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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-12 23:11 [#00401945]
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I think at the moment, my favourite leonard cohen song is "Avalanche". Excellent track - download it (and the album it's on) if you have spare time and space.
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titsworth
from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-10-12 23:18 [#00401947]
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i'm your man or waiting for the miracle
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jupitah
from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-10-12 23:22 [#00401950]
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i've been meaning, for many years actually, to get into some leonard cohen. thanks for the pointer.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-12 23:35 [#00401959]
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I really like Waiting for the Miracle - what do you think about The Future, on the same album as Waiting.... ? I think they go excellently together. :)
jupitah... my favourite LP of his "songs of love and hate" - tho it may be a bit too much for a 1st time listener - I'd recommend Songs from a Room LP first :)
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princo
from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2002-10-12 23:36 [#00401961]
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Everybody Knows!
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titsworth
from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-10-12 23:38 [#00401964]
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to be honest, i was answering your question w/o owning or having heard any of his albums. there are a couple of his songs on the natural born killers soundtrack, which is a favorite of mine, and i first heard "i'm your man" in a figure skating competition! i've since heard it on the radio and downloaded it. there are a few other songs i've heard but not many. i'll be watching this thread for peoples' favorites...
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-12 23:40 [#00401969]
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hehe -- I would go to allmusic.com, and have a look :) His early stuff is really great... VERY unlike Waiting For The Miracle....
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-12 23:43 [#00401970]
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his site
you can get his lyrics and clips of his songs there :)
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Cabbog
from Chautauqua (United States) on 2002-10-12 23:58 [#00401981]
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"The Stranger Song" off of Songs of Leonard Cohen has always been my favorite.
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jupitah
from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-10-13 00:00 [#00401982]
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yes, i'll get that.
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2002-10-13 04:20 [#00402117]
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My favorite Cohen is "Hallelulja" It is also the only Cohen song i have heard haha! Very powerfull song , love it. It was in the movie "Shreck" , the scene where the princess is going to get married and both her and shreck is sad and lonely .
This was some other guy singing it so i downloaded cohens original version and found it to be even better.
Get that one Titsworth , i showed it to Raimons and he loved it to.
Marlowe , wich album is Hallelulja on?
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2002-10-13 04:48 [#00402125]
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This hasn't got to do with anything but someone just registered with the name AA haha!
I find that name funny=)
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2002-10-13 05:33 [#00402135]
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In My Secret Life A Thousand Kisses Deep
i like the whole "ten new songs" album actually
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-13 15:13 [#00402608]
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Sido - it's on the 1985 album "Various Positions" :) I'm more a fan of his early stuff though.
allmusic page for cohen
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thethirdball
from Polly Pisspot (Canada) on 2002-10-13 15:21 [#00402610]
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I think anyone wanted to get into Cohen should just check out the classic Best of compilation.
My favourite L. Cohen moments: Master Song Tonight Will Be Fine Famous Blue Raincoat Take This Longing Story of Isaac
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2002-10-13 15:33 [#00402615]
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Take This Longing sends shivers down my spine... so beautiful :'(
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2002-10-13 16:00 [#00402630]
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suzanne and the rest of the 1st album
amazing stuff
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Anus_Presley
on 2004-07-10 07:11 [#01272319]
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Have you hearrd the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds coverr of Avalanche? It's song 1 on the album From Her to Eternity. Grreat trrack to open that album on. He rreally caputurres the claustrrophobia of the trrack.
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Anus_Presley
on 2004-07-10 07:13 [#01272321]
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As forr my fav song, that's easy: it's everry song on The Songs of Leonard Cohen equally.
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Strange Times
from Now On on 2004-07-10 14:44 [#01272579]
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'Famous Blue Raincoat'..perhaps..
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polynomial
from glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2004-07-10 15:18 [#01272604]
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'who by fire' is definatley my fav song closely followed by 'famous blue raincoat'
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-07-10 17:34 [#01272760]
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Dress Rehearsal Rag. Horrifying, harrowing, hilarious. The image of a disturbed Santa Claus is one of my favorite in all of music.
String arrangement... faultless. Children's choir? What the fuck.
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face pixellator
on 2004-07-10 17:37 [#01272764]
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Yes, it's a fantastic song. I recently watched a documentary / hour-long interview with Cohen, filmed after he left the monastery. I didn't pay much attention to it, but I'm sure it was pretty interesting! I would have preferred a proper biography of him! :D
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ymenard
on 2004-07-11 14:10 [#01273288]
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While the early acoustic, nassaly-voiced Cohen songs are really all masterpieces of Montreal folk, there's something about "The Future" that's so different from everything else he has done. It's an apocalyptical disc, no wonder Oliver Stone used songs of it for "Natural Born Killers".
I mean here's an old guy, singing this :
Give me crack and anal sex Take the only tree that's left And stuff it up the hole In your culture Give back the Berlin Wall Give me Stalin and St. Paul I've seen the future, brother It is murder...
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Anus_Presley
on 2004-07-11 14:12 [#01273292]
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I like The Future, too.
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face pixellator
on 2004-07-11 14:24 [#01273300]
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It's quite a weak album, though, overall, I thought.
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Skink
from A cesspool in eden on 2004-07-12 01:40 [#01273784]
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The dress rehearsal rag is a great track!!!
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WeaklingChild
from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2004-07-12 03:09 [#01273815]
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The only time i ever heard anything about leonard cohen, was in this song by another guy called jeff lewis.
it was a song about a guy who got a blow job in a hotel or something....
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Anus_Presley
on 2004-07-12 04:13 [#01273850]
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Chelsea Hotel #2
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, you were talking so brave and so sweet, giving me head on the unmade bed, while the limousines wait in the street.
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mc_303_beatz
from Glasgow, Scotland on 2004-07-12 14:16 [#01274141]
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Famous Blue Raincoat Dance me to the end of love First We take Manhatten The Future Closing Time
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Gwely Mernans
from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-07-12 14:54 [#01274167]
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closing time
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rez
from here on 2004-07-12 15:44 [#01274187]
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at the moment: 'teachers', 'stories from the street', both from his first album
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face pixellator
on 2004-07-13 08:02 [#01274936]
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two fantastic songs. I can't think of a less-than excellent song on that first album.
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