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A couple of my favorites
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief 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?
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Good singer, even better lyricist.
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one of my favorites ever...
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I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record. Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear? Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train And you came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife. Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see Jane's awake -- She sends her regards. And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way. If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried. And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear -- Sincerely, L. Cohen
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They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within I’m coming now I’m coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin --- So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all I'm standing by the window where the light is strong Ah they don't let a woman kill you Not in the Tower of Song Jennifer Warnes did a Leonard Cohen 'cover' album called Famous Blue Raincoat, and she actually recorded 'First we take Manhattan' before Leonard did. By the way, Stevie Ray Vaughn provides the very tasty guitar licks on Jennifer's cover, they've recently re-released her album. Highly recommended for Cohen fans. I'm a long time LC fan, but he's not the sort of singer/songwriter you suggest to all and sundry. Some folks are too close to the edge to listen to Leonard. Only the strong survive, and a lot of people discover Leonards music when they're not all that strong. Watch 'em. Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer That you've always been her lover And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew for certain Only drowning men could see him He said "All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them" But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From Salvation Army counters And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Among the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her And you want to travel blind And you know that you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
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Agreed. I take Famous Blue Raincoat and Dark Side of the Moon with me to buy new stereo equipment, shows what the new gear can do.
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I was in love with that from the first time I got ahold of a fuzzy cassette copy [that didn't even give me an inkling of the recording quality]. For the longest I thought I was going to have to shell out the $40-60 it sells for on Ebay, until I lucked across an Audiosource promotional pressing [SACD no less] for $20.
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No, but I'll keep an eye peeled. Sounds good.
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I'd say it is to laid back cool jazz what Cowboy Junkies' Trinity Session was to indie folk, seminal.
Amazon has some samples here http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-at-Pawnsh...2021678&sr=8-4
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That's good stuff. Nice 'How High The Moon'.
You might like this one - I always have: http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Heart-...023126&sr=1-10
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Yep, it was written to be the soundtrack to an imaginary film noir. Always liked it.
Anyhoo, am I the only one who was knocked over by them using a Leonard Cohen song in Shrek?
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