The Birth of kd lang’s Hallelujah out of the ‘Spirit of Music’: Performing Desire and ‘Recording Consciousness’ on Facebook and YouTube

Authors

Babette Babich, Fordham UniversityFollow

Comments

Please cite original publication information: “The Birth of kd lang’s Hallelujah out of the ‘Spirit of Music’: Performing Desire and ‘Recording Consciousness’ on Facebook and YouTube.” Perfect Sound Forever. online music magazine–Oct/Nov 2011.

Available online at: http://www.furious.com/perfect/kdlang.html

Disciplines

Continental Philosophy | Epistemology | Feminist Philosophy | Music | Musicology | Other Music

Abstract

The Hallelujah Effect on the Internet

The initial focus of this essay, apart from important preliminary references to Leonard Cohen is on kd lang, not as composer (although she is one) but musical performer and not as guitarist (although she is one) but as a singer and although her live performances have to make all the difference, very specifically, for the sake of any analysis, specifically as her singing is available in video format on YouTube. Of course there are many readings of kd lang and popular music, and of course most of them focus on the way she dresses, others look at her sexuality, and here, just for a bit, I also consider her musicality.

Recommended Citation

Babich, Babette, "The Birth of kd lang’s Hallelujah out of the ‘Spirit of Music’: Performing Desire and ‘Recording Consciousness’ on Facebook and YouTube" (2011). Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections. 47.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/phil_babich/47