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Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen Dies at 82
Variety ^
| November 10, 2016
| By Christopher Morris
Posted on 11/10/2016 6:24:24 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet and novelist who became a singular international presence as a singer-songwriter, has died. He was 82.
A statement on his official Facebook page read, It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away. We have lost one of musics most revered and prolific visionaries. A memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date. The family requests privacy during their time of grief.
Only last month, Cohen released his final album, You Want It Darker, a deeply introspective work that focused thematically on mortality.
His elegantly penned songs, authored during a musical career that spanned six decades, won him comparison with such other songwriters of his era as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. His best-known song, Hallelujah, has been recorded more than 200 times. Cohen never recorded a chart single and didnt place an album in the top 10 until he was in his 70s, but his ardent fans and musical peers viewed him as a musical craftsman with few equals.
As a songwriter, his themes encompassed love in all its manifestations, religion, faith and the tenuous state of the world. Like Hallelujah, many of his tunes his breakthrough composition Suzanne, Bird on the Wire, Tower of Song became much-covered keystones of the popular songbook. His longtime accompanist Jennifer Warnes recorded several of his best-known works on her 1987 Cohen recital Famous Blue Raincoat. . ."
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; cohen; leonardcohen; music
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To: Brad from Tennessee
I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall and the major lift,
The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
I adore this song.
RIP, Mr. Cohen. You were one of the greats.
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posted on
11/10/2016 6:53:24 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Me too.
Was wondering what’s up
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posted on
11/10/2016 6:53:57 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Say hello to President Trump)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Ive had a hard time accessing the past few hours. Me too, for the past day or so.
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posted on
11/10/2016 6:55:01 PM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah<
br> Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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posted on
11/10/2016 6:55:26 PM PST
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: PrairieLady2
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posted on
11/10/2016 6:56:11 PM PST
by
sheana
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I have a similar slow down. I thought it might be that the whole net is seeing a surge in traffic.
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:01:13 PM PST
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Well, I heard there was a secret chord,
That David played and it pleased the Lord,
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift,
The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:01:46 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: dead
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:02:39 PM PST
by
Sawdring
To: Brad from Tennessee
2016 is back with a vengeance.
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:03:36 PM PST
by
discostu
(If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Supposedly, Charlie Daniels played on one of his albums back in the day, which is an odd pairing from what I've heard of Cohen's music (which isn't much). I heard his Ten Songs album in a record store when it came out and it sounded decent, but that is about the extent of what I've heard.
RIP.
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:04:18 PM PST
by
Major Matt Mason
(Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Truly sad news. RIP Leonard Cohen.
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:04:59 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: Brad from Tennessee
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:05:22 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: tarpit
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:06:19 PM PST
by
I_be_tc
To: tarpit
Thank you, that was wonderful.
To: gswilder
And my very close companion
Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
She’s a hundred but she’s wearing
Something tight
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:10:18 PM PST
by
semimojo
To: PrairieLady2
Thank you so much for pointing out that particular lyric.
To: Brad from Tennessee
To: gswilder
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:12:04 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: Montaignes Cat
You are certainly welcome. Some dislike the hip hop kinda sound to it, but as you can see from the number of views, their rendition is widely appreciated.
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posted on
11/10/2016 7:14:48 PM PST
by
tarpit
To: Major Matt Mason
So weird that you say that because I have been listening to Charlie Daniels ever since the Trump victory - his lyrics sound like they could have been written for a Trump rally.
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