Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished “Hallelujah.” Well, the first version of “Hallelujah” — there would be many, many versions when all was said and
In the new documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song,” filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine how despite the odds, the song managed to take on a life of its own after starting as a studio reject thanks, in varying degrees, to Bob Dylan, John Cale, Jeff Buckley and Shrek
Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished “Hallelujah.” Well, the first version of “Hallelujah” — there would be many, many versions when all was said and done. He’d toiled on the lyrics for seven years. Yet when he submitted the album, “Various Positions,” to his longtime…
Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished Hallelujah. Well, the first version of Hallelujah there would be many, many versions when all was said and done. He’d toiled on the lyrics for seven years. Yet when he submitted the album, Various Positions, to his longtime record company Columbia Records in 1984, the company’s president Walter Yetnikoff decided not to release it in the US. What would become Cohen’s seminal anthem was dead on arrival.
But in the new documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, in theaters Friday, directors Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine
In the new documentary "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song," filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine how despite the odds, the song managed