Oh Sweetie! My heart is with you! My husband of 30 years passed in July from a crazy cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange. I trust your odds are better than his but I know how brutal this must be. God bless you. You're in my heart & prayers!❤
The only one I’ve read About who can do miracles is Jesus Christ. My mum passed of cancer and it’s if I knew then what I know now type as all is. I’m praying to the one who made the sun the moon and you and me. Don’t be afraid
My son was 38 when he introduced me to Jeff Buckley's beautiful rendition of Hallelujah. He told me of how Buckley passed and how it made him feel. Three months later he died in a terrible accident in much the same way. I come here occasionally to remember him.
My brother took his own life... its the hardest thing ive ever gone through in my life....he used to play this in his truck when he drove me to school..now i drive his truck and play this for him. I love you bro...
The hardest thing I had to deal with was losing my baby brother, who also took his own life. Took at least 3 years to have some kind of feeling of “normal” again. The ironic part is that it teaches you how powerful and deep your love for a brother can be, after they are gone from your life...
Where is the peace? Read the lyrics - it's a perverse and twisted song. If you find peace...more power to you. Question: relay one line of this song where you find "peace". Just one line cause I've missed it for decades.
I had just been transferred from the icu to cancer floor, the sun was streaming though the curtains and I put on the ipod my brother loaned me. This song came on and I felt like I had been given a second chance. I cried tears of joy. I was 25 then. I'm 40 (and cancer free) now and still cry every time I hear this song.
Thats great news Jeff! Stay positive. Everything becomes a blessing with these kind of close shaves. 25 yrs since my first case, 9 years since a different group altogether case of cancer and grateful to see my grandchildren grow up. 🙏Many blessings to you
Reading the comments broke my heart. So many of us are suffering, mostly in silence. I’m sorry to anyone that’s hurting for any reason. I hope we all find the peace and happiness that we deserve one day.
Listening to this at 3 am in the morning, crying and thinking about my life. How I wanna live it to the fullest and don’t wanna regret anything but at the same time, it’s so hard to just even exist. As an overthinker, life can be too much sometimes.
Absolutely! I'm a chronic overthinker and always have been. It allows me to be insightful and very aware of myself and the life around me, but it also causes me to be anxious, indecisive and overly critical of myself. The concept "you are your own worst critic" is especially difficult when you're the type who always delves so deep into all of your thoughts...
Hassan I am a believer in fate,everyday we turn over a pack of cards and what’s on them is what happens in our lives, we can’t really do much about it my friend apart from survive and learn , peace brother
8 yrs ago i had to bury my 7yr old son. I would hold and rock him to this song as it played low and he would reach up, touch my cheek and fall asleep. it was our thing up till he was 3. this played at the church during his funeral. i broke down as I am now. Fly high Micah and sing along with Jeff in Heaven.
Fighting cancer so I can stick around for my 5 kiddos. After every treatment when I feel like I have no more fight left in my tired pain racked body, when all I can do is lay and my soul aches for release…I play this song again and again until it leads me back to my inner strength. And I keep fighting. Love is not a victory march, sometimes it is fucking HARD, sometimes it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
In an interview with Jeff in 1994, which sheds light on what truly influenced him musically, he says: "Words are really beautiful, but they’re limited. Words are very male, very structured. But the voice is the netherworld, the darkness, where there’s nothing to hang onto. The voice comes from a part of you that just knows and expresses and is. I need to inhabit every bit of lyric, or else I can’t bring the song to you-or else it’s just words.’”
So not what you say but how you say it. Performers artists have to be able to evoke an emotional response from the listener or viewer or else they are not talented.
He most certainly did and not too many years later, I do believe wholeheartedly that he swam into the river in Memphis, TN fully clothed knowing that he was not going to come back to land. There was no drugs or alcohol in his system. Some people are just born to die young, but damn, the world lost an incredibly talented and soulful musician and a very deep person when he passed away.
@GabrielleHiggs I am so deeply sorry for your loss. I'm 36, will be 37 in a few months and I just had my first child in October, a beautiful boy and he has changed my life forever 💙 I have finally found my purpose in life in becoming a mother. I can't imagine my life ending at the tender age of 28 (I was halfway through an active addiction to very hard drugs) I offer you my deepest sympathies and prayers 🙏 ❤️ Stay strong, your daughter is next to you at every moment. 🤗 God bless you 🙏
This was my mum‘s funeral song and I haven’t listen to it in 11 years because it’s hurt so much, but today I found the courage to. I broke down crying but I’m glad I did.
I lost my grandma to the virus this week and this song is helping so much right now. RIP to all the lives we’ve lost to this monster. May love and resilience be stronger than this pandemic ❤️
This song will always find you when you need it most. Anyone who likes this comment, i come back and listen to this with you so you wont ever be alone with what you are going through. Stay strong
My partner of 13 years loved this song, listening to this allows me to cry my heart out as he passed away yesterday. I feel as if someone cut a piece of my heart out and wonder if I will ever feel normal again. Paul was an amazing person who was kind, loving and compassionate. He was a wonderful singer too. I'll miss his voice, sense of humor, hugs and our road trips.
Oh my god, I’m so sorry for your loss. Can’t even imagine the pain you must be in. I know right now it feels like it will never go away, but I hope in time you’re able to find peace because I’m sure it would hurt him to see you shattered. Sending you love and prayers for strength, comfort, and healing. ❤️
Me and my friends used to joke about what funeral song we wanted and we all picked this. But when my pal Rossi passed away unexpectedly, we brought a sound system into the church and for 6 and a half minutes this song brought such emotion to us all. RIP Rossi ❤
Sitting here in the Scottish highlands just looking out over the hills and listening to this song has a certain appeal this song helped me get through hard times so thank you Jeff
5 days ago... How strange i read his name in a fiction book 5 days ago and the books main character i jst found out played jeff in the movie about his life.. Been listening to him on repeat all week. So many beautiful songs
+Eli Lörtscher lol.. he might be from the south! I only say that bc I am and thats what we say, not just me. lol! I did however ....try and remember the correct way to speak when I was At work ! :)
Yeh it's hard to look past this and Cash's 'Hurt' by the 9 inch nails as the greatest cover versions ever (obviously Madonna's 'American pie' is the worst!!
RIP Leonard Cohen (September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016), aged 82 And RIP Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997), aged 30 You both will be remembered as legends.
I lost my wife to kidney disease back in August of this year. This song was what allowed her to find peace in the fact that her illness was terminal and helped through hospice and gave her comfort in knowing that was no reason to fear death. I listen to it when I want to feel close to her. She was and still is my soul and my center. I love you forever and always Selene.
Jaime... I have been dealing with EsRD for last three years. Its hard. And it only ends one way, unfortunately. But thank you for sharing your Selene. I hope when I'm gone I'm missed like that.
I’m So Sorry for your loss 💕 That’s a terrible thing to happen but at least you know she isn’t in any pain or discomfort now. She will Always be with you 💜
Jeff Buckley literally carved his soul into Leonard Cohen's song. And anyone who has ever loved...and not been loved in return feels it. Forever. For eternity.
Hey Rachael. You really described how I felt today. I ran to this song today all down not knowing exactly why I needed this song, but now it's all clear after reading your comment. Thank you so much.
After this lockdown started my Mum got diagnosed with terminal cancer. I haven’t seen her in 10 weeks today and all I want is to hold her in my arms. This song helps me to feel again, I’m praying for everyone in this awful time.
We're all connected, my consciousness is functionally the same as yours, we share almost 99.9% of DNA with each other. In physics atoms are all connected, atoms in Japan are commented to atoms in the US, even if their bonds are extremely weak, those bonds still exist. All those stars you see in the sky? They exert gravity on your body. Everything is interdependent on one another, no object exists in a vaccum. You're more than your mind tells you you are.
