Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire (Live in London)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @sheiladurrant5962
    @sheiladurrant5962 9 месяцев назад +70

    His musicians love what they are doing as much as he does.

    • @elainemeyer5062
      @elainemeyer5062 7 месяцев назад +1

      BUT probably not as much as I DO 💖 listening to it!

  • @jedediahjehoshaphat
    @jedediahjehoshaphat 10 месяцев назад +67

    Hearing this song makes me want to kneel down and pray, everytime
    RIP Leonard Cohen 🙏

  • @RIDETHESUNSHINE
    @RIDETHESUNSHINE 2 года назад +77

    “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
    Oscar Wilde

    • @Julia-ep2uw
      @Julia-ep2uw Год назад +4

      I Love this❤ thank you so much for sharing it 🙏

    • @elissabeharhauptman2180
      @elissabeharhauptman2180 11 месяцев назад

      @@Julia-ep2uwo

    • @charlettebernabe1500
      @charlettebernabe1500 9 месяцев назад +1

      Je n'ai jamais entendu rien d'aussi beau❤ je l'écoute encore et encore je ne m'en lasse jamais

    • @RIDETHESUNSHINE
      @RIDETHESUNSHINE 9 месяцев назад

      Vous pouvez également apprécier ce morceau de sagesse:
      "Tout ce qui est fait dans le présent, affecte l'avenir par conséquent et le passé par rédemption."
      Paulo Coelho
      S'il vous plaît soyez bien,
      Ps. Veuillez pardonner à mon français, je suis à la merci de mon traducteur de Google. You may enjoy this piece of wisdom as well:
      "Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption."
      Paulo Coelho
      Please Be Well, Will
      PS. Please forgive my French, I am at the mercy of my Google Translator. @@charlettebernabe1500

  • @fairenough7984
    @fairenough7984 3 года назад +168

    No one takes your soul, slice, dices,whips and purees it, then hands it back to you with love and understanding, like this man.
    No one.

    • @marinafrancis8026
      @marinafrancis8026 2 года назад +4

      you nailed it!

    • @dgdl1954
      @dgdl1954 Год назад +5

      Amen! Started listening in the 60s. Still listening and loving in 2023. Lucky to have seen him live in Halifax! Magical and emotional memory! ❤️❤️❤️

    • @PaulineOGrady-hw4os
      @PaulineOGrady-hw4os 7 месяцев назад +1

      And his talent never faded 4:16 4:48🎉❤🎉❤🎉😢

    • @lindasmith4363
      @lindasmith4363 3 месяца назад +1

      Bob dylan does that for me but to sing like this at his age amazing.

  • @curtzeek8818
    @curtzeek8818 3 месяца назад +54

    The first 3 lines of this song are what Kris Kristofferson wanted engraved on his headstone. When Leonard heard this he said, he'd be hurt if Kris didn't. RIP Kris and Leonard.

    • @Waitingforthewormstocome
      @Waitingforthewormstocome 3 месяца назад +8

      I just read that article, that's how i got here.

    • @ricktaylor14001
      @ricktaylor14001 3 месяца назад +7

      I read that too!
      Sept 30, 2024 RIP Kris… be the bird on the wire and fly…. you and Bobby McGee!! 🤠👍🏼☮️💜
      I find it ironic that both Leonard and Kris wrote some of the most iconic and meaningful songs, they both performed their songs and were successful doing so, but truly… neither could sing worth a damn! But they sounded perfect regardless!! 😂😜☮️

    • @williedepp3922
      @williedepp3922 3 месяца назад +3

      I just read this in the American Songwriter article titled: “ Kris Kristofferson requested to be engraved on his tombstone.”
      RIP HIGHWAYMAN 🙏

    • @bugsyortega788
      @bugsyortega788 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Waitingforthewormstocome Exactly - l just read that too and was curious about the song...now l know!! 😭💔

    • @vjwoollett361
      @vjwoollett361 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Waitingforthewormstocome Ditto same

  • @BernieVanHuyssteen
    @BernieVanHuyssteen Год назад +15

    Leonard is not dead. He lives in my heart and my soul ❤

    • @a_sea_oasis
      @a_sea_oasis 2 дня назад +1

      ... then you will meet LC again in Heaven 🙏⚘️🐦 🇺🇸

  • @peggyleifer3103
    @peggyleifer3103 2 года назад +38

    For 6 hours I have been listening and reminiscing to Leonard tell me about my life.

