Leonard Cohen - Page 2

Mary-Anne · 05-10-2007

And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight
I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right
But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor
whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more
And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

Ah the silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe
A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee
She says, "My body is the light, my body is the way"
I raise my arm against it all and I catch the bride's bouquet

And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?...

Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove
These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
And there is no man or woman who can't be touched
But you who come between them will be judged

And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?...

StellaMare · 06-10-2007

I love the combination of his voice and his lyrics... They're perfect for each other. I love listening to him before I go to sleep.

jennifer~ · 17-10-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by strawberry daiquiri

I think I must have listened to Who by fire forty times last night. In my defence, it's a short song.

I just recently let myself discover it... Most depressing song ever, but so beautiful.

Lol de l'Onans · 17-10-2007

his voice

Mary-Anne · 21-10-2007

Ive been listening to all the dissention
Ive been listening to all the pain
and I feel that no matter what I do for you,
Its going to come back again...

But I think that I can heal it,
But I think that I can heal it,
Im a fool, but I think I can heal it
With this song...

---Minute Prologue

DiamondSea · 19-10-2008

He's just the greatest, I was lucky enough to see him in concert a few months ago

helmut.newton · 19-10-2008

Oh wow I just discovered his music. It's brilliant.

I love the album Songs of Love and Hate, the best.

What album do you guys love the most?

My favorite songs of his are probably "Avalanche" and "Suzanne"

**Belowen** · 25-11-2008

We have tickets to see him play at an evening on the green... I'm so excited

**MulletProof** · 19-09-2009

Quote:

LEONARD COHEN RECOVERS FROM COLLAPSE
September 19, 2009
ap via yahoonews.

Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday. The veteran poet and performer has been released from hospital after suffering from a stomach complaint, Doctor Music Concerts said in a statement.
Cohen was part-way through his song "Bird on the Wire" in Valencia when he fainted, causing the band to stop playing to rush to his aid as concertgoers watched. The concert was stopped.
A video showing Cohen kneeling down several times during the performance and then keeling over sideways during a saxophone solo has been placed on YouTube on the Web by a fan.
The Canadian-born musician, who will be 75 years-old on Monday, was taken in an ambulance to the Nueve de Octubre hospital in Valencia but released early Saturday, Barcelona-based Doctor Music Concerts said.
Cohen was due to perform the last show of his Spanish tour at the Palau Sant Jordi concert hall in northeastern Barcelona on Monday. Trucks carrying Cohen's show had arrived at the hall on Saturday morning and were to set up as normal, a spokesman for the concert hall said.
Cohen had to come out of retirement five years ago when he discovered that most of his retirement fund had disappeared in a disputed case of mismanagement.
After leaving Spain Cohen was due to perform next at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Oct. 17, his Web site said.

There's a video of the incident up on youtube.

NakedIfIWantTo · 20-09-2009

oh the voice!!

I hope he's doing okay.

silk skin paws · 20-09-2009

Scary news at least he's doing better. Avalanche is chilling and brilliant.

classicalbang · 20-09-2009

Well, I am glad to hear he is okay. I refuse to watch the video of his collapse... it will break my heart.

silk skin paws, I love "Avalanche," too. Songs of Love and Hate is my favorite L. Cohen album.

DiamondSea · 20-09-2009

Avalanche is one of my favourites too

I've just finished reading Ira B.Nadal's "Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen" and highly recommend it.

SpanishCaravan · 28-12-2009

Cohen is a genius!

***ana*** · 16-01-2012

This thread needs revival.

Quote:

GOING HOME
by Leonard Cohen

I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit

But he does say what I tell him
Even though it isn’t welcome
He will never have the freedom
To refuse

He will speak these words of wisdom
Like a sage, a man of vision
Though he knows he’s really nothing
But the brief elaboration of a tube

Going home
Without my sorrow
Going home
Sometime tomorrow
To where it’s better
Than before

Going home
Without my burden
Going home
Behind the curtain
Going home
Without the costume
That I wore

He wants to write a love song
An anthem of forgiving
A manual for living with defeat

A cry above the suffering
A sacrifice recovering
But that isn’t what I want him to complete

I want to make him certain
That he doesn’t have a burden
That he doesn’t need a vision

That he only has permission
To do my instant bidding
That is to SAY what I have told him
To repeat

Going home
Without my sorrow
Going home
Sometime tomorrow
Going home
To where it’s better
Than before

Going home
Without my burden
Going home
Behind the curtain
Going home
Without the costume
That I wore

I love to speak with Leonard
He’s a sportsman and a shepherd
He’s a lazy bastard
Living in a suit

newyorker.com

To listen to it: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...-new-song.html

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Mary-Anne V.I.P. Join Date: Feb 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 10,560	And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight? Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight? Ah the silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee She says, "My body is the light, my body is the way" I raise my arm against it all and I catch the bride's bouquet And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?... Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood And there is no man or woman who can't be touched But you who come between them will be judged And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?... __________________ I'm loving angels instead

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StellaMare ? Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stockholm Gender: femme Posts: 2,665	I love the combination of his voice and his lyrics... They're perfect for each other. I love listening to him before I go to sleep. __________________ http://portillon.wordpress.com

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Lol de l'Onans front row Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: http://derelictee.blogspot.com/ Gender: femme Posts: 509	his voice

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Mary-Anne V.I.P. Join Date: Feb 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 10,560	Ive been listening to all the dissention Ive been listening to all the pain and I feel that no matter what I do for you, Its going to come back again... But I think that I can heal it, But I think that I can heal it, Im a fool, but I think I can heal it With this song... ---Minute Prologue __________________ I'm loving angels instead

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DiamondSea she had boys in her room Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: femme Posts: 4,789	He's just the greatest, I was lucky enough to see him in concert a few months ago

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NakedIfIWantTo on the come up Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: bathing in his moonlight Gender: femme Posts: 5,015	oh the voice!! I hope he's doing okay. __________________ If ya feel real good wave your hands in the air and lick two shots in the atmosphere!

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silk skin paws doldrums Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: corporations are people too Gender: femme Posts: 1,347	Scary news at least he's doing better. Avalanche is chilling and brilliant.

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classicalbang shake off your flesh Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 6,231	Well, I am glad to hear he is okay. I refuse to watch the video of his collapse... it will break my heart. silk skin paws, I love "Avalanche," too. Songs of Love and Hate is my favorite L. Cohen album.

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DiamondSea she had boys in her room Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: femme Posts: 4,789	Avalanche is one of my favourites too I've just finished reading Ira B.Nadal's "Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen" and highly recommend it.