My father died in 2017. It wasn't SARS, but MERS -anyway, another son of a bitch coronavirus-. We did not get along very well and in recent years we spoke very little. He died without that last conversation in which, perhaps, I could have told him how much I loved him. One of his favorite songs, the same one that I listened over and over on the day of his death, was Popa's cover of Hallelujah. My father thought they were both great. Finally, we agreed on something. I miss you, dad. Thanks, Popa.
I know it's an older post, but I'm sorry for the pain such dynamics bring. Been there with numerous people. Always leaves a one-sided conversation with the sky and clouds. And a certain unknown or emptiness that can't be truly resolved other than lessening the regrets through time. Peace.
Popa Chubby is the only person I've ever seen cover this song who turns it into a celebration rather than a dirge. His guitar playing gives it wings and makes it soar.
The word Haluliluya is never a durge by default The chubmiester screams live.For those who have never seen him live perhaps you should We were at a club in Detroit at a table at his feet. YIKES chubby had the Gueness in our pints churning.If you go buckle up but go
You're right, he does let it loose live. I saw him in a club/Mexican restaurant in Portland, Maine back in 1997 or 98. I've been a fan ever since. I definitely know what you mean.
Vous avez exactement traduit ce que je ressentais. C'est la première fois que cette chanson , magnifique, me fait vibrer. Il donne un sens tellement positif aux paroles alors que d'habitude, les interprétations sont extrêmement sombres.
Been watching him live for 25 yr. here in nyc area . in Europe he is very popular. A true national treasure. If you get a chance see him live.This guy is the real deal. Too bad blues is a tough way to make a living here in america . Not fair at all. High powered fast and accurate. A guitar slinging danger man of the highest order.
I was born in '61, steeped and simmered in Chicagoland Gospel/Blues. Popa Chubby plays all of the right notes, none of the extraneous ones. Play on Big Brother, play on.
my son sang this at my mother's funeral. he choked abit ..yeh he did...and gracefully carried on ....this guy my boy is gonna like yeh. great teacher. brilliant.
Poppa knows what this song means. He pulls everything out and relates to it emphatically. It seemed to be exhausting for him emotionally. He was all in. Best cover EVER , IN THE WHOLE. WIDE WORLD ! ! ! !
Met Popa 2 days ago after a show, great guy! I also don't know why he isn't much more well known and this version is my favorite rendition! Rock on Popa!!!
MANIKO5: I just saw him in Richmond, VA in mid April at The Capitol Ale House (small venue). He is the finest guitarist or performing artist I've ever seen live and I've been to well over 250 concerts since my first one in 1974 which was Edgar Winter and The James Gang. Go see Popa if you get the chance. He's outstanding!!
I was lucky enough too see him in a small venue while on vacation in Hawaii. I'd never heard of him before that night, but I've been a b enormous fan since. He definitely needs to come to the west coast, and make an additional stop in San Diego.
I'm totally fan of this song, all the versions are great but his version is more than good and his solo on a Fender Stratocaster (I'm in love with this guitar) is just awesome, he give a new sensibility to this fabulous song. Thanks for sharing. Hughs from Belgium :-)
Chubby has a lot to say that gloriously strong Word to.Be well music man keep praying and we will see you again my friend Haluliluya... "Don't forget to tip the waitress saints."brothermike out hold the door😇
Classique repris par de nombreux chanteurs et souvent massacrés .Mais quel reprise magnifique de Popa pour moi qui l’ai vu en live c’était très émouvant .Bravo
This is the truest and most Devine interpretation of this beautiful song. Even Leonard Cohen would say " Poppa , Thanks for getting it right ". There is no cover of this song in the world that even comes close to this. Others try, but fall very short of the mark. Thank you Poppa for dealing it out real ! That is what this song was written about. Not God or praise there in. I guess you get it or you don't.
This version is in my top three, right beside Jeff Buckley and Pentatonix. All sound different which goes to show just how finely crafted this song is. Thanks for posting this video, love Poppa Chubby's sound and tone.
Finally Somebody comes along and puts the finishing touches on the on that song !! And if that don't make you Holler Hallelujah !!!! You don't know a dam thing about MUSIC !!