  • @Wanderer-l9h
    @Wanderer-l9h 4 года назад +344

    I think this man has saved people from themselves on more than one occasion. Dear soul.

    • @robertkelly9508
      @robertkelly9508 3 года назад +24

      Fair comment Jamie, he was the best you have a good taste in music my dear friend.I have depressive episodes and symptoms of bipolar as well as aspergers syndrome.I really struggle at times.Nowadays everything is so remote and inpersonal, when what we really need is human contact that is sincere, loving and true to support each other.You have excellent taste in music friend and I salute you !!! Get his best of CD , great for playing in the Car Hehehehe :¬) !!!

    • @bobhearld5191
      @bobhearld5191 3 года назад +16

      Saved on a daily basis by the mysticism and truth in his verse!

    • @hughmonahan8740
      @hughmonahan8740 3 года назад +1

      No Jesus Christ is in the flesh I SAVE ALL KINGDOMS I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE YOUR THE LIAR :) this is not Hugh Monahan this is THE SON

    • @Wanderer-l9h
      @Wanderer-l9h 3 года назад +6

      @@hughmonahan8740 Ehh what?

    • @hughmonahan8740
      @hughmonahan8740 3 года назад +1

      @@Wanderer-l9h read 2 John 1:7

  • @sheilacarlson3569
    @sheilacarlson3569 4 года назад +130

    He was the sexiest 80 something man ever. So sad he is gone.

    • @fairenough7984
      @fairenough7984 2 года назад +5

      Believe it

    • @cherisparling6740
      @cherisparling6740 2 года назад +5

      Thats cuz he sang the human condition bw men and women

    • @ilPapadiBoulder
      @ilPapadiBoulder 9 месяцев назад

      You should listen to his "stages" bit. He spoke about precisely that, the stages a man goes through vis-à-vis the opposite sex.

  • @seanmurphy5770
    @seanmurphy5770 4 года назад +94

    His body has passed away,but not his soul,his work will live with us for ever,it is up to his fans to keep his message alive

  • @marcodado7473
    @marcodado7473 4 месяца назад +18

    After 10,000 times I listen at this version I finally decided that this is the best sax solo ever performed. the way he bend notes is insane , so vocal . I am in tears every single time

    • @BoohatrollX
      @BoohatrollX 15 дней назад

      Check out a live performance of Famous Blue Raincoat in Nov. 13th, 2008 in London. Probably the same as this event but the sax solo is from another universe.

  • @johnwakefield8570
    @johnwakefield8570 5 месяцев назад +15

    Oh Lord .. this man is praying .. and we are praying with him ..

  • @carolinekirk-f2i
    @carolinekirk-f2i 10 месяцев назад +33

    I miss Leonard Soo much. Love him always

  • @vtd4873
    @vtd4873 2 года назад +19

    Poet humble gentle wonder and awe. To many titles to go through. A man of men. A man to every woman. I love u Leonard. See u when I get there babe .love valerie

  • @juanjosepachecoleon7650
    @juanjosepachecoleon7650 Месяц назад +2

    Una fuerte de adrenalina ver con mí 17 años y comprender que el tiempo no pasa de balde...

  • @anniemccartney-ci8um
    @anniemccartney-ci8um Месяц назад +3

    A huge part of my life. So lucky to see him live.

  • @lynettehall4849
    @lynettehall4849 3 месяца назад +13

    Loved Mr Cohen for what his song meant to me in different seasons of my life. Some people save us from ourselves through their music. This man did unknowingly.RIP Leonard .You have left footprints in the sands of time.

  • @chambielion70
    @chambielion70 Год назад +140

    Heard it first when I was 17 . Still listening at 70 and to be played at my funeral along with Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh and going out with dear Eddie playing Eruption really loud , haha loud enough for me to hear it ,. This old lady is going out in style 🖖😎

    • @vinsentstarynight
      @vinsentstarynight Год назад +6

      I took R&R and flew out of Kandahar to London to be on this concert. This was my best R&R and I have them a lot while I was in military

    • @kathyhansen2820
      @kathyhansen2820 Год назад +11

      This old lady, 70 also, will never forget seeing him at the quiet night in Chicago in the 70s. Great, great stuff.

