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Perhaps John Cale might still have them because Cohen faxed him 15 pages of lyrics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#John_Cale htt
by draegtun 10y ago
Perhaps John Cale might still have them because Cohen faxed him 15 pages of lyrics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#John_Cale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song...
NB. It's the version by Cale which became the basis of the later covers by Buckley, Wainwright, etc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzu4LE667VM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzu4LE667VM
- mcv 10y agoYou're right of course. I don't know why I thought it was Wainwright.
- draegtun 10y agoThat's OK, clearly it also confused the producers of the Shrek soundtrack album too :) Here's a post from couple of days ago which documents the history of Hallelujah - http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/11/11/leonard-cohen-hallelujah-jeff-buckley/93632656/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/11/11/leonard-...