Hallelujah!

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Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah is #2 on iTunes.

WTF???? What? Why????

Well, it turns out that American Idol contestant Jason Castro performed the song this week and Simon mentioned that the Jeff Buckley version is one of his faves.

The power of Cowell!

We love the Buckley version, but we also love LOVE love the K.D. Lang interpretation!

    Posted: Mar 6, 2008 at 6:21 pm / Email this  »

    315 comments to “Hallelujah!”

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    1. dsfsdf says – reply to this


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      this song is amazing but this song recieved LARGE amounts of downloads and fame after it's repeated apperances in The O.C. (which we all know has an amazing soundtrack)

    2. kjsdlkfj says – reply to this


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      he drowned to death in 1997

    3. Karin says – reply to this


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      Nobody does it better than Rufus Wainwright!

    4. Steve says – reply to this


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      Re: dot

      Stop riding the cocks of Canadian artists. I hate it when us Canadians do that. Who cares of Leonard Cohen or K.D. Lang are Canadian. Do we have such a inferiority complex that we must stress to the world that so and so is Canadian?
      Besides Jeff Buckley's favourite version was John Cale's.

    5. lisa says – reply to this


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      omfg, all my tattoo's are jeff buckley related. i love the man.
      thank you for respecting him Perez. You're amazing.

    6. birdshit33 says – reply to this


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      the KD lang verion is the shit
      american idol is dead, for sure

    7. lilac wine says – reply to this


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      "Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah is #2 on iTunes. WTF???? What? Why????"

      WTF? What? Why?? -Perez, you really strike me as an idiot at times..

      Listen to Jeff Buckley's Live at Sine version of Hallelujah. Maybe then you'd realize how awesomely moving and beautiful it is.

      Jeff Buckley was a genius. PERIOD.
      He had the voice of an Angel.

      -KD Lang's version has absolutely NOTHING on Jeff Buckley's one. OR on Leonard Cohens version for that matter.

    8. lilac wine says – reply to this


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      Re: lisa – I'd like to see them. -Have you got pictures of the online anywhere? me = one of the biggest Jeff Buckley fans!

    9. angela says – reply to this


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      hellloooo what about the rufus wainwright version? best one in my opinion.

    10. Sean Curran says – reply to this


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      YES BUT WHAT ABOUT BRANDI CARLILE'S VERSION . . . NOBODY GIVES HER ANY CREDIT TOWARD KICKING ASS VOCALLY WITH THAT SONG.

    11. sarah k says – reply to this


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      you're asking why jeff buckley's version is number 2? i ask why the fuck are you asking that? he took leonard cohen's version and made it his own. buckley was an incredible artist who was taken from us too soon. anyone who questions why his music is in demand KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT GOOD MUSIC. that's just fucking disrespectful.

    12. kate says – reply to this


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      kd lang version is BY FAR the best.

    13. atm456 says – reply to this


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      Go to youtube to hear Kurt Nilsen, The World Idol winner, & 3 other singers do this song. Also beautiful! Kurt Nilsen's voice is great!!!!!

    14. Kendall says – reply to this


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      Jeff Buckley's music is incredible!!!! RIP

    15. krissy says – reply to this


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      the best version is by Rufus Wainwright and is on the Shrek soundtrack

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