![]() ![]() It’s music that mixes dark Old Testament imagery of David and Bathsheba, Samson and Delilah, with a light-hearted chorus of “Hallelujah!” I don’t know of anything else quite like it. It’s a juxtaposition of both the despondent and the buoyant the ribald and the reverent the profane and the sacred. Hallelujah manages to be both haunting and joyous at the same time. I’m not offended per se by the lyrics of Hallelujah. I respect his memory as a master craftsman and artisan of words in song and literature. I must make it clear that I’m not offended by the late Leonard Cohen, his lyrics or music. However, when Hallelujah started playing I was jolted back to reality, and quite frankly, deeply offended to hear the words quoted above presented as Christmas-themed music. Up until then, I’d only been peripherally aware of the background music. The music playing was pleasantly Christmas themed until Hallelujah by the late Leonard Cohen started playing. I was with my wife, Linda, at the Coffee Depot Kapsali, Charlotte St, Brisbane CBD, yesterday enjoying lunch and drinking coffee. Leonard Cohen from Hallelujah Cohen performing at King’s Garden, Odense, Denmark, 2013. ![]()
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