Here’s a complete history of the Leonard Cohen song, “Hellelujah.” It comes complete with sound clips tracking the progression of the song and its popularity as a cover ditty, right up to and including the recent cover of it by The Fall Out Boys that sounds pretty heinous.
Various and Sundry
by Augie De Blieck Jr.
“The Fall Out Boys” snicker
I cop to being completely out of touch with the kids these days.
Wow. I can’t believe someone has taken that much time out of their lives to document this. Wow.
But it’s a great song. What an odd quirk of fate that L. Cohen is better with someone else on vocals.