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Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited March 2013 in Other Music
Anyone a fan?
I've started reading about him online after seeing one of his songs played on a music video show last night.
Plus he is mentioned in Kurt's lyrics for Pennyroyal Tea.
Listening to his song samples now on Allmusic.com
Anyone recommend any albums as starting points?
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    pearljam133pearljam133 Posts: 202
    Everybody Knows is a good song. Not too familiar with individual albums though.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    Oh man, yeah. Leonard Cohen. Absolutely. Here's one of my favorites:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2mrKKxLMk
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    SD48277SD48277 Woodstock, NY Posts: 12,242
    I'll probably get some flack for saying this, but, for me, he is similar to Dylan--phenomenal song writer, but I don't necessarily want to hear him singing his own songs. Sometimes, yes; most of the time, not so much. There is a good movie that came out a few years ago, "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man." It mixes him talking about his life with footage of a concert in his honor. Check it out. And, of course, there is Jeff Buckley's fantastic cover of Hallelujah.
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    pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I learned of him from the rate thread, I love him! I am all about a baritone :D

    He's going to be here at the Fox this Friday...
    would love to go listen but the my pockets are not that deep these days.
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    EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,853
    Saw him in Manchester a couple of years ago. Amazing show - he was onstage for 3hrs and finished with Famous Blue Raincoat.

    Check out Songs of Leonard Cohen and The Future.
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    curlygirly9curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Love. I'm sure you actually know more of his songs than you know, ie. The Sopranos theme (Woke Up This Morning), Jeff Buckley's famous cover of Hallelujah, Nick Cave's I'm Your Man, etc. And yes, Kurt was a fan.

    Waiting for the Miracle:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-E53gmeO-8

    First We Take Manhattan
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTC_fD598A

    Tower of Song
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiAuXRK3Ogk
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    JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,217
    I loved his two songs on the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack. I got one of his albums and I kinda forgot about it though.. I'll have to dig it up and re-listen.
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,654
    I love him. I think he's washed up now - he just doesn't sound good anymore - but he has done some amazing work. The Future, Tower Of Song, First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Waiting For The Miracle, Anthem, Halleluiah ...... Oh so good!
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    Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I love him. I think he's washed up now - he just doesn't sound good anymore - but he has done some amazing work. The Future, Tower Of Song, First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Waiting For The Miracle, Anthem, Halleluiah ...... Oh so good!
    :lol:
    Can't help but chuckle that you're saying a 78 year old is 'washed up now'. Damn, I hope I make it anywhere near that long before people start writing me off :)
    The guy is an amazing poet...
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    red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    edited March 2013
    the "Essential Leonard Coen" is a great collection of his work. I recommend that one. 8-) It's a great starting point. 8-) even though it's a greatest hits kind of thing.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    Cohen's "Suzanne" and "Sisters of Mercy" alone- not to mention others- will be around as long as we are. And I don't think it's just the writing- for me it's his voice too.
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,654
    Drowned Out wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    I love him. I think he's washed up now - he just doesn't sound good anymore - but he has done some amazing work. The Future, Tower Of Song, First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Waiting For The Miracle, Anthem, Halleluiah ...... Oh so good!
    :lol:
    Can't help but chuckle that you're saying a 78 year old is 'washed up now'. Damn, I hope I make it anywhere near that long before people start writing me off :)
    The guy is an amazing poet...
    Well, it's just that his latest album sounded really bad. Yeah, of course it's because he's really old - has to be expected!
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    EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,853
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I loved his two songs on the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack. I got one of his albums and I kinda forgot about it though.. I'll have to dig it up and re-listen.

    There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in...
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    motorcademotorcade Posts: 108
    Eraserhead wrote:
    Saw him in Manchester a couple of years ago. Amazing show - he was onstage for 3hrs and finished with Famous Blue Raincoat.

    Check out Songs of Leonard Cohen and The Future.

    Saw him in London on the same tour...mesmerising performance, quality band too!

