Remy: Hallelujah (SNL Leonard Cohen Parody)
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Remy finds a silver lining in a Trump presidency.
Written and Performed by Remy
Music tracks by Ben Karlstrom
Produced and Edited by Austin Bragg
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Lyrics:
I heard the news and i was sad
A crazy man who’ll power grab
He'll probably bomb countries unapproved, yeah
The debt will double - Won't abate
He'll build up the surveillance state
I guess it won't be all that different, ooh yeah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
He might be so awful, So unhinged
Defense Secretaries leave and then
Imply his White House knows not what to do yeah
He'll wage a war on whistle-blows
there may be unexpected gropes
He’d be that nightmare
They call “deja vu” yeah
Hallelujah
Hellelujah
He might take the data from our phones
Have citizens killed by flying drones
Mock the disabled oh no we'll be through yeah
So if you're mad and on the streets
Concerned about this overreach
Well where’ve you been
It isn’t all that new, yeah
But Hallelujah
Hallelujah
"It's only bad when they do it" - The other side.
"No, it's bad when anybody does it." -The Bible, Western Morality, and the Founding Fathers
LOL the bible? Really? The "thou shalt not kill, now go Joshua and slaughter all the Canaanites" bible?
It's futile to feel moral superiority when you believe your own moral compass to be inspired by the frankly insane rantings of a blatantly tribal, petty, vindictive, and immoral fantasy desert deity from two millennia ago.
It's really time you fools stopped trumpeting your foolishness as something to be anything other than ashamed of.
Heh. My attitude hasn't been "edgy" since at least Mencken's day.
_"One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected… [This] convention protects them, and so they proceed with their blather unwhipped and almost unmolested, to the great damage of common sense and common decency. That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly."_ - H.L. Mencken
Of course, I'm sure just about everything today is "edgy" to a person whose understanding of the world is literally the same as that held by ignorant desert peoples over 2000 years ago.
I'd just like to point out, that I've always interpreted the protection of religious liberty to BE the utter protection of all ideas.
If unprovable, faith-based random ideas of the supernatural cannot be infringed, that sets a lower bound for how crazy of ides are still protected. If you can't persecute someone for a religious idea, you can't persecute them for any idea.
that was way funnier than all the skits SNL did last weekend
Agreed!
You shouldn't assume. Disappointing for those expecting Chapelle show level comedy. A couple "ha" moments here and there at best
There is a difference between Trump and Obama. Trump is like being hit in the head with a jagged rock, where Obama was more like being hit with a nice smooth river rock.
This made me laugh out loud, thanks.
Isidore22
That makes it worth writing. Thanks.
furtim1, are you comparing their hair? If so hilarious!
Do you wanna die because of a dumbass being a dumbass or a malicious villain?
You foolishly assume the protesters care about anything other than feelings.
I think the 'protesters' care more about the $30 an hour.
Facts don't care about your feelings.
Have you been to a college campus lately? They're getting pretty good at bending facts to fit their feelings.
this entire comment thread is destroying what faith I had in the intellectual honesty of libertarians. Obama did bad things, but I never doubted he was doing them for the right reasons. Trump on the other hand is a conspiracy theorist reality TV star. There is no comparison.
LOL try being a little more of a concern troll you fucking shill.
I don't know why it's taken me all these yrs to find you. I'm glad I did. I have watched most of your music videos today. Thank you. My day was great.
Yes sir I am also binging on this sing along today too. I'll have another 🍺
Lucky. I have been following him 10 years. It feels like forever between videos. You get to binge!
If you haven't known him since the warcraft rap idk what to say
Best thing about finding him in 2023 is that there's 100+ videos (and another 40 if you check MTGRemy).
Couple of days a month I binge this playlist then get pissed off that I can't get anybody else to watch it!
Once again... THANK YOU REMY!
Also, see Julie Borowski's video about the return of the anti-war left now that the wars aren't Democrat wars.
Wasn't it Trump who said we should stay out of Syria at all costs?
@@marcuscorder Yeah, the anti-war Left never returned. I was on the anti-war Left back in '08. The anti-war position was large motivation for voting for Trump in 2016.
The worst they can imagine is what is already happening. So blind; So delusional.
Thats the point of the song
ITS Happening boys
Hoo boy were they ever wrong.
thats the point...its not so much saying were on a crash course with trump as our president,as it is saying that this shits been going on for decades and will likely not ever change (at least not for the better)
Three years in, they only feared what they are, Trump fixed it
Looking retrospectively a few years on, this song is tremendously unbiased and correct, whether it is Obama, trump, or Biden in the US. Or whether it is Blair or Johnson in the UK. All national leaders are exactly like this, no matter what policy's they put in the manifesto you can guarantee they will do everything in this song.
Could have left Trump off that list honestly
As far as bombing new countries, trump did the least in a good long while. He’s not perfect, but I’ll take better.
