is it just me, or is anyone else's favorite part, 'and it goes like this, the fourth the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, and the baffled king composing hallelujah'. absolute favorite
I don’t care what anyone says, John Cale’s version is the best one. The brokenness in his voice is what makes this song such a masterpiece and a perfect one to be used in Shrek.
I lost my Mom 10 years ago. I still think of her everyday. But now the sadness is replaced with loving smiles and happy thoughts. I'm waiting to see her again. I'm 68 years old.
So ... it gets you every time ... and yet you wrote it incorrectly. Here is the line as Leonard wrote it, with just the right number of words and beats for perfect rhythm. "It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
John Cale invented this arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and this is the version everyone else has covered. But Cale's rendition is far better than everyone else's that followed, because every other singer goes over the top, egoistically screeching and shouting to add "emotion" during the "hallelujah"s. Cale doesn't, and his version is all the more dignified and beautiful for it.
Pain is hard.. but we as a human learn from it. Suffering is sad. I pray she gets better... time.. heal.. tim lets us do that. Sadly factor not everyone gets out of pains.. we sadky must walk with it. Life is a humbling experience. I pray she is better by now..
My mother died aged 62 on March 31, 2023. I knew this was about to happen anytime soon, but kept listening to this song as it really helped me cope with it. ❤
Ma maman est décédée vendredi 21 juillet 2023 moi aussi je savais que cela allait arriver mais nous ne sommes jamais prêts à perdre sa maman elle avait 67 ans❤
The chorus and build up in this song is literally genius. He starts off the build up normal at 1:47 and then an immediate surge of energy 1:50 for the rest of the build up culminating with a truimphant "Hallelujah" (1:56). And right after that he always has a collection of more quiet and haunting Hallelujahs (1:59) as if he is in deep thought about what he's singing about.
Only someone who has been trapped in a relationship that has lost all intimacy will ever really understand how heart wrenching it is to listen to verses 3 & 4...
To Vic Deakins. My heart aches for you. To bury your younger brother has to be the worst thing you will ever go through. You have my deepest sympathies.
"I Remember when I moved in you, and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was halleluyah" This part always touches my soul differently from other songs.
"It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody whose seen the light! It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah!" That line in this song will always give me chills. So much emotion.
The breaking sound in his voice is so authentic and what we all really feel. I have been meditating a lot and listening to the Holy Spirit. This is so true to my journey.
Georgiana yeah, exactly. I mean, I like the song in general so I don't really have as much of a problem with how a cover of it sounds but *this* one has a certain sound to it that almost makes me melt. I think John's voice has a certain quality to it that does that.
I love Leonard Cohen, but this is absolutely the best version of this song. It makes me feel hopelessly broken and hopeful at the same time. That's real art as far as I'm concerned.
Nothing hits harder then when he sings, "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold a broken Hallelujah." Brings tears to my eyes as I sit back and think about every time GOD came through
And all the music dropping out at the end and all you hear is Hallelujah being repeated makes for one of the most powerful anti-climax's I've ever heard in a song.
@@silva0186 if your talking about Elvis Presley, he was not alive when this song was released. He died 1977 and Leonard Cohen released it on album in 1983/84. There is/was a hilarious fake posted on RUclips 6 plus months ago. Comments were hysterical at times.
@@JameyLeanneCooper There is honestly no need to be so rude. The fact that Rufus Wainwright's version is the one in the soundtrack leads many people to believe his is the version from the movie.
Not only did John create this arrangement which is better than Cohen's, honestly I think he has the best voice for it too. Buckley is great but he doesn't have the old bitter sound, he was too young. Cale's voice is deep and mature like Cohen's voice but smoother and technically much better. He doesn't do any exaggeration towards the end like many do, his voice is enough
+Cock And Ball Torture Not only do I agree, but I also like the piano intro in this version, as opposed to Cohen's (and definitely Wainwright's). It just sounds better, in my opinion.
