Duration: 4:34 min
 Description: Its as I say a desire to affirm my faith in life not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm with emotion.... Its a rather joyous song. Leonard Cohen creator of the song Hallelujah. He says I wanted to write something in the tradition of the hallelujah choruses but from a different point of view... Its the notion that there is no perfection that this is a broken world and we live with broken hearts and broken lives but still that is no alibi for anything. On the contrary you have to stand up and say hallelujah under those circumstances. Canadian musician Allison Crowes uniquely potent interpretation is heard on her albumCD Tidings. music.allisoncrowe. Allison Crowes live take on Leonard Cohens Hallelujah so redefined an approach to the song it was plenty controversial in the first years of this century. Once that dam burst and hundreds of covers poured forth Crowes version took its place as a muchloved classic interpretation. The song enjoys increasingly wide appreciation marching into the mainstream with performances by American Idol contestants Jason Castro Lee DeWyze and by UK X Factor winner Alexandra Burke Dutch X Factor champ Lisa Hordijk Polish Idol contestant Kasia Popowska New Jersey rocker Bon Jovi and Battle of the Blades skater Claude Lemieux. This popularizing continues with Maddy Curtis auditioning in 2010 for American Idol then Matt Morris and Justin Timberlake duetting at the Hope for Haiti event ...

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