@@ryanhayes38 well obviously not😂
@@benchoflemons398 u say its obvious, i say your wrong... It seems were at an impasse
wow... scary the double-standard being applied now.
one thing Remy is quick to point out is that double standards are common on both sides.
and it just keeps getting worse.
@@leftyhara3876 With that name not a shock you’re defending the libel liberals. Liberals have control of most of the mainstream media and universities, conservatives can’t even get that kind ability to corrupt people and devastate America. The second you lefties find anyone who’s actually talented or funny but not on your side you do all you can to cast them as on your side.
There's something terribly wrong with this song, for which you should be ashamed. It just isn't long enough. Terrific and thank you much; I'm posting the link on the IMDb politics board.
Tragically funny. Good to have you back in top form Remy!
OMG. Why did I not find you during the election?! Man, every video is gold.
Remy always kills with these songs
3 years later he’s had less scandals lol
He’s had way more scandals from MSM but in terms of actual substance, most of them don’t matter
@@flamingstallion idk if a “report from a unnamed source” really counts.
I kinda miss the chubby orange bastard.
The new guy is honestly worse.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trump_administration_controversies
Whelp, Remy was right about the debt. Not much the rest, but that's the way it goes.
Um he was right about pretty much all of it cept I guess there wasn't more surveillance
The debt is at 40 trillion?
Covid did come out of left field and the jump (under Trump) wasn't as bad as the jump under Bush for the 2008 financial crisis
@@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406 Hey Kermode is trying to find a win for Remy here!
@@ragingfred Much of what you seem be describing the Bush jump was actually Obama jump because it didn't hit until almost the end of Bush's time in office. Bush's deficit increases were mostly in fact the wars (i..e 2001-2004) and his insistence on cutting taxes when we just had the budget deficit taken care of.
#ImWithRemy
He's so underated
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Better than SNL. Go Remy, of course.
Does Remy have anything like a daily or weekly podcast?
I wish I could support and share this guys material easier.
He has his own youtube channel
what is his channel called?
Liberty or Death GoRemy
insanely ...Thank you
"Thank you, I can stop turning in my grave now!"
- Leonard Cohen
hostiliscivitas Too soon....
hostiliscivitas uncalled for, offensive, disrespectful, and just plain wrong. just like this video
Wait! You have internet in the cementery?!guess death aint that bad after all
Remy is the Weird Al for Libertarians.🤷♂️
REMY IS THE BEST THERE IS EVER!!!!!!!
He's an absolute genius. Why hasn't South Park hired him as a staff writer yet?
Both Trump and Clinton were poor choices....I guess people decided that Trump was the lesser evil.....
hag12100 that and the Democratic party was utterly exposed for being a cheating corrupt mess shouting hate speech while insulting voters . But hey what do you expect from the same party that is responsible for such classics as The Trail of Tears, Confederacy, Jim Crow, US Japanese internment camps, Vietnam, anti woman rights, the KKK, anti Civil Rights, destruction of the gold standard and birth of big banks, the heart warming romantic classic I gave you all my emails, the others are about yoga & C means Classified?, and ofcourse Anthony fucking Wiener. Both parties have their bad sides, but they let Trump win by being themselves. I'm curious what's going to happen to Hillary and her $1.2 billion of backers. What was their interest /return; Donald spent less than $150 million.
"I guess people decided that Trump was the lesser evil....."
Belive me he was... *Believe me!*
don't forget how entitlement Hillary was. i mean she or her team where saying stuff like" it's my time" or" i deserve it" as if the presidency was being passed down from Obama to her like some family title.
Three years in, do you still stand by your statement?
@@alektad Well since Clinton couldn't prove him wrong, as she yet wasn't the president, how could he not? There's basically no data - no matter how good or bad Trump is as a president, we don't know how bad H. Clinton would be. We only know they were both bad choices even before the elections and, according to the results, Trump was the slightly less bad - for voters, that is.
hitting the nail on the head, one song at a time. Thanks Remy!
The SNL cold opener that should have been.
Yeah, but that would mean that SNL was actually funny
Even the liberals with all their hate for Trump have to be kicking their own butts for voting for Biden about now. If not, they are truly blind. What a crap turn this country has taken. It will never be the same again and that is a very sad thing.
When I'm upset or stressed, remy makes me giggle EVERY DAMNED TIME.
Thank you so much for that
This aged well
Correct. Unless you don’t understand the song.
As someone who voted for Hillary, thank you for this video. I'm sad, but the recreational grieving in the mode of SNL's Hallelujah is starting to sicken me.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
Absolutely BRILLIANT!!
BRAVO!! BRAVO!!
I like that this music video has citations for each of its claims. Please consider this feature in future videos, and keep being awesome!
RIP Leonard Cohen.
