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timepiececlockI think I must be the only person on the internet who doesn't prefer the Rufus Wainwright version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. That's the one I always see being used on vids, and personal CD mixes. And that's a shame.
It's an ok one, but honestly, there are better versions. Cohen's original is of course good, but Jeff Buckley's is the best of all the 5 or so versions I've heard to date. Much better than Wainwright's cover.
It's an ok one, but honestly, there are better versions. Cohen's original is of course good, but Jeff Buckley's is the best of all the 5 or so versions I've heard to date. Much better than Wainwright's cover.
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Date: 2003-12-19 04:15 pm (UTC)But, see default icon.
I'm a Cohen original all the way, though I'm torn between the studio version, and the version on Cohen Live. I think the best cover of it is John Cale's.
And I think the best Cohen cover ever is the hilariously drunken version of Tower of Song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The weird Jean-Louis Murat version of Avalanche (translated into French) also works well for me.
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