There's a ringing endorsement of this site if there ever was one, Bob.

Listen, I think Leonard Cohen's version of "Hallelujah" is preferable to Jeff Buckley's in every way. I think Jeff Buckley is boring and pretensious and complete bullshit. I've said repeatedly that I think the only reason Buckley has ten times the fans he should is because he was a lousy swimmer. I have never been accused of being a Jeff Buckley fan.

Yet, I don't think Elle did anything wrong by citing Buckley rather than Cohen. Big Mama Thornton recorded "Hound Dog" years before Elvis did (and was written by Lieber and Stoller), yet I don't think it is heresy if someone cites that as an Elvis song. There are countless examples of people taking songs and making them known to larger audiences and I don't think anyone is out of line for mentioning the more famous example.

Then again, I'm sure you all are bigger Leonard Cohen fans than I am, so maybe that's why I don't take it so personal.

I do agree with Bob, though, that "it just don't matter in the long run."