mnkyface wrote:And "the wisdom of OOOOOOOLD" in In My Secret Life always gives me goosebumps, especially when he holds that low note sooooo long there on the current tour.
That`s one of my favorites too, his voice goes so deep!
And I agree with Somewhat_nifty, "your naked bodaaay" is such a perfect.
A cross on every hill
A star, a minaret
So many graves to fill
O love, aren’t you tired yet?
Just thought of another one - the way he says 'joke' in The Captain. Makes me smile. He seems to say it with a very flat 'o', maybe it's a Canadian thing again...
I'm chained to the old masquerade... 2008: London O2 14th Nov, RAH 18th Nov; 2009: NY RCMH 16th May, Weybridge MBW 11th July, Barcelona 21st Sept; 2010: Sligo 31st July, Lille 25th Sept, Las Vegas 11th Dec; 2012: Wembley Arena 8th Sept, Dublin 11th Sept 2013: London O2 21st June, London O2 14th Sept
david birkett wrote:Arrrwnges, as in 'brings you tea and...'
Yes, I love that one
I'm chained to the old masquerade... 2008: London O2 14th Nov, RAH 18th Nov; 2009: NY RCMH 16th May, Weybridge MBW 11th July, Barcelona 21st Sept; 2010: Sligo 31st July, Lille 25th Sept, Las Vegas 11th Dec; 2012: Wembley Arena 8th Sept, Dublin 11th Sept 2013: London O2 21st June, London O2 14th Sept
Ok so I couldn't resist putting these words in a list....
I resisted the urge to go aphpabetical...!
Violin
Omega
bitter (emphasis on the t)
water
naked
baby
Leonard Cohen
Sincerely L. Cohen
but
you
look
good
you
really
do
alpha
delta
body
your naked bodaaay!
darling
iron
memories
to/ta the end of love...
monkey (moan-key)
commonwealth aGAIN
Government
thundercloud
Kitchenette
Babylon
joke
iodine
broken
Arrrwnges (oranges!)
wisdom of old
about (aboot)
without (withoot)
PERscription
I'm adding in a few here was well from First We Take Manhattan.
First, I can't put my finger on it exactly why but it sounds good!
Heavawns...heavens...
beau-tay as in beauty
2009 Liverpool 14/07/09, Dublin 20/07/09, Belfast 26/07/09, Lisbon 30/7/09, Barcelona 21/09/09.
2010 Sligo (x2), Lille 25/09/10 Las Vegas 11/12/2010
2012 Wembley 8/9/12, RHK 11/9/12 O2 London 2013 O2 Dublin 2013 "I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned."
"In this world of shallow, he is the abyss."~ YouTube commenter greg450318
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TheSpice-BoxOfEarth wrote:Leonard`s emphasis is the most enchanting I have ever heard, rich like vintage wine and sliding like the finest silk. For me nobody pronounce name "Leonard Cohen" as perfectly as Leonard himself!
After reading that again, the following lines crossed my mind:
I repeat: the important thing was to cuckold Leonard Cohen. I like that line because it's got my name in it.
From "The Cuckold's Song", from The Spice-Box Of Earth.( )
"Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul..."
Joney said it for me - anything that ends in ter - bitter, matter, water........ And I just soooooo love it when he says his own name 'Leonerrd' - that is pure poetry to my ears.
1993 Detroit 2008 Kitchener June 2-Hamilton June 3 & 4-Vienna Sept 24 & 25-London RAH Nov 17 2009 NYC Feb 19-Grand Prairie Apr 3-Phoenix Apr 5-Columbia May 11-Red Rocks Jun 4-Barcelona Sept 21-Columbus Oct 27-Las Vegas Nov 12-San Jose Nov 13 2010 Sligo Jul 31 & Aug 1-LV Dec 10 & 11 2012 Paris Sept 30-London Dec 11-Boston Dec 16 2013 Louisville Mar 30-Amsterdam Sept 20
I love the way he pronounces "balloons" in the live version of Memories on Field Commander Cohen.
"Bahlooons"!
Marsha
2008 Toronto June 6/ 2009 New York Feb 19 Oakland April 13 14 Coachella April 17 Ottawa May 25 26 Barcelona Sept 21 Las Vegas 11/12 San Jose 11/13
2010 Malmo Aug 4 Gothenburg Aug 12 Las Vegas Dec 10 & 11
2012 Verona 9/24 San Jose 11/7. Montreal 11/28 11/29/ 2013 Oakland 3/2 NYC 4/6
Hamilton 4/9
What about the way he says "DIED"?
I think heard him say it in the I'm your man DVD and he usually says it when introducing Chelsea Hotel, talking about Janis Joplin.
It seems like he says the word 'died' with a lot of compassion.
"So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed
it would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed."
Yes! I love it!
