{"id":114676,"date":"2024-10-16T05:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114676"},"modified":"2024-10-16T05:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:29:49","slug":"height-of-blasphemy-rufus-wainwright-and-leonard-cohen-estate-oppose-trump-use-of-hallelujah-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114676","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Height of blasphemy\u2019: Rufus Wainwright and Leonard Cohen estate oppose Trump use of Hallelujah | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">The estate of Leonard Cohen has issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump, after a recording of Rufus Wainwright singing Cohen\u2019s song Hallelujah was played at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/15\/trump-dancing-pennsylvania-rally\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a bizarre campaign event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Wainwright has also condemned Trump\u2019s use of the song at the town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania. The singer characterised Hallelujah as \u201can anthem dedicated to peace, love and acceptance of the truth. I\u2019ve been supremely honoured over the years to be connected with this ode to tolerance. Witnessing Trump and his supporters commune with this music last night was the height of blasphemy. Of course, I in no way condone this and was mortified, but the good in me hopes that perhaps in inhabiting and really listening to the lyrics of Cohen\u2019s masterpiece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> just might experience a hint of remorse over what he\u2019s caused. I\u2019m not holding my breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">The song was one of a number Trump played during a Q&amp;A session in Oaks, where numerous audience members needed medical attention amid high temperatures. Trump first joked about the heat \u2013 \u201cPersonally, I enjoy this. We lose weight. We could do this, lose four, five pounds\u201d \u2013 and then switched to playing music such Luciano Pavarotti\u2019s recording on Ave Maria, saying: \u201cLet\u2019s not do any more questions. Let\u2019s just listen to music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">As well as Hallelujah, Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 epic power ballad November Rain was also played, alongside James Brown\u2019s It\u2019s a Man\u2019s, Man\u2019s, Man\u2019s World, the Village People\u2019s YMCA and Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Trump later wrote on Truth Social: \u201cThe Q and A was almost finished when people began fainting from the excitement and heat. We started playing music while we waited, and just kept it going. So different, but it ended up being a GREAT EVENING!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Kamala Harris captioned a clip of the event with the words: \u201cHope he\u2019s okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">It has become common for artists to oppose their music being played at Trump campaign rallies and events. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/article\/2024\/aug\/22\/beyonce-blocks-trump-use-of-her-song-freedom-kamala-harris\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">In August, Beyonc\u00e9 blocked<\/a> the use of her song Freedom \u2013 a licensed soundtrack for the Harris-Walz campaign \u2013 after it appeared in a Trump campaign video. Earlier that month the estate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/sep\/03\/trump-isaac-hayes\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">late Isaac Hayes opposed<\/a> the use of the Hayes-penned Sam &amp; Dave hit Hold On, I\u2019m Comin\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">So many other artists have opposed him, from Rihanna to the Rolling Stones, that there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Wikipedia page<\/a> dedicated to the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Hallelujah, meanwhile, remains a modern pop standard, performed by dozens of artists since its initially overlooked release by Cohen in 1984. The most famous version was recorded by Jeff Buckley in 1994, but that was inspired by John Cale\u2019s 1991 version, while Wainwright\u2019s followed in 2001, recorded for the soundtrack of Shrek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Alexandra Burke\u2019s version reached Christmas No 1 in the UK in 2008 after she won The X Factor, while Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi and Bono are among the other artists with renditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2024\/oct\/15\/height-of-blasphemy-rufus-wainwright-and-leonard-cohen-estate-oppose-trump-use-of-hallelujah\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The estate of Leonard Cohen has issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump, after a recording of Rufus Wainwright singing Cohen\u2019s song Hallelujah was played at a bizarre &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114676\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}