For those of you wondering who said "wow" after he finished the song, that's Andy Wallace, Jeff's producer. Andy is a Grammy winning producer who has seen and produced anything you can think of, and Jeff's performance still amazes him... That's how you know you're good.
My dad loved when I sang this song, one day he recorded me singing it and then he played it on the car radio on our way home. My dad passed away last year, he was a doctor and he died from covid19. I miss him so much.
Be grateful you shared that love. Mine passed from Covid as well, and I have no feelings about it. It was a lost relationship. I wasn't even sure there was anything that could kill the miserable, mean mfer. There was.
Hello, Carla. I'm a pretty old granny (63 I think, without doing the math :-) but your comment struck me a bit. I hope you have friends and family who will reach out to you about losing your dad. My dad was also the best in the world. His name is Nino and he did some amazing things. I can tell that your dad did too. Goodnight, O Sweet Of Heart.
I used to sing this to my son when he was just a baby in my arms he would curl up in the crook of my arm look and look up to me while I sang this to him. It was the most peaceful moment in my entire life. It was then I realized my life wasn't a waste, that I would do whatever It took to keep going, if only just for him .
Wowza! I just heard this live on the Nashville New Years Eve concert. Never heard of this singer, and now I’m spending late hours listening to these videos. Love this guy!
This video got me literally crying as i can totally relate to this man's pain. Since childhood i really wanted to become a doctor just like my favorite teacher. i focused in school really hard and earned medals and honors. But i made bad decisions and a wrong turn somewhere and it cost me my ambition. Life turned for the worse after my parents died in an accident, i rushed away from home to work in the city and left everything behind. Unfortunately, i ended up lost in drugs and other petty crimes. In 2009, i was rushed to the hospital for multiple stab wounds and another one in 2012 for a gunshot wound in the chest that penetrated a lung, both incidents were gang related violence. After a successful operation and my condition stabilized, the head surgeon gave me a visit while i was on my way to recovery. At first i wasn't able to recognize her, then she revealed to me that she was my grade school teacher and she was really happy to see me all grown up and a chance to finally speak to me. But her smile slowly dissipated as she told me that it really saddened her the first time she stitched me and my second trip to the operating table broke her heart in pieces, she also confessed that a few months after my parents died, she tried to make an arrangement with my uncle that she will pay for my education and lodging so i will continue on my ambitions, but it was too late. She later added that it made her feel like a failure because she saw a bright future in me for my discipline and diligence in school and not this criminal state i am in now. It was at this emotional moment that i began to recall everything about her and it made me break down in tears, she was my inspiration and my goal was hers too. And in a surprisingly swift move, she suddenly turned me on my side and then inserted a carrot in my butt.
i started focusing more and more intently on your moving story.. finding myself drawing closer to the screen even.. and then the carrot came into play, and i just got to say.. what's up doc?.. oh yea, it's your carrot up my ass! heart warming ;) thanks for the laugh :D
Whenever I listen to a song like this on UA-cam, I read the comments and the very personal ones make the song even better. Thank you for Sharing a piece of yourself.
Every time I listen to this I think how blessed I am to have survived my heroin addiction almost 4 years ago. I've lost almost all of my friends to heroin since I've been clean and it's hard to understand why. I feel my life was saved for a reason I cant explain. Even after overdosing and dying for a few minutes my wife walked with me through the darkness and we both came out the other side stronger than ever! Hallelujah for life, friends, loved ones and every single breath I've taken since I got clean.
I have seen many covers of Hallelujah, but I think Jeff Buckley's is the best. He sang it with such feeling and his guitar playing is so beautiful. I just love it.
Yea, there's no comparison to any other artist, even Leonard Cohen had said this version was his favorite and asked that no one else record it again. It's true!
This isn’t a vocal ballad that people have turned it into. It’s a beautifully poetic, brutally raw depiction of what love is. Love ain’t flowers and things. It’s hard work and has no place for selfishness.
The first time my wife, and I went to nyc we were staying on the upper west side, and walked through central park for the first time, and you know that little spot that's in all the movies, and has a little place under the bridge. There was a guitarist down there playing this by himself, and singing, and it was beautiful. We walked over to him, and slow danced, and it was beautiful. Every time I hear this song I think of that day.
Before I had custody of my son I would listen to this song when he would be leaving and I’d start my 16 hour drive home and just cry. Now I have him everyday of my life. He’ll be 13 in October.
i remember my dad showing me this song for the first time. i was 18, doing nothing with my life, my brother had already overdosed multiple times from drugs. my parents were having issues, the list goes on. Back then this song gave off such a depressing, sad vibe. not even sure how to explain it. it’s like i loved it so much but hated it so much at the same time. i could never stop thinking about how this song made me feel. such an eerie feeling. I’m 21 now, i live in alaska full time as a pilot, brother has been sober for over 6 months, he’s doing amazing. My parents have a happy marriage again, and my relationship with them has never been better. i was just thinking about it and this song popped in my head. at first i didn’t know how to explain how this song made me feel. but i feel now as if it’s there for all parts of life, the good, bad and ugly. Bc after these years, after my family and i are doing good, i still come back on this song to give me a subtle reminder of how things used to be and how far we’ve all came. i was definitely late to the party on knowing this song. but man ill never forget it. Beautiful song.
What a great song. Been suffering from depression for so long. When medication does not seem to help i always turn to music. Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah
My wife was pregnant with our twin girls and during all the pregnancy there were many doubts about the health of the babies. At 36 weeks, after 2 days in the hospital, at midnight, my wife gave birth to 2 perfect babies. The day after I was with them in the hospital all day, barely went to the bathroom, didn't even eat. At night when I got in the car to go home this was the music playing, had to stop the car at the side of the road and cry my heart out...
🥹 damn. That’s exactly! What happened to me. We’ll sort of, my wife was in labor and I just got off at work at 1am and drove to the hospital with my earphones in, the wired ones 😂 and this song came on my shuffle as I ran so goddamn fast from the parking lot to the room. The nurses just said go go go follow the screams 😂. And walked in there and bam baby girl came out. It was like a freaking movie scene to me. I never ran so damn fast in my life. Hope those kids bring joy in life my friend.
When I was a teen in the 90's, I'd listen to this song and feel such strong emotions; so much anger and rage. So much pain that I'd feel strangled. Now I'm older, I let the song wash over me, like a river washing over pebbles; and just like a river, I feel peace. This song brings different things to everyone, but I hope anyone who reads this finds peace and stillness in their lives. You are loved. ❤
@@c.c.6930 who knows and anyone who feels that strongly personally about any music is lying or not in their right mind like all those commenters who say a certain song "got them thru a bad time." Utterly ridiculous.
I was a young then. Now I'm 71 yrs old and for a while last year I forgot all my memories. Vibe begin to remember what a big amazing life I ha. Ordering this band and following them is in a memory I'm glad to have back.
This was my mother's favorite Jeff Buckley song, in fact this was her favorite song period. I lost my mom to cancer back when i was 11 years old. Hallelujah was played at her funeral. I remember it like it was yesterday. I have so many memories listening to this song throughout my childhood with her. I miss her so much...
Deldo I'm so sorry for your loss of your Mom :( This song is a favorite of mine too I don't even know if my grown kids would even know that. Hang onto your memories that is what I do thinking of my Dad. It is so hard loosing a loved one. It's nice to remember them with Beautiful music like this. Sometimes life is so Damn hard and it stinks but we must carry on and find peace within . Missing them means there was lots of Love !
Man, Cohen was a sage. I saw him live in 2009 and it brought me to tears. I remember a few months after that he collapsed on stage in Spain and I wept openly. I fretted over his condition like a grandfather. He was the kind of man that, if he had complimented my cooking, I'd have been on top of the world. Praise from a person like him mattered.
