I have been absolutely enthralled with Leonard Cohen's music and poetry for the past decade. This past summer there was a Cohen get together in Manhatten but, I wasn't able to attend due to work. (I'm a nurse and well the shortage is horrid here) I was wondering if anyone went or heard...and if he managed to surprise everyone and make an appearance.? Today he is 70 and his last album *10 new Songs* was brilliant. The man is utterly amazing. His music IS poetry.
here is an except from one of my favorite songs from him..
Take this waltz
{Leonard Cohen}
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
With the photographs there, and the moss
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
My cheap violin and my cross
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
Oh my love, Oh my love
Take this waltz
It's yours now. It's all that there is .....
*Le Sigh*
Do you have a fav Cohen piece?
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