Songs you would like to hear in the World Tour 2010

[BloodBrother]

Besides the ones that you have already said:

LADY MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT WILL BE FINE

That would be awesome.

[Mollydog]

I really love the Webb Sisters version of It It Be You Will, but I listened to Cohen Live earlier today and now I find myself yearning to hear Leonard sing it live again.

http://www.youtube.ca/watch?v=Nf5wXR_dQ2Q

[TipperaryAnn]

Most of my favourites have been mentioned by now; I would particularly love to hear these three:
"Alexandra Leaving" , So gorgeous and imaginative.
"The Window", Beautiful, but lack of a violin in the present band might make its inclusion unlikely.
"Night Comes On", The first LC song I fell in love with, especially this verse:
"The crickets are singing,
The vesper bells ringing,
The cat's curled asleep in his chair."
There is something about his phrasing and pronunciation here that hooked me for life ! It also provides a great summary of Leonard's life.

[JanneK]

Nothing original in my list, but:

Famous Blue Raincoat
The Partisan
Lady Midnight
Everybody Knows
Take This Waltz
Tower Of Song

I'm going to the Helsinki concert and it will be my first time to see Leonard live, so I'm more than happy with anything we will here then. Famous Blue Raincoat would be a great bonus though

[BloodBrother]

Do we have a list of all the songs that have been played along the tour?? (Not referring to the set lists)

[anne alexander]

Tonight Will Be Fine
Diamonds in the Mine
But he can do last year's tour all over again, and the night will still be fine by me!
Oh yeah, Famous Blue Raincoat would be great.

[anne alexander]

What I really want is to go back to 1970 and watch him at the Isle of Wight. I have it on dvd and it's good.

[Inne]

Do we have a list of all the songs that have been played along the tour?? (Not referring to the set lists)

From Songs Of LC
- Suzanne
- Sisters Of Mercy
- So Long, Marianne
- Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

From Songs From A Room
- Bird On The Wire
- The Partisan

From Songs Of Love And Hate
- Avalanche
- Famous Blue Raincoat

From New Skin For The Old Ceremony
- Chelsea Hotel #2
- Lover Lover Lover
- I Tried To Leave You
- Who By Fire

From Recent Songs
- The Gypsy's Wife

From Various Positions
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Hallelujah
- Heart With No Companion
- If It Be Your Will

From I'm Your Man
- First We Take Manhattan
- Ain't No Cure For Love
- Everybody Knows
- I'm Your Man
- Take This Waltz
- Tower Of Song

From The Future
- The Future
- Waiting For The Miracle
- Closing Time
- Anthem
- Democracy

From Ten New Songs
- In My Secret Life
- That Don't Make It Junk
- Boogie Street

Not recorded (yet)
- A Thousand Kisses Deep - recitation
- Whither Thou Goest
- Feels So Good
- The Darkness
- Lullaby

I didn't find a list here, but I made this one some time ago and I think it should be quite complete (please correct me if it isn't) .
inne

[BloodBrother]

Do we have a list of all the songs that have been played along the tour?? (Not referring to the set lists)

I didn't find a list here, but I made this one some time ago and I think it should be quite complete (please correct me if it isn't) .
inne

Thanks for that Inne! Hope that somebody else can confirm this list. Let's hope this list will be longer with the next concerts coming up!

[oblivion]

dear heather,
i came so far for beauty through the stories of the street
and with nancy and the teacher in paper-thin hotels, like chelsea hotel and other memories
till night comes on, i can´t forget we took this longing from my tongue and tried a bitter searching of the heart...
waiting for the miracle, here it is: my famous blue raincoat in the darkness of lady midtnight
back in boogie street, i knew that the future is for real always light as the breeze
if it be your will i kiss you a thousand kisses deep, i open like a lily to the heat and you dance me to the end of love,
one of us cannot be wrong, lover lover lover don´t go home with your hard-on, is this what you wanted and why don´t you try
because that´s no way to say goodby + we ´re a bunch of lonesome heroes
so long + sincerly
marianne, partisan, sisters of mercy, isaac, the jazz police, the guests, winter lady, the butcher, the old revolution, last years man, the law, the gypsy´s wife, the captain + suzanne

i´m your man for real in manhattan cause i can´t forget the tower of song
hallelujah

[oblivion]

but everything will happen if he only gives the word

[oblivion]

love calls you by your name,

shouldering your loneliness

once again......

[MaryB]

dear heather,
i came so far for beauty through the stories of the street
and with nancy and the teacher in paper-thin hotels, like chelsea hotel and other memories
till night comes on, i can´t forget we took this longing from my tongue and tried a bitter searching of the heart...
waiting for the miracle, here it is: my famous blue raincoat in the darkness of lady midtnight
back in boogie street, i knew that the future is for real always light as the breeze
if it be your will i kiss you a thousand kisses deep, i open like a lily to the heat and you dance me to the end of love,
one of us cannot be wrong, lover lover lover don´t go home with your hard-on, is this what you wanted and why don´t you try
because that´s no way to say goodby + we ´re a bunch of lonesome heroes
so long + sincerly
marianne, partisan, sisters of mercy, isaac, the jazz police, the guests, winter lady, the butcher, the old revolution, last years man, the law, the gypsy´s wife, the captain + suzanne

i´m your man for real in manhattan cause i can´t forget the tower of song
hallelujah

Ute,
This is the best request so far

[holydove]

Oblivion, thank you so much for your wonderful poem, & the subsequent additions to it - that's one of the most beautiful & hilarious posts I've ever seen, & definitely the most thorough set list - thanks for the laugh - I love it!!

[oblivion]

thank you so much mary and holydove,
i had a lot of fun + wine last night creating it
let´s see what the chief answers
let him sing other songs, boys..in the future.
but to be true he could also read a instruction for building a lawnmower
or anything else, he makes me feel happy just listening this voice and feel his present

ute