This song may not be able to repair a broken heart.... but it can show you where every damn piece is...
@keonda55696 жыл бұрын
+Frankie Diaz thats a copied comment from a guy that posted it 3 years from now u bitch
@michaelshutters40835 жыл бұрын
there is a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in
@mohsinanawal23875 жыл бұрын
That's a lovely description.
@deniselee57294 жыл бұрын
This song is beautiful and definitely touches your heart ❤️
@maximusdecimusmeridius55004 жыл бұрын
I think one should look into the etymology of the word hallelujah and its meaning.HalleluYAH as in the praise you the lord YAHushua Ha'mashiach AKA Jesus Christ.🙏🏼
@TheIkaraCult2 жыл бұрын
John Cale's version was the first version I came across. I think the first version you come across is the version that means the most to you.
@andrewcyes2049Ай бұрын
Heard Cohen's version first, but this is the definitive one
@SturgisNikides8 жыл бұрын
Many have tried, but few succeed. John's is the definitive version of Leonard's crowning achievement.
@stopgeorge8 жыл бұрын
Leonard Cohen would disagree. He crowned k.d. Lang as the owner of the song now.
@michaeldine91577 жыл бұрын
This will always be my favorite version of this song, the timing, the placement of the notes, the passion in his voice, are all things that put this song far above the other versions...however the meal worms and crickets creep me out a bit
@Ace1King16 жыл бұрын
stopgeorge KD Lang is the owner of weirdness.
@michaelpdrock16 жыл бұрын
I dunno., Jeff Buckley has so much emotion, and the effect on the guitar...so moving
@johnnypastrana67275 жыл бұрын
I prefer Leonard's performance...love it when composers sing their own damn songs...
@Vampyro1814 жыл бұрын
I cry every time I hear this song. I remember it was playing when one of my closest cousin killed himself. I can't help but remember his cold hands when I saw him in the hospital. This song was playing in his room. . . To this day I can't bring myself to go to his grave without breaking down. Screaming for God to give him back to me. R.I.P Jesse Guyden III, Nov. 13, 1972 - March 14, 2007. "Good night my sweet cousin. May your tears be shed no more."
@colincampbell437 Жыл бұрын
God bless
@veronicam53839 ай бұрын
I see your pain ❤ bless you and your s cousin. Loss by suicide is a different kind of grief. Sending love.
@markboller43135 ай бұрын
May God comfort u. ❤❤❤
@miask5 ай бұрын
I’m sorry. May God comfort you. Your cousin is resting in His arms now.
@etherfelix49324 ай бұрын
love you buddy. smile today!
@davidnelson6874 Жыл бұрын
This is the definitive version of the song.
@ClaudioChecca-z6s8 ай бұрын
Hay muchas voces de esta canción, pero pienso que está es la mejor interpretación. Aleluya.
@JerichoJulius05 жыл бұрын
This version is, in my opinion, the best one. The way he sings it feels 'weak', and not in a bad way. The weak, tired, and broken sound that perfectly suits the song. Love it.
@lamestudiosinc4184 жыл бұрын
That's a really interesting way to say that he's a mediocre singer.
@jpcpm13404 жыл бұрын
@@lamestudiosinc418 Fail
@Tasonir4 жыл бұрын
100% Agree. The Pentatonix cover that youtube keeps recommending utterly fails on this. They're all great singers, but they had to make the song sound "powerful" which is just not the way to do this song.
@slc3082 жыл бұрын
Not weak. Broken, cold, tired, like a man who has lived it and regrets it but cherishes it. Like the johnny cash hurt cover. It's something only age and experience can portray correctly.
@j.c77192 жыл бұрын
John Cale is literally one of the most genius songwiters, musicians, lyricists and producers to ever walk the earth, this was merely a cover, a great cover but he was written even greater songs.
@Mewted Жыл бұрын
It's a unending glory that evangelicals sing this in their church sunday rock concerts, wearing their casual daily wear. Leonard surely got a kick out this, a King among subversive poets.
@gregmann56877 ай бұрын
Lol. It's a pop song. This song never gets sung in churches. What would make you even think that?
@Rigbiyiy2 ай бұрын
@@gregmann5687 here in brazil it got a portuguese version.. and it's a gospel song.. a lot of people play it in churches... I feel a lot of people don't get the song lol Take me to church from Hozier also plays in a lot of religious videos.. I think it's funny
@Red_Rover2 ай бұрын
I never heard that in a church before. Where's you get that idea?
