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Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' in chart battle with 'X Factor' version

Buckley fans protest against the TV talent show's cover of Leonard Cohen's song

Tue 09 Dec, 2008

Comments (2)

Jeff Buckley's verion is the definitive one, the problem with Leonard Cohen's original isn't his performance, but rather the eighties production which marrs otherwise brilliant songs on both 1984's Various Positions LP and 1987's I'm Your Man. John Cale's version's good too...

Wed 10 Dec, 2008

What happened to the welsh language version by Brigyn? Heard it on Tom Robinson's show a few weeks ago, it was fab!

Tue 09 Dec, 2008

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