Comments on: Hallelujah….What do it mean?

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:18:28 +0000

Did anyone find any other singer than the first Cohen that kept the “I tried my best” verse?

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:19:38 +0000

i think that it is about how love is very much the same as life, in a way that we carnt explain either of them, i also think he’s trying to say that even though this bad stuff happens to him it actually could be what he wanted or needed, hence the hallelujah but it can also so mean theres all ways light at the end of the tunnal.

so listing to this song over and over and thinking about were we are alive and why we love i came to the conclusion that we will never know for sure lol

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:33:42 +0000

Outstanding Song. Typically Lenord Cohen in having a theme that has a sense of mystery around it. Obviously, it lays the song open to much interpretation.
My interpretation, well I cant help but think its a simple truth of the greatest love of your life gone wrong, but thank god u actually had that love at that time,
thank god.
I especially love (what could easily be thought of as ) the sexual verse about where “I moved in u, the holy dove etc.etc.”
now that is beautiful and so very true, and god, when a love moves on, its that so very close love making and all that happened down below that consumes u in thought/pain/and eventual spiritual upheaval.
just my feelings on it.
Love u Leonard. Inspiration that u r.

By: Candy Victoria

Candy Victoria — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:25:00 +0000

-Hallelujah to God
For allowing us the full measure in singing a song to the pleasures and pains of love…
-For me it’s an un-con-dition-al Hallelujah

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By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:55:21 +0000

Dingo: I love your interpretation of the song. I am very moved by the song and have thought about it quite a bit since I saw I’m Your Man. The Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright versions are beautiful and similar but they don’t convey the same feeling to me as Cohen’s version. I noticed that I didn’t hear the song for the beauty of the singing.

By: Colette

Colette — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:53:34 +0000

Let’s try that again. My fingers and brain are not in tune today – maybe it’s the many drugs I’ve had pumped into me at the dentist’s office durimg a several-hour ordeal this morning. (Don’t ask.)

Bonjovi rules! Sensitive rockers, unite. I loved Kiki’s “This Ain’t a Love Song,” and I CANNOT get it out of my brain…..

thanks for showing more of the Jersey Boy, MM…….

By: Colette

Colette — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:51:32 +0000

New respect from Mr. Bonjovi. This and “It Ain’t a Love Song,” which I can get out of my head from Kiki’s AI version, have made more a lot more interested in this rocker than I ever was……thanks!

By: music maven

music maven — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:31:32 +0000

Colette — yes, kd’s version is outstanding but I linked to My Old Kentucky Blog’s total list. The ones I posted were Youtube’s that I liked best without making the post too long (as I’ve been warned about.)

Gray — Think you missed the point. She asked, “Did Gray Charles pay you?” So, where’s MY check. I actually read that whole forum a few months ago and it sorta gave me the idea to use it in one of my lyric interpretations here. I’ve decided to do one of these on a complex song every once in a while, since I still get daily hits on the Bold as Love post. So, you linked to the long drawn out discussion, but what is YOUR interpretation or meaning for you?

Dingeaux — I LERVE House and Hugh Laurie is fabulous. He conveys pain aptly and the song helps to add appropriate emphasis.

Funny, but my views on this song has changed about four times since I first heard it. Maybe that’s what Leonard Cohen had in mind.

By: morewines

morewines — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:07:41 +0000

Well all I can say to all of this is
Hallelujah!

By: Gray Charles

Gray Charles — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:11:44 +0000

Paid me? I guess I'm still waiting for the check. Long drawn out discussion here