music – interpretations and cover versions – Hallelujah!

There are hundreds and hundreds of versions of “Hallelujah!” out there, some better, many worse. Even Leonhard Cohen, who wrote the original version, covered himself.

 

 

There’s no discussion that this is a wonderful song and either you perform it in the unpretentious ways of Leonhard Cohen or you need to be a terrific singer.

 

Annie Lennox even moved her translator to tears, when she performed this song while being in the studios of a French radio station.

 

 

Annie Lennox again, this time it looks as if this was taken from tarata

 

 

one of the best versions is – undeniably – by k.d. lang

 

music – interpretations and cover versions

Those with a good memory will remember that I already posted the following song once, back then I didn't know how to include videos into blogposts.
And I simply don't need any reason to post videos showing Ina Müller any time ;)


or by Pink

music – interpretations and cover versions

Tarata is a french music show, with live musicians and there's always a suprise guest doing a duet with the main artist.
If you don't know this show, please check out their website, where they recently uploaded videos from the older shows, going way back til the early nineties.

I haven't bothered to look up the guy in this clip, his partner is Sharleen Spiteri and they performed "I heard it through the grapevine" in the show on November 5th, 2008.

Cover versions, no2

I recant.

I forgot all about the wonderful version of “Les vieux amants” by Alison Moyet, written by Jacques Brel.

And Ina Müller can sing any song anytime, solange sie dabei nur die Bandbreite ihres Könnens zeigt.

Annie Lennox did somthing very beautiful with „River Deep, Mountain High“ and that Beatles‘ song, whose title I forgot.

Giving it more thought, I could come up with a very long list of cover version, which made sense to me. But still, covering an Euryhtmics or Alison Moyet song is not necessary. Those songs were all perfect and don’t get any better, imho. Everybody else is allowed her own opion :P

Cover Versions

Yesterday I watched film which included a cover version of The Pretenders „Brass in Pocket“. Original video can be watched here.

Where I’m not totally against cover versions, e.g. I just love it when one of my favorite musicians interprets a (classic) song, but some songs where perfect when first officially performed and simply don’t get any better. And this includes the entire catalogue of The Pretenders. This laid back, sort of non-chalant singing by Chrissie Hynde cannot be topped.

Btw, this is also true for any songs by Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Sarah McLachlan and lots more.