    • @kathharper7126
      @kathharper7126 Год назад +6

      Me too. This is my funeral song of choice! I’m 70 too and have loved his songs for sooooo long. I can’t even remember when I first heard him.

    • @easongt
      @easongt Год назад +8

      Kristofferson says he wants the first 3 lines of this song on his tombstone...

    • @jean-jacquespicard8282
      @jean-jacquespicard8282 Год назад

      8😢😮7i9o998k0ujpk07om😅😊6z

  • @tomkellycartoons
    @tomkellycartoons 3 года назад +86

    I encountered Leonard‘s music in the late 60s. I would lay in the dark, listening to “Bird on a Wire.”
    It spoke to me and made me cry as I too was trying, in my way, to be free.
    I still love him after all these years.

    • @pattikennington9887
      @pattikennington9887 3 года назад

      That's beautiful! Born in 61.Never heard this!!!

    • @karencobley1862
      @karencobley1862 Год назад +3

      felt the same but prefer the original - just his voice and my mind

    • @Ries1948
      @Ries1948 Год назад +1

      He was the composer so this is original.

    • @spooch3129
      @spooch3129 Год назад

      ditto brother..first heard in the Yorkville village Toronto in the 60's

    • @84bravestarr
      @84bravestarr Год назад

      listening to this because it is the only thing running through my head. Morning and night I think about "i have torn everyone who reached out for me"
      But i forgot about the "I'll make it up" part...

  • @Wulvena
    @Wulvena Год назад +38

    The words and music of Leonard Cohen and Kris Kristofferson have woven themselves through my life for more than 50 years now. They have touched my soul and brought me through the hardest times. What genius they blessed the world with. Leonard Cohen was that rare talent who only got better with age - I believe this was his finest work ever.

    • @rkoorse
      @rkoorse Год назад +2

      The Silver Tongued Devil

    • @josephalmond3759
      @josephalmond3759 Год назад +1

      Suzanne was his greatest work, after Hallelujah.

    • @catflewelling
      @catflewelling 3 месяца назад

      @@josephalmond3759
      “Dance Me to the End of Love”

    • @catflewelling
      @catflewelling 3 месяца назад

      …and now we mourn the death of the other great songwriter,
      Kris Kristofferson 🕯️

  • @norencenelson8111
    @norencenelson8111 2 года назад +93

    Pure poetry in song. Bob Metzger's playing is as clean and pure as it gets. The sax evokes memories of Paul Desmond. Sorry I never heard this man in concert, but glad we have RUclips.

    • @denniscarnehl7918
      @denniscarnehl7918 2 года назад +7

      Saw him the year before he passed. Was the best. His orchestrations were great

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Год назад

      I bought tickets to see Cohen in four countries. He always canceled. He had horrid stage fright.

    • @joseluisoliveira8353
      @joseluisoliveira8353 10 месяцев назад +1

      Eu vi L COHEN em Lisboa 2012. Concerto de uma vida ! Fabuloso ! Talento & simpatia

  • @Shropslas
    @Shropslas 7 месяцев назад +35

    Extremely moving, unforgettable.

  • @vincentboullenger9095
    @vincentboullenger9095 29 дней назад +3

    Chef d’œuvre…

  • @emmanuelakpabio9100
    @emmanuelakpabio9100 5 лет назад +220

    This was pure genius. A wonderful gift to mankind.

    • @jameslyons5901
      @jameslyons5901 2 года назад +1

      Love the movement it's so refreshing .

    • @ernestinebrunner7869
      @ernestinebrunner7869 2 года назад +1

      Er singt merin Leben

    • @HolyF
      @HolyF 2 года назад +1

      That's Just right!

    • @elizabethbouiss3018
      @elizabethbouiss3018 2 года назад +1

      human kind

    • @agnesprolongeau7718
      @agnesprolongeau7718 Год назад +1

      Léonard Cohen est simplement un génie. J 'ai eu la chance de le voir en concert il y a bien longtemps ,transportée vers un ailleurs de poésie mise remarquablement en musique
      Chaque fois que je l 'écoute ,j 'ai toujours et encore des papillons dans l 'estomac...

