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polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
edited June 2010 in Other Music
will leonard cohen's hallelujah be the most covered song of all time? ... everyone's heard the buckley cover but crikey ... lately i've seen so many covers of this song ... seeing an article saying someone on american idol did it prompted a search and i see that some band called the canadian tenors (who i have never heard of despite living here) did it too ...

i think this is one of the greatest songs written ...

anyhoo ... this to me is the best cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    That is indeed an amazing song, I would like to hear Eddie do it myself. Well, that was what I was thinking last evening watching Lee do it on AI.
  • CantKeepMeHereCantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    polaris_x wrote:
    will leonard cohen's hallelujah be the most covered song of all time? ... everyone's heard the buckley cover but crikey ... lately i've seen so many covers of this song ... seeing an article saying someone on american idol did it prompted a search and i see that some band called the canadian tenors (who i have never heard of despite living here) did it too ...

    i think this is one of the greatest songs written ...

    anyhoo ... this to me is the best cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE


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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    polaris_x wrote:
    seeing an article saying someone on american idol did it.

    anyhoo ... this to me is the best cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE
    Hardly surprising as the UKs winner of the XFactor also sang it. I think both programmes are to do with Simon dickhead Cowell. Good version by KD.

    Sorry about the horrific over the top cheesy video. I think it was made in the US.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuXbkrA_AQ
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i saw leonard cohen in concert last year and it was definitely one of the many highlights ...

    it just seems to me that it's been covered A LOT ... not sure what other song has been done so many times ...
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    pandora wrote:
    that was what I was thinking last evening watching Lee do it on AI.
    Me and Cole enjoyed the hell out of that!! It was bad ass I must say
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    I doubt it'll ever top some of the Beatles.

    Let It Be comes to mind immediately

    Isn't Yesterday to most covered song of all time?
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    DewieCox wrote:
    I doubt it'll ever top some of the Beatles.

    Let It Be comes to mind immediately

    Isn't Yesterday to most covered song of all time?

    i have never heard a commercial cover of any of those songs ... not to say there aren't any ... i just haven't heard any ...
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    polaris_x wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    I doubt it'll ever top some of the Beatles.

    Let It Be comes to mind immediately

    Isn't Yesterday to most covered song of all time?

    i have never heard a commercial cover of any of those songs ... not to say there aren't any ... i just haven't heard any ...

    Let It Be and Hallelujah are high on the list b/c alotta people view them as religious tunes.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_%28song%29 Guiness record holder

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_%28song%29 Plenty of popular cover versions by some big names.
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    DewieCox wrote:
    Let It Be and Hallelujah are high on the list b/c alotta people view them as religious tunes.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_%28song%29 Guiness record holder

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_%28song%29 Plenty of popular cover versions by some big names.

    cool ... thx for that ... interesting because you wouldn't think song that are THAT popular would get covered as much ...
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    how has no one mentioned Rufus Wainwrights version? Thats the one i heard first
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    or damien rice's version
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    how has no one mentioned Rufus Wainwrights version? Thats the one i heard first

    that's the crux of this thread ... i'm now gonna say the most covered least popular original song ever ... hahaha ...
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    polaris_x wrote:
    will leonard cohen's hallelujah be the most covered song of all time? ... everyone's heard the buckley cover but crikey ... lately i've seen so many covers of this song ... seeing an article saying someone on american idol did it prompted a search and i see that some band called the canadian tenors (who i have never heard of despite living here) did it too ...

    i think this is one of the greatest songs written ...

    anyhoo ... this to me is the best cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE

    This song has been on my mind since February and the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. k.d.'s version there was truly breathtaking, 60 000 people silent in hushed awe . . . even the announcers seemed stunned at the end.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-bj4Tcc ... re=related

    Btw, you can download a package of three versions of k.d.'s cover of Hallelujah on iTunes. Well worth it :D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    pandora wrote:
    That is indeed an amazing song, I would like to hear Eddie do it myself. Well, that was what I was thinking last evening watching Lee do it on AI.

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    how has no one mentioned Rufus Wainwrights version? Thats the one i heard first

    shrek soundtrack???
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    I first heard everybody knows while watching the Christian Slater 90's flick pump up the volume and have been a fan ever since

    a much under rated teen classic imo. 8-)
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    catefrances wrote:
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    I first heard everybody knows while watching the Christian Slater 90's flick pump up the volume and have been a fan ever since

    a much under rated teen classic imo. 8-)

    God, I loved that movie :D:D Defo a classic cate.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Fifthelement wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    I first heard everybody knows while watching the Christian Slater 90's flick pump up the volume and have been a fan ever since

    a much under rated teen classic imo. 8-)

    God, I loved that movie :D:D Defo a classic cate.

    im not even sure if my girls have seen this one considering all the crap they subjected me to....freddie prinz im looking at you... i should enlighten them.
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Pump Up The Volume is an awesome film, and that was the first time I heard Cohen too, I love that song.

    As for Hallelujah covers, I think my favourite will always be Jeff Buckley's because that's the one I heard first. Myles kennedy does a great version too, very similar voice to Jeff's:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgTBDRCGjKU
  • cajunkiwicajunkiwi Posts: 984
    Buckley's version is incredible... that's why it stunned/confused me to read that Cohen himself said Bon Jovi's version is the best. Someone needs to ship a copy of Mystery White Boy to Cohen, stat!
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • Dru_CortezDru_Cortez Posts: 953
    Fifthelement wrote:
    This song has been on my mind since February and the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. k.d.'s version there was truly breathtaking, 60 000 people silent in hushed awe . . . even the announcers seemed stunned at the end.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-bj4Tcc ... re=related

    Btw, you can download a package of three versions of k.d.'s cover of Hallelujah on iTunes. Well worth it :D

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cajunkiwi wrote:
    Buckley's version is incredible... that's why it stunned/confused me to read that Cohen himself said Bon Jovi's version is the best. Someone needs to ship a copy of Mystery White Boy to Cohen, stat!

    WHAT!? no way. the man was clearly tripping when he said that.
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    catefrances wrote:
    cajunkiwi wrote:
    Buckley's version is incredible... that's why it stunned/confused me to read that Cohen himself said Bon Jovi's version is the best. Someone needs to ship a copy of Mystery White Boy to Cohen, stat!

    WHAT!? no way. the man was clearly tripping when he said that.

    Hmm, really? When did Cohen say that? Maybe he was joking :? :D:lol::lol::lol:
    In 2008, Anjani Thomas, girlfriend of Leonard Cohen stated:

    Why not revisit ‘Hallelujah’ you might ask? At this she laughs. “After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006 [where Cohen was being inducted] we looked at each other and said, ‘well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It’s really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection’. I don’t think I could even try it, because it’s been so magnificently done. Really, I think all the versions out there are such a testament to his songwriting talents, wherever that gift comes from.”

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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Dru_Cortez wrote:
    Fifthelement wrote:
    This song has been on my mind since February and the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. k.d.'s version there was truly breathtaking, 60 000 people silent in hushed awe . . . even the announcers seemed stunned at the end.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-bj4Tcc ... re=related

    Btw, you can download a package of three versions of k.d.'s cover of Hallelujah on iTunes. Well worth it :D

    Emphatic + 1.
    I've never been big on k.d.,
    but she broke hearts + healed spirits
    with that song.
    Thanx so much for the tip about the iTunes connection.
    My gf will be all over that!
    Cheers.



    Yeah, I've never been big on her either, though I've always admired her voice. You're welcome about the iTunes tip, I'm sure she'll love it :D
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