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"It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion ...
"It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.... It's a rather joyous song." ~ Leonard Cohen, creator of the song, Hallelujah
Canadian indie singer-songwriter Allison Crowe's uniquely potent interpretation is heard on her album, "Tidings". (The song enjoys increasingly wide appreciation - most recently featured in a tv performance by American Idol contestant Jason Castro, and, by Leonard Cohen himself as the sun set on Glastonbury 2008.)
"It's not hard to see why Crowe's Hallelujah -- recorded in a single take -- is popular. It's one of Leonard Cohen's most affecting songs, and the 26-year-old, accompanying herself on piano, makes it her own with raw honesty and formidable vocal power. It's simultaneously heart-breaking and redemptive, and it has captured the imaginations of people around the world. 'The song itself is just so emotionally resonant,' Crowe said modestly this week." ~ Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist (Canada)
"Bet you thought you heard all the versions you need to hear of this song, right? Think again, because Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Scottish, Irish, and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing." ~ Record of the Day (UK)
"Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen. This song has somehow become Crowe's signature, if a singer who defies description as stubbornly as she does has a signature... Cohen's original version is a spoken poem, all of the meaning contained in the words. Crowe's version is a living thing, a meditation and a celebration and a benediction." ~ anacronym (Canada)
"Crowe's warm, natural, passionate - and need I add lovely? - voice are perhaps shown to best effect on another glorious standard, Leonard Cohen's magnificent and deeply spiritual quest for faith, Hallelujah." ~ Martin Levin, Women's Post (Canada)
"j'ai rarement été bouleversée à ce point par une voix féminine. Pure comme de la glace, puissante et même violente sur la reprise de l'Hallelujah de Leonard Cohen." (en Francais - English translation follows) "I have never been so moved by a woman's voice. Pure as ice, powerful and even violent on the cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah." ~ SplinterMuse (France)
"(Jeff) Buckley especially just blew the song to pieces and every artist after him has tried and failed to put it back together. Until now. Allison Crowe manages to pump 'Hallelujah' full of all the soaring vocals and raw emotion that it requires. And the result is a big beautiful lump in the throat." ~ Muruch (USA) blog praises the Buckley and Crowe versions as very different, each great in its own way
Allison's hometown covers the whole of Canada - from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island to Corner Brook, Newfoundland. It's a land rich with songs of glory, joy and rare, natural, beauty.
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Jeff Buckley Hallelujah (C) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT ...
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Leonard Cohen singing Hallelujah in concert. Taken from the documentry Songs From The Life Of Leonard Cohen ...
Leonard Cohen singing Hallelujah in concert. Taken from the documentry
Songs From The Life Of Leonard Cohen.
Unfortunately the last verse is cut out.
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Hallelujah, with Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, the Webb Sisters and backing musicians. Thanks to Michael & Emily Eavis ...
Hallelujah, with Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson, the Webb Sisters and backing musicians. Thanks to Michael & Emily Eavis of Pilton, near Glastonbury, England, for the Leonard Cohen gig. Update: Cohen was at the Big Chill, England, 3rd August 2008 (see that on youtube, too). Now it's his big new autumn tour...coming up! PS - Hallelujah was *not* written by Jeff Buckley!!!
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KD Lang's Juno Awards in Winnipeg in 2005 Performance on Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Thank you Ken! ...
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Hallelujah Leonard Cohen ...
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"It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion ...
"It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion... It's a rather joyous song." ~ Leonard Cohen
By request, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen's song, fittingly described by Allison Crowe as "awesome", is seen/heard here performed live in the tv studio. It's part of Crowe's "Tidings" special ~ broadcast across Canada each December (since 2003 by CHUM's A-Channel network) and her album of the same name. The one-hour music program was created by Producer Doug Slack and his team "Inside Pandora's Box". Allison Crowe joins a host of artists, including Dresden Dolls, kd lang, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and John Cale, each in their own ways, expressing the genius of Leonard Cohen.
"Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'... it's one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I am happy to report that Allison Crowe does it justice and then some. Her voice will give you chills. If it doesn't, check your pulse, you may not be alive. It's incredibly moving." ~ Amy Lotsberg, Collected Sounds (USA)
"...a radiant, rousing, celebratory rendition of Leonard Cohen's lovely 'Hallelujah' " ~ Shirley Goldberg, Mo Magazine (Canada)
"Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' which, as performed by Allison Crowe, may be one of the most amazing things ever recorded onto magnetic tape." ~ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi (USA)
"HALLELUJAH is absolutely the best version I have ever heard of that song...and there have been some almost perfect recordings of it. But (Crowe)s takes the cake. Powerful, yet vulnerable. Sexy and innocent. Just amazing." ~ Steven Stewart, MusicFreedom (Finland)
"Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen. This song has somehow become Crowe's signature, if a singer who defies description as stubbornly as she does has a signature... Cohen's original version is a spoken poem, all of the meaning contained in the words. Crowe's version is a living thing, a meditation and a celebration and a benediction." ~ anacronym (Canada)
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The Senior Choir of Wilfred Jury Public School under the direction of Rosemary Bannerman perform Leonard Cohen's ...