  • @jarkakazda4419
    @jarkakazda4419 3 года назад +30

    Never get tired of listening to tis man.

  • @robertkelly9508
    @robertkelly9508 3 года назад +68

    like a fine wine, leonard Cohen gets better with age- the more you listen the better it gets! :¬)

  • @fonseca1luis
    @fonseca1luis 22 дня назад +2

    Lovely song. Lovely solo.

  • @sharonstrange9388
    @sharonstrange9388 Год назад +52

    my goodness!!! He is amazing. one of a kind wonderful!! RIP Mr Cohen. He’s singing with the angels. 😇

  • @darlenetaylor923
    @darlenetaylor923 2 месяца назад +2

    Agree, A poet indeed.

  • @blastfiendsunite420
    @blastfiendsunite420 3 года назад +27

    This beautiful soul takes his hat off for his fellow musicians.. 😭😭 this man is holy.

  • @juliegonzaga6625
    @juliegonzaga6625 10 месяцев назад +19

    Thank you for knowing LC..his music, his poetry and his love...i love this guy..❤❤❤

  • @tkosskoss
    @tkosskoss 4 года назад +86

    Oh Leonard, how you can grip my heart, open it and wring it at the same time. The absolute epitome of soul music.

  • @avinghosh
    @avinghosh 3 года назад +120

    Like a bird on the wire
    Like a drunk in a midnight choir
    I have tried in my way to be free
    Like a worm on a hook
    Like a knight from some old-fashioned book
    I have saved all my ribbons for thee
    If I, if I have been unkind
    I hope that you can just let it go by
    If I, if I have been untrue
    I hope you know it was never to you
    For like a baby, stillborn
    Like a beast with his horn
    I have torn everyone who reached out for me
    But I swear by this song
    And by all that I have done wrong
    I will make it all up to thee
    I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
    He said to me, "you must not ask for so much"
    And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
    She cried to me, "hey, why not ask for more?"
    Oh, like a bird on the wire
    Like a drunk in a midnight choir
    I have tried in my way to be free

    • @fiorellafenati5395
      @fiorellafenati5395 2 года назад +13

      he gave all of himself. completely. beloved

    • @himalayafanvideo7625
      @himalayafanvideo7625 2 года назад +7

      Amen

    • @robertleslie7359
      @robertleslie7359 2 года назад +14

      Just commenting to observe he changed the lyrics in this version - the original goes:
      "If I, if I have been untrue
      I hope you know it was never to you"
      and he changed it to:
      "If I, if I have been untrue
      it's just that I thought a liar, I thought a lover had to be some kinda liar too"
      I think it's a very telling and lovely change and it probably makes the song more truthful... he had a lot of guilt saved up over his relationship with marianne, I reckon. writing later in his poem "days of kindness" he talks of his abandonment of “Marianne and the child”, and that he prays that “loving memory exists for them too / the precious ones I overthrew / for an education in the world”.

    • @heikewest6189
      @heikewest6189 2 года назад +5

      😭

    • @mirandagrund6187
      @mirandagrund6187 2 года назад +6

      Thank you for the lyrics

  • @ajlaidler67
    @ajlaidler67 3 года назад +20

    He speaks to the darkness in my soul that I hide from the world

  • @rosmariegisin4475
    @rosmariegisin4475 27 дней назад +2

    So beautiful unforgettable Songs in my Heart.Thanks Leonard .🙏👍👋❤️🌹🎵

  • @BlancaAndreu1
    @BlancaAndreu1 Год назад +11

    Le tenían que haber dado el Premio Nobel a él, que fue un verdadero poeta. Como muestra, está fabulosa canción.

  • @ebummbhungu7839
    @ebummbhungu7839 3 года назад +10

    Notice the respect! Taking off his hat when a solo artists perform.

  • @reidunfyn7088
    @reidunfyn7088 6 месяцев назад +11

    July 2024. I'll never stop listening ❤

    • @susancarolan153
      @susancarolan153 3 месяца назад

      Me too. I traveled by car all over Europe to Israel from London with only 2 Leonard Cohen' cassettes. Never got bored. Long story ❤

  • @JoseNogueiraviladoconde
    @JoseNogueiraviladoconde 4 года назад +67

    The poet, the musician and the artist. A gentlem with a soul...

