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Originally Posted by Pitar
I think that verse describing a sexual act in Cohen's Hallelujah is completely unnecessary, certainly classless and can't be excused under creative license.
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Well, you're entitled to your opinion.
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Originally Posted by Pitar
Sorry for the rant. Music tends to get misappropriated by those who've lost their light and it gets to me at times.
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Ranting is good for the soul
. If you can't rant on an internet forum, where can you?
But it's still just your opinion, of course.
I don't have any opinion on these "politically incorrect" songs mentioned here, because I haven't heard them, and in any case I'm not American, so have a totally different attitude to patriotism, and possibly to "political correctness".
But - IMHO - Leonard Cohen is an artist who never put a foot (or word) wrong in his entire career. Not that I heard anyway. I was always astonished at how
right his lyrics were, perfectly judged and crafted; including the whole of Hallelujah. I think the verse you mention is beautifully written, and (moreover) fits the music perfectly, the work of truly skilled poet and songwriter. Just my opinion, as I say.
You're welcome to say you
think it's "completely unnecessary ... classless ... can't be excused ..."; not that it actually "is". Expressing opinion as fact is what gets people riled on forums like this... at least if the view is contentious.
(BTW, "classless" is a positive attribute over here in the UK, it means free of the outdated class system. You mean "lacks class". That's not a correction, just FYI.)