WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY/MARCH OF THE COVERS: k.d. lang, "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)

Today marks the latest installment in a weekly series of guest posts by the self-acclaimed music aficionado and news junkie, Peter Jordan. Each week, the post will loosely relate to  some aspect of current events. Mr. Jordan has been given complete, unfettered editorial control over the Wednesday posts. This month, he must meet the additional requirement of using a cover song in his post. Enjoy.

Today we've got k.d. lang covering Leonard Cohen. That's right, a gay person taking a hetero's best known musical child and raising it right.  SCOTUS, are you listening? (Alito is a huge Tuna Day fan.)

PS--As Canadians, lang and Cohen have socialized medicine, too. If Canada wasn't a frozen wasteland, it might be nice to live there.