    • @ElizabethGroppi-ey5eg
      @ElizabethGroppi-ey5eg Год назад

      True gentleman with a deep soul I like listening to him. May he rest in peace

  • @juliegonzaga6625
    @juliegonzaga6625 10 месяцев назад +8

    Can't get enough of his music ..thank you again..your music lives...timeless

  • @rosemaryfeltham1479
    @rosemaryfeltham1479 3 года назад +45

    What a gift Leonard Cohen was to all, able to put words onto the deepest of human experience. Thank you. Namaste.

  • @dixiedoos3512
    @dixiedoos3512 4 года назад +24

    his music is haunting from his memories of the Holocaust and his family RIP LEONARD

  • @Nathan-be6gg
    @Nathan-be6gg Год назад +35

    This song changed my life when I was in prison. Still makes me cry

    • @antonysmith7807
      @antonysmith7807 7 месяцев назад

      It's not about that,we all have been in prison,not all thank fuck ,but hey this song is not about that,or you on prison,get a grip mate you still breathing ok

    • @rkb5472
      @rkb5472 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@antonysmith7807, what is the matter with you? Comments like this are why a lot of people never open up to anyone-in person or anonymously.

    • @antonysmith7807
      @antonysmith7807 4 месяца назад

      @@rkb5472 what

    • @rkb5472
      @rkb5472 4 месяца назад

      @antonysmith7807 Your comment is very dismissive. "It's not about you."
      And it's belittling. "Get a grip."
      @Nathan-be6gg posted something most people wouldn't. Even though it's anonymous, sharing that kind of thing is hard to do.

    • @rabbithole26
      @rabbithole26 3 месяца назад

      Beautiful gratitude ❤

  • @SophiahKoikasWindyQueen
    @SophiahKoikasWindyQueen 3 года назад +6

    my fave of his and him being older is even better!

  • @leah1tee367
    @leah1tee367 3 года назад +58

    I have loved this great man since I saw him in concert in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1980's. And this is my absolute favourite of all of his incredible songs. My heart aches when he sings it. So sad that you have left us, Mr Cohen. RIP

    • @민자이-q2i
      @민자이-q2i Год назад

      이세상사람이아니라는게너무슬퍼요
      위대하고훌룡한천재

  • @gerdaschilski6967
    @gerdaschilski6967 Год назад +24

    Guitar and Saxophone just Amazing 👏👏❣️

  • @FernandoEcheandia
    @FernandoEcheandia 2 месяца назад +3

    Te fuiste sin decirme nada.....y se fue tu voz, tu poesia ,tu elegancia, tu angustia....Un ser humano unico.Siempre estaras en mi corazon.

  • @robertkelly5515
    @robertkelly5515 4 года назад +41

    He will never leave us I guess, he will be right here forever!!!

    • @tedmangano789
      @tedmangano789 4 года назад +5

      Yes, Sir. He'll always be right here, in the Tower of Song.

    • @Prospect.1
      @Prospect.1 3 года назад +2

      As long as we his fans ,,teach the youngens and keep him alive. Cause kids today dont know good music,,well some do ,, but still try n teach young an old about Mr Cohen,, hes a treasure we cant afford to loose his words ,his wisdom, his beautiful painful songs that touch u at your very core of soul ,, as if God sent him to teach us ,, b4 he decided it was time for a private concert in heaven ,, God luv u LC ,,I do ❤❤❤💄💋💋💋💋👠📿💃🎵🎶🎵❤

  • @rosmariegisin4475
    @rosmariegisin4475 Месяц назад +1

    His musicians love in may heart, a very great Men.

  • @maryfitzgerald7500
    @maryfitzgerald7500 5 лет назад +106

    I sit and listen all day to Leonard Cohen with tears in my eyes it's so hurtful that he passed away he had plenty more to givel

    • @rayneville5081
      @rayneville5081 4 года назад +6

      Me too

    • @charlesalvarez2586
      @charlesalvarez2586 4 года назад +6

      @Kyle O'Bryan You speak my soul with your words. I've come to love Leonard Cohen too late on life but feel blessed to discover him

    • @mygoddess1
      @mygoddess1 4 года назад +2

      @@rayneville5081 Me, too :(

    • @rayneville5081
      @rayneville5081 4 года назад +1

      I was 14 when I first herd him sing

    • @tedmangano789
      @tedmangano789 4 года назад +7

      He's not gone. He's right here, in The Tower of Song.