@@kathleendalton5769 Netflix has an interesting new video called ‘Leonard and Marianne’ that will show more history about the man, his life, those he loved and who loved him.
I lost my 28 year old son in 2014 and this was the song we chose to play at his funeral when the coffin was entered. It was a song he loved, and was perfect. It beaks my heart to listen to it, but I do because I feel a connection.
I lost my 26 year old son in 2016. He loved and played it on his guitar. We also chose (the Easter version sung by Kelley Mooney) for the photo montage/video. I can still (first time really after 6 years) can barely listen to it.
I lost a friend to suicide, he was 24. Ill never forget how it affected his family and I. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. God bless
I am truly so sorry for your loss. I totally know how it feels as I lost my son on November 17th 2021. He ended his own life at age 25 because the inner pain was too much. After so many years of bullying and mental abuse life became to hard for him. We miss him every single day and especially on days like these, Christmas, we miss him just a little bit extra and it simply hurts a lot more.
Riverreed Ward Is your channel name your actual name? I just have to know because it's very beautiful and unique. And even if it isn't enjoy your day, I'm drunk.
This was the song my mom played for me when I came to after a suicide attempt, and she told me "please don't make me play this again". Love her, and to everyone out there, it may be cliche but it truly does get better
I've listened to this song dozens of times, maybe hundreds of times. Today is the first time I really thought about a bit that's repeated: "love is not a victory march/ it's a cold and broken hallelujah". It describes that feeling where you reach the bottom of a pit of despair, and find salvation waiting for you, and with it, peace. Much love to everyone who reads this.
That's a nice outlook, but not really true. True to you, maybe, which is what matters. But this was originally a poem written by a Jewish, buddhist, zen practitioner
Almost took my life one night, this song played and I felt like even though everything around me was burning that I’m gonna be okay, lots of people don’t realize especially when it comes to suicide you don’t wanna die you just don’t know how to come to terms with the pain, or you can’t articulate how you feel and things get overwhelming but I truly think people don’t wanna die it’s just an easy answer to the problems and no one addresses that enough
This is the most beautiful version of this song I’ve ever heard! Every single time I hear it I cry my eyes out… It’s so full of emotions - so pure and never reached! I absolutely love it❤
There's a certain loneliness to listening to this song late at night. And while we may not be able to dissipate that loneliness, in a sort of melancholy way we can all be happy, lonely, together. With this wonderful music.
You can believe what you want, I will not put you down for that, but until you can prove to me that death is the ultimate end I will continue to believe in the afterlife.
Homer I am not a believer but its too bad people need to make fun of people who think differently than them. You may be right, no one knows. Ignore the idiots.
This is the most hard core of all the Hallelujah versions. It’s not just because of his vocal though. He chose a bell like Capo 6 to play it from the G position. The results are haunting. He chose gracious amounts of reverb and a classic Telecaster to master his style. You just don’t play like Buckley, he had something that possessed every note. Yet, what is most important, he teaches us how this song can and should be interpreted. I miss songs like this. The ones, no matter the version, inspire. I hope Buckley knows the impact. Salute to you my friend. What a wonderful ride it’s been.
La palabra "inquietante" ha logrado calificar la emoción que me provoca la voz de Jeff, tan única...va del llanto a la ternura, por un borde filoso, entre muerte y resurrección. Indescriptible belleza, su interpretación.❤
Thom yorke idolized Buckley you can hear it in his vocals. That angelic voice of Jeff is incredible. So beautiful the compression is unique. WOW I also love Thom he sings like a wounded angel ❤❤❤❤
in this period of chaos here in italy there is no better way to fill my silences with this song. Thank you Leonard for writing it, and thank you Jeff for giving it a voice
Beautiful, precise, measured and absolute torment and agony. Simultaneous beauty and crushing desperation. This is the only version of this song that will stand for eternity.
Really? Why wasn't released when he was alive? A magical voice, it has an emotional quality unique to it. It feels as all the pain, hardships and hearthaches of his life gave it this beautiful frailty, tenderness, purity and grace, which flow like a river when he sings.
Vivian I have had cancer 3 times and heart failure from all the chemo and treatment I know the feeling this song digs deep in to you're soul and and makes its home there
Vivian, I’m sending all of my love and healing to you. Your illness will improve, and you’ll be granted. I will make this so. Hang on. Your life is precious, and deserves to thrive. ❤️
I'm not about to self diagnose myself, but I feel like my problems lie within the realm of Borderline personality disorder and I find myself keep drinking and doing drugs even though I'm in trouble with court to get myself away from my feelings. Right now I'm under the influence and I realize I'm in deeper than I would be sober and all I can think about is malicious intent towards myself. I just cut myself and I never thought I'd do something like that. I was just happy thirty minutes ago and here I am hating myself and everything I do. I used to think mental problems were a joke, but not I'm aware that of my problems more and more and this shit is serious. I feel chronic emtpineess and I hope one day I and everyone who deals with these kinds of issues can find some sort of peace
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“I don’t really need to be remembered. I hope the music’s remembered.”
- Jeff Buckley
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Well I'll remember you anyway and your father too and his music.
Remembered.
It was Leonard Cohen who wrote this song. It's a shame that he didn't get enough recognition he deserved.
yes I know alr ! Its shaming@@nonttwentyone2418
I am battling cancer and if i go i want this played. I want the people who care to hear this and feel at peace knowing i am not in pain anymore.
❤Sending you 🫂 a big hug! God loves you! ❤️
Oh Sweetie! My heart is with you! My husband of 30 years passed in July from a crazy cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange. I trust your odds are better than his but I know how brutal this must be. God bless you. You're in my heart & prayers!❤
Love to you.
The only one I’ve read About who can do miracles is Jesus Christ. My mum passed of cancer and it’s if I knew then what I know now type as all is. I’m praying to the one who made the sun the moon and you and me. Don’t be afraid
What’s your name?
My son was 38 when he introduced me to Jeff Buckley's beautiful rendition of Hallelujah. He told me of how Buckley passed and how it made him feel. Three months later he died in a terrible accident in much the same way. I come here occasionally to remember him.
Alleluiah brother. Praise the lord 🙏
Rest in peace it’s nice that in a strange way he will be remembered every time anyone will read this,it gonna give you strength and energy !
Love u!
God bless you and may your son rest in heaven 🙏
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Ti abbraccio forte. ❤
My brother took his own life... its the hardest thing ive ever gone through in my life....he used to play this in his truck when he drove me to school..now i drive his truck and play this for him. I love you bro...
God Bless and Keep you always..May your brother Rest In Peace -
Sorry man. That's a tough thing to go through. Your brother is in heaven looking down on you.
Oh my Lord. I am so sorry. Two of my siblings committed suicide and the darkness never really goes away, does it? Bless you.
So sad when someone we love feels they have no other option. As long as you remember him....He still lives.
The hardest thing I had to deal with was losing my baby brother, who also took his own life. Took at least 3 years to have some kind of feeling of “normal” again. The ironic part is that it teaches you how powerful and deep your love for a brother can be, after they are gone from your life...
You don’t ever search this song looking for joy, it’s usually looking for peace. I hope you all find peace my friends
Amen tony ,peace is love🌎🕊💜🛐
That is profound...I cried reading your lovely comment...xo
Same to you, this song is a savior.
Well said brother.
Where is the peace? Read the lyrics - it's a perverse and twisted song. If you find peace...more power to you.
Question: relay one line of this song where you find "peace". Just one line cause I've missed it for decades.
I had just been transferred from the icu to cancer floor, the sun was streaming though the curtains and I put on the ipod my brother loaned me. This song came on and I felt like I had been given a second chance. I cried tears of joy. I was 25 then.
