Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire (Live in London)

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  • Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire (Live In London) (Official Video)
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    Lyrics:
    And who by fire?
    Who by water?
    Who in the sunshine?
    Who in the night time?
    Who by high ordeal?
    Who by common trial?
    Who in your merry merry month of May?
    Who by very slow decay?
    And who shall I say is calling?
    And who in her lonely slip?
    Who by barbiturate?
    Who in these realms of love?
    Who by something blunt?
    Who by avalanche?
    Who by powder?
    Who for his greed?
    Who for his hunger?
    And who shall I say is calling?
    And who by brave assent?
    Who by accident?
    Who in solitude?
    Who in this mirror?
    Who by his lady's command?
    Who by his own hand?
    Who in mortal chains?
    Who in power?
    And who shall I say is calling?
    And who by fire?
    Who by water?
    Who in the sunshine?
    Who in the night time?
    Who by high ordeal?
    Who by common trial?
    Who in your merry merry month of May?
    Who by very slow decay?
    And who shall I say is calling?

Комментарии • 1,7 тыс.

  • @samybloom9261
    @samybloom9261 Год назад +56

    I listen to this every Yom Kippur. He found so much beauty and mystery in Hebrew liturgy.

  • @alonzilber
    @alonzilber 3 месяца назад +21

    Leonard wrote THIS song about the Yom Kippur War...
    when Syria and Egypt decided to unexpectedly ATTACKED Israel,
    unfortunately history repeats itself these days. May PEACE come in the Middle East ! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @MrMontevirgeus
    @MrMontevirgeus 2 месяца назад +27

    Listened to Cohen first time at the age of 13, 52 years ago! His songs, lyrics and humanity still takes my breath away
    - with my wife through almost 40 years I attended his Concert in Copenhagen, Denmark some years ago: we danced, dreamed, sang and felt in love again (# ♾)!
    Humle thanks, Leonard, for Your being and sharing!

  • @MuhammadAli-qb2co
    @MuhammadAli-qb2co Год назад +183

    I am from Syria, 24 years ,I grew up and finished university during the war
    so as I grew up during bad situations I could see myself loosing the ability to feel happy , hope and every good feeling,
    but music especially Leonard kohen music With a few other things helped me through this dark time to find kind of inner peace
    and now I didn't heal or have a life change I still the same person incapable to feel
    but the peace pieces I collected help me to wake up and live my day

    • @barbarapiazza-georgi3831
      @barbarapiazza-georgi3831 Год назад +11

      May God stay with you, my friend. Please keep up the courage, and keep listening to Leonard Cohen. And listen to your good feelings.... to their weak, sick voice.... nurture them.

    • @irynaguziy1202
      @irynaguziy1202 Год назад +12

      "There's a crack in everything, that's how the Light gets in" May the Light come to you, and through you, and through us all in these time of darkness 🙏 sending support from Ukraine

    • @hermanneberle4300
      @hermanneberle4300 Год назад

      haddak !

    • @jeannemariemori3009
      @jeannemariemori3009 Год назад +3

      Texte magnifique, qui exprimé de manière belle et profonde ce que vous avez vécu, que les morceaux de paix que vous avez collectés vous aident à vous réveiller et à vivre votre journée toujours mieux. Soyez béni. Jeanne-Marie Nouvelle-Calédonie

    • @nicolanatalegiornalista4281
      @nicolanatalegiornalista4281 Год назад +4

      Spero che la vita possa sorriderti ancora. E ancora. Nessuno dovrebbe sopportare la guerra, i suoi lutti e le sue perdite, ma io ti auguro di rinascere. Non so come, non so quando, ma coltiva forte questa speranza in te. Un abbraccio dall'Italia.

  • @matthewgoodA1206
    @matthewgoodA1206 Месяц назад +6

    I have had to stop and remark at Leonard’s lyrics more than any other artist. Such a true poet, wordsmith, writer and voice.

  • @sametpiskin2545
    @sametpiskin2545 Год назад +101

    You know what is unique with Leonard Cohen? There's plenty of songs on youtube from around the world and each time you listen Leonard you can find a little rhyme that takes you to the other parts of world. These songs are not basic chords, they have a structre and a ton if you belive even you can see the colors of it. I love every inch of this man and his music. God Bless his soul. Rest in Peace meister.

    • @fionagreig9392
      @fionagreig9392 11 месяцев назад +10

      There is nothing or no-one who compares to Leonard cohen. I miss him very much. A huge loss to poetic thought and songwriting. He was and is outstanding! An accomplished artist and icon ❤

    • @youryury
      @youryury 5 месяцев назад

      Cohen was Prophet and I think Dylan will live to see Judgement Day.

    • @LauraVargas-sy6qr
      @LauraVargas-sy6qr 3 месяца назад

      @@fionagreig9392 Vive en todas sus obras

  • @davidgreen8629
    @davidgreen8629 4 года назад +951

    Sometimes it takes a lifetime to appreciate how brilliant Leonard was!

    • @misapachilala3702
      @misapachilala3702 4 года назад +17

      Please don't say was

    • @phoenixblues111
      @phoenixblues111 4 года назад +6

      Please don’t say

    • @winterfawn9762
      @winterfawn9762 4 года назад +22

      Well, nice people.. he “ was “ “ is” “ and always will be “ a genius 🙏💕

    • @suzannabienkowski2033
      @suzannabienkowski2033 4 года назад +9

      Generations even. Got the live for Leonard from my father.