  • @realist8977
    @realist8977 3 года назад +4

    Ich habe noch nie einen Künstler auf der Bühne erlebt, der seine Begleitmusiker mehr wertschätzt, als er. Er sagte, es sei eine große Ehre, dass diese Musiker ihn, der selten einen Ton trifft, begleiten. Es sehr bescheidener Mann.

  • @carmengil3944
    @carmengil3944 4 года назад +61

    I discovered his music not to long ago and I felt in love. I never get tired of listening.

    • @dixiedoos3512
      @dixiedoos3512 4 года назад +6

      kd lang keeps his music alive

    • @knntnp4993
      @knntnp4993 2 года назад +3

      Me too. I really fell in love with his voice and the lyrics! Awesome!!!!

  • @davidroga6508
    @davidroga6508 2 месяца назад +1

    This is another realm of poetical, music genius. Cohen is a master of poetic brilliance and meshing it with music is sensational. The guitar and sax just add such soft and phenomenal brilliance to his vid that it is mesmerising. Intriguing and Phenomenal piece of music and video.

  • @catincavo
    @catincavo 4 месяца назад +1

    Many tried to sing Cohen's songs, but no one managed to sing them more truly than he himself

  • @jarq9728
    @jarq9728 2 года назад +16

    Leonard Cohen es irrepetible, su elegancia, su sencillez, su sobria y limpia sonrisa, su voz profunda, su hondo sentimiento, sus coros, sus músicos... Leonard Cohen fue un magnífico y fecundo poeta, un compositor genial, un intérprete simpar y un ser humano UNICO. Adoraba y adoro sus canciones, me aportan tanto que estaré eternamente agradecido a este mensajero de meditaciones y reflexiones tan elevadas.
    Gracias MAESTRO COHEN

  • @JohnCornwall-p8g
    @JohnCornwall-p8g 12 часов назад

    2025. He was always free. Leonard Cohen helped and managed my life from an early age.

  • @butchsmith956
    @butchsmith956 Год назад +6

    This has to be the greatest version ever. One of my favorite songs of all time..❤

  • @Snerf1959
    @Snerf1959 2 месяца назад +2

    Can't listen to this without tears in my eyes... It touches my very soul. Love it and I'm so glad I saw/heard him playing this live in Amsterdam.

  • @GirlNamedNino
    @GirlNamedNino 5 лет назад +127

    "It was the shape, the shape of our love that twisted me" THESE alternative lyrics have me shook. Leonard Cohen, eternally grateful to your poetry sir #RIP Sculptor of Feelings into Verses

    • @robertkelly5515
      @robertkelly5515 4 года назад +3

      Are you a Go-go dancer for the US marine's or do you like BjorK on the BBC?

    • @brucetones7905
      @brucetones7905 4 года назад +4

      An absolute giant amongst men x

    • @mayash4870
      @mayash4870 3 года назад +4

      A buffled king composing Hallelujah!

    • @gillianbarker488
      @gillianbarker488 3 года назад +4

      Like a bird on a wire
      Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
      I have tried in my way to be free
      Like a worm on the hook
      Like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book
      It was the shape, the shape of our love that twisted me
      If I have been unkind, ooh if I have been unkind
      I hope that you can find a way to let it all go right on by
      if I have been untrue, if I have been untrue
      It’s just that I thought a liar… I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too
      Like a babe stillborn
      Like a beast with his horn
      I have torn everyone who reached out for me
      But I swear by this song
      I, I swear by all that I have done wrong
      I will make it all, all up to thee
      I saw this beggar, he was leaning on his wooden crutch
      He says to me: "Leonard, you just can’t ask for all that much"
      A pretty woman standing in her darkened door
      She cries out to me: "Why not ask for just a little more?"
      Like a bird on a wire
      Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
      I have tried in my way to be free

  • @dimitrakyr-zorba6606
    @dimitrakyr-zorba6606 2 месяца назад +1

    Πόσο υπέροχο... το έγραψε στο σπίτι του στην Ύδρα βλέποντας τα σπουργίτια στα σύρματα... 🐦 αγαπούσε την Ελλάδα! Η ψυχή του στο Φως... 🙏

  • @thedaeemunchagote-long1517
    @thedaeemunchagote-long1517 4 года назад +52

    An artist that can take you to a higher, spiritual,
    consciousness of life. He is on a higher plane, close to he Angel's of God.