Thanks Popa for a beautiful version of Cohen :-) the filing of the Gitar is Fantastic :-) and NO Beer? ;-) makes me slow ;-) cool :-) your Good Popa :-) Thanks :-)
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C'EST DEJA UN CHEF D'EUVRE ....MAIS INTERPRETE PAR LUI C' EST MAGNITIQUE ET MAGNIFIQUE
Je viens de découvrir ces reprise tip top.
Le meilleur de tous les temps,j espere que le monde va s en rendre compte avant qu il soit mort
The dude is a guitar master, not given sufficient recognition. Truly great.
My father died in 2017. It wasn't SARS, but MERS -anyway, another son of a bitch coronavirus-. We did not get along very well and in recent years we spoke very little. He died without that last conversation in which, perhaps, I could have told him how much I loved him. One of his favorite songs, the same one that I listened over and over on the day of his death, was Popa's cover of Hallelujah. My father thought they were both great. Finally, we agreed on something. I miss you, dad. Thanks, Popa.
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I know it's an older post, but I'm sorry for the pain such dynamics bring. Been there with numerous people. Always leaves a one-sided conversation with the sky and clouds. And a certain unknown or emptiness that can't be truly resolved other than lessening the regrets through time. Peace.
One of the best version of hallelujah I ever heard! Great!
the BEST EVER
What I like about this band is that there are no dramtic stunts they just play great music. Popa is a genius?
.pour moi un des meilleurs guitaristes du monde.. et il joue et chante avec son cœur
One of the best ever renditions of this song... Poppa totally owns this tune. Totally Awesome performance!!!
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goose bumps. Popa sings and plays with his soul first.
quelle version !!! un artiste, un vrai, capable de s'approprier cette chanson....au dessus de Jeff Buckley.......wow.
Et en plus il est très ....Français , il adore la France qui le lui rend bien, heureusement !
un monstre des doigts en or .....
Popa Chubby is the only person I've ever seen cover this song who turns it into a celebration rather than a dirge. His guitar playing gives it wings and makes it soar.
The word Haluliluya is never a durge by default The chubmiester screams live.For those who have never seen him live perhaps you should We were at a club in Detroit at a table at his feet. YIKES chubby had the Gueness in our pints churning.If you go buckle up but go
You're right, he does let it loose live. I saw him in a club/Mexican restaurant in Portland, Maine back in 1997 or 98. I've been a fan ever since. I definitely know what you mean.
Vous avez exactement traduit ce que je ressentais. C'est la première fois que cette chanson , magnifique, me fait vibrer. Il donne un sens tellement positif aux paroles alors que d'habitude, les interprétations sont extrêmement sombres.
Le plus grand des grands!!! POPA vu a bordeaux en 2005, 3H00 de plaisir, THANK YOU!!!
Not many people can pull this song off. He did a great job.
Magnifique souvenir d'un concert à Carmaux....you welcom Poppa....
He is just outstanding...wonderfull. It took me..62 years.
Been watching him live for 25 yr. here in nyc area . in Europe he is very popular. A true national treasure. If you get a chance see him live.This guy is the real deal. Too bad blues is a tough way to make a living here in america . Not fair at all. High powered fast and accurate. A guitar slinging danger man of the highest order.
He knows “less is more” which most guitar players never learn, just the great ones, awesome performance.
1 chubby is all we need
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J'ai toujours le coeur qui s'attendrit à l'écoute de cette chanson. En plus, Poppa Chubby la chante à merveille. Merci
assolutamente !!
Quand les deux grands Léonard et Popa se rejoignent ça donne ça.
I hear lil Jon Butcheresque jamming on there too... excellent job man I like this dude seriously
I was born in '61, steeped and simmered in Chicagoland Gospel/Blues. Popa Chubby plays all of the right notes, none of the extraneous ones. Play on Big Brother, play on.
I can't believe anyone would thumb this video down. Papa Chubby did a great job with this cover! Keep Rocking Man!!!!!
Live recording too.
Thats the hardest part of being a showman: can't make everyone happy, unfortunately!
Haters are gonna hate!
cause they are dum arses
Kevin McConn
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Ten ,človek ma dar ,po ktorom ,Vy všetci túžite ,raaz si dajte hore nohy and gllaaas vine ... sluchajce
Lies ich an der Beerdigung von meinem geliebten Mann laufen. Wir sahen popa mehrfach gemeinsam live!
