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Leonard Cohen — Darkness
Album: Old Ideas
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Released: 2012
Length: 4:27
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I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said, ''"Is this contagious?"''
You said, ''"Just drink it up."''

I got no future
I know my days are few
I know the present's not that pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would last me
But the darkness got that too

I should have seen it coming
It was right behind your eyes
You were young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive
Winning you was easy
But darkness was the prize

I don't smoke no cigarette
I don't drink no alcohol
I ain't had much loving yet
But that's always been your call
Hey, I don't miss it baby
I got no taste for anything at all

I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
I loved the early morning
And I'd pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness, baby
And I got it worse than you

I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said, ''"Is this contagious?"''
You said, ''"Just drink it up."''
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"But I caught the darkness baby
And I got it worse than you."
Yeah, I had a girlfriend like that.
Posted 6 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Oh come on. Have you heard the others? I'm Your Man? New Skin for the Old Ceremony? The Future?

Just play one side of this album. This is his best album! 



 


Posted 6 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
 Alastair wrote:
When they gave out the Nobel Prize this year, they gave it to the wrong guy. 

RIP L Cohen.  

 
Amen to that. 
Posted 6 years ago by dangerouspenguin    [ Reply ]
 Cannon wrote:
Enjoying LC on RP while cooking dinner...wife walks in, "what is this shit?"  
But would have to say Tom Waits is her LEAST favorite in the RP rotation...and one of my favorites!
 
Have you fully considered rotation yourself?
Posted 6 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
Genius, possibly evil:

"You were young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive"
Posted 6 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
NOT TRUE.
I'm simple as 2nd grade math, and I LOVE this sh_t, sugar britches.
  
"I stand corrected, treacle trousers."

Whatever is next?
Liquorice lederhosen? 
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Why? Just because they grew up in Montreal at the same time and they are both Jews and both went to my uni: McGill?

blueheronobx wrote:
Am I wrong for thinking Leonard should have collaborated with William Shatner at some point?
 


Posted 7 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
NOT TRUE.
I'm simple as 2nd grade math, and I LOVE this sh_t, sugar britches.
 
I stand corrected, treacle trousers.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Leonard's music is not for the simple-minded.
Voice not pretty enough for you? Boo-hoo!

 
                                NOT TRUE.
                                I'm simple as 2nd grade math, and I LOVE this sh_t, sugar britches.
 
 
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Leonard's music is not for the simple-minded.
Voice not pretty enough for you? Boo-hoo!
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Fourth grade songwriting and NO singing skills at all. Deserves a ZERO!
 
Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
I think this whole album is profound.  He knew he was dying and put everything into his last work.
Posted 7 years ago by graycoach    [ Reply ]
Am I wrong for thinking Leonard should have collaborated with William Shatner at some point?
Posted 7 years ago by blueheronobx    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


That's odd: Satan called and said your table for three is ready...  {#Whipit}

 
Ha!
Posted 7 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
I loved the early morning
And I'd pretend that it was new
Posted 7 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
RIP Leonard.
Posted 7 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]


RIP Uncle Leonard. 

Posted 7 years ago by fredhatman    [ Reply ]
When they gave out the Nobel Prize this year, they gave it to the wrong guy. 

RIP L Cohen.  
Posted 7 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
Lots of legends left us this year. Fortunately ther songs stays.
Posted 7 years ago by dago    [ Reply ]
RIP! ...but still a solid 1 to me... {#Silenced}
Posted 7 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. 
{#Cry} 
Posted 7 years ago by Eric_Gustafsson    [ Reply ]
RIP fella 
 
Posted 7 years ago by carlos65    [ Reply ]
The best concert I ever saw was LC in Glasgow in 1974. 
Posted 7 years ago by jameshay    [ Reply ]

Another great gone {#Sad}
Posted 7 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
I love the poetry.  Leonard is a legend.  
Posted 7 years ago by sivvon    [ Reply ]
 Cannon wrote:

Enjoying LC on RP while cooking dinner...wife walks in, "what is this shit?"  
But would have to say Tom Waits is her LEAST favorite in the RP rotation...and one of my favorites! 

