http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...r_breakingnews
Damn sad, love his music, seeing him live in the 80's was a highlight. Remember hearing him for the first time in college at a party, New Skin For The Old Ceremony, immediately grabbed the album & taped it.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I just saw this. Very sad news. Rest in peace, Leonard Cohen.
Leonard Cohen Dead at 82
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Wow, I was just reading a profile of him about a month ago and he was hinting that he didn't think he'd live much longer. What a life, what a body of work.
Jesus, 2016 really truly sucks!
[Edit] found the article. It's a fascinating piece
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...akes-it-darker
Last edited by Jerjo; 11-10-2016 at 10:28 PM.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Very sad.
Now he can be reunited with Marianne.
Regards,
Duncan
A Canadian legend. Rest in Peace.
Somehow I've never (consciously) heard a note of his music, so I just ordered New Skin.Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad
I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight.
"Closing Time" from the one time I saw him, 4 years ago in Brooklyn.
He played for 3 hours, no breaks. Rest In Peace.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Wow, very sad. His album Songs of Leonard Cohen is one my wife listens to all the time when cooking. Sad now that he's gone, but it's a timeless album.
A smart guy, a rarity in pop music. Maybe watch McCabe & Mrs. Miller this weekend. RIP.....
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Another great one gone.
RIP
I just heard this. Sad news. I've always liked the song "everybody knows" which was featured at the end of the movie "Pump up the volume." Yes, I know it's not his most well known but for me it's one of the ones I know him by. RIP.
Just read it in the news. The man was 82. Rest in peace...
His debut album is superb.
I'm Your Man is the one for me, a brilliant album.
This one isn't such a surprise to me- he gave an interview recently where he made some fairly ominous comments.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...m-ready-to-die
Sad news indeed. Heard it this morning when I woke up. One of those artists I know mostly by other musicians I like.
One of the best live shows that I got to see, pure magic.
Now he rests with Hank Williams in the tower of song...
I was never a fan of his 80s material, but I absolutely adore some of his early stuff, like his debut and espec Songs of Love & Hate.
I've got a couple of his lyric anthologies lying around as well, and I suppose it's time to fetch them. He was great with poetic word - often.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...akes-it-darker
Recent article in The New Yorker magazine about Leonard Cohen.RIP.
Oops, just noticed that Jerjo posted this article upthread.Should have looked more carefully.
Last edited by walt; 11-11-2016 at 07:26 AM.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
F*ck 2016.
"It was a cruel song, but fair."-Roger Waters
RIP
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
What a tragically sad start to this day, this week, this month, this year, the world just keeps on taking from us.
His early work especially is just sublime, poetic, heart-wrenching and beautiful. I haven't heard the latest album yet.
RIP to the second greatest Leonard in my life, the first being my dearly departed Dad.
RIP
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off
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