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Posted by floatingbridge on September 21, 2011, at 13:08:18
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEJGWSRxW7U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
He is so young. Sigh.
Posted by sigismund on September 21, 2011, at 17:11:14
In reply to Really like a bird on a wire, 1972, posted by floatingbridge on September 21, 2011, at 13:08:18
I lost track of him when I gave up on popular music around 1985, and it was only much later I came across all the wonderful middle period stuff.
I was, for example, blown away by 'Give me back the Berlin wall, Give me Stalin and St Paul, I've seen the future brother, it is murder', and 'I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons', which sounded inspired when I first heard them around 5 years ago.
I had my first Leonard Cohen record in 1971, and I always associate 'So Long Marianne' with some hallucinogen I must have been taking, especially at the point of 'We met when we were almost young'. I still feel a frission of fear and excitement and joy when I hear that.
It's 40 years ago. Who would have thought it?
Posted by emmanuel98 on September 21, 2011, at 19:04:41
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972 » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on September 21, 2011, at 17:11:14
40 years. I was fifteen then and knew Leonard Cohen mostly through Judy Collins covers. A couple of years ago my daughter was taking a history class on the 1960s. I told my p-doc this (he is 72). He laughed and said, what was that, like four years ago?
It's weird how time flies and things that seem like yesterday turn out to be years and years ago.
Posted by floatingbridge on September 21, 2011, at 20:30:51
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972, posted by emmanuel98 on September 21, 2011, at 19:04:41
Flies so fast I can hear it whistle. I was younger, but not much, maybe 12.
Besides radio play, I didn't know about him for a number of years until I began making older friends.
Then I saw McCabe & Mrs. Miller in the early 80's at a revival house. Julie Christie and that music from Songs of Leonard Cohen.
Posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2011, at 10:50:19
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972 » emmanuel98, posted by floatingbridge on September 21, 2011, at 20:30:51
I only learned of him through babble and facebook. I wonder why? I guess didn't really follow music. Too busy raising kids. So where did the time fly? Phillipa
Posted by floatingbridge on September 22, 2011, at 13:32:13
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972, posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2011, at 10:50:19
> I only learned of him through babble and facebook. I wonder why? I guess didn't really follow music. Too busy raising kids. So where did the time fly? Phillipa
Like a bird flies....
Posted by Phillipa on September 22, 2011, at 20:34:26
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972 » Phillipa, posted by floatingbridge on September 22, 2011, at 13:32:13
Fast for sure!!!!
Posted by sigismund on September 24, 2011, at 2:54:10
In reply to Re: Really like a bird on a wire, 1972, posted by emmanuel98 on September 21, 2011, at 19:04:41
My wife and I went to the latest Leonard Cohen concert with our son.
I felt that he was so interested. He has heard some of this stuff from us.....I think that was it, hearing this viewpoint.
Not his sort of music at all usually, but that wasn't the point.
I also played Wrecking Ball by Gillian Welch to him and he said 'that was so cool'.......I explained lovesick daughter in the san joaquin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ujuoo9VbA
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