Best version of "Hallelujah"

#1

Best version of "Hallelujah"

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:13pm

Which version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" do you think is the best? I've heard the original, Jeff Buckley's, Lauren Molina's, Euan Morton's, and Kate Voegele's version, but I'm sure there are many other covers of this great song. I'm quite partial to Euan Morton's version and Kate Voegele's version.

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#2

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:14pm

Rufus Wainright does a fantastic rendition, but Buckley's is the best.

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#3

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:16pm

k.d. lang, hands down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE

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#4

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:23pm

Yeah, that was pretty impressive PalJoey.

I also think John Cale's version is pretty good.

#5

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:28pm

My favorite version is by my friend craig paddock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIMN6hVQU0o

#6

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:33pm

There are so many incredible versions. It is just such a gorgeous, haunting song.

I had never heard k.d. lang's version before, PJ. Wow. It was as if I was hearing the song for the first time. Beautiful.

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#7

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:58pm

Have you heard her version of Roy Orbison's "Crying"?

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#8

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 11:10pm

Buckley, hands down.

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#9

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 11:21pm

Jeff Buckley. PJ, I LOVE k.d. lang's version of "Crying." I prefer it over Orbison's.

#10

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/12/08 at 11:32pm

I just got the buckley version for my ipod, but i love wainright too

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#11

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:21am

I love many versions, including k.d. lang's and Rufus Wainwright's (but not including the HORRIFYING version U2 did), but for me, it'll always come back to Jeff Buckley. He sings it in a way that you'd almost never believe he didn't write it, that's how deeply he feels it.

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#12

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 6:05am

I love Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah", and KD Lang's version of "Crying." Thanks for the video, paljoey. But, my favorite version of "Crying" is by Pat Benatar.

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#13

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:27am

K.D.Lang reigns supreme...

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#14

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:34am

Jason Castro, u guyz.

...ok, but really, of the dozen or so I've heard? Jeff Buckley.

#15

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:49am

Jeff Buckley hands down.

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#16

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

jen, I love Pat. Had no idea she covered "Crying."

#17

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:47am

Jeff Buckley's cover is the best, hands down.

#18

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:10am

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#19

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:53am

U2's version is the worst. Dylan messes the lyrics up really bad but it's still Dylan so it's ok. Rufus Wainwright does a serviceable job. Jeff Buckley's is of course a masterpiece but I have to go with k.d. Lang as my favorite.

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#20

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 5:58pm

Hmm, I'm really curious to hear Lauren Molina's...

But I'd have to say Rufus Wainwright, personally.

#21

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 6:01pm

There's a movie where they play Hallelujah and everyone's moving in slow motion.
I can't think of it for some reason. I want to say Donnie Darko, but that's not right.

Anyway, I really like that version, whomever it may be.

#22

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 6:09pm

I wish I had half the talent of kd lang or Jeff Buckley.

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#23

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:54pm

John Owen Jones has a wonderful version on his cd, which, coincidentally, is titled HALLELUJAH.

#24

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/14/08 at 11:18am

I wish I had half the talent of kd lang or Jeff Buckley.

...or Leonard Cohen

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#25

re: Best version of 'Hallelujah'

Posted: 5/14/08 at 11:26am

The best version of Hallelujah is Handel's, hands down.