 
I'm with your wife! Leonard's not my least fave, but he really has mined the gravel-voiced dirty-old-sage schtick for all it's worth. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 pitkow33 wrote:
my wife's least favorite of your entire rotation!  anyone can talk through a song!  LOL
 
Enjoying LC on RP while cooking dinner...wife walks in, "what is this shit?"  
But would have to say Tom Waits is her LEAST favorite in the RP rotation...and one of my favorites! 
Posted 7 years ago by Cannon    [ Reply ]
 deepwoodskev wrote:
I call horseshit on him singing about how he don't smoke no cigarettes! That voice has got six packs of Marlboros a day written all over it.

 
LC had a 'different' vocal style back in his earlier recordings (Suzanne, Famous Blue Raincoat, Chelsea Hotel, etc.).  Years later he released The Future which featured his new vocal style (at least that's my recollection, which has been fuzzy for sometime now).  I read somewhere that LC states that his voice changed due to quitting cigarettes.  I'm not a big fan of his new vocal style but his lyrics are still mesmerizing.

I dragged a few friends to see him at the Bottom Line (NYC) back in the day and, as most people state he is an acquired taste, which would explain why most of my friends walked out of the show.  Oh well - to each his own.


Posted 7 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
I love this song and Philly. Had once wonderful time there!
Posted 7 years ago by megaboogieman    [ Reply ]
We shouldn't be too hard on this guy. His voice is almost as pleasant as Bob Dylan's.
Posted 7 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
my wife's least favorite of your entire rotation!  anyone can talk through a song!  LOL
Posted 7 years ago by pitkow33    [ Reply ]
can't relate to this guy...to each his own
Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Just had to bump this from an 8 to a 9..........love it!
Posted 7 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]

Just play one side of this album. This is his best album! 


Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Can't get enough of Leonard Cohen.
 
Posted 7 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
It is the sum of the parts here!
Posted 7 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
I call horseshit on him singing about how he don't smoke no cigarettes! That voice has got six packs of Marlboros a day written all over it.
Posted 8 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
Cohen is like eatin Geoduck - you either luv it or luv it...
Posted 8 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:

It's the passages through Cohen's poetry that provide the novelty and the style.  I hope you are lucky enough to find it some time.

 

 

WHAT IS A SAINT

 

        What is a saint?  A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility.  It is impossible to say what that possibility is.  I think it has something to do with the energy of love.  Contact with this energy results in the exercise of a kind of balance in the chaos of existence.  A saint does not dissolve the chaos; if he did the world would have changed long ago.  I do not think that a saint dissolves the chaos even for himself, for there is something arrogant and warlike in the notion of a man setting the universe in order.  It is a kind of balance that is his glory.  He rides the drifts like an escaped ski.  His course is a caress of the hill.  His track is a drawing of the snow in a moment of its particular arrangement with wind and rock.  Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance.  Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape.  His house is dangerous and finite, but he is at home in the world.  He can love the shapes of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart.  It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.



 
Fabulous quote!   And i get Cohen, he's authentic 
Posted 8 years ago by esamwald    [ Reply ]
Just don't get Cohen!! {#Ask}
Posted 8 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]

It's the passages through Cohen's poetry that provide the novelty and the style.  I hope you are lucky enough to find it some time.

 

 

WHAT IS A SAINT

 

        What is a saint?  A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility.  It is impossible to say what that possibility is.  I think it has something to do with the energy of love.  Contact with this energy results in the exercise of a kind of balance in the chaos of existence.  A saint does not dissolve the chaos; if he did the world would have changed long ago.  I do not think that a saint dissolves the chaos even for himself, for there is something arrogant and warlike in the notion of a man setting the universe in order.  It is a kind of balance that is his glory.  He rides the drifts like an escaped ski.  His course is a caress of the hill.  His track is a drawing of the snow in a moment of its particular arrangement with wind and rock.  Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance.  Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape.  His house is dangerous and finite, but he is at home in the world.  He can love the shapes of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart.  It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.


