Song #4 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Hallelujah”, originally by Leonard Cohen and covered by everyone on the planet many artists, in this case Jeff Buckley. Here’s the original:
We’ve covered this one before, as it were. I’ll refer you to that post and to that discussion of the song’s evolution for the details. Now here’s Buckley with his iconic cover:
For a guy who only recorded one complete studio album before his tragic and untimely death, Jeff Buckley sure left quite the legacy. As is always the case with one who dies so young, you wonder what might have been. Anyone who could do that could have done anything.