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I just thought I'd go against the tidal wave of positive reviews on this site, and say that this version of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' is nothing but soulless fluff.
'Hallelujah' is a song full of such beautiful imagery. It's a song that expresses love, loss and doubt like few others can. It's a song that should challenge and expose the singer.
What Simon Cowell has done, is to turn a beautiful work of art into a lifeless, soulless, (oh, but guaranteed money-making!) product. It's merely a shell. There should be life in there, but instead there's simply a lot of cash stuffed in there.
Do the decent thing and order Jeff Buckley's version. If you can't get the single it's on his 'Grace' album. Or get Cohen's original. Or John Cale's. Anything but this.
Many people criticised her, said she destroyed the song, well obviously there is no pleasing everyone but she outsold Leona and many others so someone must like her. She might be similar because she hasn't done anything yet, so at the moment you only heard her sing previous songs, but remember she is young and she demonstrated that she can sing just about anything, so watch out for her, I think she will become quite a big star. Anyhow, for anyone interested go on YouTube and lookup all versions: Leonard Cohen Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah and Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah. Alex brought the song into the new century, it is appealing to everyone and is simply amazing, and did I mention the fact that she is quite the eye candy??. Enough said.
Alex is such a deserving winner and did a brilliant performance of this song on X Factor, using all her vocal range to bring power to a song that is known for being pared-down and raw (ie Jeff Buckley). I don't normally buy the X Factor winner's single but Alex's performance has motivated me to do so! I wish her all the best in what looks like a stellar career.
This is just the start...
She is an absolute phenomenon...
Love the song;
Absolutely adore her voice.
Wish her all the best she is so absolutely incredible!
I have always loved this song and thought it could never be covered and be as good as the original but Alex has proved me wrong. She has true star quality, raw talent and comes across well in the public eye. This song is perfect for her. The only single I have bought in the past 5 or so years.
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