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3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 04:18 This Seems like a Worthy Cause.. But you got to act Fast.. Its a Online Attempt started on Facebook to get Jeff Buckleys Super Version of "Halleluja" to Xmas No1..  Its in response to Mogul Simon Cowells X Factors Wannabee "Alexandra Burke" s   release of the same song.. I downloaded the Song anyway and its well worth the 49 pence I paid and  hopefully many more Folks do before Sunday...   Makes me feel good anyway ..!! http://www.facebook.com/home.ph....&ref=nf -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 05:53 Well it could have been worse you know..We could have had JLS or that kid with the mis-spelt name and the rectangular shaped head.Hallelujah for small mercies I guess...Seriously though I agree the Buckley version is far superior.And although I do like the song,I can`t help thinking all these multi releases(Cohen version also) Coupled with Christmas number one syndrome etc is probably going to kill it stone dead for a lot of people.Once upon a time I quite liked Candle In The Wind for instance.You know it`s making me crave for some Gina G or something,just to get back to some kind of normal banality. I read a newspaper article this week that said that Cohen origianly wrote fifteen pages of verses for Hallelujah.And that he first gave his song/manuscript to John Cale who trimmed it down to the version that we all know today...Good old John Cale...Hallelujah!..       Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 19:23 I've got the Jeff Buckely version on Grace, of course... like all serious music fans, not only JB fans... I've yet to meet a serious music fan who hasn't got Grace. However, as long as it's more or less 1 euro, I am happy to contribute to this cause, even if I find it all very silly. What is all this fuss about getting the Christmas Number One spot in the UK charts? Do artists earn an extra bonus (or something) if they get an UK #1 at Christmas? I remember Oasis battling ferociously for it some time ago with the likes of Take That, N'Sync and all the rest. And I remember another big fuss, mostly among music critics, over Cliff Richard's 1999 #1 "The Millennium Prayer", which was nothing but the Catholic Lord's Prayer text sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" with a triumphalistic, hymnodic, overblown (even if, IMHO, nice) arrangement. If there isn't anything 'profitable' for the artists in all this UK Christmas #1 thing, well, I just think it is very, very, very, very, very, very, very silly. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 19:47 Ugo, you are 100% correct - it is all very silly. But the media play along and encourage this sort of hype so they can have a story. The biggest issue for me is how Cowell & Co seem to think the only music is R'n'B, pop type stuff. Heaven help an artiste like Mike trying to become major these days, they would have no chance. So, the Hallelujah thing is actually good in a way - introducing kids to real music, showing them how a song can have more than just one interpretation. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 19:55 Cowell is still around?  No one's done away with him yet? Wow.   I guess I'm a little uninformed when it comes to all those "star-maker" type TV shows. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Dec. 19 2008, 20:33 Well I read another newspaper article today that said Cowell also owns the rights to the song,so he`s making money off all three versions regardless.Which they then went to estimate would be somewhere in the region of £250,000 per day,straight into Cowell`s pocket.Mind you the same article also claimed that his "best friend" Sinitta was only 40 years old..So you know I would`nt put too much faith in it. Back to top

3Wheeler Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: Aug. 2007 Posted: Dec. 21 2008, 04:53 It now looks Highly Likely that the "Buckley" song will get the NO2 Position...  Thats pretty remarkable at this time of year when the Competition is Red Hot..  135,000 people joined up in 7 days...  Considering no Hard Copies were for sale and it was up against one of the Fastest selling singles ever it was a Victory of Sorts..  Could be a Regular issue this now around Xmas to have a Pop at the X Factor Wanabee Release.. -------------- We're Flying Aeroflot, We've Got Reservations. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Dec. 22 2008, 04:50 Jeff Buckley's version made it to No. 2 in the UK which is pretty good going. I've been having a look around to see if I can find any description of what the song is actually *about*. Anyone here know? I've seen all sorts of descriptions ranging from sex to deep religious stuff. Seems like Cohen worked on the song for a long time writing many potential verses which he eventually whittled down to the 5 that are mostly sung in versions today. Any Leonard Cohen fans here? -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Dec. 22 2008, 07:37 Also, I do feel in the debate over which version is best (the original Cohen, Cale, Buckley, Burke?) one version keeps being overlooked. Surely this version might be considered the best? p.s. Sorry! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Dec. 22 2008, 08:36 @ Matt: Without denying anything to the absolute beauty of JB's version, I think the Cohen and Cale versions are equally beautiful, adding the Rufus Vainwright interpretation from Shrek as a third one (which is how I got to know the song). I think the song is about finding the light of faith (call it God, call it whatever you like) as a comfort, in mostly all situations of life. But if Cohen really wrote 15 pages of verses before scaling 'em down to 5 it may be much more complex than that. About the parody: LMAO! -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Major Gowen Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: June 2008 Posted: Dec. 23 2008, 11:54 Quote (Ugo @ Dec. 19 2008, 19:23) I've got the Jeff Buckely version on Grace, of course... like all serious music fans, not only JB fans... I've yet to meet a serious music fan who hasn't got Grace. However, as long as it's more or less 1 euro, I am happy to contribute to this cause, even if I find it all very silly. What is all this fuss about getting the Christmas Number One spot in the UK charts? Do artists earn an extra bonus (or something) if they get an UK #1 at Christmas? I remember Oasis battling ferociously for it some time ago with the likes of Take That, N'Sync and all the rest. And I remember another big fuss, mostly among music critics, over Cliff Richard's 1999 #1 "The Millennium Prayer", which was nothing but the Catholic Lord's Prayer text sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" with a triumphalistic, hymnodic, overblown (even if, IMHO, nice) arrangement. If there isn't anything 'profitable' for the artists in all this UK Christmas #1 thing, well, I just think it is very, very, very, very, very, very, very silly. I may be putting on a large pair of rose-tinted spectacles, but back in the 70s and 80s the Christmas #1 was something to get excited about, maybe because there didn't seem to be the cynical marketing behind it that we get these days. Like most other things, the Christmas #1 has almost been 'branded' like any other commercial commodity. Of course, it was interesting/amusing when we got completely unfestive records at #1 over Christmas, such as Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall. In the 90s the whole thing became very predictable and hyped up, rather like the singles charts in general. Well, that's my old man rant over - Merry Christmas everyone! Back to top

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