This beautiful song has been covered by several musicians While many did a wonderful rendition, no one can even come close to John Cale. He is absolutely brilliant ♥️♥️
I’m 17 today I’m so grateful and happy to see another amazing year with my Heavenly Father and beloved his beloved son Jesus Christ thought I should wake up early and sing this to them God bless you all have a lovely day❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
I thought this was the shrek one. I used to watch shrek 24/7 as a kid so when i looked up the other version i knew it didnt sound right. THIS is the version i remember
Magnifique chanson de ce Monsieur John Cole, je l'ai engrangée depuis des années, merci pour le partage avec cette ou ce magnifique pianiste, du baume au coeur malgré toutes ses années passées, elle est encore plus forte et gravée dans notre esprit Saint, merci encore 🙏🙏🙏💖👼
This is the version that actually plays in Shrek... but they put Rufus Waintrash on the album because he’s a Dreamworks artist. This is the best version by far
Just came across this. Kim don't ever believe that you're not going to make it, that you can't succeed, or that it won't get better. That's the lie. NEVER GIVE UP. EVEN IF ITS A BAD PROGNOSIS. We all have a mission on this earth and lessons to learn and people to help and serve and love. You are valuable and worthy of great things.
Is Easter, enjoy the salvation our Lord and master has giving us for just believing in him, and during his works. And loving him as much as he loves us.❤
Thank you for this song. Im not a religious man but i new where he was headed. He wrote many different lyrics for this song but this is the one he eventually settled on and it is the best one.
Honestly, I'm agnostic and as much of an atheist as I could ever be, but to be fair, this song is one of the songs that I can sing, get in to, enjoy the changes, and so on so forth. John has such an amazing voice to try and harmonize with, so that makes it all the more amazing.
+allasar relax m8, im religious but dont be so rude... i dont care if you are not... my religion tells me to be good to everyone out there but i dont do that cause the bible says that... i do it cause its right... you should too i think
The happy melody, with the sad voice This type of music has not been seen in a long time The honesty of it is all it needs to be one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. They could be lying to me about what they mean but I’d believe every word
I love this song this is the only version that gives me chills I'm obsessed with the line "she broke your throne she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the hallelujah"
So pretty much Samson had all these awesome powers from God, and Delilah was a girl who he liked or was in a relationship or whatever who had been paid by a group of people to find Samson's weakness so they could capture him. She tried to get him to tell her and he said if he was tied up so she tied him up in his sleep but he broke the ropes (God strength power stuff) and eventually she got him to tell the truth, that if his hair was cut he would lose his strength. She she cut his hair when he slept and he lost his powers and was captured and tortured and/or killed
My favorite part is well the whole song lol but what really got me was " There was a time you let me know whats really going on below but now you don't show it to me do you?"
November 10, 2016 It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.
Even in the darkest of places in time you will see, for he will light the way. The darkness is temporary, trust in him for he's there with you in the dark allowing you to see. He will not leave you you and he will fix your troubles and guide you out of the darkest of places. I glorify you lord!!!!!!
"The only thing I've learned from love is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you" my favourite part. That and "you saw her laying on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you, she tied you to a kitchen chair she broke your throne and cut you hair"
The Bible has been a great place to get ideas for songs. In da Gadda Deveeda. (In the Garen of Eden). To everything, Turn, Tirn, Turn. The Book of Ecclesiastes. "A time to laugh. A time to cry,....
I swear, this song is one of the best I've heard in a loooooong while. And, to add to it all, I didn't learn about it through Shrek. Take that, society. >:D
I heard this, and it made me cry. It reminds me of all my strife, and the rises and falls in my walk with God. Knowing how God feels for me, and forgave me and does to this very day. There is darkness in life but Praise Yahovah. Praise him for giving us life, testing every inch of our hearts to know us. The evils and sins we do that he layed waste to with an equally painful sacrifice. Giving up what he couldn't even fully ask of us through Abraham simply because he loves us. Praise him that years after so much pain he can sweep it away and heal you. That after so much pain you can have a loving bond stronger than iron. I never thought I could feel so sad with the main lyrics of a song being "Praise to God." I am convicted. I am humbled. Even in such a sad song there is this much love in it.
@connorleonard4047 no, it's not. It's a song about faith and it's ups and downs. The sex bit is a reference to king David and Sampson. "Saw her bathing on the roof" is a literal pull from scripture from when David lusted over bathsheba. She bathed outside, naked on her roof so David would see her. "She broke your throne" is reference to jezebel. "Cut your hair" was from Sampson. All 3 are examples of falling into sin through lust.
I'm not a praying man, far from it actually, but I do admire songs like this one. This one in particular, you can feel the emotions in each word and key. It's amazing.
