R.I.P. Leonard Cohen

[Crakkers]

We've lost another one - what a terrible year it's been for losing brilliant songwriter/musicians.
Cohen was clearly one of the most clever and beautiful poets of the last 5 decades or so.
I've never understood how people found his music depressing. To me, his lyrics were often hilarious, albeit in a very dark, typically clever Jewish way.
Vale.

 

[spog]

Honestly, I don't get all the hoo haa over his death.since his passing was announced all I've heard is " oh he was this,he was that ".
I wasn't a fan and only heard of him in the last 5 yrs. not to my taste.
Yeah he fell off his perch,**** happens...yeah I'm a cynical bastard.
Mind you a couple of years ago I heard a caller on ABC radio say that at a concert of L C the caller said " you could hear the knicker elastic snapping" , the announcer damned **** himself, pissed myself laughing.

 

[evoo4u]

I guess he was lost on you...

 

[manticle]

I thought he was pretty great. In a world where good/schmick looks are valued over talent, I'll take a Cohen any time.

Everyone who feels a tug at the heart strings when they hear a version of 'hallelujah' should remember he wrote it.

He wrote and performed many others as good or better. Glass raised.

Champ.

 

[MHB]

The poet of a generation or even two, one of the truly great wordsmiths.
A life well lived and not a moment of it wasted.
L'chaim
Mark

 

[JDW81]

My musical life is far richer for having Cohen's music in it.

 

[Florian]

On ABC2 now!