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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

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In response to ed2005, yeah, I agree with that comment a lot. Actually Jeff himself said that his version was based on John Cale's version from I'm Your Fan. In relation to the X Factor issue, it would appear that 'Hallelujah' is becoming another 'All Along The Watchtower' i.e. a song repeatedly covered with varying results. As much as most would say the Hendrix version is definitive of '.. Watchtower', I think most would agree that the recording on Grace is the definitive 'Hallelujah' (which, incidentally, was a cut and paste of a number of different performances Jeff did in the studio). Knowing that a pure and beautiful song is being churned out dispassionately by a vacuous money-making machine is depressing for any music lover, surely? Cohen, Cale, Buckley, Wainwright etc were/are artists and the song was an expression and act of catharcism. Whoever records it on the X Factor is just printing money for Cowell. Like a puppet on a string... For me, the true 'X Factor' is in Buckley's performance. That version has 'it'.

Wed 10 Dec, 2008

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