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Which version of Hallelujah recently covered by the X factor winner do you prefer?
I heard Kermit's version on Radio 1 yesterday!
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:25 AM
I really like Alex's version.
Just listened to the Leonard Cohen version on Youtube and it sounds very dated (funny that, eh :rolleyes:)
I also like the Jeff Buckley version, but think Alexandra puts more emotion into it
Which version for you Monkeyboy?
yorkie_chris
16-12-08, 02:27 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdItwaLrv1U
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:30 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdItwaLrv1U
:lol: Good old Eurovision :rolleyes::mrgreen:
Kilted Ginger
16-12-08, 07:48 AM
Don't care don't watch crap factor. :)
wyrdness
16-12-08, 07:49 AM
On my iTunes, I have versions by Imogen Heap, Jeff Buckley, John Cale (both live and studio), Leonard Cohen and Rufus Wainwright.
I've voted for Laughing Lenny's original, but Jeff Buckley's and John Cales versions are also superb.
I don't like the way the Rufus Wainright refuses to rhyme do y' with hallelujah and sings do you. The song doesn't work as well that way.
It sounds to me as if Lenny sings 'battle King', whereas everyone else sings 'baffled King' (but then my hearing is crap). Since the song is about King David (who slew Goliath), I would have thought that 'battle King' is more appropriate.
SoulKiss
16-12-08, 07:51 AM
Well the 1st version I heard was the Rufus Wainwright version used in Shrek
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RA6pq9Nv4dg
skidmarx
16-12-08, 07:56 AM
K.D.Lang of course, got bored with buckleys warblings, as for the rest....
wyrdness
16-12-08, 08:14 AM
keithd
Youtube link of keithd singing it, please.
Leonard Cohen always for me. I think he's done a newer version - I'll try to track it down.
His music and poetry are honey to my heart
Tiger 55
16-12-08, 08:24 AM
Rufus Wainwright as A.N. Other for me please. Having said that, when I downloaded it I was looking for the John Cale version. 'Tis a fine tune!
A N Other - anyone listen to radio one yesterday?
fizzwheel
16-12-08, 09:40 AM
keithd
You shoudl have gone on X factor you muppet.. you've missed your chance now
You shoudl have gone on X factor you muppet.. you've missed your chance now
you're joking? has it finished? no way!!
when was this on? they hushed it up this year didnt they...?
Luckypants
16-12-08, 10:10 AM
I really like Brigyn's Welsh version, top of Welsh charts for the last 4 weeks. It is the only non-English version to have been authorised for release as a single by Leonard Cohen. The lyrics are somewhat changed and have a relevance to the modern day.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sF_5WLagqIU
Apart from that, I just love the song so any version is good. :D
A N Other..
Bon Jovi's version (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRPfCRV2xI)is the best...
None of them, it's a sh*t song no matter who sings it.
Luckypants
16-12-08, 11:22 AM
None of them, it's a sh*t song no matter who sings it.
Bah! Humbug!
None of them, it's a sh*t song no matter who sings it.
....is the correct answer.
Samnooshka
16-12-08, 01:43 PM
Where is the "i don't give a carp!" option???
There isn't one Sam. I didn't count on people who don't like the song at all bothering coming in here to poo poo it.
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:07 PM
A N Other..
Bon Jovi's version (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRPfCRV2xI)is the best...
That's a pretty good version :cool:
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:13 PM
There isn't one Sam. I didn't count on people who don't like the song at all bothering coming in here to poo poo it.
:lol: Fair enough assumption :p.... in theory :rolleyes::mrgreen:
There isn't one Sam. I didn't count on people who don't like the song at all bothering coming in here to poo poo it.
there HAS to be this option on all polls, its known as the keithd law:smt040
There isn't one Sam. I didn't count on people who don't like the song at all bothering coming in here to poo poo it.
You should have known better. :rolleyes:
:lol: Fair enough assumption :p.... in theory :rolleyes::mrgreen:
Wrong answer. Mine however is correct.
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:49 PM
Wrong answer. Mine however is correct.