    • @winterfawn9762
      @winterfawn9762 4 года назад +9

      Suzanna Bienkowski Me and my father kinda communicate through music 💕 I don’t think he was into Leonard Cohen so much because he hadn’t heard the songs I sent him before. . But I definitely passed it on to my daughter.. lol.. He’s her favorite artist on her fb info. lol I was sooo proud when I saw that 😁

  • @MrYomomoto
    @MrYomomoto 3 года назад +92

    This is an ancient Jewish prayer song..
    Leonard turned his own..
    He did a great work.

    • @tedmangano789
      @tedmangano789 3 года назад +2

      Who shall I say is calling you?

    • @MrYomomoto
      @MrYomomoto 3 года назад +3

      @@tedmangano789 you don't need to call me
      I come all by myself

    • @Mark_Jacobson81
      @Mark_Jacobson81 2 года назад +1

      Thanks, I was wondering what the meaning behind the song was…

    • @Chanel95-d6u
      @Chanel95-d6u Месяц назад

      Thank you for sharing that - I didn’t know.🙏

  • @behroozhakimian9868
    @behroozhakimian9868 2 года назад +606

    Not only Leonard Cohen was amazing but also the team of musicians are outstanding!

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 Год назад +8

      Agree

    • @stellarsjay1773
      @stellarsjay1773 Год назад +16

      Cohen always appreciative and respectful of the team surrounding him.

    • @andyb9378
      @andyb9378 10 месяцев назад +5

      Javier Mas leads off with an amazing solo on the laúd.

    • @nhikhanh8303
      @nhikhanh8303 9 месяцев назад +3

      They breathe and feel happy with music.

    • @ilib.4327
      @ilib.4327 7 месяцев назад

      So true

  • @Renaldo1269
    @Renaldo1269 3 года назад +1252

    We miss you Leonard, especially in these times of darkness

  • @annkramer3704
    @annkramer3704 10 месяцев назад +11

    Remembering him on the seventh anniversary of his passing. Godspeed, Leonard Cohen.

  • @jenyajuravel7164
    @jenyajuravel7164 6 месяцев назад +4

    Услышала этого чудесного певца семь лет назад...Моему восхищению нет предела..Какой уникальный , неповторимый голос! Он успокаивает ,дает надежду и силу жить! Леонард, живи!Ты нам нужен!💓💓💓

  • @jwozniak1
    @jwozniak1 Год назад +88

    Been listening to this since it was released in the 1970s. Greatness never gets old. 😍

    • @angiefletcher5032
      @angiefletcher5032 6 месяцев назад

      Ditto.i love his darkness

    • @heatherhoward2513
      @heatherhoward2513 4 месяца назад

      True. We're still listening to great musicians, even 400 years later

  • @TheCraig324
    @TheCraig324 3 года назад +571

    I saw Leonard Cohen when he came to New Zealand in 2010. I was 15 years old, probably the youngest in the audience by decades. But I had been listening to Leonard's music for years before I saw him live. What an experience. Seeing a man in his mid-70s playing and leading the stage for hours. Laughing with the crowd as though he were a youthful 50 year old. Thank you Leonard for your music. Thank you for your grace. Thank you for being.

    • @SpodieLiciousAmbieDex1026
      @SpodieLiciousAmbieDex1026 3 года назад +19

      They don't make Real Men like this anymore Brother. Blessed you are. Men only judge nowadays.

    • @mikehill7587
      @mikehill7587 3 года назад +14

      God bless you and your family 🙏❤️
      Michael I been listening to him at least 35 years

    • @patrickmulleady6682
      @patrickmulleady6682 3 года назад +10

      Craig,
      How blessed you are. Would of loved to see Leonard perform. I'm sure you will treasure that forever.

    • @bobbylynn6248
      @bobbylynn6248 3 года назад

      Llllll

    • @thisisnido
      @thisisnido 3 года назад +2

      @@SpodieLiciousAmbieDex1026my cat pressed reply to you by accident so I wrote this.

  • @miriammerritt3438
    @miriammerritt3438 Месяц назад +4

    I am listening to this wonderful poet Leonard Cohen now and forever......T he wonderful man, words are inadequate to describe his charisma , xxxxxxxxx

  • @michaelworse6034
    @michaelworse6034 Год назад +28

    Buried my little pet while this beautiful piece of music was playing . I’m devastated and it helped me a lot . Peace

  • @holysayingsofrobin4055
    @holysayingsofrobin4055 10 месяцев назад +7

    Ah, Mr. Cohen. You were a poet in your time. Hemingway with a guitar. A muse for us all. A hero to my hero, that being my father. He wept when hearing of your passing and honored your legacy with a musical shabbot, listening to your discography, back to back, for months while he worked in the office and at home.

  • @evelynbramhall167
    @evelynbramhall167 3 года назад +288

    This man was a wonderful poet. He makes me cry.

    • @michaelmcgrath6969
      @michaelmcgrath6969 3 года назад +6

      GREAT

    • @nuranalkan2310
      @nuranalkan2310 3 года назад +2

      @@michaelmcgrath6969 iiiii

    • @christineweidinger6659
      @christineweidinger6659 3 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @laetitiaternet8811
      @laetitiaternet8811 3 года назад +1

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    • @xav1952
      @xav1952 3 года назад +13

      All his words send shivers don my spine .What a poet ! He would have deserved the Nobel Prize of literature instead of Bob Dylan.Here the singer, the musicians, the chorus girls are so much in harmaony and show great respect to each other .I miss you Mr Cohen!

