Fat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba Edit: It's inspired by rather than about apparently.lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation Piped link to the song. (It’s so good)
minus-squarefolkrav@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoCohen is a massively talented songwriter and poet, but IMHO, most of his songs have covers that are a lot more pleasing to listen to than his.
minus-squarecbarrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAgreed. He’s like a Canadian Bob Dylan in that sense.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYes, but there’s something about Cohen’s cracky voice in “Everybody Knows” that sends shivers up my spine.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHe does that for me In Halleluia.
Cohen is a massively talented songwriter and poet, but IMHO, most of his songs have covers that are a lot more pleasing to listen to than his.
Agreed. He’s like a Canadian Bob Dylan in that sense.
Yes, but there’s something about Cohen’s cracky voice in “Everybody Knows” that sends shivers up my spine.
He does that for me In Halleluia.