Agree completely with previous comments , cales version is magnificent, best version ever by a country mile, so moving, voice is incredible, fantastic,
Hallelujah !!!! I will let no person on earth take my peace ....the devil live in some people who live everyday to crush others to make their self feel better :)))
This was written about the mistakes people made in the Bible David looking at Bathsheba bathing on her roof then Sampson under the Nazarite vow promising he won't cut his hair and he told her and she tied him to something. I know it wasn't a chair and then she cut his hair
Today my dad is dead a year. The pain never leaves leaves my soul.. I wish I had one more hour with him to tell him how much I LOVE HIM.. Rest In Peace my sweet daddy…..🌻🙏🌻🙏
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is it just me, or is anyone else's favorite part, 'and it goes like this, the fourth the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, and the baffled king composing hallelujah'. absolute favorite
+Emily Bowlby (JustSayinHey) i've seen the flag on your marble arch, love is not victory march. also one of my fav
+Emily Bowlby (JustSayinHey) Yes, I always loved the way the lyric follows and identifies the chord changes.
it's mine too :) I sing it a lot when I'm by myself'
You are not the only one
Mine is "she tied you to a kitchen chair she broke your throne , she cut your hair"
There’s brokenness in John Cale’s version. You can hear the pain in his voice. It makes this song much more meaningful than others.
Absolutely. The other versions are performing. John is pouring out his heart
@@liamsnow4642 yes. Palatable, the pain. Leonard Cohen knew how to write pain. Complicated guy.
Have you heard 'Hurt' cover by Johnny Cash?
@@zeldasmith6154 Oh yes, most definitely
@@Nogitsune117 yes!! One of my favorites
The bit where Donkey reunited with Dragon touched my heart
🥹🥹🥹🫏🐉💞
I don’t care what anyone says, John Cale’s version is the best one. The brokenness in his voice is what makes this song such a masterpiece and a perfect one to be used in Shrek.
Agreed, having to listen to all the versions trying to find this one I can definitely say this is the best version.
Leonard sang it best. To me
It sucks that they had to use Rufus' version on the official soundtrack because of licensing reasons.
The objective truth
Love Cohen, but this has the most heart. If I need a good cry, this song comes in clutch
I don't want much for my birthday. I just want the person reading this to be healthy, happy and loved. Wishing you a good day! God bless! ❤️
This comment deserves all the likes, have a great day yourself
happy late birthday good sir/miss
*Presses The Like Button 5 Times Instead Of Once*
Happy birthday!
The Lord has blessed me. This has warmed my dark heart. Thank you. May God bless you, too. Happy late birthday.
David : plays a secret chord
God : this does put a smile on my face
:p
😆
Yee
He kill a person for love
Agree
My mom passed away today. I'll be singing this at her memorial. Her name was Christine Howell. I love you Mom. I will miss you forever.
Jesus is the way and the King of the Heaven , have faith 🙏🏻☦️
@@DanielStivenPraderafacts Praise Jesus my guy, God Bless 🙌
🙏🙏🙏I hope You are doing well .May God bless you and give you strength
Thank you everyone. I miss her everyday. But things are going well. I await to see her once more.
I lost my Mom 10 years ago. I still think of her everyday. But now the sadness is replaced with loving smiles and happy thoughts. I'm waiting to see her again. I'm 68 years old.
“It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah” gets me every time
Me too
Me three
Every. Damn. Time.
I bawl when I hear that lyric.
So ... it gets you every time ... and yet you wrote it incorrectly.
Here is the line as Leonard wrote it, with just the right number of words and beats for perfect rhythm.
"It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
This song may not repair a broken heart.... but sure makes you remeber where every damn piece is.
CultistCharmander That was the best youtube comment I've ever read. I'm writing that down and putting it on my wall.
Ben Thomason same!!!
Hallelujah..!!
OH Yes!!! Every piece!!
U r completely right!!
John Cale invented this arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and this is the version everyone else has covered. But Cale's rendition is far better than everyone else's that followed, because every other singer goes over the top, egoistically screeching and shouting to add "emotion" during the "hallelujah"s. Cale doesn't, and his version is all the more dignified and beautiful for it.
Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
Disagree 100 %. Watch Cloverton's version. All of Cale's rendition ( which I love) is written by Leonard Cohen.
I hear it. I do love other emotion renditions but this is taken from a raw and poetic stance that the message deserves.
Amen Fern. He does it for me.
Stephen Austin NO ONLY THE SHERK VERSION WILL DO FUCK U JK BUT SRSLY THO ANY OTHER VERSION SOUNDS LIKE A DYING WHALE.
“All I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.” That line is so relatable-gets me every time
I just went down the line hoping someone else felt the same way about this part. Talk about hidden gem🤔
It probably says a lot about my experience with love that I consider this a perfect description of it.