@addaddy12 ай бұрын
A lot of Christians think this is a Christian song.
@James-pq7nf9 ай бұрын
my favorite HALLELUJAH
@copykatninja2 жыл бұрын
I've heard so many versions of this song but everytime I do, I always have to come back to this one cause it's hands down the best there is!
@suzannepage465410 ай бұрын
John's son Shane does it even better.
@copykatninja10 ай бұрын
@@suzannepage4654 channel name?!? I'll definitely check it out, thank you 😊
@jamesheath76019 ай бұрын
I guess you’ve never heard of Jeff Buckley
@Localtraveler23767 ай бұрын
@@jamesheath7601this doesn’t touch Buckley
@jaspersmitt06 ай бұрын
Check the original, by Leonard Cohen.
@anminh99594 жыл бұрын
No one, definitely NO ONE can sing hallelujah better than John Cale. HE IS THE BEST, HE WAS BORN FOR THIS BEATIFUL SONG ❤❤❤❤
@richardfife1601 Жыл бұрын
The Buckley version is incredibly pretty, but the beauty of the performance works against the song. Cale's version is a more complete package.
@lindamvernon Жыл бұрын
@@richardfife1601Thought I was the only person in the world who didn't think Jeff Buckley's version was the the best. "Too pretty" is a good description. To me it feels like a dirge rather than an anthem to surviving life, love and loss. (Beautiful guitar playing though). If you would like to hear an a capella version try Pentatonix.
@icantbebotheredwithnames10 ай бұрын
No, lenard Cohen sang it best. It WAS HIS SONG. D😊ON'T EVER FORGET THAT
@spinarunnerberto84246 ай бұрын
Jeff Buckley can do It!
@thomasgreen73437 жыл бұрын
Cale re-arranged Cohen's song to the form that is universally beloved. Cale's performance is both elegant and powerful.
@davidzof3 жыл бұрын
Yes, he added 3 extra verses to the original taken from the 80 Cohen allegedly wrote.
@nicholasmockridge90853 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@bassesatta92352 жыл бұрын
@@davidzof it also happened to be the same 3 verses leonard used in his 1988 tour
@joshjuanfifarek73829 ай бұрын
Damn!!! Is no one going to mention how great they did on Waiting for My Man??? Even Chrisie does Lous "Watch Me NOw" John Cale is an absolute league of his own. Humble and happy enough enough to be playing with much lesser schooled performers. He's always been able to master any instrument he touches. Obviously you all know Nick Was just learning the piano a year before this. Kind of butchered the timing of his own Ship Song. But these 3 together??? Chemistry Clicks Fluid. Thanks for this post. Made my day for sure. Love all 3 of them.
@LorryLopes10153 күн бұрын
This song saves me everyday. Everytime i hear he singing hallelujah something inside me says "don't give up"
@drmemory72 жыл бұрын
Best cover of this song IMHO because he stayed true to the original composition and has a great tenor voice, while LC had some shortcomings vocally. The 1st verse, when he lyrically announces the chord changes on piano as he sings them, is just pure genius.
@jasonwyman18732 жыл бұрын
I like this'n too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4KcZ6Sfi9GVn5o&ab_channel=JanileighCohen
@kristiswa Жыл бұрын
Leonard Cohen never thought he had the voice to sing even his own songs and saw himself as more of a poet and lyricist than a singer. His favorite version was kd lang's.
@richardfife1601 Жыл бұрын
Neither "Minor Fall" nor "Major Lift" are actual musical terms.
@utinga8590 Жыл бұрын
And that's what's so nice about writer's, of all types, they're not technically uptight and are able to color our lives with more than just black and white whenever speaking of "matters of the Heart", as the poet L. C. did with passion. Oh, and Matters of the Heart aren't really medical terms.
@utinga8590 Жыл бұрын
Janis was said to have "shortcomings". But what's so fabulous about music and the various colors of the lyrics, musical instruments, expertise of the musicians, and the singers themselves, is the prue enjoyment we consumers can keep on having from the likes of these "shortcoming" technically non-perfect" singers due to the facts of their souls in belting out those words. Sadly, many people just don't know how to enjoy their gifts and miss the whole point of music. 😢
@patricecatanio9018 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite version of this incredible song. R.I.P. Classy Man, Leonard Cohen
@gloriatorres31467 жыл бұрын
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@sharonrogers8986 жыл бұрын
Patrice Catanio mine too. Such a beautiful song.