I'm 40 (and cancer free) now and still cry every time I hear this song.
this is by far the most beautiful piece of story i've read in a comment section. may you continue living and prospering.
Awesome!!
Thats great news Jeff!
Stay positive.
Everything becomes a blessing with these kind of close shaves. 25 yrs since my first case, 9 years since a different group altogether case of cancer and grateful to see my grandchildren grow up. 🙏Many blessings to you
AMEN. PRAISE GOD
Amen to that brother! Stay blessed
Reading the comments broke my heart. So many of us are suffering, mostly in silence. I’m sorry to anyone that’s hurting for any reason. I hope we all find the peace and happiness that we deserve one day.
Amen!!
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They're fake don't give a shit
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One day we will.
#happiness @Taylor Swift! 🎉❤
Beautiful.
RIP Jeff Buckley
RIP Leonard Cohen
Tgunzz ❤
Tgunzz was just thinking the same thing.. It's rare that a cover beats the original but I think I'm this case it truly does.. RIP
Totally agree. The Jeff Buckley version of this is unbeatable.
That's it for me 2016, and world, I'm out
Tgunzz yes rip😵
Listening to this at 3 am in the morning, crying and thinking about my life. How I wanna live it to the fullest and don’t wanna regret anything but at the same time, it’s so hard to just even exist. As an overthinker, life can be too much sometimes.
Absolutely! I'm a chronic overthinker and always have been. It allows me to be insightful and very aware of myself and the life around me, but it also causes me to be anxious, indecisive and overly critical of myself. The concept "you are your own worst critic" is especially difficult when you're the type who always delves so deep into all of your thoughts...
Don’t worry 😉 your not alone ! 👊
Hassan I am a believer in fate,everyday we turn over a pack of cards and what’s on them is what happens in our lives, we can’t really do much about it my friend apart from survive and learn , peace brother
Work at letting go and finding peace in the little things. Only thing that really matters is family nothing else
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Man.......... you can physically hear the emotions in his voice
lazy0nara that is what makes me like this song so much, you can just feel his struggle through love with his emotional vocals
I love Jeffs' version of this song the best but I don't understand these mean and ugly remarks people shoot back and fourth to each other here.
almost leaves me weepy...
well, he was suffering from a bipolar disorder
gorgeous man, lovely voice. my favourite version. hope he's happy in Heaven.
Hope anyone who is suffering in silence, that your day of happiness is around the corner.
Thank you.
Amen
Thank you. ❤
Thank you. Blessed be.
☮️💗✨️
Thank you!
8 yrs ago i had to bury my 7yr old son. I would hold and rock him to this song as it played low and he would reach up, touch my cheek and fall asleep. it was our thing up till he was 3. this played at the church during his funeral. i broke down as I am now. Fly high Micah and sing along with Jeff in Heaven.
God bless your son
sorry about your son. RIP..
A precious and painful memory, Michael. Thank you for sharing.
Heartbroken story. May his soul rest in peace and you find consolation in this cruel world Michael.
I just broke after reading this and won't stop crying...
Fighting cancer so I can stick around for my 5 kiddos. After every treatment when I feel like I have no more fight left in my tired pain racked body, when all I can do is lay and my soul aches for release…I play this song again and again until it leads me back to my inner strength. And I keep fighting. Love is not a victory march, sometimes it is fucking HARD, sometimes it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
You keep up that fight Susanna x sending all health, love and happiness vibes to you and your 5 kiddos! Stay strong for them my lovely x
Don’t let it whip ya’
Vires Honestas
Sending love, prayers to you and your kids!
You can do it. Good luck, and take care.
In an interview with Jeff in 1994, which sheds light on what truly influenced him musically, he says: "Words are really beautiful, but they’re limited. Words are very male, very structured. But the voice is the netherworld, the darkness, where there’s nothing to hang onto. The voice comes from a part of you that just knows and expresses and is. I need to inhabit every bit of lyric, or else I can’t bring the song to you-or else it’s just words.’”
So not what you say but how you say it. Performers artists have to be able to evoke an emotional response from the listener or viewer or else they are not talented.
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Did a cover of this beautiful song Hallelujah see if you have time♦️😌
This brought me to tears... as Jeff always does:)
Wow that's beautiful!
@@AnnaLVajda exactly!
I hope anyone that are struggling with with one pain or another make it through the dark. Peace
Thank you sister
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Me too ❤
I called on Jesus and he saved me out of it. Try it
He put a part of his soul into this song and it will live always.
So true
Beautifully said …🌹
Grazie 🙏
He most certainly did and not too many years later, I do believe wholeheartedly that he swam into the river in Memphis, TN fully clothed knowing that he was not going to come back to land. There was no drugs or alcohol in his system. Some people are just born to die young, but damn, the world lost an incredibly talented and soulful musician and a very deep person when he passed away.
@@amymercer2597 So beautifully said, dear lass.. and so heartbreakingly true.. may he sleep with the angels.. in Heaven’s sweet peace 🌹
Jen999💙
I needed to hear this today. My beautiful daughter passed away 10 years ago.she will be 38 this yr. Always in my heart. XOXO
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I've done a cover of this song beautiful song,,, Mikey Morales hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏
@GabrielleHiggs
I am so deeply sorry for your loss. I'm 36, will be 37 in a few months and I just had my first child in October, a beautiful boy and he has changed my life forever 💙 I have finally found my purpose in life in becoming a mother. I can't imagine my life ending at the tender age of 28 (I was halfway through an active addiction to very hard drugs)
I offer you my deepest sympathies and prayers 🙏 ❤️
Stay strong, your daughter is next to you at every moment. 🤗 God bless you 🙏
My son's name is Gabriel coincidentally ❤
My sister died 10 years ago too. She'll forever be 34. So sorry for your loss.
This was my mum‘s funeral song and I haven’t listen to it in 11 years because it’s hurt so much, but today I found the courage to. I broke down crying but I’m glad I did.
Sending you love.
You made it ! I'm genuinely proud of you. Sending you peace and quiet, I hope you're alright
PepeJammer
May God bless you
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hi, sorry about your mum. my own passed years ago...and i still...well, you know pay visits and say good bye
Happy Heavenly 58th Birthday Jeff Buckley November 17 1966 - May 29 1997
I lost my grandma to the virus this week and this song is helping so much right now. RIP to all the lives we’ve lost to this monster. May love and resilience be stronger than this pandemic ❤️
My condolences.
I am sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry. *hugs*
:(
Sorry for your loss!
This was my brother's favorite song. We played it at his memorial service. I listen to it when I miss him.
aw sorry to hear bro this song reminds me of my grandparents who past away three years in a row keep strong
+Alisha Noel Sorry to hear that man!
He'll rest in peace forever.
R.I.P
+Alisha Noel I am sure he would appreciate it :)
This song will always find you when you need it most. Anyone who likes this comment, i come back and listen to this with you so you wont ever be alone with what you are going through. Stay strong
Reply to this comment when you need it, I’ll send a prayer every time. God bless 🕊️ 🌸🙏
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@@fadeawayT2DYou are so Blessed🕊
I hope you are well.
Jeff Buckley's interpretation is still the best
Omg right
Forever.
My partner of 13 years loved this song, listening to this allows me to cry my heart out as he passed away yesterday. I feel as if someone cut a piece of my heart out and wonder if I will ever feel normal again. Paul was an amazing person who was kind, loving and compassionate. He was a wonderful singer too. I'll miss his voice, sense of humor, hugs and our road trips.
Prayers
so sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss. Stay strong my friend
Oh my god, I’m so sorry for your loss. Can’t even imagine the pain you must be in. I know right now it feels like it will never go away, but I hope in time you’re able to find peace because I’m sure it would hurt him to see you shattered. Sending you love and prayers for strength, comfort, and healing. ❤️
Kristy Louie I’m so sorry 🙏🏾💕
Me and my friends used to joke about what funeral song we wanted and we all picked this. But when my pal Rossi passed away unexpectedly, we brought a sound system into the church and for 6 and a half minutes this song brought such emotion to us all. RIP Rossi ❤
Died a rich man with friends.
