"Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley

[backintime]

mms://66.186.0.101/allaccess/jeffhall.wma

Why is this on All Access? LMAO.

It recently got to #1 on Hot Digital Songs after the judges on American Idol called it one of the best songs ever. Grace, the album it comes from, is one of my favourites but this isn't even the best song on it.

[zak]

KD Lang's live version of this is one of my all time favorite songs

[cynicalguy]

This is just a beautiful and powerful song. One of the best in recent memory.

[That Skipping Rope.]

Yeah, easily one of the best recorded songs ever. No one does emotion the way Jeff Buckley did.

[RedDragon]

There's a campaign to make this the Xmas #1, instead of X Factor.

Following the rather depressing news that this year's X factor finalist will be covering Leonard Cohen's beautiful 'Hallelujah,' I think everyone should download the Jeff Buckley version, instead of buying the inevitably soulless version churned out by Simon Cowell's Crimbo flash in the pan.

This is not a group intended to make cruel or derogatory remarks about any participants in this years X factor, but if you love Buckley's version, let's make sure everyone forgets the pale imitation as quickly as possible.

I doubt this will work, but if I am willing to download this version the week the X factor version comes out, I hope others will too.

To make this as easy as possible we will post the download links, but make sure you WAIT UNTIL the 15th... (many thanks to Kevin Adams)

www.7digital.com/artists/jeff-buckley/hallelujah-1/ - unencumbered high quality 320k mp3 89p (that's what I'm getting next week).

www.tunetribe.com/product/index.html?id=604507 - cheaper but semi-crippled WMA (windows file) only 49p

itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore...01&s=143444 - 79p but DRM AAC file from Apple

Some links to download from next week - they're all recorded by the official UK chart.

[That Skipping Rope.]

This is most likely going to be #2 this week behind Alexandra's version.

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

If it does it will really annoy someone I know who placed a 10/1 bet on Leona being the Christmas No.2 !