Adam (Leonard Cohen’s son) tells the story of an amusing moment between Cohen and perhaps his closest creative peer, Bob Dylan. “A lot of people have made the comparison between Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen over the years and there’s…
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Going Home (2012) – Leonard Cohen
44 years after the release of his first album, today’s track Going Home opens Leonard Cohen’s (at age 77) 12th studio album Old Ideas which has featured here prominently. This track is in polar contrast with the track which ends…
First We Take Manhattan (1986) – Leonard Cohen
I love everything 80’s about this track; the synthpop and corny women voices singing ‘I’d really like to live beside you, baby‘. The irony is, it’s an apocalyptic message and Leonard seems to be playing the instigator of this world…
Everybody Knows (1988) – Leonard Cohen
This song is for those who like to maintain appearances and feel secure that their secrets remain in the closet. I think this song poetically is one of Leonard’s finest and sung below by his good friend Rufus Wainwright which…
Different Sides (2012) – Leonard Cohen
By golly the latter era Cohen songs are running amok in this blog and for good reason, he wrote a crazy amount of excellent songs in his older age. I think unlike his contemporaries Leonard found a new lease on…
Did I Ever Love You (2014) – Leonard Cohen
This song demonstrates what is so damn good about Cohen’s music especially in the latter epoch of his career. I could have Did I ever Love You on repeat and never tire hearing it. The contrasting musical interlude between the…
Democracy (1992) – Leonard Cohen
Back when Cohen released Democracy I was just out of high school and learning to fly from the nest. If someone had asked me what Democracy was I may have scolded them for eating into my time trying to serenade…
Dance Me To The End of Love (1984) – Leonard Cohen
The day before yesterday as I channel hopped something to watch on the ordinary shitty cable TV here, I was struck to find the documentary of Marianne & Leonard (Words of Love). I was glued to the TV until it…
Come Healing (2012) – Leonard Cohen
How I have been champing at the bit to write about this spiritual anthem and finally it has arrived in alphabetical cadence. It titled an earlier post ‘Leonard Cohen’s ‘Come Healing’ and 5 other contemporary spiritual masterpieces‘. There are scant singer-songwriters…
Closing Time (1992) – Leonard Cohen
Closing Time is the second song to feature on the music library project from Cohen’s critically acclaimed The Future album. The other song already discussed was Anthem. The Future was the ninth album written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and…
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