Let's Have a 5-Year Moratorium on Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

YPM used to love that song, but it's overplayed to the point of losing its meaning. It's like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." It just needs a break to regroup and become fresh. 

Oppenheimer's blog cites this passage from  Tablet:

Unfortunately, unlike Cohen himself, the original “Hallelujah” has not aged well. As with much pop music from the 1980s, it’s marred by chintzy synths, plodding bass, and glossy, reverb-drenched production. Much of the song sounds like it’s been coated in gold laminate. What’s so powerful about the song, and what assured its cult status long before its recent popularity, are Cohen’s lyrics—their brilliant mix of Old Testament spirituality (“Hallelujah” is a Hebrew word meaning “praise God,” often used in liturgy) and real-world romantic desire. “Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord,” Cohen begins, before conflating God with a tone-deaf lover, “but you don’t really care for music, do ya?”