  • @stuartcampbell5729
    @stuartcampbell5729 3 месяца назад +4

    Leonard is one of my old favourites. Have followed him for years. He influenced so many other artists. He was a hero in the music world.

  • @khalina420
    @khalina420 2 года назад +22

    Food for the soul . Isn't it amazing how music can change your day, mental health, calm you, pump you up and (temporarily) take away the darkness..
    To the prophet, Mr. Cohen. No one comes close. I miss you even though we only met once.
    Rest easy, maybe I'll see you again one day. Respect Forever.
    💙🙏💙

    • @lagangel7991
      @lagangel7991 2 года назад

      What a wonderful comment , I feel exactly the same .
      I always wanted to see him live, I missed my chance .
      What a legend ❤️

    • @valariesusan52
      @valariesusan52 2 года назад +1

      You are so lucky to have met him Janice Joplan knew him very well. Love knows its own kind.

  • @kayelinsa655
    @kayelinsa655 2 года назад +107

    I find this nourisment to the soul in these troubled times, thank you and forever loving you Leonard.

  • @reneekennedy716
    @reneekennedy716 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you for the poetry and beautiful music, Leonard. You live forever in my heart

  • @susannabonke8552
    @susannabonke8552 Год назад +7

    My god I am 53 and discover this pearl.. wanna thank god I did😲🙏😚

  • @melodyclark4347
    @melodyclark4347 Год назад +29

    The darker the times, the brighter his legacy.

  • @llliiili4805
    @llliiili4805 5 месяцев назад +128

    Listening to this in 2024❤

    • @guinessdraught2758
      @guinessdraught2758 Месяц назад +1

      sure...I hear it all the time.

    • @herzdide
      @herzdide 15 дней назад +1

      I do, 6th of September

    • @kathyhansen2820
      @kathyhansen2820 9 дней назад +2

      Saw him in the 70s at the quite night Chicago. My husband , Bob, gone now ten years, turned me on to to excellent music. Thank you Bob, I hope you're still playing your guitar in heaven.

    • @Faneva_Jorah
      @Faneva_Jorah 8 дней назад +2

      I discovered this song today. It's a masterpiece

  • @laurelharris1081
    @laurelharris1081 3 года назад +259

    The musicians are phenomenal.

    • @JuliaLeighBrooks
      @JuliaLeighBrooks 3 года назад +5

      Indeed so true

    • @יהודהבר-ג4צ
      @יהודהבר-ג4צ 3 года назад +3

      @@JuliaLeighBrooks מה

    • @winterfawn9762
      @winterfawn9762 3 года назад +3

      Fk yes they are.. 💕

    • @winterfawn9762
      @winterfawn9762 3 года назад +4

      @@JuliaLeighBrooks I feel so common..you said it with eloquence..and I’m like fk yah. lol ✌🏻😊

    • @Ka1aMa1ja
      @Ka1aMa1ja 3 года назад +2

      Each and everyone👌☘️✨

  • @leksandr.m.w.7812
    @leksandr.m.w.7812 2 года назад +19

    Шедевр. Снимаю шляпу. Супер. Высший пилотаж.

  • @blues.7051
    @blues.7051 Год назад +73

    This is a masterpiece. The guitar is amazing, so is Mr. Leonard Cohen.

  • @dominicmonaghan9887
    @dominicmonaghan9887 4 года назад +109

    I know of no other performer who could keep it going right to the very end and, in ways, his voice improved with maturity. A true legend of outstanding lyrical mastery.

    • @giselegoffin5351
      @giselegoffin5351 4 года назад +4

      J adore

    • @Shemaia
      @Shemaia Год назад +4

      Bowie too. But yes. Leonard is a master of song, poetry and the heart.

    • @kenzieb4907
      @kenzieb4907 Год назад +1

      Gord Downie!!

  • @jonmorr777
    @jonmorr777 3 года назад +175

    I’ve seen them all Bowie / Bolan / Dylan / Stones / the who and many more but Leonard Cohen’s concert in Manchester just a few years before he died tops the lot no words to describe how amazing it was all I can say is it was musical perfection ❤️🎵👌

    • @fredjohn4129
      @fredjohn4129 3 года назад +2

      Hello

    • @johnquirke6743
      @johnquirke6743 3 года назад +4

      I saw him at the Manchester opera house in 2008. It was perfect.

    • @ajcarr1965
      @ajcarr1965 2 года назад +13

      Ironic that Leonard was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His music cannot be called rock & roll by any stretch, but he influenced so many other musicians & singer- songwriters. I read an article in the New Yorker magazine that said Cohen & Dylan were good friends & used to take long drives on the Pacific Coast Highway. I'd love to have been able to eavesdrop on those conversations!

    • @ekstradycja
      @ekstradycja 2 года назад +8

      Would add Mark Knopfler and Roger Waters to that list. True magical, musical experiences with amazing poets

    • @Songguy1985
      @Songguy1985 2 года назад +5

      Thank you for mentioning the amazing Marc Bolan; he's often overlooked :D

  • @JesusGonzalez-sb4sg
    @JesusGonzalez-sb4sg 3 года назад +6

    Leonard, shortly before his death, received the Príncipe de Asturias Award in Spain. In his speech he told how a Spanish gypsy taught him his first chords on the guitar. Based on flamenco art. And he recognized that all his later work was musically based on those six chords that he learned from that boy who unfortunately committed suicide before giving him his fourth guitar class. This song shows that what he said in his speech was absolutely true. Incredible poet, musician and thinker...

