I know. I knooooow. I am such a "late bloomer" when it comes to music. But I believe that it's NEVER too late to start liking something OR someone. Since I'm suffering from a serious case of POST CONCERT DEPRESSION (PCD), the past few days I've been doing nothing but searching (and listening to) Panic! At The Disco songs on YouTube. My younger brother and my friend recommended some songs and I doggedly prioritized listening to those songs. During the concert, the songs that really left an impression on me were "Nine in the Afternoon" and "The Ballad of Mona Lisa". I can still remember that feeling of "Eureka!" slowly creeping up on me and overwhelming me when I heard those songs. They were definitely my "style" and all up in my "musical" alley. I also kinda liked "Miss Jackson" and "New Perspective".My friend recommended the song, "Hallelujah" and I found the acoustic version of it first. Well, what can I say? I was hooked from the moment I heard the line "A moment you'll never remember and a night you'll never forget".I just couldn't stop listening to it. I also found the original version of the song and it was surprisingly pretty good. I find that whenever I hear an acoustic version of a song and then listen to the "original" version, I end up liking the former. But it was different with the song "Hallelujah"; I like both versions equally.So I did my research and according to songfacts.com: "This gospel rocker is the first song released by Panic! At The Disco following the departure of drummer Spencer Smith."I found out that Brendon Urie had a Mormon upbringing, which sort of influenced the song as well. He said that the song was about "taking responsibility for things that you felt guilty for in the past and just owning it, because, now, that's a piece of you and you can't get rid of that history, so, that's really what it was." The vocalist of Panic! At The Disco mentioned that the "sinners" that he was referring to in the song were the band's fans."I like to call them 'my sinners', and I'm a fellow sinner, and so I think that's a little special little throw-out to them."I'm not very religious so I usually stray away from songs with anything remotely religious in the title. So far, the only "Hallelujah" song that I liked was Jeff Buckley's. But only because The 1975's frontman Matthew Healy had a version of it. Interestingly, Brendon Urie also had something to say about the word "hallelujah". He shared in an interview: "'Hallelujah' is such a strong word. It meant nothing when I said it growing up in church. It is something that I learned through music instead of religion. I love both Jeff Buckley's and Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' songs, too. They are phenomenal."I really like what Clifford Stumme said about Panic! At The Disco's 'Hallelujah': "It's classic alternative rock with a soaring, lilting chorus that makes you want to dance. Of course, Brendon Urie's unique voice is a fantastic addition that makes the song sound several times more interesting than it would otherwise."
I couldn't have said it better. There are some songs that really affect me in a deeper and more emotional level, but this song is just REALLY catchy and I just like it for that reason.
CREDITS:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=36696http://cliffordstumme.com/2015/07/16/what-does-hallelujah-by-panic-at-the-disco-mean/