I hope my daughter gets well and stops being in such pain. I’ve never loved anyone in my life like I love her
How is your daughter?
God bless u and her
I hope that she is fine now.
Pain is hard.. but we as a human learn from it. Suffering is sad. I pray she gets better... time.. heal.. tim lets us do that. Sadly factor not everyone gets out of pains.. we sadky must walk with it. Life is a humbling experience.
I pray she is better by now..
I too hope your daughter finds peace and happiness. God bless you
Praying 🙏 for y’all
For those who don't know, Hallelujah is a Hebrew word that means "Let us praise Yah" which is God.
You mean Yahseh Onfroy, right?
You upset me
I already know that
Interesting
DragonTesteeZ amen
Putting Shrek aside, this is actually a beautiful version of this song!
Can't put Shreck aside. Shreck is love, Shreck is life, goddammit.
@@melontusk7358 yeah..schrechx
@@adityarachmadi7647 that's his original concept from children's book, which is German (Schreck) for terror.
It's the best version, without a doubt 😍
It was also played on Scrubs, which brought me back here.
His voice is incredible. Smooth, and not overpowering
I agree I prefer his version to the rest as I feel like sort of over sing it he just let the song speak
R.I.P TROLLSTOPIA 2020-2022
Ogrepowering*
My mother died aged 62 on March 31, 2023.
I knew this was about to happen anytime soon, but kept listening to this song as it really helped me cope with it. ❤
Me deepest condolences for your loss.
I'm so sorry. 🙏❤
R.I.P TROLLSTOPIA WE MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH 😢😢😢😢
Deepest condolences for the loss of your Mom. 62 is so young.
Ma maman est décédée vendredi 21 juillet 2023 moi aussi je savais que cela allait arriver mais nous ne sommes jamais prêts à perdre sa maman elle avait 67 ans❤
Shrek anybody? This is the version that appeared in the film itself. Rufus Wainwright's version appeared in the soundtrack.
Yeah, that's why I'm here
yeah I looked up the shrek version and a different version popped up, I was so confused
It's true!
Adam Kelleher j mjvci
Trinity Smith Same
David:*plays a secret cord
The lord: Noice
Conor Gregg I thought he said code
Why is this so funny?
Sage Report I ain’t laughing
@@JameyLeanneCooper well good for you I suppose.
Sage Report ??????
I'm at my darkest time right now and I can't help this depression. And I came here again to sing this song with my tears
I don't know if you're joking or serious, but I hope you get better.
Hang in there Kim, I promise things get better. You're not alone
Hang in there. Peace be with you…🙏🙏🌻🌻
Me too. Life has just gotten too hard and people are just to mean.
It’s been one year, how are you? Time makes things better, trust me.
The chorus and build up in this song is literally genius. He starts off the build up normal at 1:47 and then an immediate surge of energy 1:50 for the rest of the build up culminating with a truimphant "Hallelujah" (1:56). And right after that he always has a collection of more quiet and haunting Hallelujahs (1:59) as if he is in deep thought about what he's singing about.
Of all the versions, this IS the best. He draws emotion from deep within and expresses it, thus pulling the listener with him.
Sorry but no one have the emotion and voice that Leonard Cohen had
Are you kidding me? Jeff fucking bucley nailed like no one ever did! But also Ben harpers version is pretty sick good
The most emotional and deep one is definitely Jeff Buckley’s
Stephen Austin No its Rufus Wainwright’s
But the Wahlleujah
my favorite part of this song: "it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift
same
Same
me toooo
me too
I like its a cold it's a broken hallelujah
Only someone who has been trapped in a relationship that has lost all intimacy will ever really understand how heart wrenching it is to listen to verses 3 & 4...
Indeed! I'm there😭🙏
And now I'm crying
Coming back from my younger brother’s funeral and this song has me in River tears
To Vic Deakins. My heart aches for you. To bury your younger brother has to be the worst thing you will ever go through. You have my deepest sympathies.
*a virtual pat on your back* 😢
I had to bury my sister in 2017, I know the feeling. It's okay to cry about it. It is hard. But my prayers and condolences go out to you.
Rest In Peace, Leonard Cohen, you will forever be in my gratitude
RIP bro
Mine too..
LISA KELLY
espectacular😃
john cale is singing not the other guy
John Cale's voice is is perfect for this.
Yes
Couldn’t agree more 💚
Actually it's not.
@@larrygray4323 Actually that's just your opinion
amen thats why they chose his for shrek, which is my favorite movie
"I Remember when I moved in you, and the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was halleluyah"
This part always touches my soul differently from other songs.
