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      "body": "The song “Hallelujah” is perhaps one of the most played rock songs of recent history and has had over 100 different versions recorded. The song was originally recorded by Leonard Cohen in 1984 for his album Various Positions, but has been covered by many artists since then including Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Susan Boyle, Michael Bolton, and Justin Timberlake just to name a few. Maybe one of the most famous recordings was done by Jeff Buckley in 1994 for his only album, Grace. Many people have interpreted the song as one of religious meaning. A song paying homage to a God. After all, the word hallelujah is a Hebrew word that means “Glory to the Lord”. However, as stated in interviews with both Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley, this was not the purpose of the song. Leonard Cohen is quoted saying, “The song explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist. I say all the perfect and the broken hallelujahs have an equal value. 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Cohen has produced many albums, and books of poetry and is still active and performing concerts.  He was raised in a Jewish house, which explains the use of a Hebrew word and the many references to the Old Testament. The song has references to the Jewish story of King David and his affair with Bathsheba, who was married. A main theme of the song is how David struggles with his lust for Bathsheba. King David knew that he was doing wrong by having the affair, but a dark side of him told him to go on with it. This is echoed throughout the song in some of the haunting dark lyrics. One example is the line of the song “Your faith was strong, but you needed proof / You saw her bathing on the roof / her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you”. This line does a good job of showing how David was strongly rooted in his faith, but his lust for Bathsheba was too strong.\nAnother Jewish story that could be interpreted from the song is that of Samson and Delilah. The ending of both the stories tie in with another line of the song, “And she tied you to a kitchen chair/she broke your throne and she cut your hair/and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.” As a result from lusting for Bathsheba, David lost his faith in God, and Samson lost his hair because of his lust for Delilah. \nDespite the relations in the lyrics to religion and God, the song isn’t a song praising the Lord. It merely uses references to things that Leonard Cohen was experiencing from growing up in a Jewish house. It might have also been in correlation to what Leonard Cohen was feeling in his own love life. Leonard’s version of the song alludes to some sexual undertones, that would later be brought out as a core meaning to the song by Jeff Buckley. In the line, “Well there was a time when you let me know / what's really going on below / but now you never show that to do me do you / But remember when I moved in you / and the holy dove was moving too / and every breath we drew was hallelujah” there is a clear reference to the orgasm and as Jeff Buckley would later put it, “The hallelujah of the orgasm. It’s an ode to life and love.” \n\n    Although Leonard Cohen laid the building blocks for the song, in my opinion it was Jeff Buckley who took the song, and really made it the song it is today. Jeff Buckley was born in 1966 in California. His father was Tim Buckley, who was also a musician popular in the 70’s. However Jeff never knew his father, only seeing him twice when he was really young, and after that was abandoned to be raised by his mother. Throughout his career, Jeff released a couple of EP’s but only one album, Grace, in 1994. He went on tour after the album release, and his cover of the song Hallelujah, soon became one of his most popular songs. Jeff Buckley however wasn’t around for long. He was killed in an drowning accident in 1997. He was in the middle of his second album at the time of his death, My Sweetheart the Drunk, and audio clips from these recordings have since been released.\n Jeff Buckley took the meaning of the song in a more sexualized way and made it an ode to the orgasm. He said, “Whoever listens carefully to ‘Hallelujah’ will discover that it is a song about sex, about love, about life on earth. The hallelujah is not an homage to a worshiped person, idol, or God, but the hallelujah of the orgasm. It’s an ode to life and love.” Jeff Buckley took that idea of the song being about sex and love and ran with it. His version of the song is slower, and more emotionally packed. His voice sounds uncertain and perhaps a little scared. Many people have taken Jeff Buckley’s version of this song and created their own ideas behind it. In my opinion, it is about the struggle for love. It depicts wanting to believe in a God but knowing there isn’t one. It shows him lusting for the girl, and maybe even falling in love with her, even though things are falling apart. \nJeff Buckley’s version of the song started out very similar to the original version, however about halfway through he changed the last two verse and added two more to the song. The changes Buckley made to the song help in making it even more about lust and love, and lovers drifting apart. In one of his verses, he says, “There was a time when you let me know / what’s really going on below / but now you never show that to me / do you?” This helps depict two people in love drifting apart and maybe sexually frustrated. \nThe last verse of Buckley’s version of the song is what really confirms that the song is not religious in nature, in my opinion. He starts the verse off by saying, “Maybe there is a God above” showing how uncertain he is. He goes on that all he has ever learned from love was how to get rid of someone before they shot you down. Ending the song with the separation of these two people that gradually became less attached emotionally and sexually. \n\n    Hallelujah still remains as one of the most popular Jeff Buckley songs, even if you don’t recognize his rendition from the name, most have heard it. His purpose was to bring back a song he loved, in a way that uncovered new and personal meaning to the song.