The Saddest Songs in History: Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson Alexandra Leaving Leonard Cohen is a first class melancholic and he has quite a lot of songs that could fit in the “sad song” category. I’ve chosen a lament of lost love, actually it’s about lost love twice(!). It is even harder the second time, … Continue reading The Saddest Songs in History: Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson Alexandra Leaving
Like a Bird on a Wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free ~Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire “The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.” ― Leonard Cohen “I don’t remember lighting this cigarette and I don’t remember … Continue reading Today: Happy 79th birthday Leonard Cohen
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 … Continue reading Leonard Cohen: The Future (24 November, 1992)
Like a Bird on a Wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free ~Leonard Cohen, Bird On A Wire “The older I get, the surer I am that I’m not running the show.” ― Leonard Cohen “I don’t remember lighting this cigarette and I don’t remember … Continue reading Today: Leonard Cohen is 78
Bob Dylan playing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” @ Forum de Montréal – Montréal, Quebec, Canada – July 8, 1988.