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//cohen is awesome

Cohen is indeed awesome, but his music makes me feel suicidal

He did a great job playing Spock but he is trying to turn it into a career

I Have The Touch of a Shocked Monkey: I always considered Leonard Cohen as a softer Bob Dylan.

Both were excellent songwriters, but unfortunately were not gifted with the correct voice to transmit said songwriting.

Bob Dylan used Jimi Hendrix and Guns n' Roses to his advantage.
Leonard Cohen used Jeff Buckley and John Cale and Jennifer Warnes to his.


I don't think you were gifted with the proper auditory/cognitive equipment to appreciate said songwriting. ;)

As a side note, I saw Cohen on the concluding night of his worldwide tour last December in Vegas. The man's a treasure.

I Have The Touch of a Shocked Monkey: I always considered Leonard Cohen as a softer Bob Dylan.

Both were excellent songwriters, but unfortunately were not gifted with the correct voice to transmit said songwriting.

Bob Dylan used Jimi Hendrix and Guns n' Roses to his advantage.
Leonard Cohen used Jeff Buckley and John Cale and Jennifer Warnes to his.

KD Lang's Hallejuah was one of the highlights of the 2010 Olympics.

simplicimus [TotalFark] Quote 2011-10-16 04:50:04 PM
I Have The Touch of a Shocked Monkey: I always considered Leonard Cohen as a softer Bob Dylan.

Both were excellent songwriters, but unfortunately were not gifted with the correct voice to transmit said songwriting.

Bob Dylan used Jimi Hendrix and Guns n' Roses to his advantage.
Leonard Cohen used Jeff Buckley and John Cale and Jennifer Warnes to his.

Judy Collins did a lot of covers of LC songs.

Can't forget Jennifer Warnes. She covered a bunch of LC songs, even made a tribute album to him "Famous Blue Raincoat" in the late 80's.

Link (new window)

/has the album. it's ok.
// I like her better as a LC backing vocalist.

I really wish I liked LC, but his gravelly moaning leaves me unable to understand a single word of the lyrics. Ditto for Bob Dylan.

////not trying to troll or be a dick, I promise.

I Have The Touch of a Shocked Monkey Quote 2011-10-16 05:18:41 PM
Third_Uncle_Eno: Bob Dylan used Jimi Hendrix and Guns n' Roses to his advantage.
Leonard Cohen used Jeff Buckley and John Cale and Jennifer Warnes to his.

Judy Collins did a lot of covers of LC songs.

Can't forget Jennifer Warnes. She covered a bunch of LC songs, even made a tribute album to him "Famous Blue Raincoat" in the late 80's.

Link (new window)

/has the album. it's ok.
// I like her better as a LC backing vocalist.

We both like Jennifer Warnes? No wonder I have you favorited as "very similar music tastes"

haha oh lord.... i must've not totally read the contents of the post i was replying to... must've been subliminal repetition.

aww shucks. i'm flattered that i'm in someone's favourites, especially for something as cool as "very similar music tastes".

/i can't forget. i can't forget. i can't forget if i don't remember what.

NecoConeco: simplicimus: Devolving_Spud: I really wish I liked LC, but his gravelly moaning leaves me unable to understand a single word of the lyrics. Ditto for Bob Dylan.

////not trying to troll or be a dick, I promise.

For both the above mentioned, try their early works, before their voices aged.

I'm a long time LC fan, but I'm just the opposite. I prefer his aged voice.

I think that LC, Mark Knopfler and Roger Waters all have similar 'aged' voices, especially in the early 1990's.
(ie. albums: "the Future", "On Every Street", "Amused to Death")

(I think MK's voice has actually gotten better since he quit smoking).

// csb: my parents and i were watching a movie ("the Life of David Gale") earlier this year. "The Future" (the song) by LC was in the movie. a few seconds into the song, my mom asked me "is that Mark Knopfler?"

My favorite. (new window)

simplicimus: Every time I hear "The Future" I think of Dick Cheney. Don't know why.

give me crack, anal sex ...

I'm thrilled about the new album.

Saw LC at Edinburgh Castle two years ago. Hallelujah as the sun went down...

I've made it a personal mission of mine to own every book of his poetry that isn't an anthology. Some of them are trickier to find than others, but I've got them all.

It's really interesting to know that Master Song, Suzanne, Avalanche, and others were poems long before they were songs, and to see if and how they'd changed from writing to recording.

simplicimus: december: simplicimus: Every time I hear "The Future" I think of Dick Cheney. Don't know why.

give me crack, anal sex ...

Take the only tree that's left...

I've seen the future brother, it is murder.

Please don't let this be some sort of "duets" sort of thing with modern artists like Santana did. That's all I ask.

Also, I have this weird version of "The Future" on MP3 that has an audio clip at the end of what sounds like Mel Brooks yelling "Cut!" a bunch of times at the end. It could have been from a movie but I'm at a loss to figure out what one. Anyone have an idea?