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Cover versions better than the original on 15:14 - Jun 8 by GeoffSentence
Every single cover of Hallelujah is better than Cohen's original dirge. Even that X Factor one.
I think that's harsh, Alexandra Burke had the song chosen for her to show off her powerful voice but said herself that she had no feeling for the song. Cohen obviously did, but the idea of the song as an exhibition of vocal prowess has to be down to Jeff Buckley (despite John Cale being the one to bring it to a, slightly, wider audience years earlier.) That five octave range is rarely matched and there is a poignancy too due to his early demise (not that he knew so at the time, he was giving it everything for love of the song.)
So whilst I think it is obvious that Buckley's version is more plangent, and even more virile than Cohen's, to paint the latter's as senile is wrong (he did, after all, write the song in middle age when he plenty left in the tank...in various positions) but there is a trademark downbeat delivery to it that, if not obscuring the depth of the words, required some work to get to an end point that was close to the point that Buckley soared away from.
Cover versions better than the original on 06:10 - Jun 9 by IPS_wich
Much better than the Leonard Cohen original - in my top 10 REM songs
I'll get pelters for this because I know the original is seen as one of The Beatles most seminal tracks, but (a) this cover is brilliant from one of the most underrated bands ever; and (b) I'm squarely in the 'Hey Fab Four, thanks for being a musical trailblazer and all that, but your music is a bit basic and often bordering on sh1te' camp
Love threads like this… I’d never come across the Complete Rarities album, so will be having a listen to that today!
Cover versions better than the original on 06:10 - Jun 9 by IPS_wich
Much better than the Leonard Cohen original - in my top 10 REM songs
I'll get pelters for this because I know the original is seen as one of The Beatles most seminal tracks, but (a) this cover is brilliant from one of the most underrated bands ever; and (b) I'm squarely in the 'Hey Fab Four, thanks for being a musical trailblazer and all that, but your music is a bit basic and often bordering on sh1te' camp
No pelters, though I massively prefer Cohen's version, and probably his late-life live version, when his voice had dropped, improbably, about an octave.
My issues with the REM version are twofold: the rhythm and volume are unchanging. REM can do better than this! (At one point, I started to think that they were trying to out-Coldplay Coldplay).
I'd still give REM 7/10 though. Most Cohen covers are far, far worse.
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Cover versions better than the original on 09:55 - Jun 9 with 566 views
Cover versions better than the original on 06:10 - Jun 9 by IPS_wich
Much better than the Leonard Cohen original - in my top 10 REM songs
I'll get pelters for this because I know the original is seen as one of The Beatles most seminal tracks, but (a) this cover is brilliant from one of the most underrated bands ever; and (b) I'm squarely in the 'Hey Fab Four, thanks for being a musical trailblazer and all that, but your music is a bit basic and often bordering on sh1te' camp
An iconic song, by an iconic artist. The original was by The Miracles, a few years earlier. Only found out recently. I'm sure that because we are on page 5, with no mention, that most don't know.
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Cover versions better than the original on 14:42 - Jun 11 by Kropotkin123
An iconic song, by an iconic artist. The original was by The Miracles, a few years earlier. Only found out recently. I'm sure that because we are on page 5, with no mention, that most don't know.
Being the pedant that I am, the first released version of the song was by Gladys Knight & The Pips.
Although the Miracles did record it first, their version was shelved for a couple of years.
Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.
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