Rag Times

Today, in contrast, one particular Leonard Cohen song is featured prominently in no less than three separate episodes of teen uberdrama The OC, and can be heard in at least twenty-four separate movies and TV episodes, almost always as the soundtrack to a montage of people being sad.

What I hope to show today is how, exactly, that happened to a song called “Hallelujah.”

I liked this lengthy article, and am surprised at the absurd start of this beautiful song. I admit the Buckley version is quite nice, but my heart tends to prefer the Wainwright version, probably because I heard it first, but also because my voice is similar to his and I like singing along with it. (via nostrich)