@James-hd6ez Жыл бұрын
@sharonrogers898 And mine but iam biased being a big John Cale fan.
@Ana-vi4ij Жыл бұрын
What a strong and pure voice.
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello Ana ! Thanks you so much 😊 How are you doing?
@beliviatrue5 ай бұрын
😅🤣
@umwhatand Жыл бұрын
This gets to the heart of the song. Thank you John Cale.
@antoinetteherrera90266 ай бұрын
I heard this in 1992, on the Leonard Cohen tribute, I'm Your Fan. The simplicity was what won me over: a man with a weathered voice, accompanied by piano. It was beautiful, poignant, and inimitable. Yes, I have heard several covers, but this is one that I always return to. This video has added more to the song:The tension between creation and destruction; beauty and decay; love and death. A true memento mori, disguised as a hymn for agnostics and heretics. I'm shattered.
@markboller43135 ай бұрын
Well said. ❤❤❤
@stevendefeo84245 ай бұрын
You can say the same for the song “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed. They covered that song better than Simon and Garfunkel
@py_a_thon5 ай бұрын
In some ways, Leonard Cohen basically told the story of Sampson and Delilah in the form of an Al Green song lol. Obligatory Faith+1 joke? (My bad...South Park has either ruined me or improved me. I am still unsure as to which wave function collapse will occur.) If you think about the song a bit deeper, I suppose it has this structure of mythos and perfection. The notes are perfect, yet the words are human. Also, if you ask some rabbis they will legit say that the origin story in the garden of eden is basically one of the world's first recorded and preserved dirty jokes lol.
@antoinetteherrera90265 ай бұрын
@@py_a_thon He also, through Cohen's lyrics, hinted at the young David playing the lure for King Saul, then combined the story of King David and Bathsheba with that of Samson and Delilah. If I recall, Leonard Cohen wrote many different verses for "Hallelujah " Depending on who sings l, it becomes a different song.
@py_a_thon5 ай бұрын
@@antoinetteherrera9026 The song is definitely fire. The words are linked to many memes over many thousands of years....and the song is even clever enough to explain 12 tone harmonic theory in a psychoacoustics form (4th 5th, minor fall, major lift).
@ceopabdoc5385 ай бұрын
This (specific cover of this) song is one of my not-so-many reasons to live. Thank you.
@cleighsrygley66534 жыл бұрын
Shrek introduced to this. I felt in love with Cohen and Cale their genius Resonates a perfect rendition. I haven’t been the same
@desertbill016 ай бұрын
You were a little late to the party if the first time you heard this was on Shrek. It absolutely doesn't matter though. The important thing is that you've heard it. I can't tell you how much wonderful music I missed in my youth and didn't "discover" until my late 60's. Keep on discovering.
@cleighsrygley66536 ай бұрын
Yep
@sonnigunnels8445 Жыл бұрын
I have not heard a version with half the argument as this. This is hallelujah. 🙌🏻
@АлександрНадеждин-и3б Жыл бұрын
Best version of the one of the best song. Thanks so much.
@MSYNGWIE129 ай бұрын
The inimitable JOHN CALE! Love from Canada
@christinapeter1001 Жыл бұрын
Jhon cale is wonderful, only 3 person can sing this peace!
@hitty97 жыл бұрын
when I first heard and was blown away by this I immediately searched out all other versions. And there are many. But this could not be touched. This guy owns the song.
@Ace1King16 жыл бұрын
hitty9 Usually we stick with the first version we hear, unless it's godawful. Ever see a remake of a movie that you thought was better than the original?
@farrellmcnulty9094 жыл бұрын
He owns ANY song he sets his sights on.
@hitty94 жыл бұрын
@@Ace1King1 Maybe not, but I've heard updated remakes of songs that were clearly better.
@suegriessel56394 жыл бұрын
Sadly now out performed by the Pentotonix version...
@TheNickness4 жыл бұрын
Nah Leonard Cohen's version's still better. You can't outperform those choir hallelujas and Cohen's singing.
@hunlepto22397 жыл бұрын
I think the deep voice makes the song better, it fits more.
@williamdavidfrancavilla73882 жыл бұрын
Forever my favorite version of this song. Sigh, I'm going to listen to Paris 1919 now.
