Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Cohen's Hallelujah, by Cohen, by K. D. Lang

Oh the Virgo, my readers, the tender-hearted Virgo.

This song, this prayer, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah can be taken at many different levels. Taken at the level of a relationship between a man and a woman, THE defining line is "But you don't really care for music, do ya?" Watch below, it occurs at .18.



Look at Cohen, the Virgo's eyes - the pain of making such a statement about a loved one ... the gentle acceptance of the unalterable. The utter soul-kindness, IMO, of the evolved Virgo. Watch closely his eyes.

Watch, keeping in mind that according to my Canadian source, apparently none of his exes has an unkind word to say about him. Do you doubt why?

We will now do a comparison. Take a look at how fellow Canadian, K. D. Lang, does the cover, and this is a powerful version in its own right. This is at the Juno awards in Winnepeg, 2005.





First of all, this is SCORPIO. The sexy, secretive, intense Scorpio.

It takes her 22 seconds to prepare, and watch the focus of the preparation. According to her chart, her temperament is nervous. Her chart has lots of water signs. Her heart and her emotions are her driving force and she can't do anything on Earth if she doesn't feel a strong affective charge. With fewer than the average fires signs, chart says she may appear to lack warmth, enthusiasm, appearing indifferent to others, which is not true .. and watch her work her way up to this, to let go.

(A Virgo "let go"? Uh uh)

Sensitivity dominated by reason, it's like she analyzed how to show this, and show it she did. Watch the incredible hand motions -- they remind me of Edith Piaf's, what defined "the little sparrow." And these are orchestrated as only a Scorpio can -- watch what she does with the mike cord when she sings about "tied you to her kitchen chair."

Now when SHE sings the line at .36 secs, watch her go into what I call "that Scorpio scorn." In ending relationships, dear reader, the Scorpio usually takes no prisoners.

Also note her subdued reaction at the end, as the crowd applauds. Ah, the mystery of what is broiling inside a Scorpio!

Beautiful, beautiful. Thank you Leonard Cohen for your work.

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1 comment:

Erich said...

Allison Crowe, a double-Scorpio I believe, performs the most moving version of Hallelujah I've experienced.

Just a glorious song from rock's great poet.