  • @miralbmiralb1456
    @miralbmiralb1456 Год назад +3

    J'ai vu Léonard Cohen en 2009 à Bercy et ça a été une soirée comme jamais.
    Que des frissons, sa voix, les paroles, la musique, son style.
    Une émotion.

  • @jennifersk1800
    @jennifersk1800 5 лет назад +277

    I loved Leonard Cohen!!! I especially love that he let his Judaism flow freely through this song and it gets me right into the spirit of the High Holy Days. ♥️♥️Beautifully done Mr. Cohen. You are truly missed.

    • @saxelrod94
      @saxelrod94 5 лет назад +4

      do you think that it would be helpful to explain the source of lyrics -- I am pretty sure that only MOT and not all of us would know this.

    • @jennifersk1800
      @jennifersk1800 5 лет назад +2

      Semyon Axelrod lets keep it a secret. ;-)
      just kidding. Share your comments.

    • @victoriav9342
      @victoriav9342 4 года назад +8

      He never left his Judaism. He was too wise! First, you should learn about the Kabbalah and you will kneel and regret your ignorance.

    • @jennifersk1800
      @jennifersk1800 4 года назад +7

      VictoriaV I never said left. I said let.

    • @jennifersk1800
      @jennifersk1800 4 года назад +10

      James Morrison I was just having an I love Leonard Cohen and I love being Jewish. Sorry that bothered or offended you.

  • @ianrundle5862
    @ianrundle5862 3 года назад +96

    An exceptional musician, wordsmith and story teller.
    Been a fan of his since the 60's.

    • @ethicscannie5716
      @ethicscannie5716 2 года назад +3

      Me too! And I am a Montréalaise: this city worships him still. 🇨🇦

  • @caitrionafairy8233
    @caitrionafairy8233 3 года назад +146

    He is a part of all our memories. If you forgot a beautiful part of your life, one of his songs will remind you of them... And his words and voice will make you feel melangolic and longe for the purity of life again ❤️

  • @davidfarley1902
    @davidfarley1902 2 года назад +12

    Besides the humility personified by Leonard Cohen never knew of Javier Mas. Never in my life saw a person play a 12-string like it was a 6-string. Such beauty!

  • @marilynzellner5289
    @marilynzellner5289 Год назад +68

    I’m so glad that I found Leonard Cohen. I missed him in the early days! But I’m so happy to listen to his music now! I love how his Judaism is influenced in his music!

    • @davidgriffin8482
      @davidgriffin8482 Год назад +3

      Over recently discovered him but he was an amazing artist and he evolved as he aged. One of the things that comes with great talent and a heart as big as the sky is his humanity you can see it at times as he can not hide it. He was a lover of life and the people in his life. I don't know him but I know him and admire him. His songs just take you to another place. Way underrated... Amazing guy. Good day y'all.

    • @АлександрУханов-к2т
      @АлександрУханов-к2т Год назад

      Я не знаю его ,но восхищаюсь им ,так может написать только грузин ,либо обиженный хохол

    • @FromHeadToHeart7
      @FromHeadToHeart7 Год назад +1

      As far as I know (from talking to people close to him) in the last decade and a half of his life he shed all these divisive sectarian labels and was studying advaita vedanta (non-duality or Oneness). In his last eight years he was a student of the zen/advaita "teacher" Wayne Liqourman

    • @A.staris
      @A.staris Год назад +3

      ​@@FromHeadToHeart7 "Who by Fire" is from Unetaneh Tokef, the central prayer said on Kol Nidreh (Yom Kippur Eve) as Cohen heard countless times in Sha'arei Shamayim synagogue in Montreal.

