Will check the interview tomorrow; have to pace myself, with so many checking out lately.
― dow, Thursday, 17 November 2016 05:47 (seven years ago) link
I have Cohen's whole catalog on shuffle right now. He didn't really have any bad songs, did he?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, November 11, 2016 12:45 PM (six days ago)
otm, he's one of the few artists with a long recording career that you can do that with. even dylan has some stinkers (imo), but with leonard cohen you're almost certainly going to land on a decent song at the very least, every single time
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 17 November 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
I used to spot him regularly when I was in high-school, on our lunch breaks we'd go to this Portuguese chicken place that was just far enough to get take out and get back in time, and we'd see him walking up and down Saint-Laurent, always with his arms wrapped around Anjani, the two of them walking slowly, totally oblivious to the rest of the world. it was cute, i remember being surprised, he seemed to be as romantic as the guy in the old songs.
One anecdote that I love: my friend Vincent's mother put on a play about his life, around that time, and invited him to the debut. he accepted, sat in the front row, but spent the entire performance with his back to the stage, engaged in some sloppy heavy petting with Ms Thomas. lol <3
― flopson, Thursday, 17 November 2016 05:53 (seven years ago) link
ha!! that is great
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 17 November 2016 06:14 (seven years ago) link
it really is. <3
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 17 November 2016 06:30 (seven years ago) link
with leonard cohen you're almost certainly going to land on a decent song at the very least, every single time
Except "Jazz Police". Why Leonard, why?
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 17 November 2016 07:38 (seven years ago) link
xxp great story
― just sayin, Thursday, 17 November 2016 08:50 (seven years ago) link
!!
I like Jazz Police. It's disconcertingly kitschy but harmonically interesting (that's what she said).
― Freedom, Thursday, 17 November 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
Jazz Police is great fuiud
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Thursday, 17 November 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
i've been listening on shuffle a lot too. previously i kind of settled in on new skin through recent songs as my favorite period but so much of the other stuff has resonated more this time. "here it is" from ten new songs blew me away this morning
― marcos, Thursday, 17 November 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
No, Jazz Police is not great, it's shit.
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
The only song I don't like on I'm Your Man is the title track, as it is just too musically slight.
― Freedom, Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
imo "jazz police" rules
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
eh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
I've heard it once. I skip it.
I'm a fan of Jazz Police, it's very silly, but I'm cool with that
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
For a song that's basically an in-joke between Cohen and the band it's a lot of fun. Guessing it did not take as long to write as hallelujah
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
Although I find it funny to think of him writing 80 verses
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Did anyone ever edit together all extant verses, like on Youtube for instance?
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 November 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
a larf via the ny times copy desk
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/11/16/rather-unfortunate-newspaper-correction-leonard-cohen/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 November 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
lol I don't need to open that to know which correction they're referring to
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 17 November 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
“I don't like what you done to my mister..."
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
My favorite Leonard Cohen story is the one that I think came from Rufus Wainwright. Where he goes to his apartment to meet before a collaboration, and Leonard Cohen is there basically in his underwear. He greets him, excuses himself for a few minutes, then comes back in a perfectly tailored suit.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
anyone have a quote from Cohen regarding the musical choices he made (sparse, digital, dubbed) from ~Various Position onwards?
this SOS article is interesting enough but I'm curious to know what motivated him and what kind of band sounds he likes http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-leonard-cohen-slow
― niels, Sunday, 20 November 2016 11:07 (seven years ago) link
The Singles Jukebox pays tribute
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 20 November 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22642-im-your-man/
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 20 November 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
xpost to Josh In Chicago: my favourite detail in the Rufus Wainwright story is that Cohen was apparently chewing up sausages and spitting them out to feed to a baby bird he had rescued.
― Dan.S., Sunday, 20 November 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
so my band is organizing/playing this thinghttps://www.facebook.com/events/222751078134441/
this will be the Beards' first performance since Leonard's passing
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:41 (seven years ago) link