You're wrong again :rolleyes:
Amateur :p
joshmac
16-12-08, 02:50 PM
there HAS to be this option on all polls, its known as the keithd law:smt040
Apart from in the Soho Massive section :smt019
the soho massive section is wrong
hth
Apart from in the Soho Massive section :smt019
This is idle banter not Soho section.
Who's keithd?
Is it Keith D Lang?
joshmac
16-12-08, 03:14 PM
the soho massive section is wrong
hth
You and Apey really need to go back to school :rolleyes:
I thought they say that the older you get the wiser you become, but then again my gloves are supposed to be waterproof... Shows how wrong they really are :p
Now where did I put my coat? :mrgreen:
joshmac
16-12-08, 03:15 PM
Who's keithd?
Is it Keith D Lang?
Must be mate. Well it's certainly the only person who I know of who fits that description :p
joshmac
16-12-08, 03:16 PM
This is idle banter not Soho section.
Pfft minor details :rolleyes:
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 04:48 PM
None of them....:pukel: Not my cup of tea at all, :smt072 cant bear to listen to it! Who on earth chose that for her!? dont they normally write a new song for the winner? :smt102 :lol:
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 04:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdItwaLrv1U
Now that one I can stomach :D
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 04:55 PM
None of them, it's a sh*t song no matter who sings it.
Absolutely and totally agree...I mean why oh why would anyone want to sing it? Am I missing something!? :rolleyes:
rushes off to listen to some Hendrix to wash the sound of it out of my head :lol:
dizzyblonde
16-12-08, 06:52 PM
I like ths song whoever sings it. Im Indoors said it was preposterous that it was on Xfactor but i like it so ner
Apparently Leonard Cohen was forced into touring at the age of 74 after his manager cleared out Leonards bank account leaving him skint...no wonder i've heard this song everywhere lately
"My Lamb Buna" ... Radio 1 yesterday .. best so far
is it only me who thinks that the woman who won the X Factor was actually John Fashanu in a wig ?
Spokey
rubbish song like polishing a turd no matter how hard you try it's still a turd at the end of the day ha.
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 08:09 PM
"My Lamb Buna" ... Radio 1 yesterday .. best so far
is it only me who thinks that the woman who won the X Factor was actually John Fashanu in a wig ?
Spokey
:lol:
scooby2102
16-12-08, 09:35 PM
A N Other..
Bon Jovi's version (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRPfCRV2xI)is the best...
Richie, totally agree here, saw JBJ sing it live at Hampden in the summer, just him, a backing singer and his keyboard player, it was one of them "hair on the back of yer neck stands" moment, you could have heard a pin drop, audience were totally transfixed, best ever version I reckon
wyrdness
16-12-08, 09:43 PM
Especially for Mr Ape, the BBC's Hallelujah quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7783704.stm).
I scored 6 out of 8. Can you do better?
Gotta say that Bon Jovi version is very good.
dizzyblonde
16-12-08, 09:49 PM
Especially for Mr Ape, the BBC's Hallelujah quiz (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7783704.stm).
I scored 6 out of 8. Can you do better?
Gotta say that Bon Jovi version is very good.
nah, i got 6 too
wyrdness
16-12-08, 09:52 PM
rubbish song like polishing a turd no matter how hard you try it's still a turd at the end of the day ha.
The Times disagrees with you in a 2 page analysis of the song (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article409551.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1):
“Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah.”
The art is futile, because the woman doesn’t care. Instead, she humiliates and destroys the man, though, even as she does so, “from your lips she drew the hallelujah”. Man needs woman more than he needs art. The ejaculated hallelujah — a cry of praise to the Lord — is drawn forth not by David’s secret chord, but by his subjugation to Bathsheba. The remainder of the song brilliantly weaves this theme through a cinematic description of a failed affair, combined with strange but delicate images of a military parade, a “holy dove” and a western shoot-out. The fourth verse comes close to a genuinely optimistic eroticism.
ArtyLady
16-12-08, 09:54 PM
I couldn't possibly put myself through listening to it to do the quiz! :rolleyes: :lol:
dizzyblonde
16-12-08, 10:03 PM
The Times disagrees with you in a 2 page analysis of the song (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article409551.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1):
But, of course, Cohen doesn’t write songs like that. What he most commonly does is pour highly concentrated acid into very sweet and lyrical containers.
As I see it, Cohen was a miserable git, I'm sure I saw a film he made. Hes errr not the most conventional of people
EssexDave
17-12-08, 10:42 AM
I voted for jeff buckley but rufus wainright's version isn't too bad
martianskippy
17-12-08, 12:33 PM
Rufus Wainright, in the shrek guise..
Is it just me or does the x-factor version seems absolutely flat and emotionless? I don't watch x-factor or any shows of this kind as in my humble oppinion although they manage to find people with amazing voices, they are in no shape or form artists.. They sing songs bought by the label, in a way they are instructed to by the label. None of them can write their own songs or have any passion for music..
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 12:37 PM
Rufus Wainright, in the shrek guise..
Is it just me or does the x-factor version seems absolutely flat and emotionless? I don't watch x-factor or any shows of this kind as in my humble oppinion although they manage to find people with amazing voices, they are in no shape or form artists.. They sing songs bought by the label, in a way they are instructed to by the label. None of them can write their own songs or have any passion for music..
Actually if you look into it, while its the Wainright version thats on the soundtrack, its actually the John Cale version thats in the film........
As for the flatness - well thats because they do music like Honda builds motorcycles, technically they have everything, but they are soulless, because to give them character would drive someone away - I believe its called Mass Appeal :P
martianskippy
17-12-08, 12:43 PM
Actually if you look into it, while its the Wainright version thats on the soundtrack, its actually the John Cale version thats in the film........
As for the flatness - well thats because they do music like Honda builds motorcycles, technically they have everything, but they are soulless, because to give them character would drive someone away - I believe its called Mass Appeal :P
John Cale it is then :)
I couldn't agree more with the comparison to H*ndas :D
John Cale for me...... pure class.
Great song IMHO. Forgotten for a long time but has become v popular again. Will probably be forgotten again for another decade or so.
wyrdness
17-12-08, 01:42 PM
Rufus Wainright, in the shrek guise..
The version in Shrek is by John Cale, not Rufus Wainright.
SoulKiss
17-12-08, 01:53 PM
The version in Shrek is by John Cale, not Rufus Wainright.
I already said that
Actually if you look into it, while its the Wainright version thats on the soundtrack, its actually the John Cale version thats in the film........
As for the flatness - well thats because they do music like Honda builds motorcycles, technically they have everything, but they are soulless, because to give them character would drive someone away - I believe its called Mass Appeal :P
wyrdness
17-12-08, 01:59 PM
I already said that
Oops :oops: . I hadn't spotted that.
Luckypants
17-12-08, 02:44 PM
Listened to Radio2 for a while today and they were doing down the x-factor version....
Is the BBC trying to poo poo that version to let Terry Wogan be #1 at Christmas?:twisted:
sv-robo
17-12-08, 02:47 PM
None.....all sh1te....HTH:)
Is it just me or does the x-factor version seems absolutely flat and emotionless?....
Compressed to death.
Though the pub speaker's at lunch weren't doing it any favours.
skidmarx
17-12-08, 07:53 PM
Has anybody actually listened to the K.D. Lang version?
You don't need to reply if you don't like the song, unless you really have nothing better to do. And in that case shame on you!
Luckypants
17-12-08, 11:20 PM
Has anybody actually listened to the K.D. Lang version?
Yes, is good but not the best :)
slark01
17-12-08, 11:28 PM
Lordi-Hard Rock Hallelujah
you are talking about this song...right?
;):smt040
what about the happy mondays?
dizzyblonde
17-12-08, 11:44 PM
Obviously my version is the best;), sung in the Vic n Bob club style
halleyluyay, halleyluyay:takeabow: AA faaangyyyoo
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