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Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | I'm can't give you much to go on. This was used in the backround of a West Wing episode called, I think... "War Of The Roses". The key word of the chorus is "Alleluja". The vocals are rather mornful and desperate. Not much help I know but I bet someone here knows it. edit... Accually the name of the episode was.."Posse Comitatus" which probably is no help at all. | ||
Brian T |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 425 Location: SE Michigan | Hallelujah - by Leonard Cohen. Check your mailbox, I already have it transposed. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Gee Brian.... do you think we could pull it off??? That would be something you don't hear everyday. Hallelujah - by Leonard Cohen C Am C Am Now I've heard there was a secret chord, that David played, and it pleased the Lord F G C G But you don't really care for music, do you? C F G Am F It goes like this, The fourth, the fifth, The minor fall, the major lift G E Am The baffled king composing Hallelujah F Am F C G C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah __________________________________________________________________________________ C Am C Am Your faith was strong, but you needed proof, you saw her bathing on the roof F G C G Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you C F G Am F She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair G E Am And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah F Am F C G C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah ___________________________________________________________________________ C Am C Am You say I took the Name in vain, I don't even know the Name F G C G But if I did, well really, what's it to you? C F G Am F There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard G E Am The holy or the broken Hallelujah F Am F C G C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah ____________________________________________________________________________ C Am C Am I did my best, it wasn't much, I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch F G C G I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you C F G Am F And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song G E Am With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah F Am F C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah F Am F C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah F Am F C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah F Am F C G Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah F Am Hallelujah, Hallelujah... | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | It was also used in "Shrek". | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Really??? Seems like a pretty dark song for that. I haven't found any meaning in the words yet but the structure and feel of the song kinda draws me in. | ||
alpep |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10581 Location: NJ | best version is by John Cale of velvet underground fame | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Thanks Al... I'll look for it. | ||
fillhixx |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 4820 Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Slipkid: Basically it's Leonard Cohen saying, "The Buddhist retreat thing was cool but baby you look hot. Wanna do it with a monk? I speak fluent symbolism!"I haven't found any meaning in the words yet.... | ||
Victor |
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Joined: October 2006 Posts: 43 | That song depicts King David and his sin with Bathsheba. He saw her from his room bathing on her roof and couldn't resist the temptation. | ||
wilblee |
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Joined: June 2005 Posts: 1320 Location: Round Rock, TX | My favorite version is Jeff Buckley's. It's on the Grace album. | ||
wilblee |
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Joined: June 2005 Posts: 1320 Location: Round Rock, TX | Also there are several verses that aren't in SlipKid's post. Here's two more... Well, baby I've been here before I've seen this room and walked these floors I used to live alone before I knew ya I've seen your flag on the marble arch, but love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah Well, maybe there's a God above, but all I ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya It's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by Victor: That's interesting. That song depicts King David and his sin with Bathsheba. This group sure has a depth of knowlege. | ||
Jeff W. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039 Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Leonard C. is great. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | And look what popped up on Yahoo a couple minutes ago.. web page | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Wilblee, I don't believe those extra verses were Cohen's original lyrics. | ||
vcnyls |
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Joined: December 2005 Posts: 149 Location: New York, NY | Willie Nelson does a decent version on his new album Songbird | ||
wilblee |
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Joined: June 2005 Posts: 1320 Location: Round Rock, TX | Yeah, you're probably right, but I've heard a version where he sings that second verse, so maybe he added 'em later. Kinda like all those Linda Ronstadt versions of Warren Zevon's songs. Warren even started singing the lyrics that Linda used, so I assume he wrote 'em. | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "Now I've heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord" --Slipkid Wasn't that the premise for the album: In Search Of The Lost Chord (Moody Blues?) Also, there was a particular episode of South Park, where a certain chord caused everyone to spontaneously poop their pants. | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | I have found a few different versions of this song. Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, K.D. Lang, and Bob Dylan have put their own spin on it. The Buckley version is very nice while the Dylan version is... well.... awful. I was surprised how basic the chords were. And I'm trying to make sense of the words. One verse seems to be told in a narative while another is told in first person. It seems to be about a relationship that burned hot at first and then died. Maybe it's not supposed to make sense in a logical way. The words do evoke a feeling tho. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Slipkid: Brad... it's a Leonard Cohen song. I wouldn't try to read too much into it. And I'm trying to make sense of the words. Maybe it's not supposed to make sense in a logical way. Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel: It was also used in "Shrek". Originally posted by Slipkid: For a cartoon about an ogre with no social skills, a schizophrenic woman with violent tendencies and a possessed jack-ass? Seems like a perfect fit.Really??? Seems like a pretty dark song for that. | ||
Old Applause Owner |
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Joined: July 2003 Posts: 1922 Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | There is a Wikipedia entry about the song. I tried putting in the link, and the parentheses nixed that working here for some reason. A good bit of history about the lyrics, including that Cohen has 15 verses. Plus some possible interpretations of the lyrics. Roger | ||
Slipkid |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301 Location: south east Michigan | Thanks Roger... Good idea. I'll look it up there. | ||
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