Leonard Cohens "Hallelujah" - Interview 1991

Just after listening to the documentary BBC Radio2 did on the impact of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" on so many musicians, I went AGAIN to that cupboard, where I store my treasures from the past and copied what the master said on John Cale's version of "Hallelujah". Cale's cover was pretty new then: the interview took place in Leonard Cohen's livingroom in Los Angeles and it was October 1991.

And this is, what Cohen said:

Listen to this wonderfull live-version of Hallelujah

And some years later - it was in May 1997 - I met John Cale and asked him about Leonard Cohen's Song. What strikes me now, listening to his statement: He didn't seem to like the song very much, mainly because of it's religous connotations ...

Both gentlemen gave very short answers about the other person ...

I'll not interpret that ... instead I give you the link to John Cale's "Hallelujah"

and finally, here's Jeff Buckleys enigmatic "Hallelujah"