Hallelujah (1 Viewer)

[Goodbye]

I hate the song

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The winner is of course Mr. Cohen.

Well, of course.
Everything else is imitation, however gilded.

 

[lympog]

oh lol

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/17/x-factor-hallelujah-jeff-buckley-alexandra-burke

"there is no doubt that Buckley's Hallelujah is sublime; it is a seven-minute exposition of orgasmic misery. Amplified by Buckley's death, the song has become talismanic: an anthem for those who "get it" – the musical equivalent of Donnie Darko. "

am i the only one who thinks the Buckley version is a piece of nauseating shit? (not a massive fan of the song in general to be honest)

 

[evil bandit]

Lenny stands to make a quarter million this week according to something I read in the guardian last week.

It'll stop old Laughing Len touring as much so.

I've not heard the new cover yet but is it true that they've taken out the 'remember when I moved in you" line as well as the "you let me know, what's really going on below" lines

 

[Yurn!]

It'll stop old Laughing Len touring as much so.

I've not heard the new cover yet but is it true that they've taken out the 'remember when I moved in you" line as well as the "you let me know, what's really going on below" lines

Proper order. those lines were disgusting.

 

[Unicron]

Proper order. those lines were disgusting.

"You're old and you're haggard".

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Aids Wank had a cracking version of this, totally recontextualised it as a mixture of field recording and autarchic dubstep, with a counter-intuitive 'melody' that emerges in the final stanza into a gorgeous hail of gonzo pluckling.

 

[Lili Marlene]

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3279&Itemid=206

'Hallelujah': let's just agree it's better than Bono and move on

Things we don't want to hear any more about until 2009: "Isn't Alexandra's version of 'Hallelujah' pointless/amazing, isn't it pointless/amazing that Jeff Buckley's version is back in the Top 3, isn't this a victory/a totally hollow victory for real music etc etc".The fact of the matter here is that the best ever version of 'Hallelujah' was by Jeff Buckley and the worst ever version of 'Hallelujah' is Bono's. Every other version of 'Hallelujah' between now and the end of time will sit somewhere between those two recordings.

As for whichever 'crusades' are currently running regarding the Buckley version - apparently there's one in The Sun - we fail to grasp how any of this is a 'real victory for real music over Simon Cowell's plastic pop rubbishzzzzzz' given that none of it would be happening without The X Factor. "Readers! Let's really teach Simon Cowell a lesson and show him that he's powerful enough to get Jeff Buckley in the Christmas Top 5 without lifting a single finger." "Oh and let's show that The X Factor is manipulative and not about music by making people buy a song not because they like it but as a token of their dislike for something else." LOGIC FAIL.

The 'victory for real music' brigade are really making no sense at all with this whole 'Hallelujah' business - what we have here is a victory for the ability to write melodies which are good enough for an X Factor winner's debut single. Cathy Dennis can do that, you know. She can also write songs like 'Toxic'. Did Leonard So-Called Cohen write 'Toxic'? No. (Subs please check) What has been established here is that Leonard Cohen could, if he wished, pitch some songs for the next Westlife album.

"Oh but it's the lyrics that make it so subversive." Yes. Very subversive. Considering nobody even knows what they actually mean. (??!) Well done everyone.



(As an aside, is it just us who finds any sort of 'crusade' to get a track 'back in the charts' completely embarrassing?)

 

[lympog]

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3279&Itemid=206

'Hallelujah': let's just agree it's better than Bono and move on

Things we don't want to hear any more about until 2009: "Isn't Alexandra's version of 'Hallelujah' pointless/amazing, isn't it pointless/amazing that Jeff Buckley's version is back in the Top 3, isn't this a victory/a totally hollow victory for real music etc etc".The fact of the matter here is that the best ever version of 'Hallelujah' was by Jeff Buckley and the worst ever version of 'Hallelujah' is Bono's. Every other version of 'Hallelujah' between now and the end of time will sit somewhere between those two recordings.

As for whichever 'crusades' are currently running regarding the Buckley version - apparently there's one in The Sun - we fail to grasp how any of this is a 'real victory for real music over Simon Cowell's plastic pop rubbishzzzzzz' given that none of it would be happening without The X Factor. "Readers! Let's really teach Simon Cowell a lesson and show him that he's powerful enough to get Jeff Buckley in the Christmas Top 5 without lifting a single finger." "Oh and let's show that The X Factor is manipulative and not about music by making people buy a song not because they like it but as a token of their dislike for something else." LOGIC FAIL.

The 'victory for real music' brigade are really making no sense at all with this whole 'Hallelujah' business - what we have here is a victory for the ability to write melodies which are good enough for an X Factor winner's debut single. Cathy Dennis can do that, you know. She can also write songs like 'Toxic'. Did Leonard So-Called Cohen write 'Toxic'? No. (Subs please check) What has been established here is that Leonard Cohen could, if he wished, pitch some songs for the next Westlife album.

"Oh but it's the lyrics that make it so subversive." Yes. Very subversive. Considering nobody even knows what they actually mean. (??!) Well done everyone.



(As an aside, is it just us who finds any sort of 'crusade' to get a track 'back in the charts' completely embarrassing?)

i drank my piss water for christmas 2006 - it got to number 78...
true story

 

[Pedronimus]

Mary Coughlan has a version of it. But with a harp doing the guitar lines from the Jeff Buckley one. She sounds a bit like David Norris singing it, but in tune.