Name a song you wish you could permanently eradicate from the face of the earth

[Flax]

Explain, plz.

I always hear about what genius Leonard Cohen is... how talented he is, etc etc... And I just can't see a "genius" not only "praising the lord" but writing a song sucking up to the lord. This song sounds to me like an attempt to turn it into some kind of anthem for religious events.

I could certainly live without ever hearing the word Hallelujah again.

 

[nugz]

You wouldn't understand if I put it on flashcards for you - you are a girl

Now I must run before I get hit.

that's right, you better run

 

[nugz]

I always hear about what genius Leonard Cohen is... how talented he is, etc etc... And I just can't see a "genius" not only "praising the lord" but writing a song sucking up to the lord. This song sounds to me like an attempt to turn it into some kind of anthem for religious events.

I could certainly live without ever hearing the word Hallelujah again.

i don't see it as a religious song at all, and I've never heard it played at any religious events and lord knows (no pun intended) that I've been to plenty

 

[Zelda Zonk]

What about that 'Build Me Up Buttercup' song? 60's cheesy awfulness.

 

[Buzzetta]

that's right, you better run

Its the same reason why this video makes this song so much better than it already is.

 

[Flax]

i don't see it as a religious song at all, and I've never heard it played at any religious events and lord knows (no pun intended) that I've been to plenty

yeah I know... It's not a religious song. But I think it's kind of annoying as it's all about "the Lord"... Hallelujah means "praise Jehovah", so every time I hear that my stomach turns

 

[Kilt Uncle]

Any song by The Spice Girls.

 

[anon x]

All of Radiohead's "tunes".

 

[morrisseychic]

What about that 'Build Me Up Buttercup' song? 60's cheesy awfulness.

I HATE that song!!!

 

[morrisseychic]

All of Alanis Morissette's songs! She SUCKS!!!!!!

 

[Practising Troublemaker]

ANY CHRISTMAS SONG APART FROM THE POGUES

Love PTxx.

 

[virtually dead]

ANY CHRISTMAS SONG APART FROM THE POGUES

Love PTxx.

Come on, you'd banish 'Little Saint Nick' by The Beach Boys off the face of the earth?

 

[Flax]

ANY CHRISTMAS SONG APART FROM THE POGUES

Love PTxx.

That would be a dream. A world with no xmas songs.
The only one I kind of forgive is the one by the Ramones.

 

[bysshe]

That would be a dream. A world with no xmas songs.
The only one I kind of forgive is the one by the Ramones.

Best Christmas song EVER. And I hate Christmas.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/13/65147/Let%27s%20Make%20Christmas%20Mean%20Something%20This%20Year.mp3

"Sandy Claw."

*snort*

 

[Buzzetta]

That would be a dream. A world with no xmas songs.
The only one I kind of forgive is the one by the Ramones.

Gotta keep "Need a Little Christmas" by the Muppets. That was song marks the meeting of the Sesame Street Muppets with the Muppet Show Muppets. By God, the only thing that has occurred on par with that was when the Flintstones met the Jetsons and when GI Joe met the Transformers.

 

[ellay mort]

yeah I know... It's not a religious song. But I think it's kind of annoying as it's all about "the Lord"... Hallelujah means "praise Jehovah", so every time I hear that my stomach turns

it's really not about the lord at all, i think you're taking the title too literally: http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Leonard-Cohen/Hallelujah.html

 

[ellay mort]

i really REALLY hate 'i kissed a girl.'

i think all my choices would be shitty chart hits. that 'when i grow up i wanna be famous' crap by pussycat dolls is another one.

 

[thewarroom]

The entire catalogs of Taylor Swift, that "Bubbly" girl, and Katy Perry.

 

[The Seeker of Good Songs]

it's really not about the lord at all, i think you're taking the title too literally: http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Leonard-Cohen/Hallelujah.html

There are three versions of "Hallelujah" done by Leonard Cohen. The one you linked to which is on the album "Various Positions"; another version that is done live on "Cohen Live" ten years after the original version, and a third version which is a mix of the two, that he is currently doing on tour.
Supposedly Cohen wrote some 80 verses over a 5-year period for this song.
John Cale has said that Cohen gave 15 verses of the song to him.

From what I understand, all the cover versions that are out there are a mix of both versions: some lyrics from one and the the other.

Some say that the original version is "Biblical" and the live version is "secular", if the song is supposed to be a religious one, with lyrics like this:

"...Yeah but I remember, yeah when I moved in you,
And the holy dove, she was moving too,
Yes every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah..."

I may have to consider changing churches.

 

[iamnicola]

I f***ing hate this....


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LOL!!! yes, that song is terrible.