tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post8739811473171268709..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: Hallelujah SnobberyNich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-30229868411634078752008-12-19T05:56:00.000+00:002008-12-19T05:56:00.000+00:00"I do hate knowing on January first each year that..."I do hate knowing on January first each year that that years Christmas number one is going to be whoever wins the X Factor 8 days before the release of the years Christmas chart though."<BR/><BR/>Quite. X Factor may not have killed original music, but it has killed the magic of the Christmas chart.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And as for Hallelujah - it's not a song for a woman. At all. It just doesn't suit it. Cohen and Buckley's versions are great. Burke, great singer though she is, just can't compete. And that's not her fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-61792457174918507312008-12-19T03:04:00.000+00:002008-12-19T03:04:00.000+00:00I shcocked you like this song Nich, I thought bett...I shcocked you like this song Nich, I thought better of you. I suppose you would call me one of these snobs.<BR/><BR/>Can you honestly listen to Jeff's version then tell be it the xfactor version deserves to be in the same league.<BR/><BR/>She may be able to sing but can she perform? Westlife can see but do you care what they have to say? Bob Dylan and Kurt Cobain didn't have the greatest voices but people wanted to listen to them, there was a debt to them I have not heard from any X factor/Pop Idol performer.<BR/><BR/>Buckleys version has a soul, Alex's doesn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-62646626452039012822008-12-18T18:33:00.000+00:002008-12-18T18:33:00.000+00:00There have been a number of excellent covers of Ha...There have been a number of excellent covers of Hallelujah, but I have to say that I don't like the one by Alexandra. I'm not being snobbish, but I just don't think she does it justice. Yes she has a good voice and she may have deserved to win, but I think there are other songs better suited to her voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-22880758707171581272008-12-18T07:28:00.000+00:002008-12-18T07:28:00.000+00:00Nich there is a Christmassy backing to Alexandra's...Nich there is a Christmassy backing to Alexandra's version, it is set in one place in time. This is the first time the X-Factor has used a cover as the winners song most of the others have been original songs. Yes they use covers through the shows but this time they used a cover for the winners first single. <BR/><BR/>I would have purchased Leonard Cohen's version if it had been higher at the start of the week than Buckley's but hey. Nothing against Alexandra she was the deserved winner, I do hate knowing on January first each year that that years Christmas number one is going to be whoever wins the X Factor 8 days before the release of the years Christmas chart though.Stephen Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-71886419644081517802008-12-17T21:34:00.000+00:002008-12-17T21:34:00.000+00:00Hear Hear. The only reason the X-Factor continual...Hear Hear. The only reason the X-Factor continually gets the Number 1 spot is because it's possibly the most gruelling selection process that exists for a single.<BR/><BR/>The "original music" thing's a pile of crap anyway. Nobody complains that Bryn Terfel or Luciano Pavarotti sang songs written by other people. You don't have to be a composer to be a good musician.<BR/><BR/>You're absolutely right about it being snobbery.Ben Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049705461959428825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-9781071869512393092008-12-17T20:27:00.000+00:002008-12-17T20:27:00.000+00:00Nich, I have never seen or heard the winner of thi...Nich, I have never seen or heard the winner of this year's X Factor, but (and yes I own the Jeff Buckley version), Buckley is seen as some sort of musical genius, so I would guess that the music snobs have it in for anyone who might detract from his status.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565078860032055931noreply@blogger.com