Das Original findet sich auf dem Various Positions-Album von 1984. Davon knapp 700 Hallelujah-Versionen sind bekannt. Derzeit werden in Fan-Kreisen knapp 4000 Coverversionen gezählt.
I don't love this version, but I love this song, and I want to keep singing it so much that I might ask the chorus director if we can just keep it in our permanent repertoire.Die Zahl der Coverversionen von Leonard Cohen-Songs geht ins Unermessliche. As my choir director said after one rehearsal, "it just sings itself, doesn't it?" It's almost like an ancient folk song in that way - the melody is so singable, and both the words and music speak to emotional experiences that are so deep and universal. And not because we're that great - we're a community choir of people who just like to sing with other people, like a secular church choir - but because this song is just such a perfect vehicle for expressing deep emotion. When we performed it at a nighttime holiday festival last week, the entire crowd was rapt - silent or quietly singing along. I teared up a few times singing it in rehearsals and I know I'm not the only one. The chorus director chose it in September, but then Leonard Cohen died and THEN there was the Kate McKinnon version, and it just took on so much resonance. My chorus just performed a version based on this great Choir Choir Choir arrangement (which in turn is based on the Rufus Wainwright version). Posted by wildblueyonder at 1:01 PM on Decem I *think* my POV now is probably more correct, or at least more common, but did it come from acclimatizing or better perception for the expressive side of music? Is it wrong to appreciate the technical stylings and gloss over the feels? Not sure.
and eventually came to the same conclusion. As a choir geek I was taken aback and not entirely convinced, but I decided to give Simon and Garfunkel some sustained listening to see if I could hear what she heard. I played it for a friend, and she was not impressed and fairly vocal about it, saying sure, the KS were good technically, but it just didn't have the gravitas and feeling and authenticity of the original. They did a tour where they were doing some Simon & Garfunkel covers, including The Boxer, and that might have been my first real introduction to the song. When I was a late teen, I liked me some King's Singers. I know this can be partly subjective, though. There's a lot of technical talent on display but no soul.Ī while back somewhere (possibly here) I heard someone say "Pentatonix is what good music sounds like when you take out the music." That's probably over-harsh, but I think it accurately boils down to what you said. It never sounds like they believe what they're singing they could be non-English speakers who learned it phonetically. The backup harmonies are always great, but the lead vox are always that extra-grace-note, breathy Glee-style bullshit.
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