![]() ![]() ![]() lang included Hallelujah on her all-Canadian album Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004) and there was no looking back. The Shrek soundtrack album, with Rufus Wainwright now singing the song, sold millions, k.d. Still, it was only after Buckley’s death in 1997 and then the use of Cale’s version in the film Shrek (2001) that Hallelujah became ubiquitous. Then Jeff Buckley included it on Grace in 1994. John Cale recorded the song for his tribute to Cohen, I’m Your Fan, in 1991. Its first appearance, on Cohen’s album Various Positions, came at the end of 1984 and went practically unnoticed except by Bob Dylan, who performed it at concerts four years later. Though the song is now ubiquitous, it was what they call a ‘‘sleeper’’. It must be, or why would it have been sung – complete with its references to being tied to a kitchen chair – by a large chorus at the memorial service for the victims of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria? Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah is a song about a powerful sexual obsession, ennobled by Old Testament references to King David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.A Leonard Cohen classic is unpicked in this extract from The Song Remains the Same: 800 Years of Love Songs, Laments and Lullabies. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” What a moving performance! We hope you enjoyed it, and it was able to brighten your day! It's my second favorite, next to the master himself, Leonard Cohen. “Bon Jovi isn't over-singing it or going for the power notes or using it to show his vocal range like so many artists who cover this song. This version is understated and beautifully sung, just the way it was meant to be,” writes another person on YouTube. “Finally! I’ve been searching for the perfect version of this song and I finally found it,” comments one person on YouTube after watching this music video. And the added violin parts in this performance make it sound so magical. The pairing of Bon Jovi’s powerful and distinguishable voice with these beautiful lyrics are just wonderful. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah” The minor fall, the major lift, the baffled king composing Hallelujah ![]() “I'd heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lordīut you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, ![]()
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