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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.

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...

what about " Iodine" , sounds like a strange but beautiful word pronounced by LC

he gets quite pretty and tragic when pronouncing "broken"

iveta wrote:he gets quite pretty and tragic when pronouncing "broken"

I don't find him at all tragic or pretty when saying "I will leave with you one broken man whom I will teach you to repair"

When can you stare at the sun?

Arrrwnges, as in 'brings you tea and...'

david birkett wrote:Arrrwnges, as in 'brings you tea and...'

Yes, I love that one

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

how about that.....I,m flexible.Oh YEAH

burningviolin wrote:Heavawns...heavens...

Yes! I love it!

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.( )

la la la, lalala
lalala, lalala

la la la, lalala, lalala
la, lalala, lalala

A singer must die (Boston 1993)

or
lalala lalala lalalala lala
lalala lala
lalala lala
lalala lala

Joan of Arc (Reykjavik 88)

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.

I love the way he pronounces "balloons" in the live version of Memories on Field Commander Cohen.
"Bahlooons"!

Marsha

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.