    • @FromHeadToHeart7
      @FromHeadToHeart7 Год назад +1

      @@A.staris Thank you. Yes, i am fully aware that this song was inspired by the ונתנה תוקף prayer/chant. I also grew up with this prayer/chant and know it very well. The fact that this song is a commentary on this chant (and the worldview behind this chant) is very obvious and clear. However, what is usually not noted by those who have emotionally invested their indentity in a humanity-dividing, sectarian belief systems (and take any possible opportunity to distinguish themselves from the rest of humanity by using such non-sensical nationalist oxymoroms like 'the god of israel' or 'jesus calls on you to repent and come back to the christian faith' or 'muhammed is god's messanger, so repent and come back to islam', or being proud that someone mentioned a chant from their sectarian tradition), what is failed to be noted by such sectarian religious-nationalists is that he was actually NOT agreeing with this abusive fear-driven theology of god (that is promoted in the ונתנה תוקף chant) as a judgemental punishing vengeful entity (which is the common view in all sectarian exoteric religions that created god in the image of their traumatised, fearful, violent, possesive, tribalistic and unconscious psyche), and he was NOT agreeing with this reliance on fear and terrorizing as a means to acheive compliance (as is practiced by all psychologically-undeveloped exoteric religions. For example, if you'll study christian evangelism, you'll know that this ונתנה תוקף chant is IDENTICAL to their beliefs and practice of terrorizing/scaring the followers into "repentance" and compliance. It is the exact same judgemental, punishing, vengeful uncompassionate sectarian theology and set of beliefs (which are the POLAR OPPOSITE of what God actually is... even though both of these zealous sectarian mind-invented unconscious ideologies - both christian and jewish evangelism - place themselves as the gatekeeprs to God, pretend to speak for God and to represent God's will..)
      PS. In case you are not familiar with the distinction i made above between exoteric religions (which are the POLAR OPPOSITE of God, and that move humanity away from God and the wholistic qualities of God) and esoteric religions (which do see and understand the non-sectarian nature of God) then I'll just quickly explain that exoteric religions are highly divisive and sectarian (and place a huge amount of value on 'the uniquness of our group and "our god").
      Exoteric religions contradict the wholistic universal non-sectarian REALITY of God/Consciousness/Being.
      Exoteric religion distort/turn on their head the original teachings of the mystics who were the original spark of all religions (distort them from a wholistic-unifying esoteric seeing of the nature of reality/God, into a sectarian humanity-dividing US-versus-Them right-wing conservative abomination and distortion of the nature of God)
      Exoteric religion stays on the superficial level of culturally-specific rituals and conditioning. Its ideals are completely ego-bound and mind-created, and it doesn't go beyond the level of conceptual thoughts and the emotions that such thoughts generate.
      Exoteric religion is a reflection of the wounded and unconscious human psyche which seeks safety and solace through beliefs, and therefore is highly reliant on judgement, punishment and the use of fear, shame and guilt to achieve compliance.
      Lastly, exoteric religions always dwell in the past (judgement/condemnation/shame/guilt) and future (hope/anxiety), and move their followers' attention away the eternal present moment (which is where God/reality actually is).
      Esoteric religions are unifying, non-sectarian and recognize the universal qualities of God/Consciousness/Being (which is non-sectarian and non-judgemental and not punishing and not cruel and not vengeful, which is unconditionally loving and is inseparable from what we are).
      Esoteric religions have also realized the reality beyond the concepts and images of the thinking brain and the emotional attachments of the frightened and safety-seeking ego.
      Esoteric religions also recognize that the present moment is all there is, the time-less reality in which God looks through our eyes (and all other senses) and percives these words on a screen..
      Almost any religion on the planet has an exoteric side (which is extremely popular and which is practiced by the vast majority of the culturally-indoctrinated population) and an original esoteric side (which is the original insight of an heretic mystic or mystics - possibly as a result of an NDE in their life - before it was turned into an organized and ritualised religion with a large following. An esoteric side which is usually of interest only for a small number of mystics and not of interest to the vast majority of the population, who seem to crave security, safety, comfort, certainty, community of similarly-believing people, and soothing solace-giving concepts, more than anything else, and therefore gravitate to the exoteric part of the religion).
      For example, the esoteric side of exoteric christianity, islam, judaism, buddhism, hinduism is (respectively) Gnosis, Sufism, Kabbalah, Zen/Daoism, Advaita-Vedanta/Non-Duality, respectively..
      And of course there are also many indigenous shamanic wholistic ways of living on the planet which are almost entirely esoteric in their un-mediated connection to (and embodying of) Spirit/Being/God/Consciousnes and its manifestation as everything that exists..

  • @blues.7051
    @blues.7051 Год назад +8

    This song makes me feel like it is full of glories of humanities.

  • @cindyphillips2762
    @cindyphillips2762 3 года назад +47

    I’m 61 years old, and music has been my religion since I can remember. Always. This man is like the best thing I have ever heard. He’s transcendent. I remember a bit of him in the background of the 60’s and 70’s. Amazing man.

  • @СофияБусырева
    @СофияБусырева 3 месяца назад +1

    Завораживающе красиво, спасибо!

  • @franziskamanz2384
    @franziskamanz2384 3 года назад +39

    words cannot describe the magic of leonard cohens music

  • @DandyLion662a
    @DandyLion662a 4 года назад +341

    What a wonderful version. Cohen touches part of one's soul like no other.

  • @RosemaryDoyle-l1p
    @RosemaryDoyle-l1p 4 месяца назад +15

    1st May 2024 I’m listening.

  • @gildavaranal8530
    @gildavaranal8530 2 года назад +1

    I would have love the opportunity to having such a renewed life changing experience like Leonard Cohen and I’m praying n wishing it on everyone who is reading all the messages on all his songs…

  • @fernandolopez6528
    @fernandolopez6528 2 года назад +6

    I love you. I was lucky to see you in downtown Los Angeles, along with my son who also loves your music. Physically you are bye bye but your voice and songs will live forever. RIP

  • @geroffmilan3328
    @geroffmilan3328 2 года назад +6

    I miss you, Leonard Cohen.
    And more still, I miss my dear friend Leon Michel, who very recently passed away, and who introduced me to Cohen properly.
    Your beautiful voice singing these songs is now only a cherished memory.
    This song will always bring you to the forefront of my mind.

    • @annaveenstra4557
      @annaveenstra4557 2 года назад +1

      I am so sorry fir your loss.

    • @geroffmilan3328
      @geroffmilan3328 2 года назад

      @@annaveenstra4557 thanks for the kind thought, Anna, it's very welcome right now, just one day after my friend's funeral.
      🙏

    • @tomatochemist
      @tomatochemist 2 года назад

      @@geroffmilan3328 I hope things have gotten better. It hurts less with time but never passes entirely.

  • @aldemasagi7816
    @aldemasagi7816 4 месяца назад +5

    לשמוע את הצלילי הגיטרה נטו עם השיר לאונרד רק הוא ידע לגוע בכל לב עם כולווייחדיו❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lorrainedick8918
    @lorrainedick8918 4 года назад +133

    I so enjoy reading the comments especially by the youth who have just discovered this icon that some of us have had the honour of knowing all our lives.

    • @Jus7aguy
      @Jus7aguy 3 года назад

      I first ran across him waaaay back in the Christian Slater film "Pump up the Volume".

    • @tedmangano789
      @tedmangano789 3 года назад

      Who's calling you, old woman?

    • @AmalJosemusic
      @AmalJosemusic 3 года назад

    • @laurahall5218
      @laurahall5218 3 года назад +2

      I only found his music after he passed. And I'm 60. I missed out.

  • @bartonknight2677
    @bartonknight2677 Год назад +3

    I sure wish we had you back, Leonard, if for nothing else, just to hear your calm voice in these turbulent times. Your life is still such a huge part of mine. Every day reminds me of you, my friend. 🤠

  • @guinessdraught2758
    @guinessdraught2758 15 часов назад

    yes, it touches me again and again

  • @1994savvas
    @1994savvas 2 года назад +11

    I saw Javier Mas 10 days after Mr. Cohen died. I was at a Glen Hansard consert in Belgium, and we was so lucky that Javier Mas was part of the band. They played a lot of Leonard Cohen songs that night as a tribute and it was one of the best concerts I have ever attended.

  • @GrandmereRouge
    @GrandmereRouge 4 года назад +80

    Am posting it today, on Yom Kippur, for many to listen to.

    • @agatamazzone4894
      @agatamazzone4894 3 года назад +5

      Shalom my friend from Sicilia..

    • @nav3622
      @nav3622 3 года назад +4

      What's Yom Kippur?

    • @agatamazzone4894
      @agatamazzone4894 3 года назад +1

      Happy Hannuka..

    • @MrYomomoto
      @MrYomomoto 3 года назад +9

      @@nav3622 it's a very holy Jewish day.
      You must fast for 25 hours and concentrate in self examination( no cars no electricity just complete silen
      Until you make peace with your creator
      And with yourself and fellow-men..
      We believe the gates of heaven/sky is opened on that very holy day and you can ask forgiveness and to grant atonement..
      There is a lot more about that day if you interested to know more..

    • @fiorellafenati5395
      @fiorellafenati5395 3 года назад +1

      @@nav3622 ???:))

  • @riaanvanschalkwyk9821
    @riaanvanschalkwyk9821 2 месяца назад +2

    RIP Legend!

  • @lenacohen8913
    @lenacohen8913 Год назад +3

    “Who by fire” is Leonard Cohen’s version of the Hebrew prayer "Unetanneh Tokef", chanted on Yom Kippur. It was released in the 1974 album “New Skin for the Old Ceremony.” This is one of the main songs of the album and one of Cohen’s best known songs.
    The prayer Cohen heard as a child in the synagogue describes God reviewing the Book of Life and deciding the fate of every soul for the year to come - who will live, who will die and how.
    The line: “And who shall I say is calling?” can be understood as a break from faith in God. According to Cohen that element of doubt is what made the song into a personal prayer for him"
    And who by fire, who by water,
    who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
    who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
    who in your merry merry month of may,
    who by very slow decay,
    and who shall I say is calling?
    And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,
    who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,
    and who by avalanche, who by powder,
    who for his greed, who for his hunger,
    and who shall I say is calling?
    And who by brave assent, who by accident,
    who in solitude, who in this mirror,
    who by his lady's command, who by his own hand,
    who in mortal chains, who in power,
    and who shall I say is calling?

    • @Ben-bb7mi
      @Ben-bb7mi Год назад +1

      On Rosh Hashana it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed

  • @bindi2012
    @bindi2012 Месяц назад

    Just found this song after listening to it in the series Mr. Mercedes . Cohen was such a master of music. Miss him greatly. ⚘️

  • @susancullimore5643
    @susancullimore5643 2 года назад +15

    He is a genius at reaching into the human soul and lay it out for us to see. We see love, hate, spirituality, list, confusion, desperation; but above all he offers hope.

  • @nickmarshall6848
    @nickmarshall6848 Месяц назад +1

    Stunning guitar.

  • @cristinabumbac151
    @cristinabumbac151 Год назад +6

    One of my favorite songs of Leonard...When I was young he was my favorite singer while my boyfriend (then husband!) preferred Bob. They are two of the greatest singers ever!

  • @johanmarais3633
    @johanmarais3633 2 года назад +2

    One of the greatest singer, musician and poets ever - Johan Marais Johannesburg South Africa

  • @annewaterkeyn1184
    @annewaterkeyn1184 4 года назад +36

    Léonard Cohen un géant , que l'on entend guère ... Une voix qui touche le fond du coeur et de l'âme ( et les musiciens mettent si bien en valeur ses chansons ...). Un pur moment d'emotion

  • @daverynen7591
    @daverynen7591 3 года назад +2

    Thank you mr. Cohen. R.I.P. it was an honor to shake your hand on the Amsterdam Canal. Your songs stay forever!

  • @krystynalipinskajacewicz1457
    @krystynalipinskajacewicz1457 3 года назад +7

    God, how beautiful it is.
    I listen, miss and cry...💔💔💔💔💔⭐💔😥😥😥😥😥😥🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🌺🍀🌻🍀🌺

  • @DeniseJensen-m4e
    @DeniseJensen-m4e Месяц назад

    This time in our lives...we need to reflect on these very words!

  • @threecharacters1159
    @threecharacters1159 Год назад +6

    Gone but not forgotten. Thank you for the words.

  • @johnlavers3970
    @johnlavers3970 3 года назад +2

    i saw cohen live in halifax in the early seventies. after the concert we were all on cloud nine and walking home there was leonard dancing in the alley in a light rain. washed by tears of god.

  • @CarolynnBrimley
    @CarolynnBrimley 2 месяца назад +9

    When I was 14 I used to play Leonard, or Joni Mitchel, on repeat in my bedroom. My mother used to say "music to cut your wrists by". However, I never tired of Leonard and still listen to him over 50 years later. What a loss that was the day we lost him.

    • @Bluediamond200
      @Bluediamond200 2 месяца назад

      @@CarolynnBrimley I used to get the reply don’t be so depressed listening to that music, go outside, but I loved his words and music.

    • @reneekennedy716
      @reneekennedy716 Месяц назад

      that made me laugh. Not suicide - he made me want to stand up and fight the good fight. She obviously didn't listen to the words. Those beautiful words.

    • @rebeccabriggs9452
      @rebeccabriggs9452 22 дня назад +1

      My mum listened to this guy when I was growing up and I learned to love his songs as well.
      She always told me his music was called "music to cut your wrists by" after someone played "Dress Rehearsal Rag" outside of a prison and one of the prisoners killed themselves.
      Don't know if it was the music or they were already planning on it and it was pure co-incidence, or if it even happened, but apparently that's where the saying for his music came from.
      In Fairness Dress Rehearsal Rag is definitely one of his darker songs with the lyrics being as they are. (Still love it though).
      I'm grateful to my mum for introducing me to his music.

  • @petemears7721
    @petemears7721 5 месяцев назад +1

    I will never tire of listening to this masterpiece. Miss you Leonard and your magic always, masterpiece.

  • @estermoldavsky4355
    @estermoldavsky4355 Год назад +6

    הוא המיוחד במינו כל שיר שובר שיא של האחר מדהים חבל שהוא לא איתנו יהי זיכרון ברוך אגדה היה בחיוו

  • @sharongalster5399
    @sharongalster5399 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tears from my heart....guided by you. To my precious love of 59 years. Deep love. Shared by Two.

  • @millionminimagicmice
    @millionminimagicmice 4 года назад +123

    Cohen looks like he's staring up into the Heaven's while he's singing this.
    Love it.

    • @somekindofdude1130
      @somekindofdude1130 3 года назад +7

      As a bass i can confirm that that position helps you get a richer tone.

  • @Лариса-ы2р5ч
    @Лариса-ы2р5ч Месяц назад +1

    Браво маэстро ❤

  • @flockyh3549
    @flockyh3549 3 года назад +4

    Das ist Musik, die sooo tief unter der Haut, in der Seele ankommt....

  • @derkterbeek1959
    @derkterbeek1959 3 года назад +2

    Heb het geluk om hem diverse momenten in zijn leven te mogen zien optreden

  • @sophiareijne9873
    @sophiareijne9873 Год назад +3

    Thank you Leonard, your Music was so important since, I was about 16 years of age. This number was and is one of my favorites from you. I never met you in Person. But I have met you so deeply in your wouderfull songs and music! ❤️🙏🌹

    • @sophiareijne9873
      @sophiareijne9873 Год назад +1

      @Honestcriz Hello, did you react on my message to Leonard Cohen about the song "who by Fire" and his music? It's always Nice to get Greetings from Scotland and especially from a fan from Leonard Cohen. Thank you, I am Fine. The weather is also wouderfull today here in Holland. So that makes it even better for me. Have a good Sunday and a Nice week. 🎶🎵🌦️🌈🌹

  • @ArletteHamade-su9yq
    @ArletteHamade-su9yq Год назад +4

    Je suis très impressionnée par la dimension spirituelle de l'oeuvre de Léonard Cohen..

  • @richierahlke8658
    @richierahlke8658 3 года назад +26

    Such a privilege being on earth at the same time..never seen him on stage but his music has always been with me and always will be.. big loss for all of us..thanks L.

  • @hollyfamily6033
    @hollyfamily6033 7 дней назад

    I’m listening with pleasure.

  • @florenceautret1425
    @florenceautret1425 2 года назад +51

    And who by fire, who by water
    Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
    Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
    Who in your merry merry month of may
    Who by very slow decay
    And who shall I say is calling?
    And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
    Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
    Who by avalanche, who by powder
    Who for his greed, who for his hunger
    And who shall I say is calling?
    And who by brave assent, who by accident
    Who in solitude, who in this mirror
    Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand
    Who in mortal chains, who in power
    And who shall I say is calling?

    • @malkaz9167
      @malkaz9167 2 года назад +5

      BEAUTIFUL! Brings tears to my eyes.

    • @mellocello187
      @mellocello187 Год назад +8

      Used as Bad Sisters opening theme. I had no idea it was Leonard Cohen until just now watching the documentary Hallelujah.

