FYI he's not prophetic, you have to understand we live in a engineered society ( almost everything except the weather is pre-planned) so if a artist knows about these plans he will included them in his lyrics as much as he can . So it comes off as future telling when in reality it's snitching on the elite planners. For reference look up books like ( Americans secret destiny, by Ralph Epperson) or the new wold order by the same author. So in short these plans have been in place for a looong time what's delayed it is the unavailable technology. But now with smart phones and humanoid robots it's all ready , enter co vid and shutdowns .
This song was inspired by the 1992 riots in Los Angeles over the beating and arrest of Rodney King. Cohen, being generally very pessimistic by nature, saw this as the future of the western world. He might not have been wrong with that assessment.
Nothing to do with Rodney king , it was a warning ⚠️ for what the elite had planned for the year 2000 but had to delay it due to protests in the 90s against globalization in every major city. But post 2020 the plans are back , the plan is a world 🌎 control over the entire population ( Like the Chinese have over their slaves ) with a severe population reduction. A new 1000 years of slavery, that's why he says ( abort another fetus now we don't like children any how ) this is not los angeles riots related but planned parent hood and the plan to have forced abortions like China.
Cohen always changes things up on his lyrics when he's performing. I watched an interview where he said there are at least 75 verses to "Hallelujah" but he doesn't really know because he hadn't finished writing it yet. He knew when he went to the mic he would sing 4 or 5, but until he was actually into it, he never knew which they would be, or even what order they would be in. I've heard 7 or 8 verses and the most in a performance was 6.
Oh man, Leonard Cohen's wonderful, such an enormous catalogue of poems and music. This track is so excellent, written after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I especially love "I'm Your Man", "If It Be Your Will", "Famous Blue Raincoat", and "Anthem". His stuff can be so immensely heavy, and pessimistic at times, but there's so much beauty in his writing.
Fluffy Walrus 1000 Kisses deep from Live at O2 is worth a listen/watch in context of the rest of the concert, half way through you could hear a pin drop in the auditorium.
HIS LAST SONG THAT HE PUT OUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED WAS CALLED (YOU WANT IT DARKER). HE WAS 82 YEARS OLD. ITS LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER HEARD. ITS AMAZING.
Leonard Cohen & Nick Cave are two of my favorites, some people cite David Bowie & The Beatles, but those guys are closer to me. Def gotta watch some of the Live In London performance, especially since it’s so recent-recorded in 2008. Some of my favorite Cohen songs are “Stories Of The Street,” “Teachers,” “Waiting For A Miracle,” “First We Take Manhattan,” & “You Want It Darker.” There’s a good MTV interview on RUclips with Leonard Cohen while he was touring in support of The Future album.
I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan and this was the first time I've heard this. My top 3 Cohen songs are "Hallelujah" (of course), "If It Be Your Will", and "Joan of Arc".
Joan of Arc is the shit. Let's Sing Another Song Boys is also mind blowing. I also love Dress Rehearsal Rag if you don't mind songs about suicide. Shit, we'll be here all day if i name all of his masterpieces. I'll stop.
YES! Another song from the great Leonard Cohen! Thank you for doing one of my all-time favorite songwriters. And writers in general. (And I'm very curious about sharing my music and writing in a full Patreon fashion, but that's a whole other thing I'll email you guys about soon :) )
He actually was famous first as a poet (many books), then a novellist (2) and only at 32 did he write and record some songs. Always just so-so in the USA, he WAS hugely famous in Canada and Europe (in Norway and Poland as soon as he put out a record it went to #1). He lived in Greece (island of Hydra) for 6 years. And if you think real hard Vin you'll understand my name and picture. btw Vin: you have a lot of knowledge and speak the truth: good on you!
You have to listen to "thanks for the dance" and cry. The song was recorded after he died, he had left the voice recordings and his family helped finishing the album
Please listen i started in late 60.s listening.to him he s a master of words dn t underestimate him. I think.you have to be aware of life ive read so much of cohen s work make what you will but he s not afraid to speak his truth. Debbie Wales .. U.k.
I hope these two will do more Leonard Cohen. They are very good at reflecting on the lyrics of a song, and this is of course a perfect match with Cohen, who always was, first and foremost, a poet.
I bought this album when it came out because I was a huge Leonard Cohen fan back then. A coworker friend of mine came into work to tell me that he saw Cohen singing this on the Tonight Show. He said that afterwards, Cohen told Jay Leno: Thanks for cutting my seven-minute long song to four minutes. Leno replied, saying: Well, thank you, Mr. Cohen, for compromising your standards to be on our show. I thought that was pretty funny.
I hope you guys review Tom Waits too. Another prolific artist with a similar style. I'm glad you're reviewing Leonard Cohen too. You'll find no shortage of good lyrics to sort through!
He was great. Just look at the tribute concert after his death in which the Prime Minister of Canada was present. Artists who praised him included Sting, Elvis Costello, Courtney Love and more
Leonard Cohen is one of the few real poets, meaning he was not really a musician, to have a number of international hits. He started out making a name for himself in the beatnik movement and usually writes in deep and intricate metaphors, often dark and/or intimate themes. Vin would probably love his older work just for the awesome metaphors. :)
I had a conversation with Armando in the comments of the John Prine video about a few important artists. He mentioned he would request a Leonard Cohen soon but that after that and one or two others he would get to the person I consider to be the greatest lyricist of all time, Townes Van Zandt, who was a part of the outlaw country sub-genre. I know you all don't get to songs from comments all that often, but I'd love to see some Townes covered by you all. I'd personally love to see either Rake, Tecumseh Valley or Lungs show up on here. Tecumseh Valley is one of my favorite songs of all time, but it's more a narrative and doesn't get across how genius a writer he was as the other two do. Rake (live version from 1969) would be my preference but the song Lungs is one of his two most famous and it has close to 2 million views. Pancho and Lefty by him might have even more, and that song is great, too. It's doubtful you two will get to this regardless, but there are some solid options. Anyway, I love Leonard Cohen and I don't want to take the space and not say that and say his early stuff, when he was young and his voice a bit more conventional, he wrote an incredible song named Suzanne that's also worth checking out.
Vin and Sori, watch some of his interviews, the coolest guy ever and the best song writer ever.... in my opinion, try some other songs of his, Joan of arc, famous blue rain coat, last years man, Suzanne , chelsea hotel 1, masters song and lots lots more. Cheers
@@csb2338 your welcome, much like myself all the years listening to the great man and only stumbled across it a few months ago. Its really shows his love for Janis i think and is not as cold as chelsea 2. In my opinion. Take care.
@@richieflynn3894 I agree. Chelsea hotel n.2 is very melancholic and cold, whereas n.1 is a lot more joyful and feels kind of like a celebration of Janis. Cheers!
Thank you for listening to all the words and understanding. Been into him from his first song in the early 60's.I tried to read his book Beautiful Losers then but I was still in school and too innocent to digest it. That book was the beginning of his fame pre music
LC is my favorite singer-song-writer. In the early days he was dirty, gravelly, folk like Bob Dylan (don’t kill me BD fans) but more tortured by or vocal about personal betrayal than systemic betrayal...and then he grew into his voice and his opinions of systems (I really do love you, BD). LC incorporates a lot of biblical and historical allusions and i find that his lyrics evoke an agnostic questioning and inspection. I HATE ever mentioning the over-covered song he wrote - but if you haven’t heard it you should - if not only to know who wrote that song. Also anything in the I’m Your Man documentary/tribute should be heard (as covered and original).
I think he achieved his goal to create an unease with his lyrics in this song. Your faces told the story. Cohen always has a message and some think he foresaw the future with this song. The music is at odds with the lyrics but it works so well.
I always believed the song was written on behalf, and from the sarcastic point of view, of the devil , same like "Sympathy for the devil" by the Rolling Stones. A cry for destruction and chaos. Still admitting that 'love is the only engine of survival". So simple.
Really enjoyed your thoughts on this stuff. Heavy subject matter, and refreshing to see it spoken of honestly and without the chains of external political ideology limiting perspective, but rather an actual free thought based examination that quickly exposes the extremes for the hypocrisy they invariably represent. The ultimate irony being that the attempts to enforce 'us vs them' belief systems end up destroying what these groups say they represent. LC was a genius at looking at the absurdity of the world, finding beauty in the darkness, and putting a crack in the wall so light could reach in.
Lenhard Cohen spent a number of years as a zen Buddhist priest Zen is known for its dependence on poetry to convey spiritual truth Mr Cohen was a very spiritual person. May he Rest In Peace
If you want more, please check out Ten New Songs Album. Its more personable and intermixes despair with hope beautifully. The lyrics and themes will give you a closer look at Cohen's personal life and insular thoughts. Co - Written and Produced by Sharon Robinson
This song was the song for the credits of the movie NATURAL BORN KILLERS. That's where I found him. And I heard Henry Rollins mention him more than once. I figured if Henry and Trent Rezner like him I would too.
With the whole cynicism of the man who soaked on rain for 4000 years, LC sings out the rebellion of an eternal teenager. Nobody could ever do it this way!
I think the beginning of the song is more describing the kind of mentallity that he is "critizicing" (if that's the correct word to a poetic composition) that leads to 'that future'. Not that he is trying to escape or so. It's part of the poetic portrate I think. 👐
this song wans in the movie Natural Born Killers, closing song... I wish you would have heard the explicit version its so much better! please react to Leornard Cohen Everybody Knows! he is one of the worlds greatest artist EVER I didnt make that up! a poet been around since the 1960s
Welp it happened. You two have seen "The Future". Things will be a little different for you going forward. Such an amazing song. I've loved it since I first heard it in the 90s. Amazing just amazing
Here is a link to his obit - www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/obituaries/leonard-cohen-dies.html - I understand why you think he might be mobbed up if this is one of your first experiences with him. Dig a little deeper (and with Mr. Cohen you can always go deeper) you will find the entire human condition. It can seem bleak sometimes but remember “there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”.
Vin, we have the patience to watch hour long review videos on your channel when everyone else puts out 15 minute reviews 😄 Giving you a hard time. I love the long form reviews and breakdowns you two do.
Leonard Cohen - Canadian Jewish Buddhist who wrote songs anywhere from "oh...oh, that's violent..." to "...and now I'm turned on, what the hell?". He's great. Sisters of Mercy is great, but if you want another good cover of his (beyond all the Hallelujah covers), The Story of Isaac by Roy Buchanan. Roy Buchanan is also a very good guitarist so def check him out too!
"Interactive with a couple of mobsters"... Not even close. He was a poet before he made music and ended up as a budhist... Not really the mobster style.
Excellent choice Vin and Sori, I love this song released in 92; the future is murder ..........when you see what's happen today, can you say that Leonard was wrong????? I think the worst is before us! You can try"you want it darker" too!
Originally "Give me crack, anal sex" - but listen again to this performance, he has changed the lyrics, for the worse, in my opinion. The rougher the better. One of the best Cohen performances ever is the song PARTISAN live in Helsinki Finland 2008, excellent audio quality and arrangement. It's not his own song, like many believe, but a cover. In an interview Cohen said that his music at first was popular in Finland (and in Norway I think). Cohen's songs are often quite sad, and we Finns like sad songs, songs in minor. Swedes, for example, like songs in major, happy songs.
![Leonard Cohen - The Future [February 1993]](/img/1.gif)
Special cameo by me at 14:25
FYI he's not prophetic, you have to understand we live in a engineered society ( almost everything except the weather is pre-planned) so if a artist knows about these plans he will included them in his lyrics as much as he can .
So it comes off as future telling when in reality it's snitching on the elite planners.
For reference look up books like ( Americans secret destiny, by Ralph Epperson) or the new wold order by the same author.
So in short these plans have been in place for a looong time what's delayed it is the unavailable technology.
But now with smart phones and humanoid robots it's all ready , enter co vid and shutdowns .
This song was inspired by the 1992 riots in Los Angeles over the beating and arrest of Rodney King. Cohen, being generally very pessimistic by nature, saw this as the future of the western world. He might not have been wrong with that assessment.
meh...maybe.
Nothing to do with Rodney king , it was a warning ⚠️ for what the elite had planned for the year 2000 but had to delay it due to protests in the 90s against globalization in every major city.
But post 2020 the plans are back , the plan is a world 🌎 control over the entire population ( Like the Chinese have over their slaves ) with a severe population reduction.
A new 1000 years of slavery, that's why he says ( abort another fetus now we don't like children any how ) this is not los angeles riots related but planned parent hood and the plan to have forced abortions like China.
Need more Leonard Cohen please 👍
and Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchel
100% right
Leonard Cohen, the legend, the poet, the man.
Leonard Cohen was an amazing lyricist, you could randomly pick a song by him and be amazed at his insight and genius.
He was a published poet.
@@raisedbywolves6817 Canadian Poet Laureate even
Cohen always changes things up on his lyrics when he's performing. I watched an interview where he said there are at least 75 verses to "Hallelujah" but he doesn't really know because he hadn't finished writing it yet. He knew when he went to the mic he would sing 4 or 5, but until he was actually into it, he never knew which they would be, or even what order they would be in. I've heard 7 or 8 verses and the most in a performance was 6.
Oh man, Leonard Cohen's wonderful, such an enormous catalogue of poems and music. This track is so excellent, written after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I especially love "I'm Your Man", "If It Be Your Will", "Famous Blue Raincoat", and "Anthem". His stuff can be so immensely heavy, and pessimistic at times, but there's so much beauty in his writing.
Fluffy Walrus 1000 Kisses deep from Live at O2 is worth a listen/watch in context of the rest of the concert, half way through you could hear a pin drop in the auditorium.
HIS LAST SONG THAT HE PUT OUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED WAS CALLED (YOU WANT IT DARKER). HE WAS 82 YEARS OLD. ITS LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER HEARD. ITS AMAZING.
Leonard Cohen & Nick Cave are two of my favorites, some people cite David Bowie & The Beatles, but those guys are closer to me.
Def gotta watch some of the Live In London performance, especially since it’s so recent-recorded in 2008.
Some of my favorite Cohen songs are “Stories Of The Street,” “Teachers,” “Waiting For A Miracle,” “First We Take Manhattan,” & “You Want It Darker.”
There’s a good MTV interview on RUclips with Leonard Cohen while he was touring in support of The Future album.
Nice to see this getting a reaction. One of my favorites. "You want it darker" is another one you may want to check out.
I always thought Cohen was a sarcastic, Prophetic, fire alarm
Un grand visionnaire de l'humain et de toutes ses dérives RIP mister Cohen we miss you for ever 💖
I'm a HUGE Leonard Cohen fan and this was the first time I've heard this.
My top 3 Cohen songs are "Hallelujah" (of course), "If It Be Your Will", and "Joan of Arc".
Joan of Arc is the shit. Let's Sing Another Song Boys is also mind blowing. I also love Dress Rehearsal Rag if you don't mind songs about suicide. Shit, we'll be here all day if i name all of his masterpieces. I'll stop.
You’re in for a treat, then,, because The Future is probably his best album.
Leonard Cohen was a vocal god! No one can duplicate his voice. Ever
YES! Another song from the great Leonard Cohen! Thank you for doing one of my all-time favorite songwriters. And writers in general. (And I'm very curious about sharing my music and writing in a full Patreon fashion, but that's a whole other thing I'll email you guys about soon :) )
end credits of natural born killer
Wow. This is exactly what is happening right now. And no one repents.
He actually was famous first as a poet (many books), then a novellist (2) and only at 32 did he write and record some songs. Always just so-so in the USA, he WAS hugely famous in Canada and Europe (in Norway and Poland as soon as he put out a record it went to #1). He lived in Greece (island of Hydra) for 6 years. And if you think real hard Vin you'll understand my name and picture. btw Vin: you have a lot of knowledge and speak the truth: good on you!
This was a pleasure - i know the studio version; great live performance & energy from the whole band.
You have to listen to "thanks for the dance" and cry. The song was recorded after he died, he had left the voice recordings and his family helped finishing the album
Please listen i started in late 60.s listening.to him he s a master of words dn t underestimate him. I think.you have to be aware of life ive read so much of cohen s work make what you will but he s not afraid to speak his truth. Debbie Wales .. U.k.
I hope these two will do more Leonard Cohen. They are very good at reflecting on the lyrics of a song, and this is of course a perfect match with Cohen, who always was, first and foremost, a poet.
I discovered him in 1968 when a a friend loaned me a slim volume of his poetry.
I bought this album when it came out because I was a huge Leonard Cohen fan back then. A coworker friend of mine came into work to tell me that he saw Cohen singing this on the Tonight Show. He said that afterwards, Cohen told Jay Leno: Thanks for cutting my seven-minute long song to four minutes. Leno replied, saying: Well, thank you, Mr. Cohen, for compromising your standards to be on our show.
I thought that was pretty funny.
I hope you guys review Tom Waits too. Another prolific artist with a similar style. I'm glad you're reviewing Leonard Cohen too. You'll find no shortage of good lyrics to sort through!
Cohen is a good lyricist because he started his career as a poet.
or the other way around...
This is deeper and darker than pop music is supposed to go, God love it.
Was just listening to you on Leonard, I'm a straight bloke but I think I'm in love!
Nice! 'been waiting for this one!
You're great people with great views!
He was great. Just look at the tribute concert after his death in which the Prime Minister of Canada was present. Artists who praised him included Sting, Elvis Costello, Courtney Love and more
It's "stuff it up the hole in your culture"! It's a great line!
You might also try “ Anthem” from the same album. It’s not rock, but it’s sheer poetry, and his delivery is, er, anthemic?
Waiting For The Miracle.
And You want it darker
Waiting for the Miracle is a great song
I hope the message is clear, YOU are a witness today.
Leonard Cohen is by far my favorite songwriter! Glad I stumbled on your channel to see this reaction.
Leonard Cohen is one of the few real poets, meaning he was not really a musician, to have a number of international hits. He started out making a name for himself in the beatnik movement and usually writes in deep and intricate metaphors, often dark and/or intimate themes. Vin would probably love his older work just for the awesome metaphors. :)
Actually hoping for them to do an actual old song from one of the first 4 or 5 albums. The "guitar"-albums if you know what I mean ;-)
I had a conversation with Armando in the comments of the John Prine video about a few important artists. He mentioned he would request a Leonard Cohen soon but that after that and one or two others he would get to the person I consider to be the greatest lyricist of all time, Townes Van Zandt, who was a part of the outlaw country sub-genre. I know you all don't get to songs from comments all that often, but I'd love to see some Townes covered by you all. I'd personally love to see either Rake, Tecumseh Valley or Lungs show up on here. Tecumseh Valley is one of my favorite songs of all time, but it's more a narrative and doesn't get across how genius a writer he was as the other two do. Rake (live version from 1969) would be my preference but the song Lungs is one of his two most famous and it has close to 2 million views. Pancho and Lefty by him might have even more, and that song is great, too. It's doubtful you two will get to this regardless, but there are some solid options.
Anyway, I love Leonard Cohen and I don't want to take the space and not say that and say his early stuff, when he was young and his voice a bit more conventional, he wrote an incredible song named Suzanne that's also worth checking out.
"Love : The ONLY engine of survival" Wow! :o
Vin and Sori, watch some of his interviews, the coolest guy ever and the best song writer ever.... in my opinion, try some other songs of his, Joan of arc, famous blue rain coat, last years man, Suzanne , chelsea hotel 1, masters song and lots lots more. Cheers
Chelsea hotel 2
@@csb2338
Hi there, i always listened to No2. Then came across Chelsea hotel No. 1 on utube.
Great version. See what you think. Cheers.
@@richieflynn3894 I had never heard this version, it's amazing. Thanks for introducing it to me.
@@csb2338 your welcome, much like myself all the years listening to the great man and only stumbled across it a few months ago. Its really shows his love for Janis i think and is not as cold as chelsea 2. In my opinion.
Take care.
@@richieflynn3894 I agree. Chelsea hotel n.2 is very melancholic and cold, whereas n.1 is a lot more joyful and feels kind of like a celebration of Janis.
Cheers!
Thank you for listening to all the words and understanding. Been into him from his first song in the early 60's.I tried to read his book Beautiful Losers then but I was still in school and too innocent to digest it. That book was the beginning of his fame pre music
That was an exceptional analysis of this song.
"the hole in your culture" - the emptiness in a culture all about material success and celebrity; hedonism/debauchery in place of meaning.
it's true, whether someone likes it or not
Cohen is the Schopenhauer of rock music
Mr Cohen
he’s got a huge amount of songs and poetry to go through
I’d be glad to see you diving into him some more
Love this song, it's from Natural Born Killers soundtrack :)
It's not from there, but it was on there. That soundtrack was compiled by Trent Reznor form Nine Inch Nails
This is not a song, it's a prophecy. It is happening right now.
Thanks guys. One of the best songwriters ever.
LC is my favorite singer-song-writer. In the early days he was dirty, gravelly, folk like Bob Dylan (don’t kill me BD fans) but more tortured by or vocal about personal betrayal than systemic betrayal...and then he grew into his voice and his opinions of systems (I really do love you, BD).
LC incorporates a lot of biblical and historical allusions and i find that his lyrics evoke an agnostic questioning and inspection.
I HATE ever mentioning the over-covered song he wrote - but if you haven’t heard it you should - if not only to know who wrote that song. Also anything in the I’m Your Man documentary/tribute should be heard (as covered and original).
I think he achieved his goal to create an unease with his lyrics in this song. Your faces told the story. Cohen always has a message and some think he foresaw the future with this song. The music is at odds with the lyrics but it works so well.
leonard isnt jewish he's a buddhist
I am amazed that as reviewers you just discovered Leonard in April of 2020
Mobster? LOL. He was a Westmont, Montreal poet/novelist who sort of backed into pop stardom.
🇨🇦Our boy genius!! RIP Leonard
Leonard was one of the greatest poets of his time. I suggest reading more of his poetry. He’s literature and music royalty.
I always believed the song was written on behalf, and from the sarcastic point of view, of the devil , same like "Sympathy for the devil" by the Rolling Stones. A cry for destruction and chaos. Still admitting that 'love is the only engine of survival". So simple.
Exactly!!
Really enjoyed your thoughts on this stuff. Heavy subject matter, and refreshing to see it spoken of honestly and without the chains of external political ideology limiting perspective, but rather an actual free thought based examination that quickly exposes the extremes for the hypocrisy they invariably represent. The ultimate irony being that the attempts to enforce 'us vs them' belief systems end up destroying what these groups say they represent.
LC was a genius at looking at the absurdity of the world, finding beauty in the darkness, and putting a crack in the wall so light could reach in.
Exactly, brilliantly put
Lenhard Cohen spent a number of years as a zen Buddhist priest Zen is known for its dependence on poetry to convey spiritual truth Mr Cohen was a very spiritual person. May he Rest In Peace
You should really give You want it Darker by Leonard Cohen a go. The last song he made.
Song is a masterpiece. You need to listen to it many times.
If you want more, please check out Ten New Songs Album. Its more personable and intermixes despair with hope beautifully. The lyrics and themes will give you a closer look at Cohen's personal life and insular thoughts. Co - Written and Produced by Sharon Robinson
Love u guys!!!! I 1st found you reviewing Disturbed “ Prayer” and love how you break it down. God bless!!! Stay safe & healthy!!
He was my anchor in the worst times..he is fabulous..❤❤❤
We human beings invented GOD,JESUS and Satan to explain the natural ways that we behave. It’s just us,
Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows, You Want It Darker, Marianne
Tom Waits - Step Right Up, What's He Building In There?
I found Cohen when Luca Prodan Made a song inspired in his book "beautiful losers"
Stalin studied for the priesthood. 'Stalin' means 'steel' in Russian. He was a gangster, a political gangster when he was young.
This song was the song for the credits of the movie NATURAL BORN KILLERS. That's where I found him. And I heard Henry Rollins mention him more than once. I figured if Henry and Trent Rezner like him I would too.
My favorite Cohen song!
Undeniable. So many songs...of Love...and....War. Will meet again...at the Alter...
Of Song!
I kneeled for this song
With the whole cynicism of the man who soaked on rain for 4000 years, LC sings out the rebellion of an eternal teenager. Nobody could ever do it this way!
I think the beginning of the song is more describing the kind of mentallity that he is "critizicing" (if that's the correct word to a poetic composition) that leads to 'that future'. Not that he is trying to escape or so. It's part of the poetic portrate I think. 👐
Thank you very much for this insight.
this song wans in the movie Natural Born Killers, closing song... I wish you would have heard the explicit version its so much better! please react to Leornard Cohen Everybody Knows! he is one of the worlds greatest artist EVER I didnt make that up! a poet been around since the 1960s
Also lived in a Buddhist monetary for years.
Welp it happened. You two have seen "The Future". Things will be a little different for you going forward.
Such an amazing song. I've loved it since I first heard it in the 90s. Amazing just amazing
I find this song for the first time in the movie Natural Born Killers directed by Oliver Stone
Here is a link to his obit - www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/obituaries/leonard-cohen-dies.html - I understand why you think he might be mobbed up if this is one of your first experiences with him. Dig a little deeper (and with Mr. Cohen you can always go deeper) you will find the entire human condition. It can seem bleak sometimes but remember “there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”.
I'm relieved you're not that kind of person! Thanks for clearing that up.
Vin, we have the patience to watch hour long review videos on your channel when everyone else puts out 15 minute reviews 😄
Giving you a hard time. I love the long form reviews and breakdowns you two do.
My favorite artist since I was 12 years old at the time my favorite song was avalanche.
You want it darker
Leonard Cohen - Canadian Jewish Buddhist who wrote songs anywhere from "oh...oh, that's violent..." to "...and now I'm turned on, what the hell?". He's great. Sisters of Mercy is great, but if you want another good cover of his (beyond all the Hallelujah covers), The Story of Isaac by Roy Buchanan. Roy Buchanan is also a very good guitarist so def check him out too!
Three great Cohen songs are Joan of Arc accompanied by Jennifer Warners, Closing Time and I’m Your Man....there’s sooo many great ones!
"Interactive with a couple of mobsters"...
Not even close. He was a poet before he made music and ended up as a budhist... Not really the mobster style.
27:51 so..a raped 12 year old HAS to carry the child and keep it? If your promotes that, you pray to the god below, not ABOVE...
You make a nice couple. I enjoy listening to you speak to each other.
As you can tell, I adore him😊
I've been a fan of Leonard since the 70s.
Excellent choice Vin and Sori, I love this song released in 92; the future is murder ..........when you see what's happen today, can you say that Leonard was wrong????? I think the worst is before us! You can try"you want it darker" too!
Jutish Canadian boy from Montreal! He is brilliant poet. Sang for years loved
Jewish? Jewish Bhuddist Monk who once dabbled in Scientology.
Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah
Try the Album "Songs of Love and Hate" for earlier LC
Leonard Cohen DEMOCRACY!
Leonard wasn't afraid to confront the truth as he saw it. And his vision of the truth may not have been too far out there.
Originally "Give me crack, anal sex" - but listen again to this performance, he has changed the lyrics, for the worse, in my opinion. The rougher the better.
One of the best Cohen performances ever is the song PARTISAN live in Helsinki Finland 2008, excellent audio quality and arrangement. It's not his own song, like many believe, but a cover.
In an interview Cohen said that his music at first was popular in Finland (and in Norway I think). Cohen's songs are often quite sad, and we Finns like sad songs, songs in minor. Swedes, for example, like songs in major, happy songs.
Is a Thriller song...!!!...fantastic
Please do more Leonard Cohen reactions
Canada's poet laureate.