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Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different hallelujahs exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents or tones, allowing the song to be "melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or] joyous" depending on the performer: [15] The Welsh singer-songwriter John Cale, the first person to record a cover version of the song ...
The Oxford English Dictionary defines hallelujah as “a song or shout of praise to God,” but biblical scholars will tell you it’s actually a smash-up of two Hebrew words: “hallel” meaning ...
The phrase "hallelujah" translates to "praise Jah/Yah", [2] [12] though it carries a deeper meaning as the word halel in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God. [13] [14] The second part, Yah, is a shortened form of YHWH, and is a shortened form of his name "God, Jah, or Jehovah". [3]
A deep dive into the origin story of the singer's best-known song — and its unlikely ascension into the pop canon — doubles as a portrait of an artist as an accidental genius
If Leonard Cohen built a tower of just one song, it was “Hallelujah” — the subject of a film that hits theaters in July, “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song.”
Geller noted that the film includes not only several of Cohen's performances of "Hallelujah"—as he ages, singing it with different feelings and different verses—but also that there are 22 other songs. [10] The last third of the documentary is devoted to Cohen's comeback in the 21st century, and includes clips of his later concerts. [6]
"Hallelujah", also known as "Hallelujah Chorus", the chorus from Handel's Messiah Part II Hallelujah , composition by Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750–92) Hallelujah , composition by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
Crowe's recording of Hallelujah was selected as the soundtrack accompaniment to a love scene in The Watchmen, before being replaced by Cohen's own live version. "I originally had a different version of 'Hallelujah' on that scene (involving characters Nite Owl and Silk Spectre II ) - it was the version by Allison Crowe, and it was really beautiful.