RIP - Leonard Cohen - one of the greats - 82 years (1 Viewer)

[ffldrew]

Sad day now

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792

https://youtu.be/ZX0CfFdk-jw

 

[GilbertGrape]

Oh no! RIP and thanks for the music. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

A singular figure and more prodigious assmagnet than Wilt. Women were positively cultish about him. May we honor his passing by pelting with garbage everyone who treats "Hallelujah" as an inspirational ballad into eternity. RIP -

 

[ffldrew]

A singular figure and more prodigious assmagnet than Wilt. Women were positively cultish about him. May we honor his passing by pelting with garbage everyone who treats "Hallelujah" as an inspirational ballad into eternity. RIP -

Amen

FU American Idol

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

He just had a new album out. Huge bummer. Rest In Peace. 

 

[Eephus]

...and who shall I say is calling?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Everybody Knows.....

Sorry to hear this.

 

[heckmanm]

One of my early exposures to him

 

[ChiefD]

A singular figure and more prodigious assmagnet than Wilt. Women were positively cultish about him. May we honor his passing by pelting with garbage everyone who treats "Hallelujah" as an inspirational ballad into eternity. RIP -

Amen to this.

This passing sucks.

 

[ffldrew]

A great interpretation of his Bird on a Wire by Susan Tedeschi

https://youtu.be/XYDW0gurCQI

 

[ffldrew]

Love the exit on this smooth smooth sick effin song

https://youtu.be/WirxqAn7Ck8

From the same show as the Sonny Rollins - David Sanborn show was a killer in the day - you young whippersnappers will never know

Sick band with Robben Ford and George Duke - 

 

[saintfool]

He was one of the greats. 

 

[Van Dyman]

Oh no.  RIP Cohen.

 

[Christo]

Never did anything for me 

 

[jabarony]

This is how I found him

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sojmdvJQMx8

I think I liked him more as a songwriter than the performer .  Except, that is, for So Long Marianne.  Definitely need the original on that one.  LOVE that song.

 

[Van Dyman]

This is how I found him

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sojmdvJQMx8

I think I liked him more as a songwriter than the performer .  Except, that is, for So Long Marianne.  Definitely need the original on that one.  LOVE that song.

Agree on that.  I came to appreciate his performance as well, but his songs were the real draw.

 

[sports_fan]

RIP. Will his brother keep making movies?

 

[simey]

Hey, that's no way to say goodbye, Leonard.  RIP 

 

[simey]

I think I liked him more as a songwriter than the performer .  Except, that is, for So Long Marianne.  Definitely need the original on that one.  LOVE that song.

I like his own interpretations the best, and especially his live versions. There are a lot of great covers of his songs out there, and I know his voice isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I dig it.

I think he is one of the best songwriters ever. I love singing along to Closing Time <---CBC Live Performance. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I think he is one of the best songwriters ever. I love singing along to Closing Time <---CBC Live Performance. 

There have been a lot of posts/threads over the years where we mention what song we would want played at our funerals. I think this one would fit Leonard's pretty well.

 

[simey]

This past Saturday I saw a band called The Honeycutters. They are an Americana/Countryish band out of Asheville. They play around NC a lot. Amanda Platt is the lead singer and songwriter of the band. She is a great songwriter. Anyway, they have been doing their own style cover of Hallelujah for years. Their rendition is upbeat, and this past year they put their cover of the song on their 2016 album. They played it Saturday, and I thought I'd share their version in this thread. I think Leonard is tapping his foot wherever he may be. Hallelujah

 

[rockaction]

If the more serious will permit me, I always loved the punk version of Suzanne by The Parasites. Incredible lyrics.

RIP