This gave me chills. May you always find comfort here. ❤
Nice choice, then I'm having Monster Mash
On my funeral list too ❤
😭
A masterpiece. RIP Leonard Cohen & Jeff Buckley.
RIP Tim Buckley as well. Jeff's father.
Absolute masterpiece
Un chef-d'œuvre je suis toujours toute retournée en l'écoutant
I listen to this every night before bed, to remind myself, there is still beauty in the world. RIP Jeff Buckley.
Sitting here in the Scottish highlands just looking out over the hills and listening to this song has a certain appeal this song helped me get through hard times so thank you Jeff
Sooo.. you are living my absolute dream then
Scottish highlands? I wish I was there
It's a truly amazing song. As a keen fishermen I'd love to be out there casting a line.
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Scottish highlands? Thanks for reminding me my ancestors left that beautiful desolation for the USA.
Today is 24 years since Jeff left us. Will always he missed. RIP Jeff Buckley!
Rip:(
It's a big loss, but his music never dies
5 days ago... How strange i read his name in a fiction book 5 days ago and the books main character i jst found out played jeff in the movie about his life.. Been listening to him on repeat all week. So many beautiful songs
The Mississippi River took this legendary singer in an untimely fashion. There are glimpses of his presence throughout the city of Memphis. ❤️
How’d he die?
Needless to say , but I must say it loud : Most beautiful song ever sung.
+John Butler ever sung*
+Eli Lörtscher lol.. he might be from the south! I only say that bc I am and thats what we say, not just me. lol! I did however ....try and remember the correct way to speak when I was At work ! :)
Sorry for my bad English..
I'm from Japan and have been learning English now.
+John Butler no problem :) And very nice that you're learning English! Keep on going ;)
+John Butler Good for you! I've learned most of my English from listeing to songs like this (a lot of L Cohen)
I don’t care what anybody says or how many people record this. This is the best version ever. It makes me cry every time I listen to it.❤
I agree...and I cry.
Rest in Peace Chris Cornell and Jeff Buckley, two brothers, now together in the heavens :'(
And now chester bennington
miniWHEAT909 who sang this song at Chris Cornell's funeral. Eerie and very sad.
R.I.P CHESTER BINNINGTON
RIP EVERYONE WHO DIED ON 9/11
Gigi PR RIP Andy Wood, Kurt Cobain,Shannon Hoon , Jeff Buckley, Layne Staley, Dimeback, Scott Weiland, Prince, Chris Cornell , Chester Bennington !
Listening while tears are flowing for my son. A parent shouldn't outlive your child. Justin Rest in Peace. I love you, Dad.
@superstuff11: So sorry for your loss.
Wherever you are in this world, my friend, we are with you. It's a broken hallelujah
may he rest easy
So sorry for your loss. Hope this song bring you some peace.
i cried when i read this...
This is one of the most emotional and rawest covers you'll probably hear.
Yeh it's hard to look past this and Cash's 'Hurt' by the 9 inch nails as the greatest cover versions ever (obviously Madonna's 'American pie' is the worst!!
Leonard Cohen wrote it
agreed!! This is my favorite version. I did a cover of this song with my sister if you want to check it out on my channel!
This is a cover
Films
RIP Leonard Cohen (September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016), aged 82
And
RIP Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997), aged 30
You both will be remembered as legends.
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30 is wild
@@CaaaaamOnYTthe water took him
I lost my wife to kidney disease back in August of this year. This song was what allowed her to find peace in the fact that her illness was terminal and helped through hospice and gave her comfort in knowing that was no reason to fear death. I listen to it when I want to feel close to her. She was and still is my soul and my center. I love you forever and always Selene.
Jaime... I have been dealing with EsRD for last three years. Its hard. And it only ends one way, unfortunately. But thank you for sharing your Selene. I hope when I'm gone I'm missed like that.
Your love will always keep you close Jaime 💕💕love has no end 💕💕
Good man, nothing anyone can say or do but tell you're doing the right thing and you're a good human
I’m So Sorry for your loss 💕 That’s a terrible thing to happen but at least you know she isn’t in any pain or discomfort now. She will Always be with you 💜
My sincere love to u
Jeff Buckley literally carved his soul into Leonard Cohen's song. And anyone who has ever loved...and not been loved in return feels it. Forever. For eternity.
Hey Rachael. You really described how I felt today. I ran to this song today all down not knowing exactly why I needed this song, but now it's all clear after reading your comment. Thank you so much.
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Too many times.... but what a lovely song.
True❤
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After this lockdown started my Mum got diagnosed with terminal cancer. I haven’t seen her in 10 weeks today and all I want is to hold her in my arms.
This song helps me to feel again, I’m praying for everyone in this awful time.
Best of luck to you and your num....luv from Italy
Darcie you are a Wonder women
I’m praying for you Darcie. May the Lord be with you and your family. Peace be with you as your mother moves forward to Heaven.
Praying for you and your family... Get well soon...
My mom got diagnosed with lung cancer right before this all started... good luck to you.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded
This song makes me feel alone and also somehow connected with everyone. I never get tired of it
Completely agree with you... One of the best song ever, likely better than the original version.
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Well said, you nailed it.
One should hope the whole world would listen to this song in unity and then connect.....☮️and💟
We're all connected, my consciousness is functionally the same as yours, we share almost 99.9% of DNA with each other. In physics atoms are all connected, atoms in Japan are commented to atoms in the US, even if their bonds are extremely weak, those bonds still exist. All those stars you see in the sky? They exert gravity on your body. Everything is interdependent on one another, no object exists in a vaccum. You're more than your mind tells you you are.
Not a better version than Leonard Cohen’s original, but different and so beautiful.
For those of you wondering who said "wow" after he finished the song, that's Andy Wallace, Jeff's producer. Andy is a Grammy winning producer who has seen and produced anything you can think of, and Jeff's performance still amazes him... That's how you know you're good.
yep. cool. and back to my instagram....... NOT! just bored
Larimer Bixby what
I had to skip it all the way to the end to hear it myself because I never noticed
Pepper anyone should say wow after this performance. Buckley left part of his soul here on earth with this song.
Pepper THANK YOU for this knowledge woowww ❤️
I don't have a sad story to tell.
I'm just here to enjoy the song.
me too
“I don’t have a sad story to tell. I’m just here to enjoy the song,” is probably the most moving line I’ve heard in a long time. Thank you
@California Guy we do indeed **** the right song helps in times of trouble and sadness **** which we all experience on life's journey ****
This is UA-cam. That is not allowed. We need some deep story that connects you to this song.
@@McCready12 Written by Leonard Cohen - took him 5 years and originally had 80 verses.....
Watching in 2025. So beautiful. What a loss, losing Jeff Buckley. ❤❤❤
My dad loved when I sang this song, one day he recorded me singing it and then he played it on the car radio on our way home. My dad passed away last year, he was a doctor and he died from covid19. I miss him so much.
Be grateful you shared that love. Mine passed from Covid as well, and I have no feelings about it. It was a lost relationship. I wasn't even sure there was anything that could kill the miserable, mean mfer. There was.
I'm so sorry for your loss x
Hello, Carla. I'm a pretty old granny (63 I think, without doing the math :-) but your comment struck me a bit. I hope you have friends and family who will reach out to you about losing your dad. My dad was also the best in the world. His name is Nino and he did some amazing things. I can tell that your dad did too. Goodnight, O Sweet Of Heart.
RIP
Sorry for your loss, be strong
It's ok to cry listening to this.
