A Homemade Hallelujah!
Published by Toronto Mike on June 15, 2006 @ 12:25 in Gord Downie's Hallelujah, Music, The Best of Toronto Mike, The Tragically Hip
Even before I saw "Saint Ralph" I was hunting for an MP3 of Gord Downie's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
Last month I linked to a site that was sharing several covers of this Cohen classic. I left a comment on that site telling everyone about my search for Downie's version and asking for help. It's not on an album, it's not available for sale online and not even The Tragically Hip faithful seem to have a bootleg copy.
There seemed to be only one way to get this version of the song in MP3 and that's to create an MP3 from the audio output of "Saint Ralph". Sophie, a Hip fan from Germany, saw my comment on the site sharing the Downie covers and offerred to help. She rented the DVD, created an MP3 and emailed it to me early this morning. Hallelujah!
This will tide me over nicely until Downie releases something official. I know a lot of people have been trying to locate this song as I've heard your empathetic pleas since I first wrote about the cover last August. If that's you, leave a comment and I'll email you the MP3 Sophie shared with me this morning.
Pay it forward. Thanks Sophie!
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Jill
June 15, 2006 / 13:12
As the lyrics go......"Well your faith was strong but you needed proof".......I was happy to hear you were able to get a copy of this most sought over treasure. "Hallelujah" is my favorite song and I think I have every version of it except for this. Can you pay it forward my way. Thanks Mike. Thanks Sophie.