Posted 8 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
Wonder how many of the detractors listened to the lyrics, shame that if music isnt all melodic and sing songy they dont get it..
Posted 8 years ago by MJ_STRONG    [ Reply ]
just can't, just can't
sorry
the sound of his voice renders everything he says both boring and irritating at the same time 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 vinylbob wrote:
Leonard Cohen is not my favorite artist.  Is that diplomatic? 

 
Awesome YES, it is and I agree..once in awhile fine..like once or twice a year..
Posted 8 years ago by moonridge2001    [ Reply ]
          Why yes, I know now to the t's
    Why all my letters are like d-day written
          But the darkness got that too.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]

The last couple of comments from the 13 year olds who ended up here by mistake inspired me to rate this a 9.

"I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said, "Is this contagious?"
You said, "Just drink it up."

I've got no future
I know my days are few
The present's, not that pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would last me
But the darkness got there too.

I should've seen it coming
It was red behind your eyes
You're young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive
Winning you was easy
But darkness was the price.

I don't smoke no cigarette
I don't drink no alcohol
I ain't had much loving yet
But that's always been your call
I don't miss it baby
I got no taste for anything at all

I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning
I pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness, baby
And I got it worse than you.

I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said, "Is this contagious?"
You said, "Just drink it up."

 



Posted 8 years ago by jackie0    [ Reply ]
 LinThizzy wrote:
NO MORE FRIGGIN LEONARD COHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENOUGH ALREADY!
WE GET IT!
TORTURE FOR US!
I WILL NOT DONATE ANOTHER PENNY UNTIL THIS EXCUSE FOR MUSIC GOES ELSEWHERE.
Cohen should be selling records with bockscar willee and ray stevens.
Goes for Amy Weinenhauser as well.

 
Have to agree with you...
Posted 8 years ago by moonridge2001    [ Reply ]
Amazing. At the age of 80+ when most others are either in the ground or enjoying their slippers and pipes, Lenny's still got it.
Posted 8 years ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
I'd take Lenny over Dylan any time 
Posted 8 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
My personal hell: Leonard Cohen droning on ad infinitum in my left ear, and Neil Young whining ad nauseum in my right.

 

That's odd: Satan called and said your table for three is ready...  {#Whipit}
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
NO MORE FRIGGIN LEONARD COHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ENOUGH ALREADY!
WE GET IT!
TORTURE FOR US!
I WILL NOT DONATE ANOTHER PENNY UNTIL THIS EXCUSE FOR MUSIC GOES ELSEWHERE.
Cohen should be selling records with bockscar willee and ray stevens.
Goes for Amy Weinenhauser as well.
Posted 8 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
 BobbyCat wrote:
It's been quite a lot of Leonard Cohen lately. Should I say way too much?
This PSD button saves the day.

 
And why it is there!
Wonderful song.
Posted 8 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 vinylbob wrote:
Leonard Cohen is not my favorite artist.  Is that diplomatic? 

 
That's not the sort of statement I'm accustomed to seeing in the song comments. What are you - some sort of crazy trouble-maker?!
{#Propeller}
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
sing it Leonard !!!! oh yeah !!!!!!! Leonard the cool beyond coolestness !
Posted 8 years ago by winsloh    [ Reply ]
Lenny, please lighten up a bit. I'm trying to make it through this workday!
Posted 8 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
Leonard Cohen is not my favorite artist.  Is that diplomatic? 
Posted 8 years ago by vinylbob    [ Reply ]
It's been quite a lot of Leonard Cohen lately. Should I say way too much?
This PSD button saves the day.
Posted 8 years ago by BobbyCat    [ Reply ]
Aargh!  Laughing Lenny!  One of very few I can't stand.  I appreciate his artistry, but can't bear to listen to him.