\nThe song has at times arose some controversy. People who thought that the original intent of the song was that of praising the Lord were shocked that Buckley took the song and made it more obviously about love and lust. 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In the line, “Well there was a time when you let me know / what's really going on below / but now you never show that to do me do you / But remember when I moved in you / and the holy dove was moving too / and every breath we drew was hallelujah” there is a clear reference to the orgasm and as Jeff Buckley would later put it, “The hallelujah of the orgasm. It’s an ode to life and love.” \n\n    Although Leonard Cohen laid the building blocks for the song, in my opinion it was Jeff Buckley who took the song, and really made it the song it is today. Jeff Buckley was born in 1966 in California. His father was Tim Buckley, who was also a musician popular in the 70’s. However Jeff never knew his father, only seeing him twice when he was really young, and after that was abandoned to be raised by his mother. Throughout his career, Jeff released a couple of EP’s but only one album, Grace, in 1994. He went on tour after the album release, and his cover of the song Hallelujah, soon became one of his most popular songs. Jeff Buckley however wasn’t around for long. He was killed in an drowning accident in 1997. He was in the middle of his second album at the time of his death, My Sweetheart the Drunk, and audio clips from these recordings have since been released.\n Jeff Buckley took the meaning of the song in a more sexualized way and made it an ode to the orgasm. He said, “Whoever listens carefully to ‘Hallelujah’ will discover that it is a song about sex, about love, about life on earth. The hallelujah is not an homage to a worshiped person, idol, or God, but the hallelujah of the orgasm. It’s an ode to life and love.” Jeff Buckley took that idea of the song being about sex and love and ran with it. His version of the song is slower, and more emotionally packed. His voice sounds uncertain and perhaps a little scared. Many people have taken Jeff Buckley’s version of this song and created their own ideas behind it. In my opinion, it is about the struggle for love. It depicts wanting to believe in a God but knowing there isn’t one. It shows him lusting for the girl, and maybe even falling in love with her, even though things are falling apart. \nJeff Buckley’s version of the song started out very similar to the original version, however about halfway through he changed the last two verse and added two more to the song. The changes Buckley made to the song help in making it even more about lust and love, and lovers drifting apart. In one of his verses, he says, “There was a time when you let me know / what’s really going on below / but now you never show that to me / do you?” This helps depict two people in love drifting apart and maybe sexually frustrated. \nThe last verse of Buckley’s version of the song is what really confirms that the song is not religious in nature, in my opinion. He starts the verse off by saying, “Maybe there is a God above” showing how uncertain he is. He goes on that all he has ever learned from love was how to get rid of someone before they shot you down. Ending the song with the separation of these two people that gradually became less attached emotionally and sexually. \n\n    Hallelujah still remains as one of the most popular Jeff Buckley songs, even if you don’t recognize his rendition from the name, most have heard it. His purpose was to bring back a song he loved, in a way that uncovered new and personal meaning to the song.\nThe song has at times arose some controversy. People who thought that the original intent of the song was that of praising the Lord were shocked that Buckley took the song and made it more obviously about love and lust. Some people don’t realize that the original purpose of the song, in Leonard's words, was “to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way.”\nThe song was fairly unknown when it first came out but rose to be one of his most popular songs. Buckley often used it as a closer to his concerts. In my opinion, the song has had influences in modern music as well. Jeff Buckley’s version was one of the first times a popular song took both religious references and compared and likened them to love and lust. One example from recent times I can think of is the song “Take Me To Church” by Hozier. “The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. Turning your back on the theoretical thing, something that’s not tangible, and choosing to worship or love something that is tangible and real,” said Hozier. Even though this song takes on topics of controversy present in the 21st century, including homosexuality, the song is at its root a comparison of religion and love. Which, in my opinion, is an interesting way of looking at it. Whether or not you are a religious person there are certainly some comparisons to be made between the two. \n\n    Hallelujah has influenced multiple generations of listeners and artists. It has been a song of hope for some, played a lot after the 9/11 attacks, and it has been a song of love and lust for others. Some have interpreted it as a religious rejoicing and a praising song to the Lord. But this is one of my favorite parts about the song. The fact that it can stand strong for so many years and mean so many things to different people. I think the song will continue to be just as popular and relevant as when it first came out for years.",
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