2016 continues on its mission of suck...
As if last week wasn't bad enough, Leonard Cohen passed beyond the veil last Friday. Montreal (and all of Canada, really) is in mourning.
I was never fond of Cohen as a singer (he didn't sing so much as chanted) or a performer, but there is absolutely no question that he was a brilliant lyricist and compelling storyteller. Erudite, complex, subtle, a dyed-in-the-wool romantic, and an unabashed lover of 'sad songs' Cohen was part of a unique generation of performers and artists that hasn't translated into subsequent generations for whatever reason. What a shame. Such a necessary mind, such beautiful, touching frailty... Thank you for the time you gave us, Mr. Cohen. Rest well.
Here is Jeff Buckley's version (all other versions are invalid. okay, maybe k.d. lang's version stands up too) of the song Cohen took 4 years to write, Hallelujah:
I was never fond of Cohen as a singer (he didn't sing so much as chanted) or a performer, but there is absolutely no question that he was a brilliant lyricist and compelling storyteller. Erudite, complex, subtle, a dyed-in-the-wool romantic, and an unabashed lover of 'sad songs' Cohen was part of a unique generation of performers and artists that hasn't translated into subsequent generations for whatever reason. What a shame. Such a necessary mind, such beautiful, touching frailty... Thank you for the time you gave us, Mr. Cohen. Rest well.
Here is Jeff Buckley's version (all other versions are invalid. okay, maybe k.d. lang's version stands up too) of the song Cohen took 4 years to write, Hallelujah:
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