Hallelujah

[Maru Kitteh]

I am not religious, but this song speaks deeply still, and seems so appropriate today.

"“This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can… reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that’s what I mean by ‘Hallelujah’.

The song explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist, and all the perfect and broken hallelujahs have equal value. It’s a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.”

https://auralcrave.com/en/2020/01/19/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-the-meaning-of-the-lyrics/

A sung by Raúl Esparza

[Wounded Bear]

1. There really are a LOT of good covers to that song...

somehow it seems to fit everybody's style just fine.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. I would love to see more. It would be great to see everyone post

their favorites.

[marked50]

4. I would love to do that. One of my favorite Leonard Cohen Creations. I have many Covers to list.

No special order.

John & Lindsey (Skeye)

Pentatonix

K.D.Lang

And 2 Side Favorite's From Leonard that is not "Hallelujah"

[Wounded Bear]

8. Hard to beat the Pentatonix version on sheer creativity...

they always amaze, for sure.

[JudyM]

12. That John & Lindsey performance is gorgeous.

I love his understated but rich guitar styling and the clarity and catch in her vocals.
Going to have to check them out, thanks!

[marked50]

15. I agree. It is one of my favorite covers.

There are two things that grabbed me. The first was the intimate connection between the two of them and the second was the connection to times past of my remembrance of times spent in a college dormitory listening to others performing songs to take advantage of the acoustics, back in the early 70's.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Thanks for all of those, some I'd never heard.

Just amazing.

[JudyM]

5. Well...

Of course this moment in time captured so poignantly...

But then for straight-up quality, this artist would be it for me (this performance chosen only because of the extra poignancy of summer of 2010, what a time of innocence for us, the calm before the demonic rethug assumption of the Senate):

[marked50]

6. Beautiful. Added to my list. Wow.

[Aristus]

10. My wife and I both burst into tears when we saw the cold opening of SNL that week.

We were still reeling. And sometimes it feels like we've never stopped...

[Disaffected]

11. Yes, and I still remember that like it was yesterday.

The highlight of the Olympics IMO.

[tblue37]

9. Here:

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[FM123]

3. This song (no matter who is singing it) always moves me deeply....

[Maru Kitteh]

17. I haven't been able to listen to it since after President Hillary Clinton

had to watch her office awarded to a monster.

[Lars39]

7. Found this version the other day...

[Mosby]

13. The song in hebrew, sung by the IDF

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[nolabear]

14. Here's maybe the first very widely played version.

I played this over and over and over. I’m partial to kd lang but this is ethereal.

[cry baby]

16. My favorite. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Very moving nolabear

[crickets]

19. Thanks everyone for all of the great versions of this song.

Any more?

[Journeyman]

20. Many great versions posted here . . .

Thanks to all for your contributions. Every version I admire is here (along with a few new favorites).