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(Some Guy) Cool "In the world of pop culture fandom, Cohen's most passionate followers are a breed of their own. For them, the love of Leonard and his art seems to have a decidedly religious quality to it"   (ottawacitizen.com) divider line 23
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tagjim 2009-04-25 02:59:44 AM  
He was born that way. He didn't have a choice.

 
mistersnark [TotalFark] 2009-04-25 03:17:13 AM  
I'll take "Artists whose fame I don't get" for $1000, Alex.

 
AgentOrangeDrink 2009-04-25 04:15:16 AM  
mistersnark: I'll take "Artists whose fame I don't get" for $1000, Alex.

Let's be fair here, there's lot of things you don't get. Respect, for instance.

 
tacos4jesus 2009-04-25 05:57:20 AM  
cohen has been around forever, and has always had a very devoted fan base. somehow, farkers are still amazed and have never heard of him. whatever - cohen fans aren't the type to care whether anyone else likes their music.

is this headline a repeat from 1977?

tagjim: He was born that way. He didn't have a choice.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
yes +1

 
tagjim 2009-04-25 06:25:26 AM  
For Those Who Greeted Me *)

1. You came to me this morning
And you handled me like meat.
You´d have to live alone to know
How good that feels, how sweet.
My mirror twin, my next of kin,
I´d know you in my sleep.
And who but you would take me in
A thousand kisses deep?

2. I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat.
I´m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet,
Who loved you with his frozen love
His second-hand physique -
With all he is, and all he was
A thousand kisses deep.

3. All soaked in sex, and pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
We made it to the forward deck
I blessed our remnant fleet -
And then consented to be wrecked
A thousand kisses deep.

4. I know you had to lie to me,
I know you had to cheat.
But the Means no longer guarantee
The Virtue in Deceit.
That truth is bent, that beauty spent,
That style is obsolete -
Ever since the Holy Spirit went
A thousand kisses deep.

5. (So what about this Inner Light
That´s boundless and unique?
I´m slouching through another night
A thousand kisses deep.)

6. I´m turning tricks; I´m getting fixed,
I´m back on Boogie Street.
I tried to quit the business -
Hey, I´m lazy and I´m weak.
But sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go
A thousand kisses deep.

7. (And fragrant is the thought of you,
The file on you complete -
Except what we forgot to do
A thousand kisses deep.)

8. The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it´s done -
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it´s real
A thousand kisses deep.

9. (I jammed with Diz and Dante -
I did not have their sweep -
But once or twice, they let me play
A thousand kisses deep.)

10. And I´m still working with the wine,
Still dancing cheek to cheek.
The band is playing "Auld Lang Syne" -
The heart will not retreat.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep -
You ditch it all to stay alive
A thousand kisses deep.

11. And now you are the Angel Death
And now the Paraclete;
And now you are the Savior's Breath
And now the Belsen heap.
No turning from the threat of love,
No transcendental leap -
As witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep.


September 21, 1998


 
2wolves 2009-04-25 07:06:10 AM  
"I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons"

 
Gavino 2009-04-25 09:02:58 AM  
Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
but there's nothing really happening
and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
And my very close companion
gets me fumbling gets me laughing
she's a hundred but she's wearing
something tight
and I lift my glass to the Awful Truth
which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth
except to say it isn't worth a dime
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
and it's once for the devil and once for Christ
but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights
we're busted in the blinding lights,
busted in the blinding lights
of closing time.

 
Phideaux 2009-04-25 09:57:42 AM  
Pop culture Femdom? Interesting.

 
Captain_Creampuff 2009-04-25 11:00:48 AM  
Seeing him Thursday! Can't wait! On my birthday no less :)

 
mfaby 2009-04-25 11:30:56 AM  
Nice thing about Leonard is that he seems to only take him self just seriously enough...

Can't address this tour but when I saw him. back before the lawn came in, he was great.

One of the Top Five shows out of 300+

 
stickmangrit [TotalFark] 2009-04-25 11:31:17 AM  
like a baby stillborn
like a beast with it's horns
i have torn everyone
who reached out for me

best. analogy. ever.

 
suze 2009-04-25 12:17:52 PM  
Leonard is a very cool guy.

Stephen Sondheim's fans are similarly obsessed.

 
tatum 2009-04-25 01:07:25 PM  
True love leaves no traces.

 
SuperCatBarf [TotalFark] 2009-04-25 02:35:03 PM  
Boobies

 
mandingueiro 2009-04-25 06:25:43 PM  
I love the guy's music...but at the end of the day. meh.

 
petcat2469 2009-04-25 10:52:59 PM  
Leonard Cohen? Isn't he a folk singer, kind of like a jewish Bob Dylan??

 
John Buck 41 2009-04-26 12:38:25 AM  
petcat2469: Leonard Cohen? Isn't he a folk singer, kind of like a jewish Bob Dylan??

What you did there. I see it.

 
Veteran of the Cola Wars 2009-04-26 01:39:36 AM  
Give me a Leonard Cohen after world, so I can sigh, eternally.

I love Cohen. I think I'll retire to my tower of song.

 
Ignorant McNugget 2009-04-26 04:31:07 AM  
You know who else thought people named Cohen were a breed of their own?

 
Parasitic_Spin [TotalFark] 2009-04-26 01:29:02 PM  
I'm a huge fan, but devoting an art career to painting portraits of LC? wtf?

 
MikeyistheDevil 2009-04-26 05:03:02 PM  
Captain_Creampuff: Seeing him Thursday! Can't wait! On my birthday no less :)

You wont be disappointed. It's a HUGE show.

 
midpoint 2009-04-26 05:15:55 PM  
Saw him at Edinburgh castle last summer. He saved Hallelujah until the sun had nearly gone down.

I was there you was'nae. Nya nya etc

 
Skerrvy [TotalFark] 2009-04-26 07:59:43 PM  
I just got my tickets to see him in Hamilton Ontario last week. I'm so excited.

on the one hand, it's a shame he was ripped off of millions of dollars, on the other hand, if he wasn't I likely would never have had the chance to see him.

 
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