Is Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" the most divine?

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Aren't you almost envious of the people who heard Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for the first time last night when Jason Castro sang it on American Idol ? They still have their first listen of the late Jeff Buckley's soul-shaking rendition ahead of them. Those people do exist, by the way. Shortly after Idol ended, I went on YouTube and found them leaving comments on the official video of ... [link]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Published 3/5/2008 at Yahoo! Buzz Log
... Chicks' "Cowboy Take Me Away" and Billie Holiday's "Take Five," when Ruben Studdard covered the Bee Gees classic "Nights on Broadway," and when a pre-scandal David Hernandez lit up the stage with his rendition of The Temptations' "Papa was a Rolling Stone." This week, we were delighted to welcome our adored Leonard Cohen (+523%) to the ranks of Idol-inspired buzz, courtesy of Jason Castro's lovely take on Cohen's often-covered masterpiece "Hallelujah" (+1,012%). The judges praised dread-head Jason, ...

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