'Potential'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I just looked up the lyrics of Cohen's Hallelujah, and they are not the lyrics I heard. The song was about dying, and there was definitely the line "blood is not a victory" or something like. The lyrics I found are about singing before God. So I'm looking for something else, apparently.
edit: Ah hah! There are additional verses from somewhere. It's "love", not "blood". Hubby and I obviously have our ears tuned to a different vibe.
I uploaded Fletcher Henderson's "Happy Feet" and Ella Fitzgerald's "Hallelujah" to Buffistarawk. The first because of the movie (which it's not related to) and the second because it's not at all like the Cohen song. So there.
That VU acetate discovered a couple of years ago was just sold on eBay: [link]
Actually, it doesn't look like the auction has closed yet, so if you're looking for that special Christmas present...
Yeah, sorry, I should have said "is being sold"...
Connie - Jeff Buckley changed some of the lyrics in his version of the song, I can't remember what changes were made off the top of my head but it does alter the feel of the song some.
Of the versions I've heard --Cale, Wainwright, Buckley, the original, and Bob Dylan-- I like Buckley's the best.
I like Buckley's the best.
IF that's the one with the additional lyrics I found, with Love is not a victory march or something, then, boy howdie does it change the feel.
From a quick Google I've found that changing the lyrics to the song is something various artists have done. I couldn't find a side by side comparison (and I'm not checking lyrics sites at work) but one source said these were changes Buckley made:
Well, maybe there's a god above
but all i've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it's not a cry that you hear at night
it's not somebody who's seen the light
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
When I get home I'll listen to the versions I have and compare them lyrically.
Cale's version has those lyrics too.
I found what I think is the definitive post about this song it's on a blog [link] and it has links to many many versions of the song (there's even a link some where to a version by Anthony Michael Hall and a version --lots more links in the comments, I have not checked them to see if they are working. Also in the comments are the lyrics.
Cohen wrote two versions of the lyrics in 1984 [link] and 1988 [link]