Sure, it makes sense to mention Buckley ("Bazan closed his set with a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' as popularized by Jeff Buckley," or something like that), but knowingly attributing the song to someone who didn't write it is just bad journalism, and reinforces the idea that it's OK to ignore a musical legend like Leonard Cohen just because some people associate the song with someone else. I would feel the same way if someone used the exact same phrasing with either song you mentioned, although both songs are so famous odds are they would just use the song name and leave it at that.
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Levi said on December 20, 2007:
Sure, it makes sense to mention Buckley ("Bazan closed his set with a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah,' as popularized by Jeff Buckley," or something like that), but knowingly attributing the song to someone who didn't write it is just bad journalism, and reinforces the idea that it's OK to ignore a musical legend like Leonard Cohen just because some people associate the song with someone else. I would feel the same way if someone used the exact same phrasing with either song you mentioned, although both songs are so famous odds are they would just use the song name and leave it at that.