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: March 6, 2008 at 6:21 pm




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)
he drowned to death in 1997
Nobody does it better than Rufus Wainwright!
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.
omfg, all my tattoo's are jeff buckley related. i love the man.
thank you for respecting him Perez. You're amazing.
the KD lang verion is the shit
american idol is dead, for sure
"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.
Re: lisa – I'd like to see them. -Have you got pictures of the online anywhere? me = one of the biggest Jeff Buckley fans!
hellloooo what about the rufus wainwright version? best one in my opinion.
YES BUT WHAT ABOUT BRANDI CARLILE'S VERSION . . . NOBODY GIVES HER ANY CREDIT TOWARD KICKING ASS VOCALLY WITH THAT SONG.
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.
kd lang version is BY FAR the best.
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!!!!!
Jeff Buckley's music is incredible!!!! RIP
the best version is by Rufus Wainwright and is on the Shrek soundtrack