Submitted by branden-branden t3_zx0hzk in Music
Am I wrong in that? What is Christmas-y about losing a connection with someone (that's my take)? It's a sad and destabilizing song. Beautiful, but nothing in it is Christmas-y... Yet it's in so many Christmas playlists!
What's your opinion?
Nor is it a Christian song, despite the religious slant
Who said it was a Christmas song, I had never heard that. It seems to me to be about human relationships, whether it's about our romantic relations or our personal relationship with faith. Hallelujah does mean to praise God but I don't get the impression that Leonard Cohen was going for a literal interpretation.
You’re right.
Sarah McLachman did a cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song for a Winter’s Night” about 15 years ago, and it got put on an album of Christmas songs. Now, it seems, it’s a Christmas song - up here in Canada, at least.
Lol. As a Canadian, I can see how coming inside from the cold in to a place where you are with loved ones is applicable to Christmas but it sounds more like a love song to me.
Yeah, it is - one of Gord’s best!
It’s about orgasms.
I had a chance to see him live about a decade ago, amazing experience.
I think that's a stretch, there's a lot more in the lyrics than what's going on below.
True and the meaning is absolutely not about christmas.
which playlists? i suppose handel's version might be in some xmas playlists but I've not scene cohen's lol
Also why is Go Tell it on the Mountain not seen as a Christmas song?
Variety actually published an article about this: https://variety.com/2022/music/news/hallelujah-leonard-cohen-book-excerpt-alan-light-expanded-edition-1235281084/
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spoiler, it's apparently because of Susan Boyle's Anal Bum Party? Who knew?
It’s boring and depressing I know that
For a start its made by a jewish guy
who said it was?
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Traditional-Bad-2627 t1_j1xtweb wrote
I 100% agree. Absolutely not a Christmas song. I always wondered the same thing. Cheers!!!!!