Pre-Owned The Holy or the Broken : Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah (Hardcover) 9781451657845 (Good)

from Skybalon

I was surprised that a biography about a song that doesn't even include an interview with the writer is as interesting as it is. You'll definitely learn something about a song that you may feel is already overdone. Well worth the read.

from froxgirl

Can you knock an author down for being just too sincere? Alan Light's biography of the iconic song "Hallelujah", written by Leonard Cohen, enhanced by John Cale, Jeff Buckley, and Rufus Wainwright, and then destroyed by a zillion American Idol contestants, begins with an excellent introduction th...

from klarsenmd

This is a great piece of journalistic writing that shows the path of the song Hallelujah. While I've always been a Jeff Buckley fan, I have to admit, I never really grasped how his brief rise to fame and early death were related to the cover tune that has now become such a huge piece of american ...

from BethEtter

Great read - chronicles the evolution of the song Hallelujah from Cohen writing it to Buckley singing it and all over the world. Very informative and highly entertaining.

from Paul-the-well-read

Excellent book about the development and history of Leonard Cohen's incredible song, Hallelujah." The many versions of the song which have been done and its undying popularity around the world are chronicled, including commentary by some who have recorded the song. Many groups, singers and bands ...