![]() It is "something of a musical Rorschach test," Light writes, invented anew by all who attempt the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall. Tallying versions by Cohen and plenty of others, Light estimates "Hallelujah" has been listened to hundreds of millions of times on YouTube alone. It was a spate of cover interpretations-first by John Cale and Jeff Buckley, then by dozens and hundreds of others-that lifted the song out of obscurity, though it was something more mysterious that cemented its status as a modern standard, appearing on American Idol and in synagogue services in equal measure. ![]() (He has said he wrote as many as 80 verses, then whittled it down to four for the album version.) The album on which it appeared, the murky, mid-career Various Positions, had been rejected wholesale by Columbia Records in the U.S., and when it finally was released, "the song was still generally ignored," as Alan Light notes in his 2012 book The Holy or The Broken.įrankly, it's no wonder: "Hallelujah," as it sounds on that record, is a barely recognizable blur of '80s keyboards and overwrought backing vocals that Cohen further confused by changing up the lyrics when he began singing it in concert. He didn't know the song would make much of an impact at all. He didn't then know the song would wind its way into the deepest reaches of popular culture, spirituality and, uh, Shrek. I'm very disappointed, hope you can do something about it.Thirty years ago this weekend, Leonard Cohen first performed a song called "Hallelujah."* I'll try to post this on everywhere so no other fan will have to go through this bad experience ever again. It's a shame that an awesome band has this awful merch service. I'm really upset and unhappy with Kontraband's service since the money was taken from my account I literally feel like I've been robbed Would you like another design from the store? Or would you prefer a refund?"ħ) At that point, I was upset because I really wanted that tour T-Shirt, but I replied immediately by choosing two other options from the store.Ĩ) It's been almost 10 days since I first contacted customer support and they haven't replied to me since. Normally, we'd arrange for a replacement to be sent out, but the shirt that you've ordered is now SOLD OUT. To be sure I checked my order and my address and contact info were correct.ĥ) I realized that it was nearly 45 days since I made the purchase and I had no information about my order so I contacted the customer support from Kontraband Merchandise.Ħ) They reply me by telling me this: "We're sorry to hear that your order hasn't arrived. The order was taken correctly and I got the confirmation that the purchase was made and that the money was taken from my account.Ĥ) Since I choose the option of an untracked mail service I waited for a long time to see if the order was on its way. I'll try to explain what's wrong:ġ) I went to Editors concert at Razzmatazz in Barcelona on April 26th.Ģ) There I wanted to buy the tour T-Shirt but in the stand, they didn't accept credit card.ģ) The next day (April 27th) I bought the tour T-Shirt from your merch site at Kontraband store. Hi, I'm currently having a problem and I was not sure where to complain about it. ![]() Young man, where there's fire there's smoke (I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement) Cause my bones lay with dust in your care
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