Wunderschön 😢
I saw him last night in Omaha. Wow, what a show. The best thing, he is a real nice guy. Thanks man for a great evenning
The best version of Hallelujah !! Poppa chubby the number one the best guitariste
my son sang this at my mother's funeral. he choked abit ..yeh he did...and gracefully carried on ....this guy my boy is gonna like yeh. great teacher. brilliant.
vu en live pour moi la plus belle version popa seul avec la strat Superbe!!!
La plus belle version que je connaisse ..quelle force , il me tire les larmes ...TOP
Poppa knows what this song means. He pulls everything out and relates to it emphatically. It seemed to be exhausting for him emotionally. He was all in. Best cover EVER , IN THE WHOLE. WIDE WORLD ! ! ! !
tego Gostka to ja uwielbiam.
Wonderful. Great bluesy version of this classic song. Love me some Poppa Chubby!!
Unbelievably moving! Leonard Cohen would be proud. Kudos and blessings.
Hands down the the most soulfully fulfilling version ever
Such a beautiful version, with so much power and soul. I can't stop playing it.
Mairtin Donaghey just played it 4 times...what feeling...great song
Keep listening
Ich hatte gerade Gänsehaut Das Stück ist aller Erste SAHNE
Excellent guitariste ,son HEY JO est digne d'un hommage .une voix chaude pour exprimer les mots d'HENDRIX
TELLEMENT !!!
J'ai assisté à 2 concerts il m a explosé 1 tympan avec le plus grand plaisir 😃😃😃inoubliable 👍✌
C normal il est le Roi du country-blues.respect👍👍
Ha ça fait plaisir de voir des Français commenter sur ce mec génial, y'en a plus beaucoup qui joue et chante comme lui
Best interpretation of Cohen's masterpiece I've ever heard.
I agree !
Remember King David struck the cord pleasing to The Lord first.. Pappa knows, The Gift well.
Met Popa 2 days ago after a show, great guy! I also don't know why he isn't much more well known and this version is my favorite rendition! Rock on Popa!!!
popa chubby you re the best from france
Popa Chubby big blues man. Have 4 of his CDs, love the way he plays his guitar. Wish he would come to the west coast, namely the bay area
I hear ya, he was coming to the uk but cancelled his tour. I had the tickets too. god damn.
Patrick Mahoney got his CDs and DVDs. More need to know him. Check out electric chubbyland 2 sets of CDs. He does all of Hendrix's stuff.
MANIKO5: I just saw him in Richmond, VA in mid April at The Capitol Ale House (small venue). He is the finest guitarist or performing artist I've ever seen live and I've been to well over 250 concerts since my first one in 1974 which was Edgar Winter and The James Gang. Go see Popa if you get the chance. He's outstanding!!
I was lucky enough too see him in a small venue while on vacation in Hawaii. I'd never heard of him before that night, but I've been a b enormous fan since. He definitely needs to come to the west coast, and make an additional stop in San Diego.
ce mec est......magique !!! je découvre et je partage autour de moi , merci , merci et merci encore !!!
dominique burgos il était en concert mercredi à Paris c'est con que t'y sois pas allé du cours
Poppa Chubby u rock!!! Detroit Michigan
J'adore cette chanson ! Très belle interprétation mieux que son créateur !!!! Eh ! oui......
Best cover version of this song I ever heard. Thanks.
I think that this is the best cover of this song i've ever heard. Very exciting
Giulio Beltrax I play it all the time over and over , my family thinks I'm nuts , sometimes it makes me cry , sometimes it makes me happy .
Agree!
If youre nut, dont worry, .. youre not the onlyone.
hi take a listen to Guy Jones version
Giulio Beltrax iiii
Thank you for your talent and grace in knowing how to celebrate this Leonard Cohen piece. Be well, Ted !
I'm totally fan of this song, all the versions are great but his version is more than good and his solo on a Fender Stratocaster (I'm in love with this guitar) is just awesome, he give a new sensibility to this fabulous song. Thanks for sharing. Hughs from Belgium :-)
შენია ? გორგასლის ყვერება ბონუსად
Chubby has a lot to say that gloriously strong Word to.Be well music man keep praying and we will see you again my friend Haluliluya... "Don't forget to tip the waitress saints."brothermike out hold the door😇
Michael. Of course you probably know the original version of this song, isn’t about spirituality. It’s about sex.
Classique repris par de nombreux chanteurs et souvent massacrés .Mais quel reprise magnifique de Popa pour moi qui l’ai vu en live c’était très émouvant .Bravo
I saw him at the spirit of 66 in Belgium... he is the best !A great guitarist !