@こたにさとし-r1o6 жыл бұрын
I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this: The fourth, the fifth. The minor fall, the major lift. The baffled king composing Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. She tied you to a kitchen chair. She broke your throne, she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Maybe I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor. I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch. Love is not a victory march, It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. There was a time you'd let me know What's real and going on below. But now you never show it to me, do you? Remember when I moved in you? The Holy Dove was moving too. And every breath we drew was hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Maybe there's a God above. And all I ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you. It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody who's seen the light. It's a cold and its a broken hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu... Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
@_W-H-O_6 жыл бұрын
こたにさとし hello to you too
@TffanyBarnes127919 ай бұрын
You would think me a fool if I say how long it took to find this amazing song with a sweet melodic voice ❤
@dimitri1515 Жыл бұрын
Best rendition of this song ever!!!
@GrahamHarvey-g7x3 ай бұрын
Magnificent john cales a genius, nobody can touch this , period .
@manricofiorentini49575 жыл бұрын
nobody can sing this song like John Cale!!!
@sonnigunnels8445 Жыл бұрын
Also the best version. And there are. So. Many versions.
@owensweetland342 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice. Unlike most his has improved with age. Others have covered this classic however THIS is this the BEST version to date.
@andreffandreff88411 ай бұрын
With out a Doubt
@jc65942 жыл бұрын
Happy 80th Birthday John Cale
@gc73043 жыл бұрын
Whoever sings this song, it flowers a different colour of beauty. It awakens deepest love of the singer and the listener. So it's always beautiful and can't be distorted.
@TheBlueBeatle35 жыл бұрын
I have been searching for this version for so long.... It has a very powerful and profound emotional pull. That piano cries beautifully along with his voice; it delivers a level of heartbreak few experience.
@alexusp5 жыл бұрын
This was my great grandpa’s favorite song. ❤️
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello alex! Thank you so much ☺️ How are you doing?
@alexberg53804 жыл бұрын
JOHN CALE -- A TRUELY GREAT ARTIST.......
@alexberg53804 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y57Rf4Wegdp0f6M
@joshyabraham5410 ай бұрын
The very best version ❤
@Tinx924 жыл бұрын
Best version in my opinion.
@hoseastochter11 ай бұрын
Ich liebe John Cales Stimme und seine Interpretation dieses Liedes. Und dieses Video ist - wenn auch in Teilen verstörend - ein Kunstwerk für sich.
@mariustravel88378 жыл бұрын
Lou's listening from the Heavens. I hope he loves it :)
@moldywaffle695 жыл бұрын
Thanks John, my name is Cale you truly inspire me.
@azapro9113 жыл бұрын
The best version.
@radimdemel91305 жыл бұрын
Really strange video, but... unbeating cover of Cohen's song. Thank you Mr. Cale, you made this song immortal.
@97kos2 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@Mzleca223 жыл бұрын
Just heard this at today's memorial. No one sings it like you. Awesome.❤❤🙏🙏
@hopelove66583 жыл бұрын
Jeff Buckley
@markboller43135 ай бұрын
Brilliant. I love this song. ❤❤❤
@AtomicSpeetz3 жыл бұрын
I just cant explain but when i was hearing this music i felt my heart squish, i'm going through such a bad fase of my life right now, i just wish that everything was alright, just that.
@kmj53163 жыл бұрын
Hang in there Luiz. It will get better!
@michaellyons2654 Жыл бұрын
I understand. I feel like I’m going through it now. A year after your comment, I truly hope that you are in a better phase of life.
@ashleygraham1011 Жыл бұрын
I hope everything is better now!
@42awww5 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this recording, I cried.......I had never heard the song before, and his voice was meant to cover this song for sure.
@piotrdmochowski81203 жыл бұрын
Best version.
@alphamikemarketingdigital72734 жыл бұрын
I agree completly when somenone says this is The Best Song all the times!!!!
@shachardave11 күн бұрын
It was written by a very brilliant man.
@kelseymariel2127 Жыл бұрын
This song always gives me the chills. Between Cale’s version and Jeff Buckley’s, it literally takes my breath away every time.
@gilwood75305 жыл бұрын
JOHN CALE - PURE GENIUS
@ZackAngelMusic5 ай бұрын
Best versipn to date. Captures the soul of the lyrics, a poem
@m-l71272 жыл бұрын
So beautiful and authentic. He's telling this story
@andycordy5190 Жыл бұрын
My ignorance. I never knew this version. Cale is not an artist with whom I would associate such a powerful ballad. I'm a changed man
@ForARide Жыл бұрын
Cale has written some powerfull ballads himself. Check out Dying On The Vine, I Keep A Close Watch (Music For A New Society version), Chinese Envoy, Amsterdam or Antartica Starts Here amongst many other great ballads he's written. Both,studio recorded or live renditions of these songs reveal a true master in John Cale.
