Hallelujah is one of the most famous songs by Leonard Cohen, and very many cover versions of this songs do exist. This song has also been used in the Shrek movie. I have listened to some versions of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah and want to present some interesting versions of this song in my blog.
Leonard Cohen has died aged 82 in Nov. 2016.
Leonard Cohen
Allison Crowe
A beautiful cover version by Allison Crowe with piano – maybe this is the most viewed version of this song at youtube with more the 4 million views:
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) – Allison Crowe live performance
The following version by Nynke Laverman in the Frisian language of the Netherlands is also very interesting, I liked this version very much, although I do not understand the language:
Hallelujah – Cohen in Het Fries – Nynke Laverman
Nynke Laverman singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. From “De Partisanen – Leonard Cohen in Het Fries”, a Netherlands tribute project presenting a collection of Cohen classics in the Frisian language.
Jeff Buckley’s version of this song is also very famous, here is a video with one of his versions:
More information:
Site about Leonard Cohen and his works: http://leonardcohenfiles.com/
Wikipedia about Hallelujah: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
German: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Songtext German / Englisch: http://www.boelters.de/LC/Hallelujah.html
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The Essential Leonard Cohen Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
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I love Allison Crowe’s performance of this Leonard Cohen song. Thank you for posting this.
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel!