I couldn’t sing the words because I wasn’t entitled to speak of the emancipation of the spirit.” Leonard Cohen + 2012 Ghent Performance “When I went to record the vocal for I found I couldn’t get the words out of my throat.“Walking on stage and having thousands of people immediately convulse with emotion – that feeling didn’t go away, I just learned to manage it.” Charley Webb On Leonard Cohen’s 2008 Fredericton Show.It seems to me they matter too much and not enough.” Q: Does religion matter? Leonard Cohen: “Religions are among the great organizing principles of humanity.“When I stand on a stage, I feel I bring my private life with me there and that that’s what’s interesting or amusing.” Leonard Cohen.“Music was always the thing closest to me, and I saw poetry as part of that.” Leonard Cohen On His Early Influences.Most of my songs have confused God and woman.” Leonard Cohen + 2013 Dance Me To The End Of Love Performance
“There has always been a religious side to my work.Anjani Thomas: “Sometimes You Just Get Very Lucky!” by Alan Pedder (Wears the Trousers Magazine.In the case of this song, the evidence of Leonard Cohen’s approbation comes from his backup singer and partner, Anjani Thomas:Īfter hearing KD Lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, “Well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It’s really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection.” 2Ĭredit Due Department: Photo of KD Lang by Charlie Llewellin from Austin, USA – kd lang, CC BY-SA 2.0, “ really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection” All posts in the Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox series can be found at The Original Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox Page. Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox is a Cohencentric feature that began collecting these tunes for the edification and entertainment of viewers on April 4, 2009. Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox: Over the years, Leonard Cohen mentioned a number of specific songs he favored. I wasn’t a student of music I was a student of the restaurant I was in - and the waitresses. There was “The Great Pretender,” “Cross Over the Road.” I never knew who was singing. I lived beside jukeboxes all through the fifties.
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