lyrics, even only slightly.
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
I read somewhere That Leonard Cohen had many verses of Hallelujah that he never recorded. He gave them to John Cale who did the version that Buckley later did.
shareThe original song had 80 verses and ran 15 pages. John Cale chose the verses in his cover and others followed, included Cohen in his later performances of the song. Buckley's cover is horrendous imo but I'm not crazy about Wainwright either. Cale is the best of the three. Best cover now is KD Lang's esp. her version at the Juno Awards in Canada. It's available on YouTube.
share"im very annoyed to not see Jeff Buckley's name on the list of performers, while Rufus Wainwright's does appear. Anybody who has heard Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" is fully aware of its clear superiority over Wainwright's overblown, overrated rendition.
well, I for one wasn't surprised not to see Buckley's name, seeing how he's dead and all...
Nick Cave sucked, and so did Wainwright. Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah" is the best. Jennifer Warnes' rendition of "Famous Blue Raincoat" rules.
End of review.
I say what about the superiority of Concrete Blonde's version of 'Everybody Knows' over this Wainwright guy's awful Latin matriarchy band sounding performance in the concert.
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