@Bunny99s2 ай бұрын
I don't quite understand why John Cals's version is not "more known" since that was the version that was used in Shrek and some other movies. Most of the other artists who covered the song most of the time took John Cale's arrangement as basis. Like Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright.
@erickaufman684019 күн бұрын
@@Bunny99sRufus Wainwright’s version (which is also awesome) was on the soundtrack released by the studio for some reason, which doesn’t help.
@Bunny99s19 күн бұрын
@@erickaufman6840 Yes, I know. This has contributed to the confusion. Though I don't get how people can confuse the two versions when they have seen the movie :) Some who figured out that they didn't put the actually used version on the soundtrack were upset. Though maybe it was a licensing issue. The 1991 maxi single was released by Columbia records. Maybe they had unrealistic demands for including the song on the soundtrack.
@ГеоргийГлущенко-з6щ6 жыл бұрын
It is honest. One great musician for other great musician. R.I.P Leonard...Thank you
@NonsensicalReality Жыл бұрын
Simplicity, emotional resonance and a beautiful atmosphere. There's no need for any vocal gymnastics or choirs etc. I love the stripped down approach 😊
@cm98594 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite song. Great song. Great performance. Great composer.
@leonelleonbanda80844 жыл бұрын
Esta version del maestro John Cale es magistral respetando la musica y la letra del eterno Leonard Cohen..para disfrutarse millones de veces.
@ruditrick68933 жыл бұрын
Vere best Cover Version! ❤️🎸❤️
@Becky818 жыл бұрын
Incredible, eerie, fragile, haunting...and still and always the greatest reinterpretation of another artist's song ever.
@ForARide6 жыл бұрын
Becky81 Yes...and no. This is by far the best reinterpretation of this song, but then you have surely listened to Cale´s fantastic versions of Heartbreak Hotel or Pablo Picasso. Always rearranging the songs and coming up with new versions. Pure genius. And then there are other artists with great covers that sometimes outclass the original versions. On my channel I have a playlist with several covers from various artits doing great versions of other peoples songs. Maybe you want to check it out. kzbin.info/aero/PLNINWcxxj9hHhXhw5IaBHnwXtEx02zNRU&disable_polymer=true By the way, I suppose we share the same city. If so, then greetings from Icke to Icke.
@marktwan42372 жыл бұрын
AGREED.
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello Becky! Thanks for compliment 😊 How are you doing?
@rokky69314 жыл бұрын
I saw him do this live several times Always beautiful
@benyaminvafaei92157 жыл бұрын
this guy's voice is a magic cast💜
@adamgroves11884 жыл бұрын
Fear is such a great album. Him and Brian eno are two of my favorite artists
@auntissie25 күн бұрын
One of my favorites...
@spiritofmaynardtrent5 жыл бұрын
Einfach wundervoll! Für mich die bisher ausdrucksstärkste Version dieses traumhaft schönen Songs !
@elizabethrorl.e.shepard55228 жыл бұрын
Leonard Cohen will be missed. "Well maybe there's a God above/But all I ever knew of love/Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you...." Fits where we are now.
@strawberrigby6 ай бұрын
The Best version of this song ❤
@quinngilbert87364 жыл бұрын
This is the BEST rendition of this song!!
@mitchparel182 жыл бұрын
Agree 👍 with everyone 🎯
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
This version is truly magnificent. Am sure Leonard thought so too
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello Patricia! Thanks so much 😊 How are you doing?
@sarakirk95423 жыл бұрын
Simple beauty and the best version I’ve ever heard 🎶🎶🎶
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello sara! Thanks so much 😊 How are you doing?
@JacksonWalter-hg2kb8 ай бұрын
Hi pretty 😍😍 lady how are you 💋💋💋 and how is the weather ☁️🇺🇸☘️☘️☘️🍀💐💐 condition like over there
@connierichards77812 жыл бұрын
I love this version. I stop and listen no matter where i am even if its playing during Shrek. Bless you sir and merry christmas to all.