    • @Prospect.1
      @Prospect.1 3 года назад +2

      Exactly

    • @luvtanzanite
      @luvtanzanite 3 года назад

      He lived in an ashram for a
      number of years. I was so happy I got to see him in concert. He is the best. Saying that, coming up is Jim Van Der Zee. I'm not sure he ever reach the level of Leonard's writing but his voice is sublime and he has a few covers of Cohens.

  • @tuwlaets
    @tuwlaets Год назад +2

    I listened to this today while spending this month on the island of hydra where leonard cohen wrote "bird on the wire." each day i shall listen to one of cohen's magnificent creations. such gifts of healing. thank you, leonard, for the life you lived.

  • @simonecasolani9174
    @simonecasolani9174 2 месяца назад +1

    Appreciate no ADS thank you

  • @catman4471
    @catman4471 4 года назад +11

    He just kept getting better and better

  • @johannamit4388
    @johannamit4388 3 месяца назад +1

    Awesome song by LC. Also great guitar and sax solo.

  • @mariannstamm4377
    @mariannstamm4377 2 года назад +9

    Seit 50 Jahren einer meiner absoluten Lieblingssings. Just great

  • @mariaisabelcruz4943
    @mariaisabelcruz4943 3 года назад +16

    Considered the greats poet of the 20th century.
    The best the best the best.
    What a unique voice.
    One in a hundred million

  • @angelavanhorn2325
    @angelavanhorn2325 3 месяца назад +2

    😭😭😭 misses my beloved son in heaven, too ..❤️🙏✝️

  • @enzogalli5506
    @enzogalli5506 4 года назад +40

    WONDERFUL song, GREAT man, FANTASTIC voice, IMMENSE poet!!! SUBLIME Leonard!!! RIP friend!!!

  • @robertzeek4020
    @robertzeek4020 7 месяцев назад +3

    He makes you feel ideas by surrounding them with emotions. What is freedom? Do we really want it? WOuld we know if we had it? etc...But feeling it internally. No argument or logic. I love Bird on a wire.

  • @ernestinebrunner7869
    @ernestinebrunner7869 2 года назад +6

    Dieses Lied beschreibt mein Leben. Aber in meinen tiefsten Nöten habe ich mich verstanden gefühlt! Danke Ernestine

  • @gwynedwards1257
    @gwynedwards1257 3 года назад +12

    Amongst the most achingly beautiful lyric ever written. T
    Like a child stillborn like a beast with its horn I have torn everyone who reached out to me

  • @philipgratton51
    @philipgratton51 4 года назад +23

    A master of word's a great poet will be remembered by our generation and beyond

  • @frankfiddler1144
    @frankfiddler1144 3 года назад +7

    The Very, Very Best version of this song, understandable Leonard wrote this song. RIP my Friend.

  • @lindasmith6202
    @lindasmith6202 3 месяца назад +1

    Very few around these days that can touch these guys. This is music.

  • @364Daniel
    @364Daniel 4 месяца назад +2

    Que j'aime ce Monsieur , l'artiste et l' Homme !

  • @konzolkal.7786
    @konzolkal.7786 3 года назад +12

    i knew that this song is good, but this arrangement is amazing

  • @Vedas_Welt
    @Vedas_Welt 3 года назад +13

    Der Sound schwingt gerade voll auf meiner Energie und ich bin vollkommen verzaubert. Sooo schön 🥰♥️👍

  • @hervegoube9160
    @hervegoube9160 5 лет назад +70

    Merci ! Comment remercier un tel homme, cet ange terrestre, d'avoir vécu à nos côtés tout au long de notre existence ? Quel honneur nous fit cet immense artiste, toute douceur et bonté !

