A fresh version of a sometimes ' too much used ' hit. And the arrangement really serves the melody. King Singers and young ladies, you did it. Hallelujah !!!
LeftLib, i love our Canadian First Nations ideas that what we do is affected by 7 generations past and in turn will affect 7 generations to come... so maybe Mr. Cohen, having heard this wherever he is, indeed does a big smile on his face and two thumbs up...thanks +++to all the singers and arranger.
DAMN! That's one of the most intense versions of Hallelujah I've ever heard. And the climax into the last verse blew me through the wall. Well done ladies and gentlemen!
UGH!!! He was a despicable person. Why do people MINDLESSLY sing this ungodly song using the glorious word of HALLELU-YAH...which means PRAISE YAH!!❣🙌❣ Psalm 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise YAH: ❣🙌❣ Psalm 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise YAH. Praise ye YHWH.❣🙌❣ 😭 It’s a bit facile to say, “Some feelings may have been hurt, but everyone involved was a consenting adult.” The children involved were crushed. Layton, Cohen’s friend, recalls that all the children in a family Cohen knew on Hydra died off one by one, via suicide or alcohol or drugs. She looks back: It was the days of open marriage, whatever the hell that was. I don’t think it ever was successful with anybody. One of the partners was always jealous and angry and hurt and confused. I don’t know any child who came out of it not damaged by that period. We just wanted to do it all, take drugs and f*** around. . . . The children were just - they came along on the ride. They didn’t want to come along on that ride. Marianne’s son, Axel, was an infant when his mother and Cohen were living together on Hydra. As a boy, he found himself dumped in a boarding school in Canada when his mother went back to the island. Broomfield’s film shows us the plaintive, sad postcards he used to send his mother daily, begging for her love. As an adult, he dabbled in drugs, went silent for long periods of time, and wound up being institutionalized for most of his life. news.yahoo.com/leonard-cohen-male-feminist-mistreated-103048828.html
Horrific. The song is about relationships, sex, and a deep look into one's own bad behavior as a step to redemption. The "hallelujah" refered to is the cry of orgasmic climax. There is nothing about god or religion as a subject, it does use religion as metaphor. Add to that misunderstanding the idea of a silky smooth chorus where it is one man's cry of pain and regret and you get meaningless goo.
Chimera is right, though. This is Leonard Cohen, and it’s dark, bitter and ambiguous. It’s a long way from being a song in praise of Our Lord And Saviour as some posters have said. It’s why I love it as a song, and why so many of the interpretations I have heard fail to satisfy. But it’s far from meaningless goo, as well. Perhaps it’s a bit too smooth and polished (although the Kings Singers find it hard to do anything else, which is why they are delightful) but it’s a magnificent arrangement and, with the exception of a couple of the female soloists, well and powerfully sung. The world is big enough for Cohen’s gravelly imperfection and this version, surely. Although the world will never be big enough for the syrupy and bland version by Pentatonix. Now THAT is goo.
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A fresh version of a sometimes ' too much used ' hit. And the arrangement really serves the melody. King Singers and young ladies, you did it. Hallelujah !!!
Another awesome collaboration. Well done all. All hail Philip Lawson for his continued genius.
Beautiful, thank you. I attended a memorial service yesterday that had no music. Today I fill the gaps and can truly grieve.
If only Leonard Cohen lived to see this.
and to hear this
LeftLib, i love our Canadian First Nations ideas that what we do is affected by 7 generations past and in turn will affect 7 generations to come... so maybe Mr. Cohen, having heard this wherever he is, indeed does a big smile on his face and two thumbs up...thanks +++to all the singers and arranger.
Well done all - just the tonic for these troubling times :)
Can I just stop crying now?? This is perfect
Wow. I managed to hold it together until the last chord, but then I was gone. Incredible musicianship, fabulous arrangement, and EMOTION. Glorious.
How delicate! Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thanks a lot 🙏
DAMN! That's one of the most intense versions of Hallelujah I've ever heard. And the climax into the last verse blew me through the wall. Well done ladies and gentlemen!
Beautiful.
Beautifull. God bless you.
Amazing! 👏 👍
Wonderful tribute to Léonard Cohen ❤❤❤
Beautiful! Breathtaking!! 👌 👌
C'est très beau, merci.