13/11/2017 Again at Spirit
cool...thanx 4 this..he's a talented player...and an atmospheric singer....
J'ai rien de meilleur à dire. J'adore. C'est fluide et ça part de bas en hauts!
Their are only a handful of great guitarist in the world and you my friend are one of them. AWESOME.
This is the better version I ever heard! beautiful.
niel youg
Keep up with the clean production. Shows respect for the music.
This is the best cover I ever heard! The second one was the Beatles cover of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by Lakeside!
Quelle classe, quel talent, que cela parait facile et évident sous les doigts de Popa..... J'ai hâte que tu reviennes en Bretagne.....
Il était au motocultor le week-end dernier j'espère que tu en as profité 😁
Fabulous!! That strat sounds unbelievable! I have listened to you play this song at least 500 times! I love it!!
This is the truest and most Devine interpretation of this beautiful song. Even Leonard Cohen would say " Poppa , Thanks for getting it right ". There is no cover of this song in the world that even comes close to this. Others try, but fall very short of the mark. Thank you Poppa for dealing it out real ! That is what this song was written about. Not God or praise there in. I guess you get it or you don't.
Really talented musicians know how every note will sound before they play it. You can see it in Popa’s face. He owns the guitar! 🫶
Excellent Mec!... Un bonheur pour mes Oreilles......
beautiful version. played with heart and soul. nice!
Beautiful. I think I've just discovered my favorite version of this song!
this is my favorite too
This is so ....it turn my feelings up side down... I love this version so much
I really Like POPA CHUBBY and his style... Old SCHOOL and more.
Hi
My Name is alex from germany and pobba Chuppy is a great guitar Player and a great singer with so much emotion
WelCome in switzerland my friend Popa ! A great bluesman
Awesome !!! Best version yet !!
the best bluesman of new york, god bless you
j'adore. J'en ai les larmes aux yeux !
Super solo de guitare , bien ficelé
Hallucinant........
This version is in my top three, right beside Jeff Buckley and Pentatonix. All sound different which goes to show just how finely crafted this song is. Thanks for posting this video, love Poppa Chubby's sound and tone.
Finally Somebody comes along and puts the finishing touches on the on that song !! And if that don't make you Holler Hallelujah !!!! You don't know a dam thing about MUSIC !!
una delle più belle versioni bravo!!!!!
Wow ... Thank U popa 4 your Musik !
Thanks Popa for a beautiful version of Cohen :-) the filing of the Gitar is Fantastic :-) and NO Beer? ;-) makes me slow ;-) cool :-) your Good Popa :-) Thanks :-)
Only discovered this recently, a great version of feeling and power.
გემშ ვიდობებათ ............
Hace mucho tiempo que no podía controlar la emoción. Esta versión lo ha conseguido. Una maravilla.
Blues guitar expert! And a Brother in music Rock On Popa Chubby!
seen him twice and he is Amazing!! can't wait to see papa chubby Rock Detroit City once again!!!!
Magnifique, unique, inoubliable.
Great version, we love you Popa.
ive seen leonard cohen a few times,,and there is no substitution to seeing him do this live,,,but popa kills this...
What a Badass, And I'm saying this with my Hat Off,,,,,,Beautiful
The best version I have heard so fer, simply beautiful
Je t aime 💋 tu m à fait autographe et bisou à genelard
first heard ya on Sportify and was totally blown away awesome singer and the meanest gat player
You are wonderfull great super cool.I have no words for you but it is marbless as you play and sing.chapeau.
Perfect! Right up there with Buckley.🎶🎸🎶🎸
what a great job! you are one of the greats! keep singing and treating us to your playing big brother!
Saw him in Menen Belgium may 2009 very good show
Magnificent! Makes my body want to cry but my heart sing
Cry out and sing. That's a good combo called passion...
bravo popa choubi et merci !
Yeah Popaaa! U are the man! My best favorite versión!
COHEN DOESN T MATTER --BUCKLEY ON THE TOP--AND THAN POPA--YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS FACE--A WHOLE!!!!!LOT OF PASSION-GREAT
King size feeling !!! Thanks for share zeepoch !
Very sweeeeet and soulful POPA...best cover..hallelujah....
My favorite cover. Fro a long time Cohen fan
Great version. Great song and great version here.