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A nice long essay on "Hallelujah" as the song that shows up in every single hospital drama
My love for that song is deep and absurd. It's a fantastic song, but when you hear it on "Scrubs" AND "Grey's Anatomy" AND "House" AND "The O.C.," it starts to just be... hilarious.
But were it not for my absurd love of that song, I'd never have discovered Rufus Wainwright or Leonard Cohen, and I'd be a pretty terrible Montrealaise if I didn't know Leonard Cohen.
And it's still a great song. No matter how many times it gets appropriated by some TV drama, it's still a great song.
My love for that song is deep and absurd. It's a fantastic song, but when you hear it on "Scrubs" AND "Grey's Anatomy" AND "House" AND "The O.C.," it starts to just be... hilarious.
To say that using "Hallelujah" to express sadness is unoriginal is like saying a picture hanger using a level is unoriginal: the point is not novelty, but functionality. The damn thing just works so well, you'd be a fool not to use it.
But were it not for my absurd love of that song, I'd never have discovered Rufus Wainwright or Leonard Cohen, and I'd be a pretty terrible Montrealaise if I didn't know Leonard Cohen.
And it's still a great song. No matter how many times it gets appropriated by some TV drama, it's still a great song.