speaking of Leonard Cohen

by **Red** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:52 pm

Mr. Brian wrote: So now I feel like I am missing out on something .

you are!

Mr. Brian wrote:What might make me "get" Cohen?

i had other bunnymen fans tell me they didn't *get* him either. i sent some of them tapes that i made, and now most of them LOVE him! i dunno. i think he's just like the bunnymen - you either get him, or you don't.

by **insanejane** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:14 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:I'll admit that I just don't "get" Cohen. I like it when other people do his songs but I've never found him that interesting to listen to. With Dylan at least you could identify him with a generation and put him in context to appreciate what he did. The Scorcese docu on Dylan really changed my mind about Dylan when I didn't "get" him either. So now I feel like I am missing out on something .

What might make me "get" Cohen?

Listen to Rita Coolidge's cover of "Bird On A Wire" :wink:

It might make you appreciate him a little.

I'd take him over Bob Dylan.

by **Red** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:25 am

what i find amazing is that anyone who's anyone in the music biz seems to hold him in the highest regards, yet, no one knows who he is! (generally speaking) the average person doesn't have a clue who he is.

by **blinkilite** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:29 am

Red wrote:what i find amazing is that anyone who's anyone in the music biz seems to hold him in the highest regards, yet, no one knows who he is! (generally speaking) the average person doesn't have a clue who he is.

sounds like the bunnymen :lol:

by **Red** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:50 am

blinkilite wrote:sounds like the bunnymen

yeah ...i was going to say that.......

but that's been covered a zillion times over. all the new bands mention them as heroes, but no one seems to take notice of them in general! shame really! :confused:

but i think Cohen is regarded on a much higher level, throughout the entire business, not just the indie rock end of the spectrum. it's much wider. even Willie Nelson has covered him on a tribute cd! :lol:

but there's also the land of poets and novelists, too.

but yeah, as i was typing that, i was thinking the same thing about the bunnymen!

by **Dave Smith** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:05 am

Cohen-genius until he bought a Bontempi organ.Chelsea Hotel one of my faves ever-"we are ugly but we have the music"-brilliant stuff.Best way to annoy your mates is to singalong to The Parisian-the french bit.Fave album?Probably New Skin.I've got the I'm Your Man video and the women are fawning over him even as an OAP.He then becomes a monk.What a dude.

by **Red** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:08 pm

Dave Smith wrote:.Best way to annoy your mates is to singalong to The Parisian-the french bit.

Fave album?

i love them all, but i think my fave is Various Positions....or Songs of Love and Hate! but then there's the first one also, ya gotta love that, that's a given. i also really like Death of a Ladies Man! (that prob puts me in a minority!) :lol:

by **JackT** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:20 pm

My exposure to Leonard Cohen was brief and ill-fated. A friend of mine made me listen the album I'm Your Man whilst on a flight out to San Jose. After having listened to him rave endlessly about it, the actual experience was quite a letdown. Then he tried to convince me that the lyrics were so great that I must really like it. It just seemed so very BORING.

by **black francis** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:29 pm

Mac covering "Lover, Lover, Lover" was the high point of Cohen's career.

by **Kounelaki** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:44 pm

black francis wrote:Mac covering "Lover, Lover, Lover" was the high point of Cohen's career.

According to Mac?

by **tonywojo** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:35 pm

thimk mac will end up like him - he wishes

keep drawing the pay cheque from the hapless/hopeless :rolleyes:

by **kook** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:37 pm

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/ ... ighes.html

Unfortunately, this one was overlooked :smile:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope-1Zb5t-k[/youtube]

by **Kounelaki** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:14 pm

Bon Jovi?

by **kook** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:17 pm

Kounelaki wrote:Bon Jovi?

I didn't know that either. Best not go there, really. :confused:

by **Kounelaki** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:22 pm

Leonard Cohen's World Tour Itinerary (as of 11-Mar-08)

06-Jun-08 Toronto Sony Centre For The Performing Arts

07-Jun-08 Toronto Sony Centre For The Performing Arts

14-Jun-08 Dublin IMMA

15-Jun-08 Dublin IMMA

17-Jun-08 Manchester Opera House

18-Jun-08 Manchester Opera House

19-Jun-08 Manchester Opera House

20-Jun-08 Manchester Opera House

23-Jun-08 Montreal Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts

24-Jun-08 Montreal Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts

25-Jun-08 Montreal Montreal Jazz Festival / Place des Arts

29-Jun-08 Glastonbury Glastonbury Festival

01-Jul-08 Oslo Aliset Stadium

03-Jul-08 Helsingborg Open Air

05-Jul-08 Copenhagen Rosenborg Castle

06-Jul-08 Arhuus Raadhus Parken

08-Jul-08 Montreux Montreux Jazz Festival

09-Jul-08 Lyon Festival

10-Jul-08 Bruges Cactus

12-Jul-08 Amsterdam Westendam

16-Jul-08 Edinburgh Castle

17-Jul-08 London The 02 Arena

19-Jul-08 Lisbon Passeio Maritimo

20-Jul-08 Bennicasim Festival

22-Jul-08 Nice Jazz Festival

24-Jul-08 Nyon Paleo Festival

25-Jul-08 Lorrach Stimmen Der Welt

27-Jul-08 Lucca Summer Festival

29-Jul-08 Athens Lykabettus Theatre

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