I get the shivers every time I hear this....o God is good. .
This version is about a man who cheated on his pregnant wife, this verse and the one before explains it
One of the most deeply sexual and romantic verses ever written. Reminds me of the love of my life every single time.
This version of the song is my absolute favorite.
Ditto
There's something that makes Cale's vocals better than the many others for this particular song.
"It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody whose seen the light! It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah!" That line in this song will always give me chills. So much emotion.
Christian music
"I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder."
- Donkey
HhHhhahHahahhahaha
yes ..........
"I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me..."
Lol
Ok but that boulder had drip 🔥👌🏾😩
Absolutely Beautiful. A soulful voice with a brilliant arrangement. A Masterpiece. Thank you John Cale. ❤️
The breaking sound in his voice is so authentic and what we all really feel. I have been meditating a lot and listening to the Holy Spirit. This is so true to my journey.
Smiles, hi Melinda 🌺 😊
My most favorite version. This is my favorite song
same.
I know, right? The other versions are just not so "catchy" :)
Georgiana yeah, exactly. I mean, I like the song in general so I don't really have as much of a problem with how a cover of it sounds but *this* one has a certain sound to it that almost makes me melt. I think John's voice has a certain quality to it that does that.
Agree. In a way, his voice suits this song the best ^_^
+Georgiana Yes, this is best cover *__* i'this too with u voice is a beutiful cover 😁😍
RIP Leonard Cohen(the songwriter), he died 12 days ago.
Adam Kelleher 😟 ty.
Adam Kelleher A guy full of wisdom god rest his soul.
I never cared for his singing, but this is easily one of the best songs ever written.
Adam Kelleher no only 1 or 2 years
Andrii y el mundo reborn this original comment is from last year
I love Leonard Cohen, but this is absolutely the best version of this song. It makes me feel hopelessly broken and hopeful at the same time. That's real art as far as I'm concerned.
By far the best version.
Agreed
Rufus Rainwrights is better imo
Nothing hits harder then when he sings, "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold a broken Hallelujah." Brings tears to my eyes as I sit back and think about every time GOD came through
I thought he said its a code and its unbroken
@@psychozombieproductions7739 my brother in Christ the lyrics are right there
The song is about sexual orgasm. I thank god every time I have one too! /s
This song has nothing to do with god other than a word that can be interepreted in different ways. It's actually about broken love
And all the music dropping out at the end and all you hear is Hallelujah being repeated makes for one of the most powerful anti-climax's I've ever heard in a song.
There will never be a better version than this one. So much emotion
Elvis's is..to me. But everyones different. Thats what makes the world go round
@@silva0186 if your talking about Elvis Presley, he was not alive when this song was released. He died 1977 and Leonard Cohen released it on album in 1983/84.
There is/was a hilarious fake posted on RUclips 6 plus months ago. Comments were hysterical at times.
Look up a guy called Karl Loxley
He’s insane!! But two different versions… never heard one as moving as Karl’s
Pentatonix did a damn amazing cover of it, too
Whenever I am overwhelmed by the tragedies of this world, I listen to this song over and over until I feel a little better.
Same here. I often listen to this version before going to bed.
His voice can't be duplicated. No other version can compare to this power...
Loving the John Cale version...which is indeed the original Shrek soundtrack
Really Sherlock I didn’t know that
@@JameyLeanneCooper So how's you artistic skills going? Looks pretty bad tbh
@@JameyLeanneCooper There is honestly no need to be so rude. The fact that Rufus Wainwright's version is the one in the soundtrack leads many people to believe his is the version from the movie.
TheSamFish I’m not being rude
Jamey Leanne Cooper "Really Sherlock". Yes you are indeed being rude
Not only did John create this arrangement which is better than Cohen's, honestly I think he has the best voice for it too. Buckley is great but he doesn't have the old bitter sound, he was too young. Cale's voice is deep and mature like Cohen's voice but smoother and technically much better. He doesn't do any exaggeration towards the end like many do, his voice is enough
+Cock And Ball Torture Not only do I agree, but I also like the piano intro in this version, as opposed to Cohen's (and definitely Wainwright's). It just sounds better, in my opinion.
Dude your RUclips handle is woke AF
I prefer Cohen’s voice for the song, but Cale’s arrangement better..
@@sukie584 plus Leonard Cohen was fighting depression..
Don’t like the arrangement or his voice. It’s all in his throat and sounds very strained.