This deserves WAY MORE likes
Yer goddam right, friend.
Yep
It's ok to cry
Why this song always makes me cry ='(
I used to sing this to my son when he was just a baby in my arms he would curl up in the crook of my arm look and look up to me while I sang this to him. It was the most peaceful moment in my entire life. It was then I realized my life wasn't a waste, that I would do whatever It took to keep going, if only just for him .
That’s beautiful, stay strong and hang in there :( you got this bud
❤️ beautiful 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏿 blessings passed on... ❤️
I feel this in my mama heart, bless you and your little boy. I look into my sons eyes and he reminds me that I have an amazing reason to keep going💙
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My two sons have brought meaning to a life that felt so empty. Didn’t realize how painful love can be until then!
Wowza! I just heard this live on the Nashville New Years Eve concert.
Never heard of this singer, and now I’m spending late hours listening to these videos. Love this guy!
What a beautiful way to start the new year!
This video got me literally crying as i can totally relate to this man's pain. Since childhood i really wanted to become a doctor just like my favorite teacher. i focused in school really hard and earned medals and honors. But i made bad decisions and a wrong turn somewhere and it cost me my ambition. Life turned for the worse after my parents died in an accident, i rushed away from home to work in the city and left everything behind. Unfortunately, i ended up lost in drugs and other petty crimes.
In 2009, i was rushed to the hospital for multiple stab wounds and another one in 2012 for a gunshot wound in the chest that penetrated a lung, both incidents were gang related violence. After a successful operation and my condition stabilized, the head surgeon gave me a visit while i was on my way to recovery. At first i wasn't able to recognize her, then she revealed to me that she was my grade school teacher and she was really happy to see me all grown up and a chance to finally speak to me.
But her smile slowly dissipated as she told me that it really saddened her the first time she stitched me and my second trip to the operating table broke her heart in pieces, she also confessed that a few months after my parents died, she tried to make an arrangement with my uncle that she will pay for my education and lodging so i will continue on my ambitions, but it was too late. She later added that it made her feel like a failure because she saw a bright future in me for my discipline and diligence in school and not this criminal state i am in now. It was at this emotional moment that i began to recall everything about her and it made me break down in tears, she was my inspiration and my goal was hers too. And in a surprisingly swift move, she suddenly turned me on my side and then inserted a carrot in my butt.
+Dustin Nowaselski All that ends in anal is good
+Dustin Nowaselski I can finally say that a youtube comment has made me cry and laugh at the same time
i started focusing more and more intently on your moving story.. finding myself drawing closer to the screen even.. and then the carrot came into play, and i just got to say.. what's up doc?.. oh yea, it's your carrot up my ass! heart warming ;) thanks for the laugh :D
Heidi Lykken I dont think carrots can cum. If they did, this poor man might have been impregnated with a food/veg baby
+Dustin Nowaselski Haha I was lamoing
U wirte well!
Hallellujah is a song I have and will listen till the end of my days. Rest in peace Leonard Cohen.
RIP My Friend
Trixi trxi RIP Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley
Whenever I listen to a song like this on UA-cam, I read the comments and the very personal ones make the song even better. Thank you for Sharing a piece of yourself.
Filemon Verdi it's the same for all of my favorites like this one. I tear up just reading the comments.
Filemon Verdi you can have a piece of me ;)
Jk jk
Filemon Verdi same
Every time I listen to this I think how blessed I am to have survived my heroin addiction almost 4 years ago. I've lost almost all of my friends to heroin since I've been clean and it's hard to understand why. I feel my life was saved for a reason I cant explain. Even after overdosing and dying for a few minutes my wife walked with me through the darkness and we both came out the other side stronger than ever! Hallelujah for life, friends, loved ones and every single breath I've taken since I got clean.
And a songs "real" explanation doesn't have to fit perfectly with how individuals interpret it.
This song hits so hard and deep right now. Going through one of the hardest years of my life. I'll appreciate any prayers sent my way. ❤
sORRY FOR YOUR HARDSHIPS . BE STROING AND STICK IN THERE
Trust Jesus thru the pain🙏🏽❤
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Stay strong, friend.❤
You got it 🙏💐
I have seen many covers of Hallelujah, but I think Jeff Buckley's is the best. He sang it with such feeling and his guitar playing is so beautiful. I just love it.
AGREED!!! His is by far my favorite.
Always and forever the best. RIP JB
@@jonnie13131 He was brave too. He lost his life trying to save a friend from drowning. That makes him a hero in my book.
Yea, there's no comparison to any other artist, even Leonard Cohen had said this version was his favorite and asked that no one else record it again. It's true!
Leonard is the best as it was stolen from him
This isn’t a vocal ballad that people have turned it into. It’s a beautifully poetic, brutally raw depiction of what love is. Love ain’t flowers and things. It’s hard work and has no place for selfishness.
its whatever
Leonard Cohen wrote this and he's version is as powerful.
@@questioneverything8876 Cohen's is beautiful, but this one us not to be ignored
Amazing song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@questioneverything8876 thank you I wouldn't have known unless you had said something. Much appreciated I love mr. Cohen
The first time my wife, and I went to nyc we were staying on the upper west side, and walked through central park for the first time, and you know that little spot that's in all the movies, and has a little place under the bridge. There was a guitarist down there playing this by himself, and singing, and it was beautiful. We walked over to him, and slow danced, and it was beautiful. Every time I hear this song I think of that day.
So much beauty in this simple song, to so many people, in so many ways.. And that's another beautiful thing, too.
hungrypromethean that is so beautiful man
hungrypromethean that's sweet
Oh, man. Your comment left me tearing up. That's beautiful.
My g , Snm👌😤
It's not somebody who's seen the light it's a cold, and it's a broken hallelujah
IMO Love starts out as a beautiful gift from GOD. Then people take it and turn it into something cold and broken. 😞
This intro is like a poetry made with music notes. So beautiful.
Makes Me Wanna Cry Every Time :(
Agreed 100%
It is beautiful poetry
That's because that's exactly what it is. Check out who wrote this song and their other work.
What a fantastic description 🥹
Before I had custody of my son I would listen to this song when he would be leaving and I’d start my 16 hour drive home and just cry. Now I have him everyday of my life. He’ll be 13 in October.
👏👏🌹🌹
❤😊
You're a good Dad.
Glad to hear that man! Much love to you and your son
DAMNED good for you!!! Blessings!!!
i remember my dad showing me this song for the first time. i was 18, doing nothing with my life, my brother had already overdosed multiple times from drugs. my parents were having issues, the list goes on. Back then this song gave off such a depressing, sad vibe. not even sure how to explain it. it’s like i loved it so much but hated it so much at the same time. i could never stop thinking about how this song made me feel. such an eerie feeling. I’m 21 now, i live in alaska full time as a pilot, brother has been sober for over 6 months, he’s doing amazing. My parents have a happy marriage again, and my relationship with them has never been better. i was just thinking about it and this song popped in my head. at first i didn’t know how to explain how this song made me feel. but i feel now as if it’s there for all parts of life, the good, bad and ugly. Bc after these years, after my family and i are doing good, i still come back on this song to give me a subtle reminder of how things used to be and how far we’ve all came. i was definitely late to the party on knowing this song. but man ill never forget it. Beautiful song.
What a great song. Been suffering from depression for so long. When medication does not seem to help i always turn to music. Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah
Same. We're in this together my friend.
I’m with you 💕
@@andrewkeesays stay strong bud.
@@cyn4798 hope that you have a better tomorrow than a yesterday
With you in Love and Prayers
My wife was pregnant with our twin girls and during all the pregnancy there were many doubts about the health of the babies. At 36 weeks, after 2 days in the hospital, at midnight, my wife gave birth to 2 perfect babies. The day after I was with them in the hospital all day, barely went to the bathroom, didn't even eat. At night when I got in the car to go home this was the music playing, had to stop the car at the side of the road and cry my heart out...