Shane Killian haha of course you watch Reason :)
We are gonna build a special wall
To them with the best rock and tall
We'll see if that works for our southern state,yeah
And we say Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Where’ve you been it isn’t all that new. Strong words right there
You sir have a remarkable voice even though no one has commented on it. Very good job, not many men have a voice for this tune.
my favorite version yet. I would pay to hear more.
Good God, thank you. I needed this.
Why
I don't think Remy was necessarily accusing Trump preemptively of doing these things, but rather mocking the people who were clutching pearls about Trump and the hypocrisy of their hyperbole regarding what Trump might do in office while they ignored that the Obama administration was already doing them.
I love this guy. ❤️❤️❤️
Great singing voice sir! Nice to hear you sing something other than hip hop.
Wondering if this was planned before Cohen passed away, or if it's a parody/tribute.
I think it was inspired by the SNL shit the Saturday after the 2016 election.
RIP Leonard Cohen
*sniff* that was just beautiful *tear wipe*
Why
IDK what rock I’ve been hiding under but so far Remy is fanF*CKINtastic. When I reached this Cohen song, I immediately thought, “Oh no!”
The song is described as tragically funny. It think of so many covers like Jeff Buckley (whose end was heartbreakingly grim, as was his father’s).
It’s magical yet its brevity is haunting. It’s sad that it’s just too short. If you add all of this up, it’s a work of art. ❤️
Simply splendid stuff from the always magnificent Remy. Thank you.
I can't believe it took me so long to find this!!! Big Trump supporter over here, absolutely despise Clintons for 20+ years, thank God every day she didn't win, but for some reason I can't quite explain I loved that little song at the beginning of SNL after the election. Something really spoke to me with the lyrics and everything. Every once in a while I go back and listen to it again (and again and again . . . ) and noticed this video today. PERFECT!!! :D
Great!! Just Great! Good Job.
Outstanding!
Remy is a genius.
The Defense Secretary bit couldn't have been more spot-on.
I'm not sure whether to cringe or nod thoughtfully.
Remy 2020!
So fucking brilliant.
Hallelujah for Remy!
Glad none of that actually happened.
Remy has found his God given genius and sharing it with the world. He in my eyes is this generations Victor Borge and Red Skelton! Also an important messenger!!
This was so perfect.
Love this song and I love the song hallelujah
0:56 Remy predicts the Ukraine scandal.
Exactly, he would wage A war on whistleblower ,happening now
High bar but this is the best yet from Remi!
Brilliant
I love REMY! He is S-O-O funny.
Beautiful
Well. This was way better than I expected from the title. Well played, sir.
That was one of the best yet! 😘
Such a fantastic play on the SNL skit, thank you for this!
Funny, for all of the problems of Trump, none of the things mentioned here materialized.
Your voice is amazing and I love you
Well done sir 👍
6 years later and still relevant. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden all the same; our march to hell continues.
Awesome!
We should just learn all of Remy’s parodies and sing them at karaoke bars
Great Job Remy !
Absolutely awesome!
The reason why remy's parodies are so entertaining is because they are much closer to the truth.
Too True!!!!
*"the debt will double"*
Brilliant!!!
Donald trump:I won’t start wars
Never started a war
Truth *100*
Remy for President.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" isn't a silver lining.
I was certainly in this camp at this point, but he was mostly fine. He created far more peace than any other president in at least decades. He wasn't ideal, but he wasn't Obama, Biden, Clinton, or the Bush's.
Remy for President
Such a gem!
Learned to play this on the piano because of you 😗
At least, if there is a good side, he didn't bomb countries unapproved
Policy wise Trump wasn't bad. As far as the debt, if other countries continue to allow use to borrow in negative real terms, what do we do? At some point, you have to take advantage of the system.
This probably unintentional, but the hallelujah was actually perfect right next to all of the evil.
In the end it all comes down to, praise God!
You go Remy!
Revisited 2 years later, maybe we jumped to conclusions, maybe trump is not that bad?
What’s the national debt?
Believe me.. he’s as bad as it gets😎
Forget SNL, this was way way better than that Hillary impersonation. Hers was just dumb, especially for a comedy show
Do you feel the same now?
suddenly this is relevant again.
Aged like fine wine.
I love Remy, but none of this happened. Trump was the best president
Fantastic
I'm triggered!
Trump was the only president in a while who didn't start any new wars. He is not conservative sadly but I prefer him to the alternative any day. At least he loves the country and is not ashamed of God . I think Trump did a great job as president all things considered. Still wish he would get government out of the market instead of trying to make trade deals though.
Seriously, some one needs to inform Weird Al that his long lost twin has been found.
Thank you sir! I love your MTG stuff and then this popped into my feed. At first, I thought it was going to be one-sided propaganda. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the fact your wonderful parody pointed out the hypocrisy of both left and right wing ideologies.
Standing Ovation!!!