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FULL 15 versus to Leonard Cohen Halleluja!
HI! i've been looking absolutely EVERYWHERE for the full 15 versus to Halleluja, and i would be sooo grateful (and amazed) if someone could tell me where to find them!
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Chrissie ^_^
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Chrissie ^_^
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Different cover versions of "Hallelujah", and different performances by Leonard Cohen himself, sometimes include different lyrics from those in Cohen's original 1984 recording. However, although individual words do change between various versions, most of the variation may be due to selection from Cohen's complete lyrics rather than additions by the cover artist. In a 2001 interview with The Observer, John Cale said:
"After I saw [Cohen] perform at the Beacon I asked if I could have the lyrics to "Hallelujah". When I got home one night there were fax paper rolls everywhere because Leonard had insisted on supplying all 15 verses."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leo nard_Cohen_song%29
"After I saw [Cohen] perform at the Beacon I asked if I could have the lyrics to "Hallelujah". When I got home one night there were fax paper rolls everywhere because Leonard had insisted on supplying all 15 verses."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leo nard_Cohen_song%29
Hi Chrissie. The Word (magazine) did a great interview with Leonard Cohen for their July issue 2007 where he actually says he has 80 verses for it and that for his own recording he "just took the six verses out of the many that establish some kind of coherence for the song." He says it took at least five years to write it, and he mentions having "several thick notebooks full of verses"...
...so yes I'm thinking perhaps you should write him a letter... You have found his official web site I presume, and there's another one which is very good, I think it's Finnish or something, but approved by Leonard himself.... ...wait...
here it is I haven't searched it for you; I suspect the full verses are to be found in Leonard's notebooks only.
...so yes I'm thinking perhaps you should write him a letter... You have found his official web site I presume, and there's another one which is very good, I think it's Finnish or something, but approved by Leonard himself.... ...wait...
here it is I haven't searched it for you; I suspect the full verses are to be found in Leonard's notebooks only.
Just checked in book "Various Positions," a biography of The Great Man Himself by Ira Nadel and of all the songs on that album "Hallelujah" didnt even rate a mention!
Indeed, Cohen was once asked if, of all the songs ever written in the world there was one he wished he had written, which one would it be. His answer was "'If It Be Your Will'...and I did write it." It's on the same album, a duet with Jennifer Warnes.
That is my memory of that album which I bought on its release... the song "Hallelujah" just didnt feature in reviews etc. In fact Cohen's record company, CBS, didnt even bother releasing the album at all in America.
Will keep searching.
Indeed, Cohen was once asked if, of all the songs ever written in the world there was one he wished he had written, which one would it be. His answer was "'If It Be Your Will'...and I did write it." It's on the same album, a duet with Jennifer Warnes.
That is my memory of that album which I bought on its release... the song "Hallelujah" just didnt feature in reviews etc. In fact Cohen's record company, CBS, didnt even bother releasing the album at all in America.
Will keep searching.
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