  • @dorisc8604
    @dorisc8604 5 лет назад +26

    He never die share his music to new generations

  • @agnescharret7062
    @agnescharret7062 3 года назад +10

    Quel Seigneur....et Dino qui nous sort son âme dans son saxophone. Nous étions à Toulouse et à Colmar nous n'oublierons jamais. Merci Léonard

  • @xav1952
    @xav1952 3 года назад +21

    One of the first songs of Mr Cohen I have ever heard and it was love at first hearing and it never stopped!Miss you, Mr Cohen !

    • @crowdog56
      @crowdog56 3 года назад +3

      Me too. This song hooked me back in the day and he's never let go since. Crying right now listening to this...

    • @anita_1135
      @anita_1135 2 года назад +1

      I cry every time I listen to him...so sad he's gone...I didn't get to see him live..one of the biggest regrets of my life...god bless you Mr. Cohen.

    • @anita_1135
      @anita_1135 2 года назад +1

      No one takes your soul, slices it,dices it, whips and purees it then hands it back with love and understanding like this man, NO ONE.

  • @angekriekenbeek5935
    @angekriekenbeek5935 2 года назад +4

    Leonard you Dear you are amazing 🤩❤️💕💗🌹🌹

  • @lorenenoe4472
    @lorenenoe4472 3 года назад +24

    Soulful 💯 touches us in the deepest way. Regret never having opportunity to see him live.

  • @chantalmalgras3104
    @chantalmalgras3104 3 года назад +4

    Puissions nous devenir aussi lumineux que la lumière, aussi aérien que le vent et aussi vaste que l'eau qui se jette dans l'océan ❣

  • @StephenBerk-ks2jk
    @StephenBerk-ks2jk Год назад +4

    I love Leonard Cohen's unique music. It has a spiritual dimension I can feel.

  • @timsmusic7349
    @timsmusic7349 Год назад +3

    This is my daily worship!

  • @richardcosta-n9b
    @richardcosta-n9b Год назад +6

    Magnifique chanson et merveilleux poète bravo monsieur Léonard Cohen

  • @RobMiles-j9v
    @RobMiles-j9v 8 месяцев назад +4

    God bless you bro....

  • @badass.bob1
    @badass.bob1 3 года назад +5

    May you rest in peace Sir Leonard Cohen. Gods love to you man

  • @sisselhansen3915
    @sisselhansen3915 Месяц назад +1

    Its so beautiful...

  • @mariehelenerevel1655
    @mariehelenerevel1655 5 лет назад +23

    Endless thank you.. we miss you for ever

  • @ceciliawestman
    @ceciliawestman Год назад +8

    I have love his poetry since I was 12 - a classmate of mine introduced me to his first album.
    I was hooked for ever.

  • @0otee
    @0otee 4 года назад +58

    Grand song, loved it since it came out❣️ This London live version: guitar and sax lovely💥💫🎶👌Leonard, Poet, sings fantastic❤️🌹👌🌞

  • @bagoesv.leeuwen7413
    @bagoesv.leeuwen7413 11 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic song of Leonard Cohen. Great guitar player. From the Netherlands

  • @SharonMiitchell
    @SharonMiitchell 7 месяцев назад +5

    So beautiful

  • @geoffsygroveroofingcontrac4654
    @geoffsygroveroofingcontrac4654 3 года назад +14

    This song is unreal and is band absolutely fantastic wow

  • @AA-bt6fc
    @AA-bt6fc 2 года назад +6

    Love this song and you Leonard. You are a beautiful soul💕💓🙏🙏💖💗🌹🥀

  • @antonelloferrero8590
    @antonelloferrero8590 3 года назад +7

    Uno dei più grandi interpreti e cantanti mai esistiti

  • @swinehorde9118
    @swinehorde9118 5 лет назад +25

    Very much the best version of this that will ever exist.

    • @wendyburgess5805
      @wendyburgess5805 4 года назад +3

      I was there that night 02 London, great night, great audience, amazing night. RIP Leonard, enabling hours of pleasure listen to your songs and music, brilliant. Thank you.

    • @LeileeBaker805
      @LeileeBaker805 3 года назад

      🤲⚘