Everybody Knows on CBC : Sunday June 7th

[Darling]

On CBC - TV at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time):

Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows

Watch a musical tribute to Leonard Cohen, one of Canada's most influential poets and singers-songwriters.

I think it's from the Tribute show from the Montréal Jazz Fest last year.

[LisaLCFan]

Thanks for the heads-up! I'll definitely check it out!

[Emeraude]

I happened to catch the first part of it tonight on CBC. Loved Garou doing Everbody Knows.

[bridger15]

I happened to catch the first part of it tonight on CBC. Loved Garou doing Everbody Knows.

I saw the original telecast of that Tribute to Leonard Cohen last Novemeber and I agree with you about Garou. I like the way he builds it slowly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2brLvl ... re=related

[Emeraude]

Thanks for finding that youtube video, bridger.

Em

[Darling]

I have to disagree on Garou, I was at the show and I really, really hated his cover. He clearly hardly knew the lyrics, was constantly reading the monitor and still made mistakes. It seemed to me that he was there more to show himself than to pay tribute to Leonard Cohen unlike all the other artists who were there that night.

[Mollydog]

Aaaagh! I can't believe that I missed this again. Does anyone have a copy?

Mary

[bridger15]

I have to disagree on Garou, I was at the show and I really, really hated his cover.

IMHO, the best covers at that Tribute were by Adam Cohen.

Take This Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrTHo3o ... re=related

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodby (with Serena Ryder)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HY-iJry ... re=related

Also interesting is a short interview of two fans, one of which was Adam's babysitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLO06WIzbCU

[Dream Warrior]

Don't know if this number made it to the CBC broadcast, but Michel Pagliaro did a gritty rock &* roll version of The Future that caught the rage in the tune at the same concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlTxxNJuUE

[Darling]

Aaaagh! I can't believe that I missed this again. Does anyone have a copy?

Mary

I don't have it but you can download the ARTE show on dimeadozen: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=207544 (you have to be a member).

Chapeau Mr. Cohen
Hommage à Leonard Cohen
Various artists
Chris Botti, Serena Ryder, Katie Melua, Steven Page (Barnaked Ladies), Buffy Sainte-Marie,
Thomas Hellman, Lhasa de Sela, Madeleine Peyroux, Garou, Michel Pagliaro and Adam Cohen

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
June 6, 2008

Direct DVB-S capture of the ARTE broadcast on July 14, 2008.

Lineage: TechniSat SkyStar HD > DVBViewer 3.9.4.0 > ProjectX 0.90.4.00 > TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author Pro 2.1.5.77 > DVD

Fully authored DVD with menus and chapters.

Duration: 74:51 min.
Data Size: 2.99 GB
Video: MPEG-2, PAL, 720 x 576, 16:9, 25 fps, 5137 kbps
Audio: MP2 Stereo, 48 kHz, 192 kbps, CBR

Tracklist:
01. Chris Botti - Hallelujah
02. Adam Cohen - Take This Waltz
03. Interlude #1
04. Steven Page - A Singer Must Die
05. Interlude #2
06. Adam Cohen & Serena Ryder - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
07. Serena Ryder - The Sisters of Mercy
08. Interlude #3
09. Katie Melua - In My Secret Life
10. Interlude #4
11. Buffy Sainte-Marie - The Partisan
12. Interlude #5
13. Lhasa de Sela & Thomas Hellman - Who by Fire
14. Interlude #6
15. Thomas Hellman & Lhasa de Sela - So Long, Marianne
16. Interlude #7
17. Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me to the End of Love
18. Interlude #8
19. Steven Page - Memories
20. Garou - Everybody Knows
21. Interlude #9
22. Chris Botti - A Thousand Kisses Deep
23. Michel Pagliaro - The Future
24. Credits (Closing Time)

The interludes include some interviews with the artists. Spoken parts are in French and English with German subtitles.

Edit: For some reason, Zachary Richard seems to be missing.

[hydriot]

I happened to catch the first part of it tonight on CBC. Loved Garou doing Everbody Knows.

I thought Garou showed us exactly how not to sing one of Leonard's song. To me, it was how I imagine Frank Sinatra would have performed Everybody Knows. Garou missed all the nuances that Leonard does so well: "... the good guys lost" needs to be really spat out with bitterness, the irony of "discreet" ought to be accentuated, and the refrain "everybody knows" should be sung with resigned world-weariness. None of that in this anodyne performance.

I also think that Everybody Knows should always be sung an octave lower. It is, after all, Leonard's wonderful rumbling bass that makes the ladies go moist.

[Darling]

I thought Garou showed us exactly how not to sing one of Leonard's song. To me, it was how I imagine Frank Sinatra would have performed Everybody Knows. Garou missed all the nuances that Leonard does so well: "... the good guys lost" needs to be really spat out with bitterness, the irony of "discreet" ought to be accentuated, and the refrain "everybody knows" should be sung with resigned world-weariness. None of that in this anodyne performance.

Exactly !
I don't think he has given much thought about what the lyrics mean (let alone take the time to learn them..), he was probably too busy thinking about how he was going to pose for the camera.
I would have prefered Frank Sinatra.

[MaryB]

Agree with Darling and Hydriot - a terrible version by Garou - he just doesn't get it.

Whereas, Michel Pagliaro injects the right amount of anger into The Future - it works. And what a true tribute - all the band members wearing hats . Thanks for posting the link Dream Warrior!

Best regards,
Mary

[Mondomando]

Anyone tape this? I would love a copy. PM, I have Leonard's induction into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame on DVD.

Cheers
daevid