The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0728BW83W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 301 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Biography of a song JZS When Leonard Cohen passed away and his “Hallelujah” hit the US Top 10 for the first time, I commented “About time” to a friend. He directed me to the Revisionist History podcast of the same title. Not only was it a fascinating look at the differen. Bookreporter said Light's explanation of word choices is richly helpful and persuades multiple listenings from multiple musicians. In THE HOLY OR THE BROKEN, Alan Light almost insists that the reader know more than one version of Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah." He conducts a wide-ranging study of first the song itself, including many, many verses and their Biblical and secular origins, and then . Strong start.weak finish The first half of this book is very interesting. The creation of the song Hallelujah, it's fall into relative obscurity and then it's resurrection thanks to John Cale and Jeff Buckley. The insights into the lyrics and into the very structure of the song are fascinating t
After two such commercially disappointing outings, how did one obscure song become an international anthem for human triumph and tragedy, a song each successive generation seems to feel they have discovered and claimed as uniquely their own?. lang, and it is played every year at countless events - both sacred and secular - around the world. Three years after that, Buckley would be dead, his album largely unknown, and "Hallelujah" still unreleased as a single. It has been covered by hundreds of artists, including Bob Dylan, U2, Justin Timberlake, and k.d. Today, "Hallelujah" is one of the most-performed rock songs in history. Ten years later charismatic newcomer Jeff Buckley reimagined the song for his much-anticipated debut album, Grace. Yet when music legend Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded "Hallelujah", it was for an album rejected by his longtime record label. It has become a staple of movies and television shows as diverse as Shrek and The West Wing, of tribute videos and telethons