tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post2562868345384312404..comments2024-03-28T11:03:53.842+00:00Comments on My Top Ten: My Top Ten Leonard Cohen SongsRolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-5120783102767284612016-11-17T22:03:14.356+00:002016-11-17T22:03:14.356+00:00I'm sure we will be hearing from him LONG afte...I'm sure we will be hearing from him LONG after he's gone.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-23708419385915729922016-11-17T22:02:23.790+00:002016-11-17T22:02:23.790+00:00Thanks for that, Martin: I've already used it ...Thanks for that, Martin: I've already used it twice this week!Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-46865570437573930222016-11-17T21:37:58.021+00:002016-11-17T21:37:58.021+00:00'Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when...'Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back<br />They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track<br />But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone<br />I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the Tower of Song'<br />So long Leonard.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-60948518798003566192016-11-14T09:32:25.414+00:002016-11-14T09:32:25.414+00:00Saw a great LC quote in the paper at the weekend: ...Saw a great LC quote in the paper at the weekend: on being asked why he was a pessimist he replied (and I'm paraphrasing here) "I see a pessimist as someone who's waiting for the rain. I'm already soaked through."Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-65580441711245984022016-11-13T21:09:32.182+00:002016-11-13T21:09:32.182+00:00Without a doubt.Without a doubt.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-75179091388533097452016-11-13T20:02:04.135+00:002016-11-13T20:02:04.135+00:00Sad but how lucky are we to still have this great ...Sad but how lucky are we to still have this great body of work. Quite a thing to achieve immortality with your words, and he surely will.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-19651299960207750912016-11-13T14:08:34.072+00:002016-11-13T14:08:34.072+00:00Another vote for me to give proper attention to th...Another vote for me to give proper attention to that first album. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-30816958461128083722016-11-12T16:53:35.084+00:002016-11-12T16:53:35.084+00:00Three of your selections would definitely have app...Three of your selections would definitely have appeared on my own Top 10, Rol. As a teen, I purchased his books of poetry from my meagre allowance, "The Spice Box of Life" and "Flowers for Hitler" and they led me to seek out his first, near-perfect, album: "Songs of Leonard Cohen" (which would fill out the rest of my own list.)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-19157591169872989932016-11-12T13:47:43.147+00:002016-11-12T13:47:43.147+00:00Or the smart ones...Or the smart ones...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-69022524365183811762016-11-12T13:47:18.722+00:002016-11-12T13:47:18.722+00:00Thanks, Chris. I'll admit that I probably have...Thanks, Chris. I'll admit that I probably haven't spent as much time with his early albums as I should. I know the obvious songs (Suzanne, Bird On A Wire etc.) but haven't given the albums the attention they deserve. I bought a box set of his first ten albums some time ago and started gradually working my way backwards from the ones I already had / knew. Perhaps I'm saving the best till last.<br /><br />I first heard Manhattan from REM's cover which perhaps made me consider the creepier interpretation of the song. <br /><br />I'm sure I'll be giving my feedback on the new record soon.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-22167877398556388042016-11-12T09:53:01.758+00:002016-11-12T09:53:01.758+00:00I'm starting to think all these dead celebriti...I'm starting to think all these dead celebrities are the lucky ones. Rob Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515880319695569649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-66093101498780271182016-11-12T08:49:37.524+00:002016-11-12T08:49:37.524+00:00Very sad news, I'm a big Cohen fan. I agree Th...Very sad news, I'm a big Cohen fan. I agree The Future is a great album, and probably in my top 5 from his discography. I’ve always understood First We Take Manhattan as him touring from city to city. Didn’t notice the terrorist connotations. Yikes!<br />I'm glad to see Famous Blue Raincoat represented. His 1967 and 1971 albums I go back to the most. Look forward to your thoughts on his latest.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.com