Steve Herman
The Leonard Cohen estate is objecting to President Trump‘s planned use of the song “Hallelujah” ahead of tonight’s Freedom 250 rally on the National Mall here in Washington.
Jun 24 at 10:19pmWeb
Show threadGeorge Liquor, American1d ago

@newsguyusa "The Leonard Cohen Estate has learned that the song 'Hallelujah' is to be performed at a Donald Trump rally on June 24.

This use is not authorized, and the Estate does not support or approve of this or any similar usage.

Thank you for your attention to this matter."

#AltText #Alt4You #Shade

Show threadAndres1d ago
@newsguyusa "thank you for your attention to this matter"
Show threadnini1d ago
@newsguyusa While the song is being desecrated again by an American, Evangelical Christian children's choir, I hope the chyron acknowledges "Hallelujah" is a come-on to a dormant sexual partner by a woke, Canadian, Jewish, Zen Buddhist drug addict.
Show threadLynn D21h ago
@ntrembath the idiots never actually read or understand the lyrics do they? Maybe one of the kids will ask some questions, since the adults are seemingly clueless. Having said that, I guess it’s completely on brand that tRump is having a children‘s choir sing it 🤮. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles @newsguyusa
Show threadChaucerburnt18h ago
@LynnD @ntrembath @newsguyusa oh, by my understanding they're not singing Cohen's lyrics; it's a ghastly "Christianised" version.
Show threadBarbara Monaco16h ago
@chaucerburnt @LynnD @ntrembath @newsguyusa
Stole the song, then bastardized the lyrics?
That's monstrous!
"Everybody Knows" or "Democracy" would've been more suitable.
"Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on."
Show threadChaucerburnt15h ago
@Barbramon1 @LynnD @ntrembath @newsguyusa from the swastika onwards, there's nothing fascists love better than stealing other people's symbols/art, because they're so bad at making their own.
Show threadLynn D11h ago
@chaucerburnt they cannot create because their souls are empty. They are the Wendigo.
@Barbramon1 @ntrembath @newsguyusa
Show threadBarbara Monaco6h ago
@chaucerburnt @LynnD @ntrembath @newsguyusa
They are vampires that must suck the cultural lifeblood of others.
Show thread3Jane Tessier Ashpool11h ago
@Barbramon1 @chaucerburnt @LynnD @ntrembath @newsguyusa everybody knows would be chefs kiss perfect
Show threadLynn D11h ago
@chaucerburnt I hope Cohen‘s ghost haunts them (the adults) forever.
@ntrembath @newsguyusa
Show threadDarwin Woodka1d ago

@newsguyusa

another song he doesn't understand

Show threadfelis_catus_domesticus1d ago
@newsguyusa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxMDKzOgVVo&list=RDgxMDKzOgVVo&start_radio=1
Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business

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Show threadkris23h ago
@newsguyusa “thank you for your attention to this matter” chefs kiss
Show threadan actual bus22h ago
@literally @newsguyusa right? lmao
Show threadE. C. Bigribs23h ago
@newsguyusa The estate should offer them "Everybody Knows" instead.
Show threadTwotired22h ago
@newsguyusa IANAL, but I wonder: Rather than an artist or estate saying that they don’t approve the use of a song (which will just get ignored), would they be better off to grant permission, for a licensing fee of $2.5 million per performance? Then, if the song is used, sue for the fee?
Show threadRemy Whisker 21h ago
@Twotired @newsguyusa I have not been keeping up with everything going on (it's a lot) but isn't the president now immune to civil lawsuits?
Show threadatraidez22h ago
@newsguyusa I'd like to think Jeff Buckley objects as well.
Show threadColorblind Cowboy21h ago

@newsguyusa I can think of more appropriate Cohen songs, like Everybody Knows.

https://youtu.be/xu8u9ZbCJgQ

Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Official Live in London 2008)

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Show threadSusanna the Artist 🌻20h ago
@colorblindcowboy Blondie did a great cover of this.
Show threadChaucerburnt18h ago
@superflippy @colorblindcowboy ITYM Concrete Blonde? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Fb4K8pNmg
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows

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Show threadSusanna the Artist 🌻11h ago
@chaucerburnt @colorblindcowboy Yes, that’s it!
Show threadKyle Memoir 🍉🐧21h ago

@newsguyusa

So fitting.

Trump's a rapist.

Cohen would have hated him, nevermind his having been a poet.

Poets know decay, decrepitude and the stink of creepy men.

Show threadChaucerburnt18h ago
@f800gecko @newsguyusa "You Want It Darker" came out about the time of the 2016 election and it sure felt like LC's comment on the state of things.
Show threadmuddle19h ago
@newsguyusa Apt in one way: "but you don't really care for music, do you?"
Show threadMike Sax19h ago

@newsguyusa @timbray Everybody Knows or Anthem would be more appropriate.

„There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

Show threadFabio Neves 🇨🇦🇧🇷10h ago
@newsguyusa They don’t know what the song is about, do they? It’s an Afternoon Delight situation - let them do it for the lulz