What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Aha, now we're back on track. Superb effort except for that Hunters Lullaby thing. Shoulda shelved that. Seventh album from the man, with a lot more instrumentation than the last one, and excellent backing from Jennifer Warnes throughout. Probably his most well known track on here with Hallelujah. Not that it was a hit or anything, just that I have heard it covered more than any other Cohen song. K.D. Lang doing it the best imo. Still can't match Leonards, but it comes damn close. Unbelievably to me, Cohens Columbia label passed on this in the U.S., saying it was not up to par. Luckily it was picked up by independent label Passport. Columbia later had a change of heart, which probably just means someone new came on the scene. The album never saw the charts here because of that pass maybe. dumbasses. Included that K.D. Lang clip at the end of this. Not a big fan of hers, but man, what a passionate performance. You go girl/guy!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Hunters Lullaby

Best Track - Hallelujah

Now 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

Baby I have 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
This is love not some kind of 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?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove 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

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Yeah but it's not a complaint that you hear tonight,
It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light
No it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah…

1) Dance Me To The End Of Love - ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pA5UhNaYw0
2) Coming Back To You - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7P8K--vP8
3) The Law - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BS4N6g2o4
4) Night Comes On - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeh9FXFZ66I
5) Hallelujah - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGz-li_rgM
6) The Captain - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHa2dAby4gw
7) Hunter's Lullaby - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKC6XSn0ldE
8) Heart With No Companion - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3h5Pvcts-s
9) If It Be Your Will - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nNIAfs4DE

3's - 7
2's - 1
1's - 1

Grade - 2.7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE