Leonard Cohen Reaction - Songs of Love and Hate Review!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Leonard Cohen Reaction - Songs of Love and Hate Review! is up today, and we give our reactions to it in a track by track format! Thanks to our Patreon supporter, Bruce for this suggestion! This is the first time we have listened to Songs of Love and Hate and we really enjoyed it!
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Quick Facts:
• 3rd studio album released in March 1971.
• #295 in Rolling Stones Greatest Albums of All-Time.
• #145 in US, but was his most commercially successful album in many other parts of the world, reaching #4 in UK and #8 in Australia.
In 1991, Cohen revealed that the recording of this album had been a difficult time for him because "absolutely everything was beginning to fall apart around me: my spirit, my intentions, my will. So I went into a deep and long depression."
In an interview in March 1973 - just 2 years after the album was released - Cohen said: "I suppose you could call it gimmicky if you were feeling uncharitable towards me. I have certainly felt uncharitable towards me from time to time over that record, and regretted many things. It was over-produced and overelaborated...an experiment that failed."
The front of the album sleeve is a sparsely detailed black-and-white photo of Cohen, smiling, with several days' beard growth. The back cover has no track listing, and quotes Cohen's short poem "They Locked Up A Man".
All songs written by Leonard Cohen.
Side one
1. Avalanche - 5:07, Lyrics are based on a poem he had previously written. He acknowledged in a 1992 interview that his "chop", his unique pattern of playing classical guitar, is behind many of his early songs, and this one features his trademark fast, classical guitar pattern as the accompaniment.
2. Last Year's Man -
3. Dress Rehearsal Rag - 6:12, In a 1974 interview, Cohen said: There are some songs which I never sing in public. I’m not trying to be supersensitive or coy about it. Just that particular song I very rarely sing to myself, to friends or any time. I wrote it, I taught it to Judy Collins and she recorded it and I never sang it in public. And maybe I’ve sung it 3 or 4 times to myself in that last time. It’s an authentic song. I think it comes out of my own experience but I’m not interested in I can’t.. somehow I haven’t been able to release that song from its private area. I recorded it, I was surprised myself that I recorded it. I’m not happy with the recording.
4. Diamonds in the Mine -
Side two
5. Love Calls You by Your Name - 5:44, Introducing the song in 1974: This next song is about that place between the beginning and the end of things, in which you summon yourself.
6. Famous Blue Raincoat - 5:15, Written in the form of a letter, tells the story of a love triangle among the speaker, a woman named Jane, and the male addressee, who is identified only briefly as "my brother, my killer."
7. Sing Another Song, Boys (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1970) -
8. Joan of Arc - 6:29, Released as single, The song is constructed mainly as a dialogue between Joan of Arc and the fire which is consuming her as she burns at the stake, after having been found guilty of heresy (in 1431). In the song, Joan says that she is "tired of the war" and tells how she would rather be wearing a white wedding dress (one of the charges against her was that she dressed as a man).
Faves - Avalanche, Famous Blue Raincoat, Dress Rehearsal Rag, Joan of Arc
Overall - Trey 8.5/10, Shawn 8.0/10
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Another one of my favourites. This album is best listened to after dark I think, very enchanting. Huge fan of Famous Blue Raincoat, it's such a beautiful story in a weird way.
Thanks James and great point about best listened to after dark.
Maybe one of the best records in history. Untouchable poetry.
Thanks for Watching!
This is actually my favorite Leonard Cohen album, and I love many of them. Good to hear a review of a complete album.
Thanks!
Jennifer Warnes did a wonderful cover album called Famous Blue Raincoat (which has the brilliant cover First We Take Manhattan featuring Stevie Ray Vaughn.)
I read where Leonard love it. I will check it out. Thanks oakhill!
Thank you so much for taking the time to appreciate Leonard’s wisdom, even if his voice isn’t your usual style. (You probably can appreciate his sense of humour about it on ‘Tower Of Song’ the line goes It was born like this, I had no choice, O was born with the gift of a golden voice’ - That line always drew loud applause from his crowd at concerts - we loved his self dedicating sense of humour. This is one of the greatest albums ever and is in a class of its own. It’s along with his first album ‘Songs Of Leonard Cohen’ is my favourite ever. I share similar track favourites to you - Avalanche in particular is a go to track. PLEASE if you can, review Songs Of Leonard Cohen, his first album. It’s still serious but a lighter mood to this one. You could play it any time. It’s quite soothing. Fantastic writing and acoustic. Thanks again, from Australia.
Sorry for my typos- this line goes ‘ I was born like this, I had no choice, I was born with the gift of a golden voice’. - Tower of Song. Since you appreciate his lyrics, if you haven’t already heard it, listen to ‘Chelsea Hotel No. 2’ - I think you’ll like it. I especially like the lyrics relating to music.
Wow Anna really appreciate the insight! We will for sure give that a listen! Hope all is well in Australia!
Reactions To The Classics The song is about Janis Joplin. Its not the most lyrically complex songs of his, I’m not sure why I suggested it in that sense. I guess it’s the meaning/mood of it that I appreciate, as someone who appreciates real artists. The line for example “We are ugly but we have the music’ 👌 It’s been covered quite a few times by various people. Adam Cohen and Lana Del Rey do a nice live version together. His first 3 albums and the most lyrically impressive. Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Songs From A Room and Songs Of Love and Hate. They are lyrically amazing and go so well with his acoustic guitar. Thanks again for your review and for reading my comment.
Awesome. Love Leonard. It’d be cool if you guys work your way to his last album. “You Want It Darker”
We will do more for sure. Thanks Josh!
I really like this album, but only listen to it sparingly. The lyrics are out of this world. I listen to, say, Blue Raincoat and feel I am being transported to another place.
The live track, Let’s sing another song boys, is one of my favourites, although I don’t know why. Has some striking images in the lyric, like
‘His hand on his leather belt now
Like a wheel on a big ocean liner’
And
‘She learns to touch herself so well
As all the sails burn down like paper’
When the la la las start, I find it cathartic, rather than depressing, and I like the blend of Cohen’s sonorous bass with the pristine female voices.
Thanks for taking the time to review this often overlooked (I think) album
It was our pleasure. Leonard is so underrated! Thanks Steve!
Just found your channel, I enjoy it wholeheartedly! I would love reactions to more Leonard Cohen songs (perhaps his later albums), and if you could, some by Josh Groban :) (Alejate, Mi Mancherai, Per Te, Un Giorno Per Noi are songs I suggest) Thank you!
Actually have Popular Problems by Cohen coming up this month! Thanks for the kind words we really appreciate it!
On my pantheon of most important records for me personally, alongside Cohen’s first two. This album came to me at a very difficult time in my life and plunged me even further into a dark place for obvious reasons but I was able to come out the other side finding deep comfort in the pain found within it. Cohen will always be the greatest songwriter who ever lived in my mind, and you can see why on Songs of Love and Hate. Probably not my #1 favorite of his but I actually find it to be the most perfect of any of his records. Only 8 tracks but every single one is among his best. Absolutely no skips. He’s expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with a lot of his work as you mentioned, especially his first album. I think that’s just who he is, he was always very self loathing which played into his depression. But he truly was one of the most deeply fascinating people there was, and his career arc is so strange and interesting as well. So many phases of his life and career that are worth investigating, and the obvious start to that would be his debut record, an absolute masterpiece. His poetry books and novels are deeply fulfilling reads as well. It was was horrific for me and many others when died in 2016. I miss his wisdom and humor so much.
Wonderful to see an extensive Cohen album review on RUclips. There isn’t hardly any at all, so this was a treat. Great work fellas
Also a really amazing story of how Cohen learned to play guitar in that style:
ruclips.net/video/VIR5ps8usuo/видео.html
Wow Nick really appreciate you taking the time to share. We will have more Cohen in the future as we feel he is a guy that is oftentimes not mentioned in the rarified air he should be. Thanks!
He is a perfectionist. He toils over ever line. Some songs take years. He says he doesn’t have many feelings of regret or self congratulations - those are not mechanisms that operation strongly in him. So I don’t think he disliked any of his work out of self hatred, he just had extremely high standards about his work and was a perfectionist. I think he knew he had something special (thank goodness). Thanks for sharing your story. Leonard’s work has been a sanctuary for me too x
Hi guys
A very good Leonard Cohen album.
His lyrics are like poems.
A great artist.
Thanks Pe Ke, hope you are well!
I never saw Leonard Cohen as being depressive, one of his early problems was just exactly who to aim his music at, and he realised there were millions living by themselves in this world and aimed his music towards them, with hindsight some songs like sisters of mercy are really tongue in cheek.
Totally see it as that was where he was coming from for much of his life if you read about him. That said that is the beauty of music as we all interpret it differently. Thanks Jeremy
@@ReactionsToTheClassics thanks, a small point on lyrics, I bought the Japanese issue of this album where the line ,'you treated my woman tons f
@@ReactionsToTheClassics sorry, 'you treated my woman to a flake of your life' was translated as 'a flick of your light', it does,nt really change the meaning, except to give an even more retro feel to the lyrics
Your channel is new to me and I am enjoying it. Regarding this album, it's not entertainment! Rather, it is pretty grueling. I have listened to it, sparingly, for forty-nine years. Your take on Joan of Arc is interesting to me as I have always heard it completely differently. I hear it as a story of a psychotic, erotic obsession acted out in life events that Joan helped created. She was a woman who led an insurrection, against the church, I believe, and hence was burned at the stake as a heretic. Live performances of this from the 1980's SIZZLE with sexual tension between Cohen and his backup singer Julie Christensen.
Appreciate your insight and thanks for watching James!!
I don't think I know any of these songs. The facts you included are interesting. This album is 295 on the 500 greatest albums. Cool. You also said Cohen was a poet and novelist. That is a great accomplishment.You guys focus a lot on the lyrical message of the songs and you delve deep into the poetic aspect of the songs. I really enjoyed listening to your track by track commentary. You chose two of your three favorites as the same. Shawn your rating is a solid 8.0 and Trey, your rating is a high 8.5. You guys got me curious to listen to some of these songs. btw, I read a little bit on Joan of Arc. It was in a 1960's Readers Digest article. If I remember correctly, she was branded by the church as a heretic and I think she was 19 years old when burned at the stake.
Yes another tragic misuse of religion to further ones own bias and agenda. Thanks Poet!!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics I agree with you on your statement on the misuse of religion.
Should check out Nick Cave's version of avalanche, Leonard said it was a better version than his own...love leonard the words and beauty are fabulous
Will check that out. Thanks Phil!
Leonard Cohen was an unsung genius. I think he may be second to Dylan when it comes to the all-time great songwriters. His debut album is EVEN BETTER than this one, which is saying a lot considering how great it is. Awesome review guys!
We need to check that one out for sure. Thanks Nathaniel!