Shudder!
Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
My idea of heaven 
Posted 8 years ago by MickyLuv    [ Reply ]
My personal hell: Leonard Cohen droning on ad infinitum in my left ear, and Neil Young whining ad nauseum in my right.
Posted 8 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Like him, but please. Getting sick of this song.
Posted 8 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this - through hitting PSD I could hear Seven Miles Road again. Great song. {#Dance}
Posted 8 years ago by rossi304    [ Reply ]
Thank you ..... where else can I hear this...
Where else do you combine and merge and modulate to the next with such ease
Thank you..
Enhancing my life....... by the hour 
Posted 9 years ago by kennewicksheri    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

He's not bad for an old gimmer in his 70s, eh? No slippers by the fireside for Cohen, for sure.

 
80s at this point. An amazing career w/ few peers in my hu........
Posted 9 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill!!
Posted 9 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
LC is played way too often here, agreed!

This one would be great without the narrator's voice though imho...
Posted 9 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
 silby wrote:

I agree 100%.  I guess you ever love his style or hate it.  I respect him, but to me it all sounds the same, and the novelty wears off... PSD please 

 
Jeebus!  Prolly everyone listening to RP has some artist they would rather not hear.  PSD is there for a reason.


Posted 9 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 ChrisVIII wrote:
{#No}   Leonard Cohen is played too often here.... a chance is that it's a different song every time, but the problem is that none deserves more than 3 imho :/ 

 
I agree 100%.  I guess you ever love his style or hate it.  I respect him, but to me it all sounds the same, and the novelty wears off... PSD please 
Posted 9 years ago by silby    [ Reply ]
Lenny,,,,,,buddy ,,take a break . 3rd time today......He needs a rest he's a bit old....
Posted 9 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
{#No}   Leonard Cohen is played too often here.... a chance is that it's a different song every time, but the problem is that none deserves more than 3 imho :/ 
Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Leonard certainly has aged well...

Flo from Progressive Insurance 

 
That's not Lenny!  That's his grand daughter, Flo Cohen ...
Posted 9 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Yeah, he is "pure hype".  You just can't turn on any electronic device without seeing or hearing Leonard Cohen.  He saturates the airwaves more than Justin Bieber or Beyoncé, to say nothing of those TV commercials he does for Honey BBQ Fritos and Progressive Insurance.

 
Leonard certainly has aged well...

Flo from Progressive Insurance 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 pkoelmans wrote:
If a newcomer released this I  don't think it would  be very succesful, what a way of singing, you can hardly recognise a melody.
And it's always the same, There must something in it that people like because he's performed for over 50 years!
 

 
It's the words, the mix, the voice, the feeling.  It all works for me.  

Art doesn't have to be beautiful to be wonderful.  The more I hear him (especially his later work), the more I enjoy him.
 
Posted 9 years ago by NCEyeballKid    [ Reply ]
If a newcomer released this I  don't think it would  be very succesful, what a way of singing, you can hardly recognise a melody.
And it's always the same, There must something in it that people like because he's performed for over 50 years!
 
Posted 9 years ago by pkoelmans    [ Reply ]
 Xstar wrote:
Crap! I hate anything from this dude. {#Ass}

 
Rate the song low and PSD.
Personally, I love this and most of LC's work.
Posted 9 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 Xstar wrote:
Crap! I hate anything from this dude. {#Ass}

 
I wholly disagree with your assessment, but the emoticon rocks! {#Clap}
Posted 9 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]
Crap! I hate anything from this dude. {#Ass}
Posted 9 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Like MissElaineious below, I've tried to appreciate L. Cohen, but I just can't get past the voice.
Posted 9 years ago by Montysano    [ Reply ]
Er, um, gulp.
Repent.  Now.  
Posted 9 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Exquisite. Understated but a perfect voice for very inspired lyrics.
Posted 9 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 MissElaineious wrote:
I swear I've tried hard to enjoy Leonard Cohen but I just can't.  I suppose it might be because I do not enjoy any songs with someone speaking lyrics. But I will continue to try to hear what others hear when listening to Leonard. 
 

