The Hallelujah Chorus
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I enjoyed both the X-Factor finalists' versions a lot more than I was expecting to. What occurred to me is that the lyrics aren't really designed to be sung in a power-soul style, but that actually this left me feeling a bit embarassed for the lyrics themselves*, not the singing or performance.
*and of course someone - Simon Cowell's? - selection from them: "Hallelujah" has about 50 billion verses so like American Pie any shortened cover versh will be a selection box.
I enjoyed both the X-Factor finalists' versions a lot more than I was expecting to. What occurred to me is that the lyrics aren't really designed to be sung in a power-soul style, but that actually this left me feeling a bit embarassed for the lyrics themselves*, not the singing or performance.
*and of course someone - Simon Cowell's? - selection from them: "Hallelujah" has about 50 billion verses so like American Pie any shortened cover versh will be a selection box.
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Date: 2008-12-15 12:53 pm (UTC)It's quite *positive* about it all, for L Cohen anyway, in that it sort of reconciles the two, but it's not some huge choral production about God and ting. I dislike versions of it where the Huge Towering Chorus overpower the verses, and I have beef with the way it seems to get played at Huge Emotional Moments on tv programmes.