Leonard Cohen: A Baffled King Composing Hallelujah (Patreon)

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2016-11-18 18:16:14

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2020-05

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Last week, music lost another legend. As a songwriter and a poet Leonard Cohen was in a class of his own, and though his death was a tragedy, his legacy lives on through his works. This week, we pay our respects by analyzing one of his most famous songs, Hallelujah. It's a beautiful blending of lyrics and harmony, even sometimes calling out his chords as he plays them, but what's actually going on? We dive into the mind of a genius and try to explain what, exactly, he was trying to do.

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Leonard Cohen: A Baffled King Composing Hallelujah

Music lost a legend last week. Leonard Cohen's passing is tragic, but his legacy lives on through his work, perhaps most of all through his most famous song, Hallelujah. It's a haunting ballad that paints a picture of melancholy and hope not only through its words but through its chords as well, and in order of one of modern music's greatest poets, today we're looking at how.