They played this at my grandfathers funeral it hits very close to my heart
This is the best version. The greatest one of all. That I remember in my dreams and mind from my childhood.
This beautiful song has been covered by several musicians While many did a wonderful rendition, no one can even come close to John Cale. He is absolutely brilliant ♥️♥️
This song makes me cry
Phew...I'm not the only one
same man
Pig in Scotland
Toxint Vader pero nomas poquito
Toxint Vader no ..
John cale will always be the voice for this song for me thanks for Shrek brother you've done a Hell of job. Your my legend
I’m 17 today I’m so grateful and happy to see another amazing year with my Heavenly Father and beloved his beloved son Jesus Christ thought I should wake up early and sing this to them God bless you all have a lovely day❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
Well said. God bless you ❤️🙏
Mate. This song is about lost love and heartbreak, not Jesus. Sorry to break it to you
@@ralfred2009 I’m thanking Jesus for another year your a bit late to comment aswell
@@ralfred2009 that's just the surface meaning. There are multiple religious interpretations you could put through here
@@ralfred2009 Mate, this song is open to interpretation. Sorry to break it to you bud, since you obviously didn't understand before.
Ah yes the shrek version, the superior one.
Tiz
Not the Shrek one
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Za warudo
I thought this was the shrek one. I used to watch shrek 24/7 as a kid so when i looked up the other version i knew it didnt sound right. THIS is the version i remember
“It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah”
Wow.
Love is not a victory march
Its amazing how powerful that is even though Im not religious
I got the same reaction, and frankly I still do. Visualization of what he sings tends to get to me
Wallelujah
@@amirrezam.z2404 🌟 it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
My favorite version, voice and beat sound perfect, fits just right
Magnifique chanson de ce Monsieur John Cole, je l'ai engrangée depuis des années, merci pour le partage avec cette ou ce magnifique pianiste, du baume au coeur malgré toutes ses années passées, elle est encore plus forte et gravée dans notre esprit Saint, merci encore
🙏🙏🙏💖👼
This is the version that actually plays in Shrek... but they put Rufus Waintrash on the album because he’s a Dreamworks artist. This is the best version by far
Oh definitely this one is the best
Rufus sounds a million times better
@@Jstaman this version is superior
@@t07auginator4 i whole heartedly disagree
+Sean Kearns "Waintrash"? Lol good one!
No clickbait.THIS IS the best version
LOL!!!!!!!!! Really?
@@larrygray4323 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes.
ptx
This song literally makes you think about life 😭
Dude, yes it does. Fuckin life is crazy for all of us, and there's always twists and turns. This song definitely crashes into my heart.
You're right. I am wondering why I spent the minutes of my life listening to this amateur.
Really? All it does is make me think about Shrek.
Just came across this. Kim don't ever believe that you're not going to make it, that you can't succeed, or that it won't get better. That's the lie. NEVER GIVE UP. EVEN IF ITS A BAD PROGNOSIS. We all have a mission on this earth and lessons to learn and people to help and serve and love. You are valuable and worthy of great things.
@@ritacasas8150 what?
Is Easter, enjoy the salvation our Lord and master has giving us for just believing in him, and during his works. And loving him as much as he loves us.❤
Amen 🙏
Shrek forever.
Yes
+Steven Dolce That's the reason I came here
+Steven Dolce My god i cried because of this commentary
+Steven Dolce The full version of the song was not played.
That's how I fell in love with this song haha
after 5 years
after 5 years this is the first song that makes my hand hairs rise
you know the feeling do ya?
yes. yes I do.
Mehdi I M P A L A Yeah. This one always does that. Another one that does that no fail is "No bullets fly" for me
yeahhh i knwwww i call it the goosebump
This hits me more than the other version.
Thank you for this song. Im not a religious man but i new where he was headed. He wrote many different lyrics for this song but this is the one he eventually settled on and it is the best one.
By far the best version I've ever heard. John's voice + that song = me amazed.
Honestly, I'm agnostic and as much of an atheist as I could ever be, but to be fair, this song is one of the songs that I can sing, get in to, enjoy the changes, and so on so forth. John has such an amazing voice to try and harmonize with, so that makes it all the more amazing.
No worries about the religion thing. The song has clear religion references but it's a song about love and lust, not praising god.
+allasar relax m8, im religious but dont be so rude... i dont care if you are not... my religion tells me to be good to everyone out there but i dont do that cause the bible says that... i do it cause its right... you should too i think
+Markish 00 , Stay Strong! You will be put to so much test, as we all will...Jesus had to be SO STRONG! Strive for that Strength! Good on Ya!
