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magic416
Savvy September 2011

Hallelujah--Wedding songs????

magic416, on October 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM Posted in Planning 0 10

I need help, I absolutely love the song Hallelujah (leonard cohen cover). I realise the lyrics can be sweet, can be a little dirty. To me the song is romanitc but I don't know if people would be like WTF! Advice please

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Latest activity by MRSDarlin' Now!, on October 25, 2010 at 1:25 PM
  • Fun bride
    Master November 2010
    Fun bride ·
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    If you love it, go for it; I don't think people will be offended.

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  • C
    Super May 2013
    Crystal ·
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    Yeah! What she said.

    I highly enjoy that song, personally.

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  • ERH
    Master October 2010
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    I walked down the aisle to an instrumental version. Everybody loved it, mostly me!! Smiley smile

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  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
    2d Bride ·
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    I love Leonard Cohen! We used his Dance Me to the End of Love as our first dance song.

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  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
    2d Bride ·
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    And the only part of Hallelujah that could be considered "dirty" is,

    "You saw her bathing on the roof

    Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you"

    and that is from the Biblical story of King David (Bathsheba being the one he saw bathing). So if anyone objects, tell them it's from your Bible study. ;-)

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  • Devon Carpenter
    Devon Carpenter ·
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    It also sounds beautiful as just an instrumental piece, so that's one way of avoiding the lyrics "issue".

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  • Nik_McAwesomepants
    Master October 2011
    Nik_McAwesomepants ·
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    Someone else had a post about this a couple weeks ago. If you go on YouTube there are plenty of instrumentals, string covers, piano covers and everything in between. If you're a little ify about the lyrics, I would say use one of the instrumentals. Most people will recognize the song but you'd actually be surprised how many people don't know all the lyrics and therefore never realized that it's kind of a dirty song :-P

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  • ~Bride 8/28/10~
    Master August 2010
    ~Bride 8/28/10~ ·
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    I say go for it! If you love it then it is a good song to use! Smiley smile

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  • Carlos Molina
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    I don't see anything wrong with that song per se. When/where are you planning to use it?

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  • MRSDarlin' Now!
    Master September 2010
    MRSDarlin' Now! ·
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    I used the Jeff Buckley version..and because the lyrics are somewhat "dark" i had an accoustic guitarist play instrumental as my walk down song. I LOVED it.

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