🥹 damn. That’s exactly! What happened to me. We’ll sort of, my wife was in labor and I just got off at work at 1am and drove to the hospital with my earphones in, the wired ones 😂 and this song came on my shuffle as I ran so goddamn fast from the parking lot to the room. The nurses just said go go go follow the screams 😂. And walked in there and bam baby girl came out. It was like a freaking movie scene to me. I never ran so damn fast in my life. Hope those kids bring joy in life my friend.
Bless you all 😘♥️
😁
Congratulations man.
ftg
David: *plays secret chord*
The lord: Nice
The lord: finally, some good fucking *_chords_*
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The lord: now, that, *that* is a goddamn chord
The Lord. Capital L.
such an underrated comment. this made my day
Before we were strangers the book brought me here. Grace loved this song and Jeff ❤
When I was a teen in the 90's, I'd listen to this song and feel such strong emotions; so much anger and rage. So much pain that I'd feel strangled. Now I'm older, I let the song wash over me, like a river washing over pebbles; and just like a river, I feel peace. This song brings different things to everyone, but I hope anyone who reads this finds peace and stillness in their lives. You are loved. ❤
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❤❤❤ thank you, you too 🙏🏽 I feel exactly the same
Why were you so angry and lost?
I was so happy and joyful as a teen...
Just wondering my friend.
@@c.c.6930 who knows and anyone who feels that strongly personally about any music is lying or not in their right mind like all those commenters who say a certain song "got them thru a bad time." Utterly ridiculous.
I was a young then. Now I'm 71 yrs old and for a while last year I forgot all my memories. Vibe begin to remember what a big amazing life I ha. Ordering this band and following them is in a memory I'm glad to have back.
This was my mother's favorite Jeff Buckley song, in fact this was her favorite song period. I lost my mom to cancer back when i was 11 years old. Hallelujah was played at her funeral. I remember it like it was yesterday. I have so many memories listening to this song throughout my childhood with her. I miss her so much...
Deldo I'm so sorry for your loss of your Mom :( This song is a favorite of mine too I don't even know if my grown kids would even know that. Hang onto your memories that is what I do thinking of my Dad. It is so hard loosing a loved one. It's nice to remember them with Beautiful music like this. Sometimes life is so Damn hard and it stinks but we must carry on and find peace within . Missing them means there was lots of Love !
I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother at such a young age. This world is so broken. My prayers are with you.
Im so so so sorry
im so so sorry for the loss of ur mother rip
I'm so sorry for your loss, God bless your mother.
I just learaned that Leonard Cohen said Jeff Buckley's rendition was his favorite. Listening I clearly know why. Beyond beautiful
Man, Cohen was a sage. I saw him live in 2009 and it brought me to tears. I remember a few months after that he collapsed on stage in Spain and I wept openly. I fretted over his condition like a grandfather. He was the kind of man that, if he had complimented my cooking, I'd have been on top of the world. Praise from a person like him mattered.
@@diana2063 thank you, glad you also loved it.
@@christopherhelton6999 how wonderful that you saw him in person, I wished I had. He was a very interesting, talented and special man .
@@kathleendalton5769 Netflix has an interesting new video called ‘Leonard and Marianne’ that will show more history about the man, his life, those he loved and who loved him.
@@patriciagordon1178 thank you. found it on Amazon not Netflix. Put it on my list. I am sure I will love it. thanks again
One of the greatest covers ever made, not necessarily of Hallelujah but of any song.
This song was played on the streets of Dubrovnik after my grandmother died in her homeland. It was like sent by her.😔
Zao mi je :(
Sorry bro :(
moje sožalje 😞
+beefy as fuuk your username hahahah ja isto hrvat
Star Bender hahahahaha vem! Drgac sem iz Slovenije! :D zdravo sosed
I lost my 28 year old son in 2014 and this was the song we chose to play at his funeral when the coffin was entered. It was a song he loved, and was perfect. It beaks my heart to listen to it, but I do because I feel a connection.
I can't even imagine. I'm so sorry for your loss
I lost my 26 year old son in 2016. He loved and played it on his guitar. We also chose (the Easter version sung by Kelley Mooney) for the photo montage/video. I can still (first time really after 6 years) can barely listen to it.
I lost a friend to suicide, he was 24. Ill never forget how it affected his family and I. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family. God bless
@@vtraudt 💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️😇🙋🏻♀️
I am truly so sorry for your loss. I totally know how it feels as I lost my son on November 17th 2021. He ended his own life at age 25 because the inner pain was too much. After so many years of bullying and mental abuse life became to hard for him. We miss him every single day and especially on days like these, Christmas, we miss him just a little bit extra and it simply hurts a lot more.
He sings crazy good. I don't mean his voice, though that is really good too, but the pure emotion he poured into this...
Riverreed Ward p]p+
Riverreed Ward I know! He sang with his soul right here and it is beautiful
I did a cover of this song with my sister if you want to check it out on my channel!
I will check it out. Can you check out my cover I did with my sister?
Riverreed Ward Is your channel name your actual name? I just have to know because it's very beautiful and unique. And even if it isn't enjoy your day, I'm drunk.
Sad loss..such pain in his voice
If this song isn't playing at my funeral...
I'm not going.
Hallelujah :)
Solid and totally understandable 😂
🙌
Amazing haha
LOL oh yeah!!!!
This was the song my mom played for me when I came to after a suicide attempt, and she told me "please don't make me play this again". Love her, and to everyone out there, it may be cliche but it truly does get better
:)
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I don't know you, but I am Glad You are still with us
It is better to be a soldier if you want to die you also help your country.
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I've listened to this song dozens of times, maybe hundreds of times. Today is the first time I really thought about a bit that's repeated: "love is not a victory march/ it's a cold and broken hallelujah". It describes that feeling where you reach the bottom of a pit of despair, and find salvation waiting for you, and with it, peace. Much love to everyone who reads this.
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That's a nice outlook, but not really true. True to you, maybe, which is what matters. But this was originally a poem written by a Jewish, buddhist, zen practitioner
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Couldn't agree more. I used to listen Cohen's original as far back as 1992 on Various Positions. Felt the same.
@@dalepowell7317don't correct people on their feeling. Give love instead.
Almost took my life one night, this song played and I felt like even though everything around me was burning that I’m gonna be okay, lots of people don’t realize especially when it comes to suicide you don’t wanna die you just don’t know how to come to terms with the pain, or you can’t articulate how you feel and things get overwhelming but I truly think people don’t wanna die it’s just an easy answer to the problems and no one addresses that enough
This helps me when I'm struggling with hard times in life. I'm forever grateful for music. I don't think I would still be around without it.
Everyday is a blessing , every challenge is just a lesson 🙏🏻💯
Me either! Music speaks volumes and helps me get through the day!
Same, same.
Glad you are, for real ❤
This is the most beautiful version of this song I’ve ever heard!
Every single time I hear it I cry my eyes out…
It’s so full of emotions - so pure and never reached!
I absolutely love it❤
There's a certain loneliness to listening to this song late at night. And while we may not be able to dissipate that loneliness, in a sort of melancholy way we can all be happy, lonely, together. With this wonderful music.
I agree mate!
Here today, hope your in a better place
Jeff Buckley sings with such emotion, his tragic death just adds to the great sadness of this song.
This comment section is like a shrine I come back to often to pray and ease my soul. I'm not religious. But thank you for this lovely comment.
I understand
On this day in 1997 we lost Jeff Buckley. Rest in peace sweet soul! My favorite version of this song!
I love this version
❤❤
This song has been covered a lot and nothing even comes close to Jeff's version.
Me too!!!!
How'd he go?