The Senior Choir of Wilfred Jury Public School under the direction of Rosemary Bannerman perform Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" as the closing number for the prelude to begin the Christian Family Sunday service on June 18, 2008 at Strathroy United Church.
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was first recorded on his 1984 album Various Positions. It has been covered numerous times and featured in the soundtracks of several movies and television shows.
Different cover versions of "Hallelujah", and different performances by Leonard Cohen himself, sometimes include different lyrics from those in Cohen's original 1984 recording. However, although individual words do change between various versions, most of the variation may be due to selection from Cohen's complete lyrics rather than additions by the cover artist. In a 2001 interview with The Observer, John Cale said:
After I saw [Cohen] perform at the Beacon I asked if I could have the lyrics to "Hallelujah". When I got home one night there were fax paper rolls everywhere because Leonard had insisted on supplying all 15 verses."
The original recording from 1984 is noted for containing explicit biblical references in the lyrics, alluding to David's harp-playing used to soothe King Saul (I Sam. 16:23), and his later affair with Bathsheba after watching her bathe from his roof. The line "she broke your throne and she cut your hair" is likely a reference to the source of Samson's strength from the Book of Judges. The third verse mentions "the name" (Tetragrammaton). In these instances, the lyrics are overtly sexual. Jeff Buckley called his own rendition of the song an homage to "the hallelujah of the orgasm".
In 1994, Cohen released a substantially different version on the album Cohen Live (recorded in 1988), retaining only the final verse from Various Positions. In this version, the lyrics became more explicitly sexual, and the music was slightly reworked. Many cover artists mix lyrics from both versions, and occasionally make other changes (such as Rufus Wainwright singing "holy dark" and Allison Crowe singing "Holy Ghost" rather than "holy dove").
In the section of the lyrics "the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift", the chords move as described in the lyrics. In C major, for example, the chords would move as follows: F ('the fourth'), G ('the fifth'), Am (a movement downwards and to a minor chord), F (a movement upwards, and to a major chord).
As well as recording a cover of the original version, in February 2007 Alistair Griffin rewrote the lyrics to reference the soccer player Mark Viduka. Leonard Cohen gave permission for this to be released as a charity download in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Lincoln Brewster released a rewritten and retitled version, "Another Hallelujah" on its album "All to You" in August, 2005.
Welsh rock-outfit Lostprophets uses the song's sentence "I've seen this room and I've walked this floor" in their track "Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time)" on their 2006 album Liberation Transmission. It is not clear if this use is coincidental or not.
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performing the classic Leonard Cohen song on the UK BBC TV show Later .... With Jools Holland Brd: 12 November 2004 ...
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For HIGH QUALITY & STEREON version: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r7iWBMlo-ZE&fmt=18 Song: Hallelujah Artist: Leonard ...
For HIGH QUALITY & STEREON version: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r7iWBMlo-ZE&fmt=18
Song: Hallelujah
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Album: Various Positions
Year: 1984
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Leonard Cohen at Rosenborg Castle 5 July 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark ...
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Great cover-version of this song which Jeff Buckley made famous. There's lots of out-of-tune singing (crowd) and out-of ...
Great cover-version of this song which Jeff Buckley made famous. There's lots of out-of-tune singing (crowd) and out-of-rhytm handclapping (crowd again) there, but it's not me, so don't you dare judge me for spoiling this ^______^
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This is from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005 at the Wine Bar in the Gilded Balloon on the final night of the fringe ...
This is from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005 at the Wine Bar in the Gilded Balloon on the final night of the fringe. Highlight of my trip. Geradline Quinn sings this duet with Tim.
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Cover of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah ...
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Rufus & Martha Wainwright - Hallelujah - Glastonbury 2007 Martha Wainwright is a genius! I like when everybody cheers her ...
Rufus & Martha Wainwright - Hallelujah - Glastonbury 2007
Martha Wainwright is a genius! I like when everybody cheers her genius and it makes her smile...
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The Last Ditch Stand covering Leonard Cohens Hallelujah on a roof in Berkley ...
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Leonard Cohen performing 'Hallelujah' (not from the beginning) live at Passeio Marítimo de Algés, near Lisboa, Portugal ...
Leonard Cohen performing 'Hallelujah' (not from the beginning) live at Passeio Marítimo de Algés, near Lisboa, Portugal.
19-07-2008, last tour of the man.
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