Hallelujah, Shrek!

or 120 cover songs by Leonard Cohen

Remember the song from the movie "Shrek" about Allylu? I hate her since childhood, and all because the first time I heard her performed by the author, Lenoard Cohen, in the distant eighty I don’t remember what year. Cohen is a wonderful songwriter, the owner of a velvet soulful bass, but he does not know how to sing. In the meager range of half an octave, he manages all the time not to hit the notes. And it looked like this ... Leonard Cohen

But two days ago I heard something on the radio that caused a mixture of gag reflex with admiration in me. Some dudes sang "Allyla", but how they did it! The excavations showed that they were the Norwegian boys, Espen Lind, Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes and Kurt Nilsen. The last, generally amazing singer, World Idol winner in 2004. The appearance of him, however, podgulyala. As a member of the jury from Australia Ian Dickson said: “You’re like a Hobbit. Right. Idol wouldn’t have been an absolute hands down. ” It is a pity that none of these guys can be heard on our radio. Espen Lind, Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes, Kurt Nilsen, Norway

In short, over the past twenty years, Leonard's "beloved" of mine was clearly surpassed. Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright do not count. Live they sing lousy, although the studio recordings (in "Barefoot on pavement" and "Shrek", respectively) turned out very decent. Enjoy listening to the Norwegian, "120th" cover version of the song.