Fat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba.lemmy.worldFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-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-up0·4 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-up0·4 months agoAgreed. He’s like a Canadian Bob Dylan in that sense.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoAside from Jimi’s version of All Along the Watchtower (and maybe Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds), what Dylan songs fit this description? It’s ok not to like the guy’s voice or whatever, but let’s not rewrite history here. Dylan was a legend and stood entirely on his own (and alone).
minus-squarecbarrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoGood poet, terrible vocals? That’s like every Dylan track…
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes, but there’s something about Cohen’s cracky voice in “Everybody Knows” that sends shivers up my spine.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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.
Aside from Jimi’s version of All Along the Watchtower (and maybe Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds), what Dylan songs fit this description?
It’s ok not to like the guy’s voice or whatever, but let’s not rewrite history here. Dylan was a legend and stood entirely on his own (and alone).
Good poet, terrible vocals?
That’s like every Dylan track…
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.