@austexpilot13 жыл бұрын
I have heard a number of versions. Cohen himself, Buckley, Jon Bon Jovi, and countless others. I love them all, including this version!
@australopithecusss5 жыл бұрын
Love you John Cale, always, respect too! Your visual image...has always been beautiful...then, more so now, and your spirit, where our goodness comes from, shines like the sun. You are a wave of pure passion. Heartfelt love and thanks.
@slc3082 жыл бұрын
Best cover of this song. No one before or since matched it.
@PsychoKupcake2 ай бұрын
Jeff Buckley
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
Definitive version hallelujah John
@JacksonWalter-hg2kb8 ай бұрын
Hi 👋 pretty lady ❤️😘 how are you doing today 💕😘🌹 and how is the weather condition going 🏵️💖 over there
@jamiesmith32594 жыл бұрын
I am a huge Leonard fan and love finding different covers of his songs... this is superior to every single one of them.
@robertlloydsite3 жыл бұрын
Jamie Smith You are absolutely correct sir. and I'm a composer and singer.
@tedtap95176 жыл бұрын
The best version ever.
@ThisIsNotACigar8 жыл бұрын
Fragments of a rainy season is propably my favourite John Cale Album and this is one of the best tracks of it.
@bodenweiser5 жыл бұрын
You, good sir are a master!
@bodenweiser5 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing! To say the least!!!
@SammiBee_6273 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite version of this song
@frankiekav134 жыл бұрын
The Best Version
@vv247 Жыл бұрын
so many versions of this ...love this one.
@OhGodThe2 жыл бұрын
His voice is somehow stronger now than it was in the 70s.
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
What an amazing song, version. Cohen and Cale both fabulous unique singer songwriters
@johndaviescale Жыл бұрын
Hello Patricia! Thank you so much 😊 How are you doing?
@patriciathewisher2315 Жыл бұрын
@@johndaviescale as you’re not actually the musical genius who is John Cale, I’ll not be arsed to reply to you anymore. Adios
@DABELINE Жыл бұрын
Une version très personnelle.....impressionnante....🖤🖤💖💖🖤🖤
@derekmoss7286 Жыл бұрын
Bravo, John! Bravo!
@talileali8 жыл бұрын
He and Lou were always two of my fav's! The dynamic duo! Still has his chops! Chillingly haunting is the only way John would do it!
@fuzailshad6 жыл бұрын
Every time i hear the song my eyes get full with water
@TheFreyMan8 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your work, and thank you Mr. Cohen for making it possible. Both of you, amazing.
@ForARide8 жыл бұрын
Love John with that axe chopping up those baby pianos. Reminiscence to the Croyden gig back in 1977 where John Cale beheaded a chicken live on stage and threw the carcass into the audience while performing Elvis Presley´s Heartbreak Hotel. Pogo dancing stopped instantly, and his band who were all vegetarians walked right off the stage ending the tour. Cale later said that it was the most effective show-stopper he ever came up with.
@deelanderman2894 Жыл бұрын
Love it - can't hear it enough!
@kingnaga6197 жыл бұрын
Of the hundreds, (yes, actually HUNDREDS) of different covers of this song, this is the only one that can even come close to being in the same league as Leonard Cohen's original version.
@kittycat61955 жыл бұрын
King Naga nope. Jeff Buckley did
@Human1league4 жыл бұрын
Cohen’s original sounds too jazzy for me. I’d say Cale’s arrangements turn it into a more powerful song.
@hernanbusso16094 жыл бұрын
@@kittycat6195 Buckley's is fantastic, but Cale's is the best one.
@MsMorgasm794 жыл бұрын
300 covers have been done. And probably still counting, though Mr. Cohen has said enough already! There's too many people singing it.
@memzpf3 жыл бұрын
Rufus Wainright's version is amazing
@sling44254 жыл бұрын
this made me randomly burst out crying. good grief
@lexifirst4 жыл бұрын
Same
@12Focus123 Жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song❤
@jengameslol Жыл бұрын
Things you may not have noticed about this song: - It describes the chord progression in the lyrics, "the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift" - Leonard Cohen is describing himself as the baffled king, as he is composing the song - It compares the feeling of love to the practice of prayer - "Love is not a victory march" points out that love is not an end game experience, but a feeling - "All I've ever learned from love Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew you" describes how people get trapped into viewing love as a competition and win con This song predates me, but I first heard it at the end of the movie Basquiat and it just stuck with me. I keep coming back to it.