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Devaluing a great song

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

The latest version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah  has reached number one although this is a risible version sung by the winner of the X Factor - a television enterprise totally at odds with the artistry of Cohen and his classic song.
Some people decided to try and halt the new version by encouraging everybody to go [...]