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The holy or the broken : Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the unlikely ascent of "Hallelujah" / Alan Light. --
Record details
- ISBN: 1451657846
- ISBN: 9781451657845
- Physical Description: xxxii, 254 p.
- Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. --
- Publisher: New York ; Atria Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Discography: p. [237]-240. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 28.99 |
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| Subject: | Cohen, Leonard, 1934- Hallelujah. Buckley, Jeff, 1966-1997. Popular music > History and criticism. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
Acclaimed music journalist Alan Light follows the improbable journey of Cohen's "Hallelujah" straight to the heart of popular culture and gives insight into how great songs come to be, how they come to be listened to, and how they can be forever reinterpreted. - Baker & Taylor
A Rolling Stone and Spin editor presents a history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that cites its play in a diverse range of movies and television shows as well as its selection as a tribute song, noting its coverage by hundreds of artists while offering insight into its rise from early obscurity. 25,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Presents a history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that cites its play in a diverse range of movies and television shows as well as its selection as a tribute song, noting its coverage by hundreds of artists while offering insight into its rise from early obscurity. - Simon and Schuster
A fascinating account of the making, remaking, and unlikely popularizing of one of the most played and recorded rock songs in historyâLeonard Cohenâs beautiful and heartrending âHallelujah.â
âA venerated creator. An adored, tragic interpreter. An uncomplicated, memorable melody. Ambiguous, evocative words. Faith and uncertainty. Pain and pleasure.â
Today, âHallelujahâ is one of the most-performed rock songs in history. It has become a staple of movies and television shows as diverse as Shrek and The West Wing, of tribute videos and telethons. It has been covered by hundreds of artists, including Bob Dylan, U2, Justin Timberlake, and k.d. lang, and it is played every year at countless eventsâboth sacred and secularâaround the world.
Yet when music legend Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded âHallelujah,â it was for an album rejected by his longtime record label. Ten years later, charismatic newcomer Jeff Buckley reimagined the song for his much-anticipated debut album, Grace. Three years after that, Buckley would be dead, his album largely unknown, and âHallelujahâ still unreleased as a single. After two such commercially disappointing outings, how did one obscure song become an international anthem for human triumph and tragedy, a song each successive generation seems to feel they have discovered and claimed as uniquely their own?
Through in-depth interviews with its interpreters and the key figures who were actually there for its original recordings, acclaimed music journalist Alan Light follows the improbable journey of âHallelujahâ straight to the heart of popular culture. The Holy or the Broken gives insight into how great songs come to be, how they come to be listened to, and how they can be forever reinterpreted.
