Music

[tikiera]

Does anyone know of a cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallulejah that has his lyrics, not the Wainwright lyrics?

I love the song, but really, I love the lyrics of the Cohen version and the beat of the Wainwright cover.

I want the best of both worlds.

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[yud.livejournal.com]

According to Wikipedia, Leonard Cohen recorded multiple versions of it with differing lyrics. The Wikipedia article also conveniently lists some of the more popular covers of it, with exceprts you can listen to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song))

Unfortunately, it sounds like most of the cover recordings are based off John Cale's cover, but maybe you'll find one to suit your needs.

[tikiera.livejournal.com]

I am looking for the one that has the verse -

"And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah "

which it looks like it in the 1968 version. I haven't found a cover with those lines in yet - most of the covers seem to like the no hope at all version - but I will check out wikipedia, thanks!

Oh, and Hello! Are you someone I know under a different name, or just a visitor? :)

[yud.livejournal.com]

I'm just a random person, who had conveniently read that Wikipedia page not too long ago~

[tikiera.livejournal.com]

Cool.