Just wanted to wish all of you BOGgers ...

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40. That's a great idea, Irish.. Leonard Cohen singing "Halleluhaj"

at our own personal memorial.

It's an amazing song.. I first heard it as the background in a tv show I was watching in New York years ago. I googled it and got the lowdown on who sang it and who wrote it.

Oh, he's Canadian!

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"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which later formed the basis for a cover by Jeff Buckley. It is the subject of the book The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" (2012) by Alan Light. In a New York Times review of the book, Janet Maslin praises the book and the song, noting that "Cohen spent years struggling with his song 'Hallelujah.' . . . He wrote perhaps as many as 80 verses before paring the song down."[1] "Hallelujah" is also the basis for a book on Leonard Cohen, highlighting John Cale and k.d. lang, especially in the context of erotic desire, The Hallelujah Effect: Philosophical Reflections on Music Performance Practice and Technology (2013) by Babette Babich.

Many cover versions have been performed by many and various singers, both in recordings and in concert, with over 300 versions known.[2] The song has been used in film and television soundtracks, and televised talent contests. It is often called one of the greatest songs of all time."

The rest of the story..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)