So Long Marianne...
ON TOUR
Leonard Cohen is on tour again!
Accompanied by great musicians like Roscoe Beck, Sharon Robinson, Neil Larsen, the Webb sisters and Javier Mass.
Check for details: The Leonard Cohen 2008-2009 Tour
I'm Your Man: The New documentary on Leonard Cohen
A documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances by those musicians he has influenced.
Legendary poet, singer/songwriter and alleged ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his L.A. home about his extraordinary life and times, interspersed with old footage from his private photo collection and lavish praise plus elaborately performed Cohen cover songs from a motley crew of colleague musicians, amongst whom Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker and U2's Bono and The Edge. By way of dessert the latter two and their band mates even get to back up the man for a special performance of his own. Order Now!
Leonard Cohen's amazing recent world tour
Live In London
Amazon Price: $15.99 (as of 11/10/2009) 
Leonard Cohen in short
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. His musical career has largely overshadowed his prior work as a poet and novelist, although he has continued to publish poetry sporadically after his breakthrough in the music industry.Musically, Cohen's early songs are based in folk music, both for melodies and instrumentation, but, beginning in the 1970s, his work shows the influence of various types of popular music and cabaret music. Since the 1980s he typically sings in a deep bass register, with synthesizers and female backing vocals.
Cohen's songs are often emotionally heavy and lyrically complex, owing more to the metaphoric word play of poetry than to the conventions of song craft. His work often explores the themes of religion, isolation, and complex interpersonal relationships.
Cohen's music has become very influential on other singer-songwriters, and more than a thousand cover versions of his work have been recorded. He is also popular in his native land, having been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and awarded the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor.
BIO I
For four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power - he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human lives, always with a full appreciation of how elusive answers can be to the vexing questions he raises. But those questions, and the journey he has traveled in seeking to address them, are the ever-shifting substance of his work, as well as the reasons why his songs never lose their overwhelming emotional force. Weekly Leonard Cohen Video Pick
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Everything About Leonard Cohen on one site:
- Wikipedia on Leonard Cohen
- Everything about Leonard Cohen on Wikipedia
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BIO Continued
His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), announced him as an undeniable major talent. It includes such songs as "Suzanne," "Sisters of Mercy," "So Long, Marianne" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Good," all now longstanding classics. If Cohen had never recorded another album, his daunting reputation would have been assured by this one alone.However, the two extraordinary albums that followed, Songs From a Room (1969), which includes his classic song, "Bird on the Wire," and Songs of Love and Hate (1971), provided whatever proof anyone may have required that that the greatness of his debut was not a fluke. (All three albums are reissued in April, 2007.)
Part of the reason why Cohen's early work revealed such a high degree of achievement is that he was an accomplished literary figure before he ever began to record. His collections of poetry, including Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956) and Flowers for Hitler (1964), and his novels, including Beautiful Losers (1966), had already brought him considerable recognition in his native Canada. His dual careers in music and literature have continued feeding each other over the decades - his songs revealing a literary quality rare in the world of popular music, and his poetry and prose informed by a rich musicality.
Leonard Cohen Albums
Live In London
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Live At The Isle of Wight (CD/DVD)
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Essential Leonard Cohen
Amazon Price: $14.49 (as of 11/10/2009)
Songs of Leonard Cohen
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Ten New Songs
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Various Positions
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Leonard Cohen Quotes
- "Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'."-first words of his speech accepting the Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist in Canada (1992)
- "I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin."-from interview with The Daily Telegraph (1993)
- "It was only when you walked away I saw you had the perfect ass. Forgive me for not falling in love with your face or your conversation."-from The Energy of Slaves (1972)
- "Well, maybe there's a God above/ But all I've ever learned from love/ Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya"-from "Hallelujah" (1984)
BIO Continued II
Recently, Cohen has released Ten New Songs (2001) and Dear Heather (2004), as well as Blue Alert (2006), a collaboration on which Cohen produced and co-wrote songs with his former background singer Anjani Thomas, who provides the vocals. All three albums have only solidified his place in the pantheon of contemporary songwriters. At 72, Cohen continues to produce compelling work, while enjoying the honors that deservedly come to artists who have achieved his legendary status. Documentaries, awards, tribute albums and the ongoing march of artists eager to record his songs all acknowledge the peerless contribution Cohen has made to what one of his titles aptly calls "The Tower of Song."
Great Leonard Cohen Links
- Sony Music: Leonard Cohen
- Includes a brief introduction to Cohen and his work, and WAV sound samples.
- Salon Brilliant Careers: Leonard Cohen
- An article discussing the singer/songwriter's extensive career.
- The Leonard Cohen Files
- Includes photos, links to chats, coming events, song lyrics, filmography, list of covers and cover artists.
- Ten New Songs by Leonard Cohen
- Includes lyrics, notebook pages, information about the album's production team, reviews and articles.
- RollingStone.com: Leonard Cohen
- Includes a biography, discography, articles, links, trivia, fan-built concert files and message board.
- French Leonard Cohen Site
- Biography, bibliography, discography, photos, articles, interviews, downloads and a fan forum, in both French and English.
- LeonardCohen.com
- The official site of the songwriter. Includes lyrics, interview clips, song clips, message board and biography.
- Leonard Cohen UK
- UK-based fansite. Contains articles from the UK press.
- CanLinks - Criticism
- Links to literary criticism of Leonard Cohen's poems, novels and lyrics.
- The Leonard Cohen Concordance
- An index to the poems, songs, and novels written by Leonard Cohen. Search works to find the desired excerpts of lyrics, prose, and verse.
- I'm Your Live Man - Leonard Cohen Concerts & Live Recordings Database
- An index to live recordings and recorded soundchecks, improvisations, studio outtakes, rehearsals and rare songs.
- Dear Heather - Leonard Cohen
- Includes songs, lyrics, photos, articles and reviews of Cohen's latest album of new songs.
- Healing Itself the Moment It Is Condemned
- Essay on Cohen's Death of a Lady's Man.
So long Marianne...Live!
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amy lou mitchell wrote
I do not have a computer, thus I am at the library,because I'm very upset to here ficious rummer that Dear Dear Lenord went down on stage. I want to know he is ok.It was just days before his birthday on Mon Sept. 21. Did he get to perform on his birthday ibn Barcilona? My birthday was Tues Sept. 22!
Anyway I am living with cancer and have so wanted to be able to send Lenord belated birthday wishes to thank him forsharing his great gift w/ hunnamity and babble on about how much his music means to me. I will never be able to see him in person due to $ issues and sold out tickets I'm sure so I would really like to know how to reach him directly via mail.
PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO TO SHARE 641. 228. 4245 IOWA
Sincerely,
Amy Lou Mitchell
Posted September 26, 2009
Arlene wrote
Would love to see you in Vancouver Leonard, but your concert's all sold out. So I would really appreciate it if you would send me a couple of tickets. Perhaps we could do lunch.
Love Arlene
Posted March 17, 2009
Arlene wrote
Would love to see you in Vancouver Leonard, but your concert's all sold out. So I would really appreciate it if you would send me a couple of tickets. Perhaps we could do lunch.
Love Arlene
Posted March 17, 2009
Mickie_G wrote...
Love Leonard! There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in.
Posted November 28, 2008
Check these great Leonard Cohen tribute albums!
I'm Your Fan
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/10/2009)
Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Amazon Price: $14.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
Famous Blue Raincoat
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Grace
Amazon Price: $7.98 (as of 11/10/2009)
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