Man but this is a fucking awesome song. I've just discovered it but I found out it's from the "Shrek" soundtrack so it's been around forever and I'm mad that I missed out on years and years of it. Do you know if his other stuff is as soul-touching? Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah (L. Cohen) I've heard there was A secret chord That David played, and It pleased the Lord But you don't really care For music, do you? It goes like this: The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king Composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Your faith was strong But you needed proof You saw her bathing On the roof Her beauty and the Moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne And she cut your hair And from your lips She drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Maybe I've been here before I know this room I've walked this floor I used to live alone Before I knew you I've seen your flag On the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and It's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah There was a time You let me know What's really going on below But now you never show It to me, do you? I remember when I moved in, you Your holy dark Was moving too And every breath we drew Was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above And all I ever Learned from love Was how to shoot At someone Who outdrew you It's not a cry You can hear at night It's not somebody Who's seen the light It's a cold and It's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Are you talking about Leonard Cohen or Rufus Wainwright? BTW, Jeff Buckley does a much better cover of that song.

yeah, no kidding. just don't ask jeff to swim.

Rufus is my man. I don't like Buckley's version of it as much. Even though he's dead.

PS. Cat, if it's Leonard Cohen you're digging, check out this thread. Scroll down a ways for his love poems. I've had the Bukowski poem you posted in my head lately. The one that includes "flesh searches for something more than flesh and nobody ever finds the one."

Oops, didn't see your post.

Dang, I got it wrong. I'm useless today.

Oh I dig Cohen too. and Bukowski. and flesh searching.

I love Rufus Wainwright's Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk.

Spidee, do you think Brautigan and Cohen are kinda alike? I mean. Cohen is sweeter and Brautigan is hipper but you know, maybe they could be step brothers born a bit of a way apart or something?

Spidee, do you think Brautigan and Cohen are kinda alike? I mean. Cohen is sweeter and Brautigan is hipper but you know, maybe they could be step brothers born a bit of a way apart or something?

Spidee, do you think my two posts are kinda alike? (Whoops)

cat when are you going to let me take you on my famous Bukowski bar tour?

Cat, you think Cohen is sweeter than Brautigan? Brautigan is the strange, shy man who lives on the corner and has a lovely garden, and Cohen is... I don't know, but I know he smokes too much and doesn't garden. Hmmm, I've never thought about them being alike. Must reflect upon that...

Cohen seems to have more pointless crushes than Brautigan, and I reckon that's kinda sweet. I think Brautigan smokes too. And I see him more in overgrown parks with rusty benches than in his own garden.

he doesnt smoke much of anything these days.

*DISCLAIMER* So, nearly 4 years later I stumble upon this thread. I was about to create a Hallelujah thread when I decided I should check first. I didn't know Rufus sang the song, let alone on the Shrek soundtrack. I guess because I'm gay, I'm supposed to like Rufus. But with the exception of his cover of the Beatles' Across the Universe, his voice just grates on me. It's very monotone. Maybe I'll check out his Hallelujah. First time I ever heard Hallelujah, was k.d. lang's cover from her "Hymns of the 49th Parallel" album of covers of Candadian writers' songs. I have never heard Cohen's version. I did hear Buckley's just a couple nights ago and liked it too. But k.d.'s is like going to church... ok maybe a protestant church... it's sumptuous... it's beautiful. She also does his Bird on a Wire.