Leonard Cohen Television Promo, Spain & Links to TVE videos

[sturgess66]

A video recently uploaded to YouTube by "Jon Renes"

Entitled "Leonard Cohen Entrevista Clip clip hurra TVE 1990"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXNd8jcwhI

It looks to be a promotional video prepared for television - but I'm not sure how to identify - i.e., from whence come the video clips of Leonard eating the popsicle/dreamsicle, etc.

Maybe someone here will have more information.

[hazey]

Yes, it is a promotional video for "Cohen Live" made by the TV program Clip Clip Hurra.

The video is filmed at the Retiro Park which is the largest park in the centre of Madrid, close to the Prado Museum. Retiro means "retreat" and it belonged to the monarchy until the XIX century when it became a public park. It is filled with monuments, sculptures and galleries.

We can see Leonard Cohen walking by the fountain at the start of the Walk of Statues, the Crystal Palace, some of the ponds and the lake next to the monument to King Alfonso XII with the semicircular colonnade.

[holydove]

A video recently uploaded to YouTube by "Jon Renes"

Entitled "Leonard Cohen Entrevista Clip clip hurra TVE 1990"

If ". . .TVE 1990" refers to the year the video was released, it doesn't make sense. The album "Cohen Live" wasn't released until 1994, & it contains recordings of performances from 1988 & 1993. The narrator of the video also mentions the album "The Future" which was released in 1992. Unless "1990" is part of the name of the TV station, but that doesn't seem likely. It's not very important, but just saying. . .this video couldn't have been made or released in 1990.

[sturgess66]

hazey - thanks for the information about the locale, etc.
holydove - thanks - and yes - all those things confused me as well. I could not fit "1990" into "Cohen Live" - and audio of "The Partisan" was also included in the video - confusing things further.
The video scenes with Leonard must have been made well after 1990. And Leonard reminds that he has an album of live songs.
A bit of a mishmash I guess - but whatever - it's all somewhat interesting.

[hazey]

IMHO the video is made and released in 1994 and it's the person who uploads it to YouTube that gives the wrong title (the year is obviously not 1990, though the TV program's name - simply Clip Clip Hurra, no 1990- is correct).

The narrator introduces the video stating that Leonard Cohen is in Spain to promote his NEW live album and later talks about "The Future" and the tour that came afterwards. In the original language there is no doubt that the promotion is for an album released after the tour.

[sturgess66]

Thanks again, Hazey. I think you have clarified completely - as well as providing good background information about the locale, etc.
And - I guess it really is not a "mishmash" - but confusion arose over "1990" being included in the title of the YouTube upload - and 1990 does not refer to the year.

I changed the title of this tread - because I am adding links to other videos available at the TVE - some really good things here!
Maarten Massa created a thread in 2012 that included a download link for three of the videos from TVE. The download link has expired now - but I've added the live links to the videos below.
Maarten's link to the interview at MarieM's WebHeights site still works.
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=32265

Hi,
Some nice stuff for your collections:

http://www.rtve.es/promociones/leonard- ... ributo.php
http://www.rtve.es/promociones/leonard-cohen/musica.php
http://www.rtve.es/promociones/leonard- ... rafico.php
and
http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/oneone.htm

Download:
http://wtrns.fr/5soNpfwatnSm6a
(available until June 28 2012)

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Okay - here's a bunch of links. (The first three are the videos for which Maarten provided a download link.)

Leonard Cohen from the Archives of TVE -

Tributo a Leonard Cohen (1995)
20 mar 2009
Programa que recoge el tributo musical que varios nombres de la música moderna (Bono, Elton John, Suzanne Vega, Sting, etc.) quisieron rendir a Leonard Cohen con ocasión de su 60 cumpleaños
[Program collecting musical tribute to several names in modern music (Bono, Elton John, Suzanne Vega, Sting, etc.). Wanted to pay to Leonard Cohen on the occasion of his 60th birthday]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/musi ... 95/453195/

Música Golfa (1988)
Leonard Cohen en Música Golfa (1988)
18 mar 2009
Beatriz Pecker entrevista a Leonard Cohen y a Santi Ugarte (promotor musical), con ocasión de la gira española del autor canadiense. Además, se incluyen fragmentos del concierto de Cohen en el Teatro Victoria Eugenia de San Sebastián.
[Beatriz Pecker interview with Leonard Cohen and Santi Ugarte (music promoter), during the Spanish tour of Canadian author. In addition, fragments Cohen concert at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre of San Sebastian are included.]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/musi ... 88/452003/

