The Hallelujah Chorus

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1315469]

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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[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

(Wainwright's is nearly indistinguishable from Cale's, suggesting that perhaps Cale had begun to refuse usage requests and Wainwright was brought in as a ringer.)

The interesting thing about this is that it predates the OC and Scrubs surge - while it's Cale on the soundtrack to Shrek, it's Wainwright on the soundtrack album.