Half agreed, Oliver. Cale can do no wrong by me, but I can live without the song 'Hallelujah' in any event - Cale's definitely tops the original though. And you're right about Cohen sending him all the verses (I'm a Cale bore), but he puts Heartbreak Hotel somewhere it wasn't intended to be with his interpretation, making the original pretty redundant for my money. He's done better stuff though, granted.
Half agreed, Oliver. Cale can do no wrong by me, but I can live without the song 'Hallelujah' in any event - Cale's definitely tops the original though. And you're right about Cohen sending him all the verses (I'm a Cale bore), but he puts Heartbreak Hotel somewhere it wasn't intended to be with his interpretation, making the original pretty redundant for my money. He's done better stuff though, granted.