al**bear
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In response to jd.linklater

‎11-11-2016 6:05 AM

Leonard Cohen has passed away, wrote some of the best songs of the last 50 years

 

Including this, maybe one of the most covered songs of all time.

 

 

Hard to choose a version, but I love this one by fellow Canadian Allison Crowe

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMOdVXAPJ0

 

 

Cohen wrote numerous versions, some religious, some more about a sadomasochistic liaison, where Hallelujah, means the man is surrendering - check the various Lyrics 

 

Even He knew He wasn't a great singer, but He did Have stage Presence

 

compare His original to the above - btw He did many versions on stage

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIuCwnnDq8k

Allison Crowe - Hallelujah - live-in-the-studio
Allison Crowe - Hallelujah - live-in-the-studio
youtube.com/watch?v=vIMOdVXAPJ0
"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," says Leonard Cohen, creator of the song, Hallelujah. "I wanted to write something in the tradition of the hallelujah choruses but from a different