This version includes my favorite verse (not many do): "I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah" Redemption is a powerful thing.
I thought this was in like, all versions... like, he had a set first and last verse, and everything in between was random to what he felt like at the time. Maybe I'm wrong. Idk.
I'm 100% atheist but even so I still love this song... always have, always will. For me it's just as much about the human spirit as it is about any religion.
I got the news this morning. I just can't believe it. My first exposure to this guy was in 2009's "Watchmen", one of my favorite Comic Book Movies of all time. I first heard this song in a cover form in "Shrek", but this one is widely superior to that cover. R.I.P. Leonard Cohen, and may songs of Angels guide thee to thy rest.
LC is soooo bloody wonderful. He wrote this, and sings it better than any one. I will remember this song for the rest of my life, -- plus it gives me thoughts of the best man on the planet, cos he introduced me to it, I love him. Cheers. Sky.
This is incredible. To hear and see the original songwriter singing his famous song! Everyone thinks of the "Shrek" version, but THIS IS THE REAL THING, written years ago, and he doesn't get enough credit his genius! He wrote eleven verses to this, but I can only find them in his book....this is WONDROUS! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE WORLD!
What's hilarious to me is I've heard this song a million times and only now do I finally hear the composers version! The song never went out of fashion like the video has!
I could swear that god send this man to Earth for this very purpose I heard Rufus, I heard Jeff, I heard many "Best hallelujah version" but no. Nothing can beat this never, never.
Leonard Cohen has been there all through my life. And with every new album one or two songs were added to my personal list of all-time favourites. Leonard is there with the truly great like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and Brel, with songs such as Halleluja, If it be your will and The window. Thank you, Leonard Cohen, for making the world more beautiful.
Leonard Cohen is one of Canada & the worlds true treasures. His lyrics are genius, his music rejuvinates,teaches & moves us to be kinder human beings. Why do we provoke each other with nasty comments? Those of us who do have lost the meaning of the GIFT of music.
My favorite lyrics are: "Maybe there's a God above", "Your faith was strong But you needed Proof", "You say I took the name, but I don't even know the name, but really, If I did, really; what's it too you?!?" "There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard the Holy or the Broken hallelujah". Man I wish God were real.
Mr. J ; Try Listening to a Celebratory Christmas Version. Same Beautiful Music - Without Cohen's Depressing "Lyrics"‼️ Christians, DO IT BETTER 👍. JL - ✝️ 🎄 12/7/19
David Trompton, if you feel this is shite, I feel bad for the people who have to deal with your horrible sense of taste & feeble brain on a regular basis.
His most hypnotic rendition. This is the best version. He says "yah" instead of "you" and it makes for a much smoother and, in my opinion a more emotive feel to the song. I know Leonard preferred to use his words rather than taking shortcuts; this song transcends that. If it's the only song he sang with slang then all the better to differentiate it even more from all (of his) songs. This is a masterpiece, like 'Bohemian Rhapsody', it just pulls you into its orbit and you get lost in it.
He was going 50 yaers in my live. In this time was go dead my lovely wife, my two younger brothers, and now hi is going. And with him the biggest part from my live. So long Leonard Cohen. The live is short but a big gift from God. Amen. Halleluja.
Still so much better than all covers. People who were "searching for this for years": Next time try searching in a cd store or on iTunes... Always a better source for music than UA-cam :-)
Uma das mais conhecidas e apreciadas versões e interptretações de uma canção que não esquecemos e nos emociona sempre que a ouvimos ... Acho que esta é de facto uma das mais preferidas entre todas (incontáveis?) ....
I've listened to about a hundred different people singing this song and nobody does it better than the original - the amazing Leoonard Cohen. The Norwegians Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes, and Askil Holm come second and then .....................fresh air before anybody else comes even close.
