Fat TonyApr 27, 2024

TIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba.

https://lemmy.world/post/14764726

TIL the song: "Hallelujah" (The one from Shrek) is about King David committing adultery with Bathsheba. - Lemmy.World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)#Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation] Piped link to the song. (It’s so good) [https://piped.video/watch?v=DinEKqtCDkg]

Show threadkakesApr 27, 2024

Do people really think of Hallelujah as “the song from Shrek”?

Maybe this is my “old man tells at cloud” moment.

Show threadTexasDrunk
I didn’t even know it was from Shrek. Now I feel old as fuck.
Apr 28, 2024 at 4:43amWeb
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetApr 28, 2024
It’s not from Shrek. It’s from Leonard Cohen’s Various Positions album in 1984. It was used in Shrek 17 years later, along with several other popular songs.
Show threadeyolfApr 28, 2024
Was Shrek only 17 yrs after Various Positions?!
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetApr 28, 2024
Yes
Show threadproleApr 28, 2024
I like the Jeff Buckley version best
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetApr 28, 2024
It is a beautiful rendition.
Show threadTexasDrunkApr 28, 2024
I knew it was originally Leonard Cohen and my dad had that cassette when I was a kid. What I meant was that I didn’t realize they used it in Shrek. I’m slightly too old to know it from there.
Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetApr 28, 2024
Ah, they did, but it was a cover.