Monográfico de Leonard Cohen (1993)
20 mar 2009
Tomás Fernando Flores, que actualmente presenta Siglo 21 en Radio 3, realiza un programa especial dedicado al cantante y compositor Leonard Cohen en el que se incluyen varios videoclips y fragmentos de actuaciones
[Tomás Fernando Flores, who currently presents Radio 3 Century 21, makes a special program dedicated to the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen in several music videos and performances include fragments]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/musi ... 93/453198/
And again here ---- http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20090327/leonar ... 4733.shtml
Archivo RTVE 27.03.2009
Leonard Cohen nació en Montreal en 1934 y es uno de los cantautores más célebres de la historia por sus letras emotivas y complejas sobre el amor y la religión llenas de brillantes juegos de palabras y metáforas poéticas y lejos de la reivindicativa y previsible música folk. El sello personal de Cohen reside sobre todo en su inconfundible voz tan peculiarmente grave y que tanto ha influido en muchos otros cantautores. Sus canciones han sido interpretadas por muchos otros artistas sobre todo por el peculiar tratamiento de temas como la depresión psicológica, las relaciones de pareja, la música o la política que muchas veces ha abordado de forma ambigua. Con motivo de la publicación de su último trabajo el archivo de rtve.es te trae en exclusiva sus apariciones más interesantes en TVE de las últimas décadas.
[Photo RTVE 27.03.2009 - Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal in 1934 and is one of the most celebrated songwriters in history for their emotional and complex lyrics about love and religion filled with brilliant wordplay and poetic metaphors and away from the protest folk music and predictable. The hallmark of Cohen resides especially in his unmistakable voice so peculiarly both serious and has influenced many other singers. His songs have been performed by many other artists especially the peculiar treatment of psychological issues such as depression, relationships, music or politics has often addressed ambiguously. To mark the publication of his latest file brings you exclusive rtve.es its most interesting in recent decades TVE appearances.]

Miradas de libros ilustrados y música muy internacional
MIRADAS 2 01.02.2012
El domingo, hablamos con Alfredo González editor y dibujante del libro homenaje a Leonard Cohen "Songs by drawings". Y siguiendo con el músico canadiense conoceremos su último álbum "Old ideas".
Además, el fotógrafo Jordi Esteva nos presenta su libro "Socotra, la isla de los genios" y visitamos la exposición del croata Nikola Tesla en Madrid "El maravilloso mundo de la electricidad de Nikola Tesla".
[Looks very international picture books and music. On Sunday, we talked to Alfredo González editor and illustrator of the book tribute to Leonard Cohen "Songs by drawings". Continuing with the Canadian musician know his last album "Old Ideas."
Also, photographer Jordi Esteva presents his book "Socotra, the island of genius" and visited the exhibition in Madrid Croatian Nikola Tesla "The wonderful world of electricity Nikola Tesla".]
http://www.rtve.es/television/20120201/ ... 5248.shtml

No disparen al pianista - En concierto - Leonard Cohen - 23 may 2009
Especial Leonard Cohen Live in London.
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/no-d ... en/511282/

Leonard Cohen
El Archivo de RTVE te ofrece tres momentos de la carrera musical de Leonard Cohen.
Aquí puedes ver y escuchar las mejores canciones del último disco publicado por Leonard Cohen: 'Live in London'
[Here you can see and hear the best songs from the last album released by Leonard Cohen: 'Live in London']
http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20090327/leonar ... 4733.shtml

Leonard Cohen y su guitarra española
24 oct 2011
En Oviedo Leonard Cohen nos emocionó a todos cuando contó la historia del joven guitarrista español que le enseñó en Montreal los primeros seis acordes de flamenco, y que después se quitó la vida. Y nos contó también que hace 40 años que toca una guitarra española. Han pasado 40 años, y la familia Conde sigue trabajando el arte de hacer guitarras como la de Leonard Cohen.
[Leonard Cohen In Oviedo thrilled us all when he told the story of the young Spanish guitarist who taught him in Montreal the first six chords of flamenco, and then took his own life. And we also had 40 years playing a Spanish guitar makes. It's been 40 years, and the Conde family is working the art of making guitars like Leonard Cohen.]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/tele ... a/1231919/

Leonard Cohen asiste al homenaje de poetas y músicos a su obra
19 oct 2011
Cohen, que recoge este viernes el Premio Príncipe de Asturias a las Letras, ya está en Oviedo, donde entre otros homenajes asiste a un concierto de artistas españoles a su obra.
[Cohen, who collected this Friday the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters, is already in Oviedo, where among other tributes attends a concert of Spanish artists to his work.]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/prem ... a/1227947/

Telediario
Leonard Cohen, el poeta y músico canadiense nuevo Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras
01 jun 2011
El jurado destaca que su obra literaria ha influido en tres generaciones de todo el mundo, con un universo lleno de emociones , que une la poesía y la música. Leonard Cohen es un gran poeta enamorado de España y de Garcia Lorca.
[The jury noted that his writing has influenced three generations around the world, a universe full of emotions, linking poetry and music. Leonard Cohen is a great lover of poet Garcia Lorca and Spain.]
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/tele ... s/1117539/

[hazey]

sturgess66- thanks a lot for providing the links to all these videos. I've watched many of them on TVE, but it's always nice to see they're all linked to the forum and to have the opportunity to watch them again.

I am the first to admit that watching Spanish videos can be somewhat confusing. In my opinion some Spaniards, journalists or not, have a tendency to talk or write without contrasting information or interpret meanings before drawing conclusions. This is also the reason why some titles on YouTube are not correct.

On the other hand, many of the programs and interviews on RTE are interesting because they are spontaneous and funny. I feel that Leonard Cohen feels comfortable when the conversation is tongue-in-cheek and there is a bit of ambiguity, or even poetry?, because of the different languages. However, there are some serious Spanish interviewers as well

I will certainly be watching some of the linked videos in the next days, thanks again.