I fell in love with this song in freshman year of high school. I’m 27 now and still listen constantly. It’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard
No nations no boundaries no religions, this song is representing the universe language of all time. May I express in my Language na ka : ทุกครั้งที่ฟังเพลงนี้ ทำให้นึกถึงอดีตที่ผ่านมา ทุกครั้งที่เห็นการจากไปคนใดคนหนึ่ง ช่างเศร้าเหลือเกิน แต่ทุกอย่างคือสัจธรรม ความจริง : May God Bless You Always!
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah...
@mysticmicah this is also one of my very favorite music pieces. I saw it originally in The Netherlands and am also glad that it has returned to uTube. Good luck in all your efforts !!
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This is my favorite version of this song. At this point in his life his voice was that perfect blend of all that whiskey and cigarettes or what ever (he says ) caused this deep rich sound. .AND this song is so amazingly rich. It evokes emotions that have nothing to do with religion for me. It is joyful, painful, spiritual, poignant and sexual. Leonard, what a song, what a guy!
This is my favorite rendition of his song. No one sings this like he does, his voice is haunting in a good way
It's one of the few artists that I want to sing along to but just cannot get a handle on it.
It’s beautiful but you should try the Pentatonix cover. Goosebumps
@@kanyefuck7018 true, pure unique voice he has
Jeff Buckley's version is very emotional in my opinion
This is the best version, maybe is cuz he is the composer
This version includes my favorite verse (not many do):
"I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah"
Redemption is a powerful thing.
Hallelujah ! And redemption is a powerful tool💕
Yyyyyeess this is the best part from the best song which sang by the best singer
I thought this was in like, all versions... like, he had a set first and last verse, and everything in between was random to what he felt like at the time. Maybe I'm wrong. Idk.
This song is about sex and orgasm. He has said this many times.
One of the greatest composers/lyricists of the 20th century IMHO.......I love everything his does.
Bill Carr
me too.
TIN EAR❓
Goosebumps every time. RIP Mr Cohen.
I really love all of this positive feedback. It's great to know that soooo many others appreciate Leonard Cohen like I do.
I'm 100% atheist but even so I still love this song... always have, always will.
For me it's just as much about the human spirit as it is about any religion.
hahaha, hallelujah literally translates to "praise the lord" atheist?
Of course. It is about our true deep spirituality. The search for Love.
The original and best version of the greatest song ever written xxxx
I got the news this morning. I just can't believe it. My first exposure to this guy was in 2009's "Watchmen", one of my favorite Comic Book Movies of all time. I first heard this song in a cover form in "Shrek", but this one is widely superior to that cover.
R.I.P. Leonard Cohen, and may songs of Angels guide thee to thy rest.
LC is soooo bloody wonderful. He wrote this, and sings it better than any one. I will remember this song for the rest of my life, -- plus it gives me thoughts of the best man on the planet, cos he introduced me to it, I love him. Cheers. Sky.
This is incredible. To hear and see the original songwriter singing his famous song! Everyone thinks of the "Shrek" version, but THIS IS THE REAL THING, written years ago, and he doesn't get enough credit his genius! He wrote eleven verses to this, but I can only find them in his book....this is WONDROUS! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH THE WORLD!
I just love the way this sounds, definitely one of the greats. Gone but never forgotten.
Mr. Cohen is the master of heart in this song and in his work period.
So humble. So gentle. So talented. Our loss, but thankfully you were here for us and left this song behind.
What's hilarious to me is I've heard this song a million times and only now do I finally hear the composers version! The song never went out of fashion like the video has!
Pure Class, this man. Forever.
Ru Pneumokok n
This is his most beautiful rendition----I love the choir---they are integral
I could swear that god send this man to Earth for this very purpose
I heard Rufus, I heard Jeff, I heard many "Best hallelujah version" but no.
Nothing can beat this never, never.
The man simply is a genius
Leonard Cohen has been there all through my life. And with every new album one or two songs were added to my personal list of all-time favourites. Leonard is there with the truly great like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and Brel, with songs such as Halleluja, If it be your will and The window. Thank you, Leonard Cohen, for making the world more beautiful.
