I was asked to listen to Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (First Reaction) 

Absolutely, I just saw your reaction to KD Lang's version (fantastic!) and you mentioned needing to watch Leonard Cohen's version. A lot of the comments mentioned LC's version too. I was wondering which version. Early LC caught the pain of this song. His depression had left him. I'm happy for him that it did, but his singing suffered a little. Still a brilliant beautiful, gorgeous song and a brilliant rendering.

Love the metronome type thing you've got in the background. Just heard your last comment and no, it's not a religious song.

Yes, please do. His voice is gone here.

His I'm Your Man is a favorite of mine.

A great poet befor his music career.

He actually already reacted to that, I requested it on patreon a while back :)

@@Cifer77 Just found it, thanks. It's really funny, strolling through his vids, even with the notification bell on, I haven't seen or heard of half of these...YT sucks. Thanks again...oh yeah, WHO DEY!!!!

I'd really really like someone to dive into who by fire, a great if tragic song

Is it really??? We are all dying, every day, try hard, do your best, but overstating or thinking your life leads to many problems

You need to check out KD Lang doing this song Mind blower! By the way...Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone is a must too Love watching you react!! I'm 72...so it amazes me that this is all new to anyone.😅 I e lived through it all.

Yes, it is a joyous song.

Love watching these young ones being over awed by OUR MUSIC SO LUCKY. They seem to think theyre sound is new its not xx love n peace huge RESPECT xxx

Great to hear him included ,there are other "modern" poet/ musicians that should be studied the same way .

Suzanne is absolutely brilliant. Certainly ONE of my favorites.

He was Canadas poet laureate 🇨🇦❤️

Most DEFINITELY please find Suzanne, and play that one for the pure poetry of the lyrics.

I came here to say that I did a Canadian lit class in high school and we studied Suzanne as a work of poetry

Great song. About as dark as it gets!

I don't think I've ever heard anyone else not butcher this sing by singing, "Do 'ya'"...

Yes KD Langs my favorite version by far ...but this the master who wrote it is incredible to watch...

Several years ago, The Atlantic published an essay by a healthy, middle-aged oncologist who hoped to die at 75. Among his reasons - the pain and physical deterioration that accompanies old age, and slowing of creativity. The author, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, suggested „some deep underlying biological determinism” accounting for this decline. “The fact is that by 75,” Emanuel argues, “creativity, originality, and productivity are pretty much gone for the vast, vast majority of us.” Leonard Cohen must have never read it. Or he was the ultimate outlier. His late-in-life creative renaissance was largely unparalleled. During the final years of his astounding career - as he neared and then surpassed the age of 80 - Cohen published a book of poetry, toured the world, headlined Coachella, completed his first new album in seven years, toured the world yet again, and then released two more albums of excellent quality just two years apart. And he kept at it until the very end. You Want It Darker, Cohen’s final release, a great and moving album that lives up to its title in all sorts of ways, appeared short,y before he died. It is difficult to conceive of any great songwriter who stared down death, decline, or the dulling of the creative mind with more humor and fury and strength than Leonard Cohen.

I saw him in Hamilton, ON - amazing concert for anyone to give but for someone in their 70s it was incredible.

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Saw him in Louisville. It was my highlight of my lifetime. I sobbed through this song. His music was a beacon through my darkest times.

I was at a concert of this tour together with my parents, whose song as a couple is Hallelujah. Absolutely magical experience! What stood out to me was how humble the man was and how much he highlighted the other artists on the stage. He put them more into the limelight than himself and was incredibly thankful to them being there with him. What a man! RIP

An iconic human of all around the world 🤔

Big hug! ⭐️

Thank you for sharing your power

Same for me. Gotten old, lived hard, worked hard, kind of beat up, and still working on the dreams. Just like I always was, but wiser, weaker and able to laugh about it. In the end, you finally see that all that matters is the Hallelujah.

You put in words what I've thought...been there😢

Canada has produced alot of outstanding poet/ musicians and should celebrate them

We do it every Canada Day..........LOL :) Way too much talent to give them ALL a Day !............Joni, Neil, Bruce Cockburn, Lightfoot...ETC

Leonard Cohen was born, raised and buried in Montreal. He never lost his love for his hometown, and we, Montrealers, never stopped loving him. In downtown Montreal, on the side of a highrise, is a portrait of him, watching over his beloved City. I invite you to Google it. It is beautiful, a true tribute to our beautiful Leonard ❤❤❤

Dance Me to the End of Love was my wedding song. So beautiful.

Yes and what a masterclass in holding the audience in the palm of his hand!

Tower of Song is a goodie too. ❤

Wow! Thanks for the info.

It's a unique concept.... just sing the music, literally. Cohen was a class act.

Cohen used religious imagery in his poetry and music to highlight the pain and corruption of human existence. Raised Jewish, he was also an ordained Zen Buddhist monk, and questioned the concept of God throughout his life, believing God to be the cause of endless suffering. In an early speech he said, "I believe the God worshipped in our synagogues is a hideous distortion of a supreme idea..." Hallelujah is a consumate tribute to his lifelong wrangling with a dispassionate deity that allows infinite misery to be perpetuated on helpless beings in their search for love and connection. There is a reason Pentatonix chose that desolate landscape as a setting for this song, and the desperate pleading in their voices during the wall of sound has no hint of joy or celebration that I can identify. They truly got Cohen and his message. His artist's soul ran to those dark themes, on which he shone the brilliance of his superb craftsmanship. I'm in complete agreement with you.... we don't have to be religious to appreciate the passion of someone singing about their religious beliefs. Whether PTX, Buckley or Cohen himself, that intense emotion is palpable.

Also...I LOVE his song. "Suzanne"....because my name obviously..Judy Collins did my favorite version of it! Oh POLO..there you go..JUDY COLLINS...Joni Mitchell..And last but NOT LEAST..LAURA NYRO!!! Thank You,Polo..you are GREAT!!!

And I love how Leonard takes off his hat when the solo starts in respect to the keyboardist.