    Songs Of Love And Hate is my favourite album, includes 'Avalanche' also covered by Nick Cave on From Her To Eternity.
    I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate...

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    EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,853
    motorcade wrote:
    Eraserhead wrote:
    Saw him in Manchester a couple of years ago. Amazing show - he was onstage for 3hrs and finished with Famous Blue Raincoat.

    Check out Songs of Leonard Cohen and The Future.

    Saw him in London on the same tour...mesmerising performance, quality band too!

    Songs Of Love And Hate is my favourite album, includes 'Avalanche' also covered by Nick Cave on From Her To Eternity.

    Hope I'm in that good spirits and health when I'm in my 70s!
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Last night I purchased:

    Songs of Leonard Cohen
    Songs from a room
    Songs of love and hate
    The Essential Leonard Cohen

    Yet to listen to them.
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    red mos wrote:
    the "Essential Leonard Coen" is a great collection of his work. I recommend that one. 8-) It's a great starting point. 8-) even though it's a greatest hits kind of thing.

    Bought it. ;)
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I love the song 'So Long, Marianne'.
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    curlygirly9curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I love the song 'So Long, Marianne'.

    8-)
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    red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    red mos wrote:
    the "Essential Leonard Coen" is a great collection of his work. I recommend that one. 8-) It's a great starting point. 8-) even though it's a greatest hits kind of thing.

    Bought it. ;)

    nice! 8-) . I really enjoy this one cause like you, one day I was wanting to expand my music collection. A retail store had a special on Essential albums for like 3 for $25 bucks.
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    red mos wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    red mos wrote:
    the "Essential Leonard Coen" is a great collection of his work. I recommend that one. 8-) It's a great starting point. 8-) even though it's a greatest hits kind of thing.

    Bought it. ;)

    nice! 8-) . I really enjoy this one cause like you, one day I was wanting to expand my music collection. A retail store had a special on Essential albums for like 3 for $25 bucks.

    Got mine for $10 8-)
    Not enjoying the songs on CD 2, the first few are not bad.
    CD 1 is magic.
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    curlygirly9 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I love the song 'So Long, Marianne'.

    8-)

    My sisters name is Marianne if it were translated to it's Croatian form.
    And we don't talk haha, so long!
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    EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,853
    It's four in the morning, the end of December
    I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
    New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
    There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

    I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
    You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

    Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
    She said that you gave it to her
    That night that you planned to go clear
    Did you ever go clear?

    Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
    Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
    You'd been to the station to meet every train
    And you came home without Lili Marlene

    And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
    And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

    Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
    One more thin gypsy thief
    Well I see Jane's awake --
    She sends her regards.

    And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
    What can I possibly say?
    I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
    I'm glad you stood in my way.

    If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
    Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

    Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
    I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

    And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
    She said that you gave it to her
    That night that you planned to go clear

    -- sincerely, L. Cohen


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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,810
    He has a new album dropping this fall called ' You Want It Darker' on Oct. 21. I can't wait, this man is a beast.
    Here is the first single.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,149
    Cohen is amazing.

    His show at Scandinavium, Gothenburg in 20....09 was so amazing. You could tell he had gotten older when he came back in like 2012/2013 though.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    Leonard Cohen! Always pleased to see his name pop up. He's the back alley Buddha of modern music. One of our finest.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,772
    And thanks for the new LP heads up, northerndragon.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,810
    Anytime Brian, love Cohen and figured I should share the love. :) I am beyond stoked he is still putting music out. Pre-ordered the vinyl yesterday.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,149
    northerndragon said:

    Anytime Brian, love Cohen and figured I should share the love. :) I am beyond stoked he is still putting music out. Pre-ordered the vinyl yesterday.

    He couldn't release something bad even if he tried.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,810
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    northerndragon said:

    Anytime Brian, love Cohen and figured I should share the love. :) I am beyond stoked he is still putting music out. Pre-ordered the vinyl yesterday.

    He couldn't release something bad even if he tried.
    Some people would disagree, they would be wrong but they would disagree. =)
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
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