    • @Ducatirati
      @Ducatirati Год назад +1

      Florance , in my darkest day , An avalanche of powder , in the nadir of life , i used sing along with song , but I'd sing WHO THE FUCK SHALL I SAY WHO IS CALLING , ,i was snowed under , but i was saved by some Partisan , luv on - ya

  • @christiangustin5867
    @christiangustin5867 2 года назад +9

    Toujours magnifique Léonard avec d' excellents musiciens. Envoûtant

  • @raservesthedinner7620
    @raservesthedinner7620 5 лет назад +327

    Javier Mas' solo takes this song up to heavenly places

    • @ryanjavierortega8513
      @ryanjavierortega8513 5 лет назад +1

      What is the instrument called, please?

    • @raservesthedinner7620
      @raservesthedinner7620 5 лет назад +9

      @@ryanjavierortega8513 This is his handcrafted special instrument. It's in the same family with lute and archlute but I don't know if it has an exact name. Leonard sometimes mentions it as archlute.

    • @ryanjavierortega8513
      @ryanjavierortega8513 5 лет назад +1

      @@raservesthedinner7620 Thank you, Sir.

    • @raservesthedinner7620
      @raservesthedinner7620 5 лет назад +1

      @@ryanjavierortega8513 You're welcome :)

    • @RosyCreyde
      @RosyCreyde 5 лет назад +12

      @@ryanjavierortega8513 Javier Más, es un multiinstrumentista español fabuloso !! Aquí toca una guitarra española llamada "bandurria". Javier Mas is a consummate Spaniard musician who plays here the Spanish Bandurria - a kind of guitar.

  • @alves0andre
    @alves0andre 4 года назад +25

    Best version of all times..Thank you for your ART LEOnard. Love from Portugal

  • @элеонорасурова
    @элеонорасурова 5 лет назад +115

    Леонард, ты пел душой! Как же сжимается сердце, когда слушаешь тебя.

  • @dedalaroc
    @dedalaroc 3 года назад +13

    Absolument sublime. Envoûtant! Merci infiniment M. Cohen

  • @sharonaqcall7623
    @sharonaqcall7623 Год назад +3

    I grew up listening to him and I never stopped,what a poet....

  • @emanueletomei6658
    @emanueletomei6658 4 года назад +21

    God bless You all for giving us such a pleasure

  • @teresaribeiro9886
    @teresaribeiro9886 2 года назад +16

    Leonard Cohen was always surrounded by the best musicians. What did enalce his greatness. Love this song.

  • @berndmertz1129
    @berndmertz1129 2 года назад +1

    Dancing means praying with the feet to a divine gift called love ...

  • @user-pv3su3bs6f
    @user-pv3su3bs6f 3 года назад +35

    Леонард вы в своих песнях передаёт все свои чувства душой, сердцем и, конечно, своим талантом, данным вам Богом.

  • @forwhomthebelltolls
    @forwhomthebelltolls Год назад +2

    What fortune. To shine brighter and brighter as you age. To me he is at his absolute peak here.

  • @diannecraddock9680
    @diannecraddock9680 4 года назад +29

    This Man brings the words from my heart and soul , that I could never ,ever , express .

    • @suzviljoen5991
      @suzviljoen5991 4 года назад +2

      Could not agree more. Rips the word right out if my heart.

  • @anndownsouth5070
    @anndownsouth5070 3 года назад +6

    I am binge watching the clips from the London concert all because Hallelujah was earworming me just after Christmas. This is awesome.

  • @rifatprasovic8109
    @rifatprasovic8109 2 года назад +5

    One and only Leonard Cohen. RIP.

  • @ericlevy553
    @ericlevy553 Год назад +7

    peaceful and easy fast for everybody on Yom Kippur

  • @danutajakimowicz51
    @danutajakimowicz51 3 года назад +103

    Life is going a way so quickly, memories are staying with us.. I just love his songs, they touching my heart.

  • @surinbasnet8305
    @surinbasnet8305 2 года назад +2

    One of the greatest reality singer and song writer of all time, Most Iconic LEGEND LEONARD COHENN always glittering in the 🎶 Sky. REST IN PEACE!

  • @irene4636
    @irene4636 2 года назад +21

    Обожаю этого певца. Правда, я почти ничего не понимаю, но он затрагивает струны моей души. Спасибо, Леонард💓

  • @ttapio5493
    @ttapio5493 3 года назад +20

    This man's songs are touching deeply and comforting my heart

  • @miriamgonzalez1394
    @miriamgonzalez1394 3 года назад +3

    Who is listening to this masterpiece by abril25,2021 . This is music my friends!!!
    Im planning to give 1 million likes this time This is a poets words..who will love me tonight!!!! Who is going to say goodbye!!! Who by fire!!

    • @johnbarrels2813
      @johnbarrels2813 3 года назад +1

      I met Leonard in a concert in London in 2001, then, I have no idea who Leonard was , until today, I always remember the Master. Thank you for your music.

  • @laurarheahagenlocher42
    @laurarheahagenlocher42 2 года назад +6

    He touches souls and minds, mesmerising us on a grand scale

  • @miguellarrosa9888
    @miguellarrosa9888 3 года назад +89

    La Humanidad entera debería escuchar estas melodías, sobre todo los dirigentes, para que tomarán conciencia. Gracias sr. Cohen por todo su arte. Inmenso y eterno.