FlipNGenius (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Cohen wrote this song. This is from around 1984-1985. He had written this before then - but it was in this era the song became popular. In Shrek it was sung by John Cale. In the late 90's Jeff Buckley does a pretty fantastic version. It becomes more popular when he dies soon thereafter in an accidental drowning.

JaydWin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you people are retarded HE WROTE THE SONG

supertg1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

for sure it's not the btther way to sing this song

Frozenyak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

its strange. this is probably the worst version ive ever heard on youtube in my opinion. best being kurt nilsen

LaUniePassion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is a poetic piece written by him about the struggles of life. Its a masterpiece.

Lildemoninc (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is not near as good as jeff buckley this guy just talks on beat its weird!

candyman1970 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

After hearing this as the trailer for BBC drama, I had to find it. Having found Jeff Buckley's version on YouTube, I carried on looking and found a version with the finalists of the German version of Pop Idol (the guy "shrek" who won World Idol)... It is by far the best version around. I just need to find a way to download it now!

candyman1970 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

After hearing this as the trailer for BBC drama, I had to find it. Having found Jeff Buckley's version on YouTube, I carried on looking and found a version with the finalists of the German version of Pop Idol (the guy "shrek" who won World Idol)... It is by far the best version around. I just need to find a way to download it now!

Black4bird (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Amazing songwriting indeed.. and yes it's a nice song, but listening this after jeff buckley's version.. it's weird.. I prefer jeff's version

rhydiantitch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeh