From Canadian Press:
Leonard Cohen’s son says his dad deferred to k.d. lang at Olympics
MONTREAL — Leonard Cohen’s son says his famous dad was asked to perform at the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games but didn’t see the need because k.d. lang was going to be there. Adam Cohen says he and his family are big fans of lang, who sang Leonard Cohen’s hugely popular “Hallelujah” at the ceremonies Friday night.
He asks what more do you need when you have k.d. lang.
“Hallelujah” was originally released by Leonard Cohen on his “Various Positions” album in 1984. While it didn’t get much initial notice, it has since been recorded by many singers and has passed “Suzanne” to become the most-covered Cohen song. Leonard Cohen has said in interviews he finds its success ironic because his record company originally didn’t want to include it on the album.
Leonard Cohen and Anjani On KD Lang’s Performance Of Hallelujah – 4 Years Before The Vancouver Olympics
As many Heck Of A Guy readers know, the Vancouver Olympics was not the first time Cohen has offered a highly positive assessment of KD Lang’s cover of Hallelujah.
In an interview with Wears the Trousers magazine, Anjani Thomas reported that she and Leonard Cohen were both extraordinarily impressed with Lang’s interpretation of Hallelujah:
After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, ‘Well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It’s really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection’. I don’t think I could even try it, because it’s been so magnificently done.
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