My heart is so full..
This song and Tom Waits Waltzing Matilda saved my life. Music has the power to heal and save.. happy 2021
Good Night Sir .... Thank you ... for all your wonderful songs. Rest In Music xx
Yup. Crying.
Leonard Cohen is one of Canada & the worlds true treasures.
His lyrics are genius, his music rejuvinates,teaches & moves us to be kinder human beings.
Why do we provoke each other with nasty comments?
Those of us who do have lost the meaning of the GIFT of music.
My favorite lyrics are:
"Maybe there's a God above",
"Your faith was strong But you needed Proof",
"You say I took the name, but I don't even know the name, but really, If I did, really; what's it too you?!?"
"There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard the Holy or the Broken hallelujah".
Man I wish God were real.
One of the greates !!!t I'm still ❤ coming back to listen 🎶.
The best part is the simplicity. Everyone knows what he is talking about and he knows we know. No one ever needs more than that.
Another famous song I've never heard, or heard of. I really do need to broaden my horizons.
Do it.
No, you really don't. The reason that you haven't heard this is because it's unmitigated shite.
Mr. J ;
Try Listening to a Celebratory Christmas Version.
Same Beautiful Music -
Without Cohen's Depressing "Lyrics"‼️
Christians, DO IT BETTER 👍.
JL - ✝️ 🎄
12/7/19
David Trompton, if you feel this is shite, I feel bad for the people who have to deal with your horrible sense of taste & feeble brain on a regular basis.
Janelee, anti-semite much?
a song so many know and yet have no idea......for this we are thankful for a man who gave us the song
RIP leonard, thanks for all you gave us..
GRACIAS ! FOR THIS MAGNEFICENT SONG! LEONARD.
His most hypnotic rendition. This is the best version. He says "yah" instead of "you" and it makes for a much smoother and, in my opinion a more emotive feel to the song. I know Leonard preferred to use his words rather than taking shortcuts; this song transcends that. If it's the only song he sang with slang then all the better to differentiate it even more from all (of his) songs. This is a masterpiece, like 'Bohemian Rhapsody', it just pulls you into its orbit and you get lost in it.
He owns this song, none better
RIP. You were the best of the best.
He were not the best of the best -- he IS the best of the best !
:)
❤️❤️❤️
@@Echnaton1954 better than hewey lewis?
Cohen is a Canadian national treasure, our Poet Laureate and the Worlds.
A superstar, pure and simple.
He was going 50 yaers in my live. In this time was go dead my lovely wife, my two younger brothers, and now hi is going. And with him the biggest part from my live. So long Leonard Cohen. The live is short but a big gift from God. Amen. Halleluja.
one of the best solo artists ever
no doubt the best left
live to be 120 years old leonard
:)
This aged well.
Still so much better than all covers.
People who were "searching for this for years": Next time try searching in a cd store or on iTunes... Always a better source for music than UA-cam :-)
Gosh...I've been looking for this one everywhere...thx soooo much for posting!
Uma das mais conhecidas e apreciadas versões e interptretações de uma canção que não esquecemos e nos emociona sempre que a ouvimos ... Acho que esta é de facto uma das mais preferidas entre todas (incontáveis?) ....
@JuniorT
Took the words right out of my mouth . . . and soul.
Find your happiness at last.. you WILL be missed for a very, very long time :-(
absolutly glourious
have never seen LC live but would love to.... and love him so....esp HIS Hallelujah..didn't Canada declare it the best song ever written by a Canadian
I do thank for this video... Hallelujah!
I've listened to about a hundred different people singing this song and nobody does it better than the original - the amazing Leoonard Cohen. The Norwegians Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes, and Askil Holm come second and then .....................fresh air before anybody else comes even close.
RIP LEONARD
so 80s....love it thx
I was so happy to see this video back again. I love Leonard Cohen! This is a classic!