When will peoole ever understand "agnostic" isn"t even stating your faith. It means nothing.
+Markish 00 wish everyone had this outlook.
The best thing about the john cale version (other than everything) is that he doesnt go over the top with the chorus like literally everyone else does
I think it's more like he doesn't have the musical range that it takes to really cover this song. I give it a C+. And that's being generous.
@@larrygray4323 XD
@@cardsharper1909 Whatever that means?
@@larrygray4323 XD
@@larrygray4323 LMAO
The happy melody, with the sad voice
This type of music has not been seen in a long time
The honesty of it is all it needs to be one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. They could be lying to me about what they mean but I’d believe every word
From Quarantine writing that my sweet Alfie died today. I cannot see to write for my tears. He takes my soul with him and all my love forever.
My condolence
From Quarantine reading about Alfie. A year later.
@@lucasgroves137 It’s a bitter and a broken hallelujah. Аллилуйя
Don't know why everyone's saying the baffled king part was the best, 0:00-4:16 is clearly better
Boi (or gurl) (I don't assume genders)
Christy Drennan ohhh so funny not actually good joke maybe?
What i say you are every were 😂
Christy Drennan haha you have so many good comments. I see you all over the place.
Emily Janzen why
In my opinion this is the best version
The best version of this song. True, pure, broken. Emotion in a song as there should be.
Beautiful.
I love this song this is the only version that gives me chills I'm obsessed with the line "she broke your throne she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the hallelujah"
That line refers to Delilah cutting Samsons hair in the bible.
I'm not religious, and haven't read the bible do you think you would be able to sum up that particular story for me?
+Nadine Stacey I've never actually read the story, but essentially when Delilah has Sampson's hair cut he loses his strength.
So pretty much Samson had all these awesome powers from God, and Delilah was a girl who he liked or was in a relationship or whatever who had been paid by a group of people to find Samson's weakness so they could capture him. She tried to get him to tell her and he said if he was tied up so she tied him up in his sleep but he broke the ropes (God strength power stuff) and eventually she got him to tell the truth, that if his hair was cut he would lose his strength. She she cut his hair when he slept and he lost his powers and was captured and tortured and/or killed
My favorite part is well the whole song lol but what really got me was " There was a time you let me know whats really going on below but now you don't show it to me do you?"
November 10, 2016
It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away.
We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.
We watch the news, we know.
This song is so magical! And most have no clue how deep this song really is. It speaks frequency/chakra/ aura/love/Harmony!
I know an awful lot of people have recorded this but I would still prefer to hear John Cale sing this great song.
This is based on stories in the Bible. King David and Samson are in there. This is a beautiful song.
So true
John Cale sings the best hallelujah song in my opinion..
Even in the darkest of places in time you will see, for he will light the way. The darkness is temporary, trust in him for he's there with you in the dark allowing you to see. He will not leave you you and he will fix your troubles and guide you out of the darkest of places. I glorify you lord!!!!!!
‘Shrek’ was actually what introduced me to this song :D
same
"The only thing I've learned from love is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you" my favourite part. That and "you saw her laying on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you, she tied you to a kitchen chair she broke your throne and cut you hair"
♡
David and Bathsheba
The Bible has been a great place to get ideas for songs. In da Gadda Deveeda. (In the Garen of Eden). To everything, Turn, Tirn, Turn. The Book of Ecclesiastes. "A time to laugh. A time to cry,....
this is the real Shrek version.
Beautiful!
No dear it s not John cale
Yes it is
Gen Scinmore Yes
Oana Renault we know He's joking
It's not a cry you can hear at night , it's somebody who's seen the light.
This is the Best version!
Ladies and gentlemen, can we agree that the Shrek movies have the best songs as a soundtrack?
SOME
No.
Yes
@@danefriser name a bad song from the Shrek movies
Live and let die from shrek 3 . That was freaking terrible song for king Harold's funeral.
I swear, this song is one of the best I've heard in a loooooong while. And, to add to it all, I didn't learn about it through Shrek.
Take that, society. >:D
I didn't learn it through shrek either :D
Neither did I :-)
I actually sorta did
I knew about the song before but Shrek introduced me to John Cale.
Why is bad how we heard about the song 😕. It shouldn't matter.
There's not too many songs I sing anymore but 35 years of smoking has made my voice perfect for this song
This song really shook me deep to my core when I was in a dark place. I get emotionap when I listen to it.
