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Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

This is Leonard Cohen performing Hallelujah on a tv show. For those of you who don't know, this man is the original writer of the song and this song has since been re-made and reworked by the likes of John Cale, Jeff Buckley, and Rufus Wainwright. Enjoy!

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FutureVillain : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

FutureVillain

6 votes NegativePositive

776 days 6 hours ago...

This guy is an excentric for sure....great singer-songwriter....great poet and a great novelist...his stuff is worth checking out...

And he's Canadian....

CockAsian_311 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

CockAsian_311

Hidden (Show Comment) -12 votes

776 days 3 hours ago...

fuck all this irrational religious ranting...nothing funny about this

bkVII : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

bkVII

Hidden (Show Comment) -17 votes

776 days 2 hours ago...

This is a fucking terrible interpretation of the song.

Rufus Wainwright's performance of this song was a dozen times more wonderful.

KreaBin : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

KreaBin

4 votes NegativePositive

776 days 2 hours ago...

Y'know hes not talking about god and religion. Well from the way I see it, hes talking about a girl, possible a prostitute. And sex acts...

WilliVanilli : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

WilliVanilli

12 votes NegativePositive

776 days 2 hours ago...

bkVII you're fuckin retarded, he's the original composer. anything else is an interpretation. read the description before you open your mouth and remove all doubt of stupidity.

NightGod : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

NightGod

1 votes NegativePositive

776 days 1 hour ago...

Holy crap, that is a HUGE stage for a TV show.

Ninjzz : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Ninjzz

0 votes NegativePositive

775 days 21 hours ago...

This is the song from Shrek i think it was on the first one
edit: yup it was first one
song by John Cale

h0ser : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

h0ser

0 votes NegativePositive

772 days ago...

beautiful song. moves me.

Mr.Kennedy : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

Mr.Kennedy

4 votes NegativePositive

771 days 23 hours ago...

hard to call this a "terrible interpretation of the song" when it's the original...

but i like buckley's the best. jeff buckley = god

canadiandude : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

canadiandude

0 votes NegativePositive

771 days 17 hours ago...

this will get voted down i'm sure, but!!!! Leonard Cohen is a great songwriter yes, but that's where it stops. The man has no rhythm whatsoever. Once upon a time I was stuck in the backseat of my aunt and uncle's car while heading back to Whistler. They had a Leonard Cohen CD on repeat. What I wouldn't have done for a bit o' cyanide at that moment. Torture, total and complete torture. No rhythm! None, nada, zip!

WilliVanilli : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

WilliVanilli

0 votes NegativePositive

771 days 16 hours ago...

ninjzz, it was rufus who sung the version in shrek, but thats cool.

PixelDogg : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

PixelDogg

2 votes NegativePositive

771 days 15 hours ago...

i love Jeff Buckley's and Gavin DeGraw's versions! simply awesome!

theshotgun : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

theshotgun

2 votes NegativePositive

771 days 1 hour ago...

lol @ morons who don't realize Cohen WROTE this fucking song.

Too bad he's broke now. Poor sap.

musenut : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

musenut

0 votes NegativePositive

769 days 22 hours ago...

This is terrible. We all know Cohen wrote the song, but Jeff Buckley made this song famous and beautiful, and to me his version will always be the best. Expand yourself and listen to Jeff, he is a saint. PS any version of any song used in a Shrek movie shouldn't even be brought up for mention Rufus fans, are you old enough to chat online?

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