Completely understand, it is just that the lyrics are so outstanding.  A lot of people would equate him with Dylan, but I do not.  I actually think that Dylans musicality is underappreciated and perhaps his lyrics a little bit overrated though outstanding.  I think Cohen's lyrics are amazing, but musically can be errrr hard to take at times.{#Mrgreen}
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I swear I've tried hard to enjoy Leonard Cohen but I just can't.  I suppose it might be because I do not enjoy any songs with someone speaking lyrics. But I will continue to try to hear what others hear when listening to Leonard. 
Posted 9 years ago by MissElaineious    [ Reply ]
If you love Leonard there are some wonderful interviews and concert videos on YouTube - well worth searching for {#Notworthy}
Posted 9 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
I know that Cohen's style of singing can be a little droll.....but you gotta admit the lyrics just knock it out of the park!

 
If he were Italian he'd be a cantautore, a category which translates to 'singer-songwriter' but really means a lot more, signifying a poet who's more philosopher and commentator than singer. The category doesn't really exist in the anglo-saxon world, even though folk like Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Elton John are cantautori. When he eventually croaks, Cohen will be remembered as a philosopher and poet more than as a singer.

He's not bad for an old gimmer in his 70s, eh? No slippers by the fireside for Cohen, for sure.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 bexhillos wrote:
Leonard Cohen is an aquired taste,not for me but he has a lot of fans.

 
ditto

and most his fans in France, right ?
Posted 9 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
{#Headache}
Posted 9 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Currently reading Leonard Cohen "A Remarkable Life".......and he is!
Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
This song is just tits !

8 to 9


Posted 9 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]

Interesting voice, interesting rhythm.

{#Music}


Posted 9 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
So upbeat  Mr. Cohen is
Posted 10 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
{#Flamed}..... L C is still the real deal
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Leonard Cohen is an aquired taste,not for me but he has a lot of fans.
Posted 10 years ago by bexhillos    [ Reply ]
 suesblues wrote:
I have to say, this is the ONLY Leonard Cohen song I have ever heard that I like.  Usually it's PSD for him as I can't stand his moping.  Must be the electric organ that saves the day in this song.

 
He' growing on me
Posted 10 years ago by jchap5    [ Reply ]
I have to say, this is the ONLY Leonard Cohen song I have ever heard that I like.  Usually it's PSD for him as I can't stand his moping.  Must be the electric organ that saves the day in this song.
Posted 10 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]

 

This song just hit me...

Sometimes he is speaking to me. Where I am now. Where I've been. 

This just sums up some stuff that I have known for a long time.

Stuff that I didn't understand what it all meant until over the weekend.

Some days... I guess it's called being human... Good songwriters and poets can do that in a few words.

 


Posted 10 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Yeah, he is "pure hype".  You just can't turn on any electronic device without seeing or hearing Leonard Cohen.  He saturates the airwaves more than Justin Bieber or Beyoncé, to say nothing of those TV commercials he does for Honey BBQ Fritos and Progressive Insurance.

 
Honey BBQ Fritos and Progressive.  {#Lol} {#Lol}
Posted 10 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Leonard Cohen is the right medicstuon to relax. {#Meditate}
Posted 10 years ago by ericcabrals    [ Reply ]
 daniel_rusk wrote:
My girlfriend get the creeps from his voice. Pervert she says. Makes me turn off RP.