I fell in love with this song in freshman year of high school. I’m 27 now and still listen constantly. It’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard
This is the best version, the original. I don't know why it took clicking through many videos to find this.
Im babyisitting my brothers high friend, and all he wants to listen to is this song, fml
I'm so glad my dad got me into Cohen. :)
I´ve listened to this constantly in my head in four days now! Maybe I should stop listening to it as soon as i get home.
In 10 days it's my turn to experience the master at work. I just cant wait
My favorite version of this song. Ever.
Beautiful, beautiful!!! Show!
Thanks, Leonard
Najpiękniejszy utwór, który stworzył człowiek
Fav version!
I wish to met man like him...so deep....such spirit...for inspiration....
i just LOVE you for putting this one in i cant find et anywere ells free on the net ty SO MUCH!
This vid is such a juxtaposition to the actual live version and the feeling and meaning of the song...
Cohen is the man that can't be out done!
beautiful, I have his older version, he only gets better with age
ne me lasse jamais d entendre cette belle chanson paroles + musique .bravo monsieur cohen xxxxx janine942
not even close. best version ever. I mean seriously amazing
@writerman242 I completely agree, this was for me THE HIGHLIGHT of his concert in London a couple of years ago... I love this man!
No nations no boundaries no religions, this song is representing the universe language of all time. May I express in my Language na ka : ทุกครั้งที่ฟังเพลงนี้ ทำให้นึกถึงอดีตที่ผ่านมา ทุกครั้งที่เห็นการจากไปคนใดคนหนึ่ง ช่างเศร้าเหลือเกิน แต่ทุกอย่างคือสัจธรรม ความจริง : May God Bless You Always!
Saw this guy in 2009. Had some of the best talent on stage I have ever seen.
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah...
😢😢😢 makes me cry each time. Love this song ❤
extraordinario
Hi's here, with this song he will be right here for always and forever!
Haunting.....
Hallelujah is deeply moving . It expresses the beautiful Jewish side of him
@mysticmicah
this is also one of my very favorite music pieces. I saw it originally in The Netherlands and am also glad that it has returned to uTube. Good luck in all your efforts !!
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What an amazing man, song-writer and example of human kindness. RIP Leonard. the world was a better place because of you.
Timeless poetry!
This is the original from which all magnificant versions are his legacy--thank you Leonard!
This is my favorite version of this song. At this point in his life his voice was that perfect blend of all that whiskey and cigarettes or what ever (he says ) caused this deep rich sound. .AND this song is so amazingly rich. It evokes emotions that have nothing to do with religion for me. It is joyful, painful, spiritual, poignant and sexual. Leonard, what a song, what a guy!
I just love this!
One of best music ever.
That was music in that time yes very good lovely touching xx
Sarai sempre nel mio cuore Leonard...perche'...immenso come te...non c'e' nessuno...ne' mai potra' esserci...ovunque tu sia...merry christmas!!! Laura
Rest in peace x
Katrina Allan v
Que voz incrível. Deus Seja Louvado! 🛐☝️😢👏👏
Nine people don't know what GOOD music is.
best version
Vu les innombrables versions qui fleurissent un peu partout, qu'il est bon de retrouver le goût de l'original
RIP Leonard Cohen...God Bless you for the legacy you left us in your music. This is the most played song on my iPhone. It touches my soul. Thank you
1984 called. It want's it clothing back.
Great version... but the entire variety show concept is so done!
it always hits me hard at the last verse.
yes i love this song and i listen that in 2012 with a lot of proud
i think this is one of the beautifull song ever (i dont belief in god but i think it still beautifull)
He's a Canadian National treasure
Get the iranian canadian congress out of Canada
This song goes out to My Uncle. He was a good man.
Dead is forever and so is his music R.I.P. L.C.
His body may be dead, but his music is NOT dead.
His music is forever.........
Bella davvero.
No one but the great Leonard Cohen can move you so deeply...Best version for sure...
Same here ;D I love Watchmen
Many good versions of this song, but the original is always the best.