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Post by CentreHice on Nov 10, 2016 21:59:15 GMT -5
CohenHaven't fully explored, or come to appreciate, his poetic/artistic brilliance...but I know he had great literary/musical influence.
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Post by Cranky on Nov 10, 2016 23:02:34 GMT -5
RIP buddy.
Huge loss. I grew up with his music and to this day, his songs make up 20% of the music I listen to.
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Post by Cranky on Nov 10, 2016 23:05:26 GMT -5
CohenHaven't fully explored, or come to appreciate, his poetic/artistic brilliance...but I know he had great literary/musical influence. A brilliant, brilliant poet. Listening to his songs influenced my writing in the sense of playing and painting pictures with it. Really sad for losing him. |
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Post by franko on Nov 11, 2016 6:50:25 GMT -5
CohenHaven't fully explored, or come to appreciate, his poetic/artistic brilliance...but I know he had great literary/musical influence. A brilliant, brilliant poet. Listening to his songs influenced my writing in the sense of playing and painting pictures with it. Bob Dylan: songwriter. Leonard Cohen: poet. saw him in concert a couple of years ago, still amazingly energetic. and he didn't sing to the crowd or perform for the crowd, he gave himself to the crowd. |
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Post by BadCompany on Nov 11, 2016 9:29:53 GMT -5
A barefoot country and western lesbian singer from Edmonton singing a Jewish anglo Quebecer song at the Juno’s in Winnipeg.
Can’t get much more Canadian than that.
Rest in peace Leonard.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Nov 11, 2016 10:12:02 GMT -5
A brilliant, brilliant poet. Listening to his songs influenced my writing in the sense of playing and painting pictures with it. Bob Dylan: songwriter. Leonard Cohen: poet. saw him in concert a couple of years ago, still amazingly energetic. and he didn't sing to the crowd or perform for the crowd, he gave himself to the crowd. Wish I had seen him when he was here a few years ago ... RIP |
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Post by franko on Nov 11, 2016 10:14:54 GMT -5
A barefoot country and western lesbian singer from Edmonton singing a Jewish anglo Quebecer song at the Juno’s in Winnipeg. Can’t get much more Canadian than that. my wife swoons at his voice (and she's not the only one), but I think that others do a much better job at his songs (hey he's a poet, not a singer). Hallelujah was written in 1984 and there are over 300 covers of it . . . and they keep charting! my favourite cover is Joe Cocker's "First We Take Manhattan". |
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Post by Polarice on Nov 11, 2016 16:32:39 GMT -5
An incredible loss to the world. He was a brilliant song writer and poet, and I will miss him.
I heard on the radio that he just released an new album last month. I will have to pick it up.
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Post by franko on Nov 11, 2016 17:04:46 GMT -5
An incredible loss to the world. He was a brilliant song writer and poet, and I will miss him. I heard on the radio that he just released an new album last month. I will have to pick it up. it's a great sounding work |
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Post by Roggy on Nov 11, 2016 17:36:48 GMT -5
This always blew me away. Hated that Rogers let Tim Thompson go when they took over HNIC.
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Post by blny on Nov 11, 2016 17:54:24 GMT -5
I can't say I was a fan. He was a fantastic poet. Brilliant. I appreciate that he wrote a pile of songs that influenced countless artists. Go on twitter, and the outpouring of thoughts is overwhelming. There's no denying he touched a lot of people.
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Post by Cranky on Nov 11, 2016 20:24:25 GMT -5
An incredible loss to the world. He was a brilliant song writer and poet, and I will miss him. I heard on the radio that he just released an new album last month. I will have to pick it up. It's not that i must get it, i NEED to get it. There isn't a song of his that hasn't left markers in my life. From my university days through meeting my wife, another huge Cohen fan, practically every song plows through my memories. One of those moments was when she is sitting on the grass in front of the Statue of Liberty, I was taking pictures of the two ladies with my brand new camera, simply amazed that this beautiful woman still puts up with me....and First We Take Manhatten is piping through our Sony Walkman. Going to really miss him.  |
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Post by Cranky on Oct 16, 2024 18:09:15 GMT -5
For the last few weeks i started to go deeper into his lyrics and a bit blown away.
I've been listening and loving his songs for decades, but never stopping to really hear what he said. Now that i am, just wow.
One of the most poigniant bit of lyrics that keeps playing in my head...
EVERYBODY IS TALKING TO THEIR POCKETS
EVERYBODY WANTS A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
AND A LONG STEM ROSE
Slammed home for me by the lady who looked after my father. I was STUNNED that she voted for the Marxist government in Greece because i knew her politics were hard right of me. So i asked her why?
She said...THEY PROMISED TO GIVE ME A PENSION IF THEY WON
And a long stem rose?
Can't get a lot of Cohens lyrics out of my mind. But this one? This one is an unvarished universal truth, as old as mankind...and to the end of mankind.
Any lyrics that made you go...wow?
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Post by franko on Oct 16, 2024 18:24:14 GMT -5
You want it darker?
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Post by Polarice on Oct 18, 2024 8:56:22 GMT -5
If you are the dealer I'm out of the game If you are the healer It means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then Mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame |
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Post by Cranky on Oct 18, 2024 12:07:28 GMT -5
If you are the dealer I'm out of the game If you are the healer It means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then Mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame What does it mean to you? For me, as i said, it was my fathers caregiver that triggered me. I remember so vividly sitting on the front porche with her and my father, talking about anything and everything, when the conversation came to politics and her husband running for city council. Her comment about voting for Marxist was a bit of a schock...and a trigger. A bit of a lesson that day...i could vote my beliefs with my pockets... she has to vote for her pockets. Of any artist anywhere, i wish Cohen was still spinning his poetry. I miss him. |
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Post by Polarice on Oct 22, 2024 5:25:44 GMT -5
If you are the dealer I'm out of the game If you are the healer It means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then Mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame What does it mean to you? For me, as i said, it was my fathers caregiver that triggered me. I remember so vividly sitting on the front porche with her and my father, talking about anything and everything, when the conversation came to politics and her husband running for city council. Her comment about voting for Marxist was a bit of a schock...and a trigger. A bit of a lesson that day...i could vote my beliefs with my pockets... she has to vote for her pockets. Of any artist anywhere, i wish Cohen was still spinning his poetry. I miss him. To me it's basically calling out the system, whether government, education, heath etc. No official has your best interest in mind. When I heard this song this quote kept entering my mind: “Most Terrifying Words – ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Ronald Reagan |
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