mutatis
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RIP Leonard Cohen , by mutatis on Nov 11, 2016 4:01:52 GMT 1, What a year! Just read that Leonard Cohen has passed away. I am not the biggest fan but respect his songwriting talent as he was treasured by songwriters that I hold dear, just to name a few Nick Cave, Ian McCulloch and Andrew Eldritch. There are of course many many more who are influenced by him.
Whilst his most well-known song might be Hallelujah I am fond of this
What a year! Just read that Leonard Cohen has passed away. I am not the biggest fan but respect his songwriting talent as he was treasured by songwriters that I hold dear, just to name a few Nick Cave, Ian McCulloch and Andrew Eldritch. There are of course many many more who are influenced by him.
Whilst his most well-known song might be Hallelujah I am fond of this
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RIP Leonard Cohen , by I Woke in Relief on Nov 11, 2016 5:08:30 GMT 1, Just like with Bowie, Cohen managed to put out an incredibly strong album just before he died (You Want it Darker) with a pretty damn unflinching eye on his own impending death. Really highly recommended.
Just like with Bowie, Cohen managed to put out an incredibly strong album just before he died (You Want it Darker) with a pretty damn unflinching eye on his own impending death. Really highly recommended.
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RIP Leonard Cohen , by Lroy on Nov 11, 2016 8:03:39 GMT 1, Rip mister Cohen.
Yes I M your man , best come back and commercial
Lp That he ever done ( charts preferred other singers) , with a great flow and melody.
One of the best surprise and lp from the 80. A new style.
Without any polemic, we can't compare Bowie and Cohen.
Cogent had always his style, Bowie always looked for new style.
I like both and that's no important , I admit.
Rip mister Cohen.
Yes I M your man , best come back and commercial
Lp That he ever done ( charts preferred other singers) , with a great flow and melody.
One of the best surprise and lp from the 80. A new style.
Without any polemic, we can't compare Bowie and Cohen.
Cogent had always his style, Bowie always looked for new style.
I like both and that's no important , I admit.
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RIP Leonard Cohen , by Bill Hicks on Nov 11, 2016 13:29:33 GMT 1, On Old Ideas he sang about writing โa manual for living with defeatโ, that being the human condition as far as he was concerned. โNobody has a life that worked out the way they wanted it work out,โ he told journalist Mark Ellen in 2007. The role of a good song, he continued, was to share that feeling so that โwe feel less isolated and we feel part of the great human chain which is really involved with the recognition of defeatโ. For Cohen, defeat was the truth of things; the source of all the best jokes; the reason to make art; the crack where the light gets in.
Cohen never talked up his own importance. He often said he was just making the most of the limited talents he had been given and hoping that whatever insights he had gleaned could be useful to the listener. Songwriting was his way of making sense of a bewildering world and dissolving the loneliness.
On Old Ideas he sang about writing โa manual for living with defeatโ, that being the human condition as far as he was concerned. โNobody has a life that worked out the way they wanted it work out,โ he told journalist Mark Ellen in 2007. The role of a good song, he continued, was to share that feeling so that โwe feel less isolated and we feel part of the great human chain which is really involved with the recognition of defeatโ. For Cohen, defeat was the truth of things; the source of all the best jokes; the reason to make art; the crack where the light gets in.
Cohen never talked up his own importance. He often said he was just making the most of the limited talents he had been given and hoping that whatever insights he had gleaned could be useful to the listener. Songwriting was his way of making sense of a bewildering world and dissolving the loneliness.
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RIP Leonard Cohen , by Coach on Nov 11, 2016 13:39:05 GMT 1, Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
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