Let's hope he doesn't spend too much time behind that keyboard. In 1988 and 1993 'Tower of Song' was the only song performed on keyboards, the rest were all on guitar. I suspect that advancing age makes playing the guitar more difficult - this has certainly happened to Dylan, who plays keyboards more than guitar onstage these days. A Cohen show performed mainly on keyboards, drawing heavily on songs from the last few albums, would be something of a disappointment to me.
Some people look really good in a hat Leonard certainly does. Very suave. I like the complete look it is perfect for him.
Why does never wear a tie (personally I hate ties) but I keep having an overwhelming complusion to undo the top button of the shirt.
Damellon I think we have been here before
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richardrj wrote:Cohen show performed mainly on keyboards, drawing heavily on songs from the last few albums, would be something of a disappointment to me.
It's seems many people would agree with you there, but personally I'd love such a show. Not necessarily keyboard based, but drawing heavily from the last couple of albums (particularly Ten New Songs) would be great. If I'm honest I would be disappointed if the new songs were ignored in favour of older material. Obviously there are a couple of older songs I'd love to hear (such as Famous Blue Raincoat & Avalanche) but am I alone in wanted to hear a lot of the newer material instead of older songs?
ps - The Hat is awesome, makes me very tempted to put my suit and hat on for the special occasion (in London) too!
Nick I have a preference for the older material. I suppose it depends when you came to his work and for me the older stuff is the best. Anything up to Ten New songs is my preferred choice.
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