![]() ![]() Whilst Cohen, like others, for example, Joni Mitchell, could adapt a song for live performances, some additional verses does not explain the repeated stories of 80 verses. There have never been 80 verses published, by Cohen, John Cale or anyone else. Have any of the other verses ever appeared in a recording (by Cohen or anyone else), or published anywhere? Even unofficially, perhaps by someone who's heard Cohen perform live? Your faith was strong but you needed proof. As such, I've only ever heard 7 of the claimed 80 verses (the original 4 plus Cale's 3 substitutes): Even Cohen has supposedly taken to using those 5 verses for his own live shows. Since then, almost everyone else who's covered the song seems to use Cale's verse selection. Cale's version shares the first two verses but has three new one in place the original third and fourth. He subsequently mixed in different verses in his live versions, and supposedly even send John Cale the whole set of 80 verses for him to pick from when recording his cover. According to the most popular version of the story, when Leonard Cohen wrote "Hallelujah", he wrote about 80 separate verses src before paring down to the 4 he used in his studio recording. ![]()
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