Name that song!!? at DVinfo.net

Terry Esslinger · May 11th, 2007, 10:03 PM

On the show CLOSE TO HOME friday night they closed the show with a very haunting song. I have heard it several times lately but not sure where. The word that is most noticeable in the song is hallelujah . Does anyone know thw name and artist in that song?
Thanks

Eric Gan · May 12th, 2007, 12:56 AM

I've never seen the show, but based solely from your description, I would say it's Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. It's been used on countless TV shows...I think the O.C. was the first to use it, but I can't be sure. Ooops...I just admitted to watching the O.C. Run and cover in shame.

Terry Esslinger · May 12th, 2007, 12:34 PM

Eric,
Thank you, you hit it on the head. I also 'was forced' to watch OC with my wife. Show died when Marissa died.

Colby Knight · May 13th, 2007, 01:36 PM

If there's a song or music you can't identify, try Tunatic (sp?).

Don Bloom · May 13th, 2007, 03:36 PM

BTW The song in question has had lots of air play. On West Wing in I believe season 4 maybe 5 for an episode and most notably the movie Shrek. It was also covered recently by a female artist on another TV show although right now the names of both escape me. A great tune too bad it's not really wedding appropriate
;-) Of course a lot of tunes aren't but get used anyway so there is hope.

Don

Terry Esslinger · May 13th, 2007, 03:51 PM

Best version I found was by 'Over the Rhine' Name of song 'Halleluja'
Kind of a love gone wrong theme. Great song but MAY NOT be suitable for most weddings:>)

Greg Bellotte · May 14th, 2007, 01:28 PM

"Hallelujah" by Allison Crouse

Duncan Craig · May 15th, 2007, 11:12 AM

Just to say there's an Imogen Heap version too.
It is the version used in the OC apparently?!

She lurvvly too. I'm off for a lie down in a dark room.

James Klatt · May 15th, 2007, 01:51 PM

The songs has many incarnations. It was penned by Leonard Cohen. John Cale, of Velvet Underground 'lore, covered it and made it closer to the version that Buckley covered later. Many artists have followed suit since it is such a powerful song.
You cannot beat Jeff Buckley's interpretation, though. Even Cohen agrees...he never played it again saying, that after he heard Buckley's cover, the song was no longer his. That's a high compliment from a man who is a deity, in my opinion.
I have never used it for any wedding stuff, not to say I haven't tried. It is a deep and dark hymn that is about loss and memory of love. A lot of people try to turn it into a sweet love song, but it is quite the opposite. The subject of the song has been jilted by his lover, and left with the fragments. A common Cohen subject. I cannot ignore this when I am trying to fuse it with wedding visuals. Doesn't seem to fit for me.

"Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"

and

"Now maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's not a complaint that you hear tonight
It's not someone who's seen the light
It's a cold and lonely Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah"

May 11th, 2007, 10:03 PM	#1
Terry Esslinger Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sacramento, Elk Grove. Calif Posts: 306	Name that song!!? On the show CLOSE TO HOME friday night they closed the show with a very haunting song. I have heard it several times lately but not sure where. The word that is most noticeable in the song is hallelujah . Does anyone know thw name and artist in that song? Thanks __________________ Puttin the wet stuff on the red stuff!

May 12th, 2007, 12:34 PM	#3
Terry Esslinger Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sacramento, Elk Grove. Calif Posts: 306	Eric, Thank you, you hit it on the head. I also 'was forced' to watch OC with my wife. Show died when Marissa died. __________________ Puttin the wet stuff on the red stuff!

May 13th, 2007, 03:51 PM	#6
Terry Esslinger Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sacramento, Elk Grove. Calif Posts: 306	Best version I found was by 'Over the Rhine' Name of song 'Halleluja' Kind of a love gone wrong theme. Great song but MAY NOT be suitable for most weddings:>) __________________ Puttin the wet stuff on the red stuff! Last edited by Terry Esslinger; May 13th, 2007 at 03:53 PM. Reason: Clarificatiom

May 12th, 2007, 12:56 AM	#2
Eric Gan Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 187	I've never seen the show, but based solely from your description, I would say it's Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. It's been used on countless TV shows...I think the O.C. was the first to use it, but I can't be sure. Ooops...I just admitted to watching the O.C. Run and cover in shame.

May 13th, 2007, 01:36 PM	#4
Colby Knight Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Posts: 111	If there's a song or music you can't identify, try Tunatic (sp?).

May 13th, 2007, 03:36 PM	#5
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	BTW The song in question has had lots of air play. On West Wing in I believe season 4 maybe 5 for an episode and most notably the movie Shrek. It was also covered recently by a female artist on another TV show although right now the names of both escape me. A great tune too bad it's not really wedding appropriate ;-) Of course a lot of tunes aren't but get used anyway so there is hope. Don

May 14th, 2007, 01:28 PM	#7
Greg Bellotte Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 291	"Hallelujah" by Allison Crouse

May 15th, 2007, 11:12 AM	#8
Duncan Craig Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 660 Images: 10	Just to say there's an Imogen Heap version too. It is the version used in the OC apparently?! She lurvvly too. I'm off for a lie down in a dark room.

May 15th, 2007, 01:51 PM	#9
James Klatt Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland OR Posts: 132	The songs has many incarnations. It was penned by Leonard Cohen. John Cale, of Velvet Underground 'lore, covered it and made it closer to the version that Buckley covered later. Many artists have followed suit since it is such a powerful song. You cannot beat Jeff Buckley's interpretation, though. Even Cohen agrees...he never played it again saying, that after he heard Buckley's cover, the song was no longer his. That's a high compliment from a man who is a deity, in my opinion. I have never used it for any wedding stuff, not to say I haven't tried. It is a deep and dark hymn that is about loss and memory of love. A lot of people try to turn it into a sweet love song, but it is quite the opposite. The subject of the song has been jilted by his lover, and left with the fragments. A common Cohen subject. I cannot ignore this when I am trying to fuse it with wedding visuals. Doesn't seem to fit for me. "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah" and "Now maybe there's a God above But all I ever learned from love Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It's not a complaint that you hear tonight It's not someone who's seen the light It's a cold and lonely Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah"