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TheWesternShoreKid
Joined: 22 Feb 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
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That Don't Make It Junk
First We Take Manhattan
Lover, Lover, Lover
(Field Commander Cohen 1979)
Dance Me To The End Of Love
I'm Your Man
(You can sing this track at the norae-bong)
Honourable Mention #6
The Future...He called it even back in 1992 |
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jahson4
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I mainly listen to "So Long Marianne" and "Suzanne" the most. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Dylan's fav. Cohen tune is The Law (they finally met backstage in Paris in the 90s).
I'm also partial to
Everybody knows
Dance me to the end of Love
Famous blue raincoat
Suzanne
Hallelujah
Here's a nice interview http://www.vimeo.com/1160078?pg=embed&sec=1160078 but for my money, the best of Cohen films is Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. Leonard Cohen....makes me miss Layton more and more... http://www.nfb.ca/film/ladies_and_gentlemen_mr_leonard_cohen/
DD
http://eflclassroom.com
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How many times did you call me
And I knew it was late
I left everybody
But I never went straight
I don't claim to be guilty
But I do understand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
Now my heart's like a blister
From doing what I do
If the moon has a sister
It's got to be you
I'm going to miss you forever
Tho' it's not what I planned
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
Now the deal has been dirty
Since dirty began
I'm not asking for mercy
Not from the man
You just don't ask for mercy
While you're still on the stand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
I don't claim to be guilty
Guilty's too grand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
That's all I can say, baby
That's all I can say
It wasn't for nothing
That they put me away
I fell with my angel
Down the chain of command
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand |
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BobbyOrr
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:04 am Post subject: |
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About a year ago, something "clicked" with me for LC's music. I love him so much now. The best is cranking it when you're home alone.
In no order:
So Long Marianne
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Dress Rehearsal Rag
Bird on a Wire
Suzanne
Super obvious choices. I'm taking my time going further into his catalog. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Same as above, but substitute Dress Rehearsal Rag with the one about Janis Joplin giving him head in a motel. That was one cold obituary. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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| Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:18 am Post subject: |
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Only top 5? I think I could rattle off fifty songs I just never get tired of in the L. Cohen canon.
Let's see:
The Window
The Partisan
Master Song
Democracy
Dress Rehearsal Rag
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Stranger Song
Okay, seven. Best I can do. How about a favorite lyric, anyone? I can think of 2 off the top of my head I particularly like:
1) "I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best/I can't keep track of each fallen robin./But I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel./That's all. I don't think of you that often." (Chelsea Hotel No.2)
2) "I changed my style to silver./I changed my clothes to black./And where I would surrender/Now I would attack." (Came So Far for Beauty) |
"And just when I was sure that his teaching was pure he drowned himself in the pool / his body is gone but out here on the lawn / his spirit continues to drool." |
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uk27
Joined: 19 May 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Leonard Cohen is the greatest! My five...
If it be your will
Dance me to the end of love
Famous blue raincoat
By the rivers dark
Alexandra leaving
Best album anyone?
I'm partial to Various Positions and also Ten New Songs. |
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