I want to sing this at an assembly at my school, but the kids might not have patience for this song😂😂
Do it anyway, you never know they might like it.
+elixxarose fuck Satan tho
What?
+elixxarose your profile picture looks like an occult symbol
+HASH SLINGING SLASHER but why fuck Satan? You're basically downing a religion.
WhAt ArE You DoINg iN My sWAmp 🌲🌲
Omg i heard that in Shek's voice
Whatever I want!😂
I found some cheese 🐀🧀
@@meed486 awful stuff.
You read that with your ears? 😂
I heard this, and it made me cry. It reminds me of all my strife, and the rises and falls in my walk with God. Knowing how God feels for me, and forgave me and does to this very day. There is darkness in life but Praise Yahovah. Praise him for giving us life, testing every inch of our hearts to know us. The evils and sins we do that he layed waste to with an equally painful sacrifice. Giving up what he couldn't even fully ask of us through Abraham simply because he loves us. Praise him that years after so much pain he can sweep it away and heal you. That after so much pain you can have a loving bond stronger than iron. I never thought I could feel so sad with the main lyrics of a song being "Praise to God."
I am convicted. I am humbled. Even in such a sad song there is this much love in it.
Lol this is a song about sex
@connorleonard4047 no, it's not. It's a song about faith and it's ups and downs.
The sex bit is a reference to king David and Sampson. "Saw her bathing on the roof" is a literal pull from scripture from when David lusted over bathsheba. She bathed outside, naked on her roof so David would see her.
"She broke your throne" is reference to jezebel. "Cut your hair" was from Sampson.
All 3 are examples of falling into sin through lust.
@@mikeclardy5689 it's literally about orgasms.
@@mikeclardy5689 leonard cohen wrote this song about sex and orgasm. It has nothing to do with the nonsensical christian faith
I've never listened to the full version of this song. Seriously gave me goosebumps.
Sono italiana. ..ho ascoltato la canzone 3000 volte, bellissima❤
Anche io sono italiano Ciao jack
AH i was looking for this version yay
yeah, this one is great
I think this is the original
Original version is from Leonard Cohen.
+ze lucas I didn't know this was the original because I've seen other ones and it took me a while to find this one lol!!!!1
I like your icon
I'm not a praying man, far from it actually, but I do admire songs like this one. This one in particular, you can feel the emotions in each word and key. It's amazing.
Agree completely with previous comments , cales version is magnificent, best version ever by a country mile, so moving, voice is incredible, fantastic,
Hallelujah !!!!
I will let no person on earth take my peace ....the devil live in some people who live everyday to crush others to make their self feel better :)))
Unless, you're an atheist like me :)))
+Jeremiah Headdress Noice!
Earth* Devil* themselves*
sure as hell crushed me
Gibzasaurus Wrecks
i heard there was a cool guy squad
who saved a princess for farquad
but you don't think ogres can love
oh do ya?
LightningFastStudios so cute and true awe
😁 how cute
Omg thats Shrek 1 in a nutshell
Yes.
There's a subterranean vegetable,
with layers and stench unimaginable,
but you don't shed a tear for nothin, do ya?
David: *plays the chord*
God: WOW that sounds good man! Play it again🙂
This Cale cover is my absolute favorite version of the song. It always moves me.
"So, they say that one out of every three patients admitted to this place will die here. But, some days the odds are worse than that."
+SIAAPS oh damn it.... [scrubs] :'(
I was just watching that episode last night!
Saddest episode ever :( besides the Doctor Cox episode
+SIAAPS one of the best episodes. One of the bests shows too
+Zachariah Price which Dr cox episode the one about Ben?
"She tied you
To a kitchen Chair
She broke your throne,
She cut your hair"❤
"It goes like this,
The fourth the fith
The minor fall,
The major lift..."
This was written about the mistakes people made in the Bible David looking at Bathsheba bathing on her roof then Sampson under the Nazarite vow promising he won't cut his hair and he told her and she tied him to something. I know it wasn't a chair and then she cut his hair
The baffled King was Saul for trying to kill David
The baffled King was Saul for trying to kill David
Shrek 1 ❤
@@Jake-ui4wz, I don't think the Lord apporves of your name sir. Lol
I pray to God… that every single person with depression and anxiety be healed!!! In Jesus name I pray
Today my dad is dead a year. The pain never leaves leaves my soul.. I wish I had one more hour with him to tell him how much I LOVE HIM.. Rest In Peace my sweet daddy…..🌻🙏🌻🙏
Hi Mary🌸