 

And of course you obey....sad
Posted 10 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
My girlfriend get the creeps from his voice. Pervert she says. Makes me turn off RP.
Posted 10 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
84 and still kicking butt....{#Dance}
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I was employing ironic sarcasm in my post
 
don't you hate that?
Posted 10 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
rp overplayed
 
Posted 10 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
just gets better and better.....{#Yell}{#Clap}{#Bananajam}{#Dance}

 
Really, as you listen you hear the quirks and all the sardonic humour. The composition, the production, the delivery. It's all tuned to a fine universal ruse. Brilliant work. For me it's always been the gift for understatement that makes me love this stuff.
Posted 10 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
just gets better and better.....{#Yell}{#Clap}{#Bananajam}{#Dance}
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:

Interesting take on this situation. Is it LC's fault that he is so widely liked/loved? Does that mean his music is not valuable?
I can understand that you could get tired of hearing him everywhere, but not the conclusion that he is everywhere due to 'hype.' ??

 
I was employing ironic sarcasm in my post; Leonard Cohen is really not widely heard on the airwaves and does not do commercial endorsements for those products.  However, if he were "everywhere", it would not diminish the value of his music to me.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This poor guy has been stuck in the same existential loop too long.
Posted 10 years ago by GreggH    [ Reply ]
I just know that when I saw him live last November, along with 16,000 other people in Toronto, he captivated everyone -- and all ages were there. When he sang "I'm Your Man," I think every woman in the place swooned. He has still got it, in spades.
Posted 10 years ago by Lostfreight    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Yeah, he is "pure hype".  You just can't turn on any electronic device without seeing or hearing Leonard Cohen.  He saturates the airwaves more than Justin Bieber or Beyoncé, to say nothing of those TV commercials he does for Honey BBQ Fritos and Progressive Insurance.

 
Interesting take on this situation. Is it LC's fault that he is so widely liked/loved? Does that mean his music is not valuable?
I can understand that you could get tired of hearing him everywhere, but not the conclusion that he is everywhere due to 'hype.' ??
Posted 10 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 old_shep wrote:
Pure hype.

 
Yeah, he is "pure hype".  You just can't turn on any electronic device without seeing or hearing Leonard Cohen.  He saturates the airwaves more than Justin Bieber or Beyoncé, to say nothing of those TV commercials he does for Honey BBQ Fritos and Progressive Insurance.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
great album from a great Artist (from Montréal !)
 
Posted 10 years ago by eddyrixhon    [ Reply ]
I know that Cohen's style of singing can be a little droll.....but you gotta admit the lyrics just knock it out of the park!
Posted 10 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 MiracleDrug wrote:
sounds from the crypt...
 
Yeah,but what a way to go........
Old Geezer Blues......I'm in! 
Posted 10 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]

soooo very very cool...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  time flies when we're having fun...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Yep, not bad for an old man. Thanks to RP I've really grown to appreciate Ol' Gravel Voice. Is it me, or has his voice moved into the subsonic with age? Gives me the willies, for sure. 8 from the moved Nottingham jury.
 

Yes I'm inclined to come alongside you fredriley as all my life I could not abide him, droll derges but this past 6 months I have begun to tolerate him and to date I am now listening and starting to enjoy him, perhaps its time that has allowed him to grow on me be it 40 plus years,  that many years ago a friend of mine known as 'Gypsy Jeff' was an ardent fan buying every album on release and I could never understand what he saw in Cohen, but I am now begining to understand Jeffs appreciation. Maybe I ought to look him up if he is still alive and kicking.
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Hey, it's Monday morning already!
Posted 11 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
 jt1 wrote:


Your church is clearly braoder than mine. This song is really not working for me.
 

This song is cool...  bless you...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
No.
Posted 11 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Just changed this from a 4 to a 2. really just can't stand this guy. Mr Overrated
Posted 11 years ago by norvell    [ Reply ]
Outstanding lyrics.  Wonderful that LC is still pumping 'em out...and they are this good!
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]