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An engrossing look at an enduring song #reread

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Currently reading this which is basically the biography of a song. Rufus Wainwright‘s version is probably the one I‘ve heard the most. K.D. Lang‘s is my favorite.

Currently reading this fascinating biography about one of my top three favorite songs of all time. Not really a biography of a person, but a biography of a song. You learn a lot about the person who wrote it, of course, but so many other things as well. This is my second time starting it. I started it a few years ago and can‘t recall how I got pulled away from it.

I don't really have a book picture for today's #hallelujah prompt. I really want to read the tagged book though because since Man Cub was an itty bitty I have sung this to him. Probably not the most appropriate song for him, but it works. We still refer to it as his song.

It makes my heart sing #hallelujah to see how many of you chose this song. It's part of my DNA - particularly three iterations of it- John Cale (which was how I came to the song at 15), Jeff Buckley, and Leonard Cohen. So much power and beauty, 😢I loved the book so much I always have 2 copies so that I can press one on somebody! Thank you so so much, @Cinfhen for allowing this song to be part of your amazing #junetunz list! 😘

#junetunz day 7 #hallelujah A song with a whole book about it. So many great covers of this tune, other than Cohen's I think Rufus Wainwright's is my favorite.I adore this stained old collection of Cohen's poetry published in 1968.

I don't read a lot of nonfiction about music but I did read this history of the song #Hallelujah. I loved both Cohen and Buckley (and have lyrics from a different Cohen song tattooed on my arm) and found idea of a biography of a song interesting. #junetunz

"There is a religious hallelujah, but there are many other ones[....] When one looks at the world, there's only one thing to say, and it's hallelujah. That's the way it is." -Leonard Cohen

I love this song. I have renditions on my ipod and it made an appearance at our wedding as the song everyone danced to in honor of our missing loved ones. Cohen gets it right.

#Hallelujah #JuneTunz #Desiderata #Gratitude #ItsStillABeautifulWorld

A few years ago I read most of this book before getting distracted and started reading another book. Leonard Cohen was one of the most talented writers of all time and I mourn his death with his family, friends, and fans.

Has there ever been a song so universal? What a tremendous loss. #leonardcohen #rip

"Hallelujah,”...has already had one of the most remarkable afterlives in pop music history....Salman Rushdie‘s description of the contrasts in the lyric holds true: Joyous and despondent, a celebration and a lament, a juxtaposition of dark Old Testament imagery with an irresistibly uplifting chorus, “Hallelujah” is an open-ended meditation on love and faith—and certainly not a song that would easily be pegged as an international anthem.