LYRICS FOR LUNCH

Hallelujah! It's the Shrek Song — Part 2


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This week, we look at how Leonard Cohen's most-popular work was co-opted by pop-culture to become the poster song for Big Emotional Moments and Sad Montages everywhere. Plus!—An update on the long-lost versus (hint, there are more than 15!), Aviv's dad tells a Bible story, and why author Alan Light calls "Hallelujah" a musical Rorschach test.


Some additional sources: 

Michael Barthel

Alan Light

The Forward

New York Times


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LYRICS FOR LUNCHBy Lindsay Tucker & Aviv Rubinstien

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