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Het is een stadionmeezinger, een begrafenisklassieker, en een vaste waarde in het kerstrepertoire: het lied Hallelujah waarvan het origineel is van Leonard Cohen. Het nummer heeft een hele reis afgelegd, en dat is te zien in de documentaire 'Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song'. Schrijver en theoloog heeft de film gekeken en vertelt erover.  

Zo geliefd, dat lied van Leonard Cohen, en niemand weet waar het over gaat


rottentomatoes The origin story of the spiritual song that has swept the world as a modern prayer. 

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Contributions from John Cale, Judy Collins and more illuminate the singer-songwriter’s art through his best-known song 

nme If you don't like this film, then you don't really care for music, do you? 

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1. What is the name of the film? Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song In Hebrew, the word hallelujah means to rejoice in praising God. This song is a bitter lament about love and loss. Cohen, adept in scripture, simply taps the human condition described in the bible in order to provide counsel to the broken-hearted. 


2.What genre is the film Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song ? FILMGENRES >> feature-length documentary biographical film created by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine 


3. What is the film Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song about? Hallelujah began its life with a religious slant, reflecting Cohen's Jewish heritage, with allusions to King David and Bathsheba (“The secret chord that David played”) as well as Samson and Delilah. Later versions were more spiritual, and sometimes sexual. 


4. Is the movie Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song based on a book?

What Bible story is the song Hallelujah based on?

of King David 

In Hallelujah, for example, Cohen refers to the biblical story of King David who, according to Talmudic legend, delights angels and sages when he privately plays his harp at night. He is tested by God when – on his roof – he sees Bathsheba bathing. After committing adultery with her, David has her husband killed.

David was Ruth and Boaz’s great grandson



5. Where is the film Hallelujah Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song set?


Korte samenvatting / 

Deze documentaire laat de ontwikkeling van Cohens carrière zien en focust zich op de ontstaansgeschiedenis van zijn meest bekende en meest gecoverde song. Cohen werkte er maar liefst zeven jaar aan en op papier telde het uiteindelijk meer dan honderdvijftig coupletten. In eerste instantie werd Hallelujah afgewezen door zijn platenmaatschappij, maar vertolkingen van onder andere Jeff Buckley en Rufus Wainwright wekten het tot leven... 

find lyrics and chords of the song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

tabs.ultimate-guitar

     G  Em  C D   B7 


Tuning:  E A D G B E

Key: C

Capo: 5th fret


G                   Em

I heard there was a secret chord

G                                        Em

that David played and it pleased the Lord,

C                                            D          G

But you don't really care for music do you.

G                               C              D

It goes like this the fourth the fifth,

Em                            D

the minor fall and the major lift

D                                Bm           Em

The baffled king composing hallelujah

C               Em          C             G-D-G

Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja

G                                                Em

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

G                                Em

You saw her bathing on the roof

C                                D                         G

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew yaS

G                          C            D

he tied you to a kitchen chair

Em                                              C             D

he broke your throne, and she cut your hair

D                                     Bm                  Em

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

C       Em                     C                 G-D-G

Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja

G                               Em

You say I took the name in vain

G                      Em

I don't even know the name

C                          D                       G

But if I did, well really, what's it to ya?

G                                         C         D

There's a blaze of light in every word

Em                       C                  D

It doesn't matter which you heard

D                         Bm                   Em

The holy or the broken Hallelujah


C                    Em

Halleluja, Halleluja, 

C              G-D-G

Halleluja, Halleluja

G                          Em

I did my best, it wasn't much

G                              Em

I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch

C                              D                          G

I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya

G                             Em            D

And even though it all went wrong

Em                            C             D

I'll stand before the Lord of Song

D                                Bm                        Em

With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

G                                    G

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah



Brief summary

This documentary shows the development of Cohen's career and focuses on the genesis of his most famous and most covered song. Cohen worked on it for no less than seven years and on paper it eventually had more than one hundred and fifty couplets. At first, Hallelujah was rejected by his record company, but renditions by Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, among others, brought it to life...