Magnificent 🎶
This is just beautiful! God bless 🙏😇
BRAVO...Who are the nine people who gave this a thumbs down??
goose bumps
i really love it .... from Belgium thanks a lot !
Fantastic! Thank you!
So beautiful!
Amazing!
Prachtige uitvoering!
That was beautiful. Thanks Guys
Awesome！
Brilliant version.
Just amazing... Alleluia!😃❤
That last verse is incredible!!!!
GORGEOUS, gave me chills
Beautiful ❤️
Gorgeous!
amazingly beautiful!👏👏👏
Gänsehaut, ein wunderschönes Lied!
Magnífico!!!
British men's chorale and arranger, American women's choir, Canadian composer. Nice.
Awesome
Wow!
I love this song
Absolutely beautiful! The first time I found a choral version of this song and I LOVE IT.
Pentatonix also has a beautiful choral version!
@@protoeuro not so good maan :-)
Heh, never noticed before the resemblance between one of the King's Singers and actor Gary Sandy...forty years later, but still...
Wonderful ❤️
Beautiful! What a wonderful collaboration!
Wow this is Amazing ! I LOVE IT. Thank u .
fun to play match the face. some people show up twice on screen. :)
Achieved the impossible - made Leonard Cohen worth listening to!
💎💝
🍀🍀
How lovely their voices blend together in praise of of our lord and Saviour
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of this song.
Ah to be a teenager and not sick of this song yet 😆
The ginger bear always smiling
beautiful performance and arrangement but I cannot shake the feeling that it misses the point of the lyrics completely at times
It bothers me a bit that the pronunciation of Hallelujah isn't consistent. But lovely anyway. Very pretty arrangement.
The name of this song shouled be 'Sock it to ya.'
Растиражированная песня. Особняком и вдали от традиционных "Аллилуйя"
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Sorry, I never Iiked this song at all. And the pronunciation as "hal-lay-loo-yuh" grates on my nerves.
UGH!!! He was a despicable person. Why do people MINDLESSLY sing this ungodly song using the glorious word of HALLELU-YAH...which means PRAISE YAH!!❣🙌❣
Psalm 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise YAH: ❣🙌❣
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise YAH. Praise ye YHWH.❣🙌❣
😭 It’s a bit facile to say, “Some feelings may have been hurt, but everyone involved was a consenting adult.” The children involved were crushed. Layton, Cohen’s friend, recalls that all the children in a family Cohen knew on Hydra died off one by one, via suicide or alcohol or drugs. She looks back:
It was the days of open marriage, whatever the hell that was. I don’t think it ever was successful with anybody. One of the partners was always jealous and angry and hurt and confused. I don’t know any child who came out of it not damaged by that period. We just wanted to do it all, take drugs and f*** around. . . . The children were just - they came along on the ride. They didn’t want to come along on that ride.
Marianne’s son, Axel, was an infant when his mother and Cohen were living together on Hydra. As a boy, he found himself dumped in a boarding school in Canada when his mother went back to the island. Broomfield’s film shows us the plaintive, sad postcards he used to send his mother daily, begging for her love. As an adult, he dabbled in drugs, went silent for long periods of time, and wound up being institutionalized for most of his life.
news.yahoo.com/leonard-cohen-male-feminist-mistreated-103048828.html
Horrific. The song is about relationships, sex, and a deep look into one's own bad behavior as a step to redemption. The "hallelujah" refered to is the cry of orgasmic climax. There is nothing about god or religion as a subject, it does use religion as metaphor.
Add to that misunderstanding the idea of a silky smooth chorus where it is one man's cry of pain and regret and you get meaningless goo.
Don't bullshit. That is just one interpretation, not the original meaning or intention.
I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties. 🙄
So what.
Chimera is right, though. This is Leonard Cohen, and it’s dark, bitter and ambiguous. It’s a long way from being a song in praise of Our Lord And Saviour as some posters have said. It’s why I love it as a song, and why so many of the interpretations I have heard fail to satisfy. But it’s far from meaningless goo, as well. Perhaps it’s a bit too smooth and polished (although the Kings Singers find it hard to do anything else, which is why they are delightful) but it’s a magnificent arrangement and, with the exception of a couple of the female soloists, well and powerfully sung. The world is big enough for Cohen’s gravelly imperfection and this version, surely. Although the world will never be big enough for the syrupy and bland version by Pentatonix. Now THAT is goo.