Leonard Cohen: The Future (24 November, 1992)

Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that’s an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that’s left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I’ve seen the future, brother:
it is murder.
(“The Future”)

Natural Born Killers – The Future:

Three songs from this album (“Waiting for the Miracle”, “Anthem”, and the title track) were prominently used on the soundtrack for Oliver Stone’s 1994 film Natural Born Killers. Songs from the album have also appeared in the films Wonder Boys starring Michael Douglas and The Life of David Gale starring Kevin Spacey.

Waiting for the Miracle – Live form Belfast:

From Wikipedia:

Released November 24, 1992
Recorded January – June 1992
Genre Folk rock
Length 59:37
Label Columbia
Producer Leonard Cohen, Steve Lindsey, Bill Ginn, Leanne Ungar, Rebecca De Mornay, Yoav Goren

Democracy – Live in London:

The music video for Cohen’s song “Closing Time” won the Juno Award for Best Music Video in 1993.

Closing time:

Track listing:

  1. “The Future”
  2. “Waiting for the Miracle” (Cohen, Sharon Robinson)
  3. “Be for Real” (Frederick Knight)
  4. “Closing Time”
  5. “Anthem”
  6. “Democracy”
  7. “Light as the Breeze”
  8. “Always” (Irving Berlin)
  9. “Tacoma Trailer”

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-Egil