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Jim Nasium · 12-27-2008, 11:13 AM

Hallelujah is the song we will all be singing this Christmas, although not necessarily in praise of the Lord.

I have mentioned elsewhere on this site that I and several others, trawl off to a local pub every Tuesday night with our guitars etc. And bang out a bunch of songs. Over the years we have performed Hallelujah many times, with no reponse from the punters whatsoever. Last Tuesday (23rd) we did it and the pub all joined in the chorus, they suddenly thought we were great. Makes you wonder.

Char, I don't think Simon Cowell thinks of this as a Christmas song at all. The whole X Factor thing is designed to grab the Christmas No.1 here in the UK. For him any song will do. The X Factor winner gets the Christmas No.1. Thereafter they sink without trace. With a few exceptions, witness Leona Lewis.

12-27-2008, 11:13 AM	#17
Jim Nasium Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: England Posts: 486	Re: Hallelujah, #1,2 oh and #36 Hallelujah is the song we will all be singing this Christmas, although not necessarily in praise of the Lord. I have mentioned elsewhere on this site that I and several others, trawl off to a local pub every Tuesday night with our guitars etc. And bang out a bunch of songs. Over the years we have performed Hallelujah many times, with no reponse from the punters whatsoever. Last Tuesday (23rd) we did it and the pub all joined in the chorus, they suddenly thought we were great. Makes you wonder. Char, I don't think Simon Cowell thinks of this as a Christmas song at all. The whole X Factor thing is designed to grab the Christmas No.1 here in the UK. For him any song will do. The X Factor winner gets the Christmas No.1. Thereafter they sink without trace. With a few exceptions, witness Leona Lewis.