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Leonard Cohen is still dead. I still mourn him. (Original Post) randome Feb 2017 OP
I only started to appreciate his music a few weeks before he died. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #1
He was one of a kind. I didn't fully appreciate him until later, too. randome Feb 2017 #2
one of the best concerts I've been to. What a musician, poet, searcher. nt wiggs Feb 2017 #3
Alexandra Leaving. Incredible. nt wiggs Feb 2017 #4
I did not know that one but I am downloading it now. randome Feb 2017 #5
I'm a Leonard Cohen fan who married greymattermom Feb 2017 #6
I adore Cohen. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #7

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
1. I only started to appreciate his music a few weeks before he died.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:07 AM
Feb 2017

The day after the election (which was actually two days after he had passed but it wouldn't be announced to the public for another day), I felt compelled to listen to his music almost non-stop. It somehow really spoke to me and how I felt at the time.

There's a lot of darkness and cynicism in some of his lyrics, but there's also a lot of hope and optimism in other lyrics.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. He was one of a kind. I didn't fully appreciate him until later, too.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:09 AM
Feb 2017

At a Starbucks I used to frequent, they play a lot of Indie and Alternative music and that's where I started to really notice him.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. I did not know that one but I am downloading it now.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:17 AM
Feb 2017

I hesitate to get anymore discographies of an artist because I have so much to listen to as it is. It's the curse of the Digital Age -being able to have anything you want often means having more than you can use.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
6. I'm a Leonard Cohen fan who married
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:20 AM
Feb 2017

a Montreal Jew. I love Colin Meloy too, who's also a writer who sings.

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
7. I adore Cohen.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:49 AM
Feb 2017

He was the greatest song writer of our time. Heard Jeff Buckley sing Hallelujah in the 90's and was hooked...listened to everything he wrote after that.

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