What a fantastic writer and musician
Never can be replaced obviously
What incredible writing by Leonard Cohen and an amazing performance by Buckley
Cohen butchers it😂
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@@chrissaunders4702 Cohen's original song is real. This one lacks edge / passion, and is too buttery smooth.
Yet here you are
Cohen and Buckley are together now singing this incredible song side by side
Diego Martin Pintos Urzagaste 😢❤️✌🏻️
:-(
You can believe what you want, I will not put you down for that, but until you can prove to me that death is the ultimate end I will continue to believe in the afterlife.
Nice thought, Buckley together with his father, waiting for the Master, who finally arrived to sing along with them
Homer I am not a believer but its too bad people need to make fun of people who think differently than them. You may be right, no one knows. Ignore the idiots.
This is the most hard core of all the Hallelujah versions. It’s not just because of his vocal though. He chose a bell like Capo 6 to play it from the G position. The results are haunting. He chose gracious amounts of reverb and a classic Telecaster to master his style. You just don’t play like Buckley, he had something that possessed every note. Yet, what is most important, he teaches us how this song can and should be interpreted. I miss songs like this. The ones, no matter the version, inspire. I hope Buckley knows the impact.
Salute to you my friend. What a wonderful ride it’s been.
I play a little was working on this so wow was noticing his position and playing and the bell like sound..
I've done a cover myself,, Mikey Morales hallelujah 🙏🙏🙏
La palabra "inquietante" ha logrado calificar la emoción que me provoca la voz de Jeff, tan única...va del llanto a la ternura, por un borde filoso, entre muerte y resurrección. Indescriptible belleza, su interpretación.❤
@@mariaesterrodriguez2047 maria, he hecho un cover de la canción, está en mi canal, escribe, Mikey Morales aleluya 🙏🙏🙏 te bendiga
Went through terrible break up and this helped me heal
Thom yorke idolized Buckley you can hear it in his vocals. That angelic voice of Jeff is incredible. So beautiful the compression is unique. WOW I also love Thom he sings like a wounded angel ❤❤❤❤
And love is not a victory march, it's a cold and its a broken hallelujah, best line :')
Alexander Waters , Bravo.
vianet
The lyrics is about that, about love!
literally read this as he sang it, was perfect
António Carvalho on kill. No Knookono k n. Kjok. J
What a masterpiece . This song was recorded in one take . Just one is all it took
this is not the studio version...
Originally performed by Leonard Cohen
This song took over 15 years to get to this version you like.
I don't like this song
and how do you know that for sure
The beginning sounds like he was trying to find the secret chord that David played, that pleased the Lord.
And than he found it and the song commenced
Gsus?
This Is The One"
@@Laocoon283 so the secret chord is C lol
eacaraxe I feel like I was the only one who got your joke, I hope others will too lol
I'm done crying - now just breath. God Bless All
Divine. I so wish you were still with us Jeff. Nearly 20 years on....and you are still missed. X
):
at least we have the music
And in his music we also have his soul, a beautiful soul he is.
in this period of chaos here in italy there is no better way to fill my silences with this song.
Thank you Leonard for writing it, and thank you Jeff for giving it a voice
Sid Sid again.. another expression of heartbreaking beauty
Sid Sid. Sending love to all of you in Italy. I am in Australia and also adore Leonard and Jeff is the best voice ever given to this song. Bless
God bless. I hope and pray you guys get out of this hell.
Sending prayers from the USA
spirals 73 I pray for you Americans. these are difficult times but we will make it 💪
He had such a gorgeous voice for this song, so sad he is gone. RIP Jeff
The sound producer is crap though on this video… Too bad
@@fern7306 what
When Jeff Buckley did this song in France live on stage… It sounded better
There's nothing to be sad about he is always remembered by all
@@fern7306 No. No he wasn't. It was done organically....even down to the 'film skip.' That is what made Jeff Jeff. Again - IMO.
Beautiful, precise, measured and absolute torment and agony. Simultaneous beauty and crushing desperation. This is the only version of this song that will stand for eternity.
RIP Leonard Cohen. Without you, this song would not exist. Thank you.
well said.
RIP Jeff Buckley too
Leonard cohenÄ
damn right man. RIP Jeff Buckley as well. Without you, this song would not exist. Thank you.
So true
Jeff Buckley passed in 97’ and this version wasn’t released til 07’. A true gift to the world.
Wt 😔😔😔😔💔💔💔💔 he leave us 💔💔💔💔😔😔😔
Really? Why wasn't released when he was alive?
A magical voice, it has an emotional quality unique to it. It feels as all the pain, hardships and hearthaches of his life gave it this beautiful frailty, tenderness, purity and grace, which flow like a river when he sings.
Mm
:(
It was recorded for the album Grace in 1994. It was released as a single in 2007.
Both in heaven now! Thank you for this beautiful song! RIP
can you back up this assertion?
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Tear jerking version. Musicians are a golden gift to the rest of us. I feel sad I'll never see either of these 2 perform. Love them both.
I can only say the heart isn't qualified. We either feel that or not....in my humble opinion
how does chantel know this and we dont???
Oh man the pain ❤😢
R.I.P JEFF BUCKLEY
Mr Jan Henkel R=rest, I=in, P=peace....the "in peace" is part of the RIP so it isn't necessary to write it out, he wasn't trolling
astoned, Valentin: Thank you for parsing and correcting someone's genuine sentiment. The world needs more grammar police like you. not.
Mr Jan Henkel You put in peace after rip that was pretty dumb to do
Mr Jan Henkel You show no creativity in the thing you say by calling everybody "kid"
Mr Jan Henkel People like you get triggered so easily
I dedicate This song to my good friend who died in the Orlando shooting. love u and miss u so much Juan :(
love to you x
sorry for you from France.and sorry for my english
So sorry for your loss.
Praying for you man, so sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss,greeting from China
The fact that Jeff didn't even live long enough to enjoy the success of his version of the song makes it much more tragic and sincere.
this comment hurts me
The original song Allelujah is not from Jeff Buckley.
Alain D well done you .......................
Sorry ^^
But that said, I think nobody ever performed this song as good he did.
Syd Poletaev 2018 this song made 2009 long long ago........
This song lives in the rhythm of my heart, I need to hear it by Jeff Buckley every few weeks for 10 yrs now
♥️
Possibly, one of the most beautiful songs ever penned.
I agree
And this is one of the the greatest cover versions of any song. At least in my opinion.
Did you say: "Possibly" ... ?
It will definitely stay in humanity's legacy as a crown jewel masterpiece.
Have you heard Disrupted version of Sound of Silence? stunning as well
I'm battling with a chronic illness and this song really makes me feel like life is gift even if sometimes seems like a broken one.
Vivian Viti I’m so sorry to hear that. wishing you all the best in your life, and I hope you live happily everyday! With love!💕
Vivian I have had cancer 3 times and heart failure from all the chemo and treatment I know the feeling this song digs deep in to you're soul and and makes its home there
Wish you the best every day dear sister. Love from Paris...
Vivian, I’m sending all of my love and healing to you. Your illness will improve, and you’ll be granted. I will make this so. Hang on. Your life is precious, and deserves to thrive. ❤️
I'm not about to self diagnose myself, but I feel like my problems lie within the realm of Borderline personality disorder and I find myself keep drinking and doing drugs even though I'm in trouble with court to get myself away from my feelings. Right now I'm under the influence and I realize I'm in deeper than I would be sober and all I can think about is malicious intent towards myself. I just cut myself and I never thought I'd do something like that. I was just happy thirty minutes ago and here I am hating myself and everything I do. I used to think mental problems were a joke, but not I'm aware that of my problems more and more and this shit is serious. I feel chronic emtpineess and I hope one day I and everyone who deals with these kinds of issues can find some sort of peace