Loenard Cohen

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
18/10/2008 00:37

Alive and kicking and just sold out the 02 arena,

Paul.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 14:15

I'm putting all my money into razor blades now.... suicide rate bound to increase

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 14:19

What's with all the depressing post's...............................

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 14:32

come on it's a joke... Leonard Cohen has been linked to threats of suicide since I was a teenager...

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 14:41

not your post Groucho, just the thought of cohen brings the black clouds over me.............

Nunu1


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 536

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 14:47

Leonard Cohen...............if He is talent then Im the Messiah!



Gawd help us!



nunu

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 15:50

Know what you mean Jock....



He's probably had one good idea in his musical career and then belaboured it ever since... like painting the same picture over and over again.... OK the first time but come on....

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 22:19

His brother played full back for england in the 66 world cup final,

Paul.

mitsi


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 345

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 15:29

I could cut my throat just thinking about him never mind listening to the "music" and who would pay good money to see him? My cousin is an undertaker and one of his clients requested Leonard |Cohen at his funeral (forward planning or what) and my cousin refused saying it was far too morbid.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 15:32

.....and his son is Sacha Baron Cohen aka Borat!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 15:58

He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.



So that's just him then.....

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 17:02

Lighten up guys & listen to Closing Time - the only morbid thing about it is the title!!

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:17

I stopped listening to Leonard Cohen when they brought out Mogadon!

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:19

Closing Time by Leonard Cohen? Is that what they call a criminal record?

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:24

My idea of a fun night? A combined Smiths and Leonard Cohen concert. I'd be hacking at my wrists!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:27

Check this:



Suicidal Syd is an extreme manic depressive, who becomes suicidal over minor occurrences and then attempts to commit suicide in various different ways that are often surreal, topical and farcical; eg. in one strip he draws what he thinks is a cartoon of Muhammad and shows it to a group of fanatical Islamists, hoping they will murder him, but he then realizes he has actually drawn a picture of Muhammad Ali. All of his attempts fail. He then recovers from his depression, only to be killed in some other way afterwards, which is often related to the reason why he became depressed in the first place.



For example, in one story he becomes depressed at the lack of moral standards in the world after being invited to take part in a threesome with a man and his girlfriend. Eventually he gets a toy car lodged in his throat, and a passer-by performs the Heimlich manoeuvre to dislodge the car. Syd then regains his faith in humanity.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicidal_Syd

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:28

You crack me up pal!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:28

lighten up? lighten up? We are Talking about Leonard Cohen! the proverbial 16 ton weight dropping from a great height...



Bi-polar Manic Depressives can get his records on the NHS when they need to come down off a high...

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:33

I take it you are not really a Cohen fan Groucho!!!

no1doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:36

Suicidal Syd. You couldn't make it up could you. Good one PP

no1doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:46

Oilman, message 15, excellent LOL

MICK THE FISH


Joined: 27/05/2008
Posts: 180

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:54

His payment for appearing in the Isle of White (?) pop festival (circa 1968)

Was 6 x Triumph Bonnevilles motorbikes - at least he outlived them.



So long Marriane



Mick

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 00:38

Well newlad, we are fans, saw him in London a few years ago,

brill.

We were only saying last week, we haven't seen our t'shirts since we moved here last year.

Hi comrads!!!!!!!lol

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 00:44

were you tripping ??????

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 00:50

Well I was wearing high heels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fredred


Joined: 09/12/2007
Posts: 89

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 00:56

I first heard L Cohen on the Jools Holland show on T V many years ago, I went straight out the next day and bought the tape, it was first class. I still play it now and have made plenty of copies for friends who also enjoyed the tape.

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 16:52

Well said Flowerfairy & fredred - just wish the others would stop sitting on the fence!!!!

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 17:24

Well, for all the comments on here, we watched him live at the O2.



Brilliant mesmerising performance! The sell out audience loved him! Reaction was better than we saw for the 'Stones'!



Says it all really!

spangles


Joined: 22/10/2008
Posts: 411

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 17:29

My first post but had to join in as I saw Leonard Cohen at the Isle of Wight (yes I am that old) Absolutely Brilliant. Yes I did stay awake through his act although I fell asleep during Jimmy Hendrix.

mitsi


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 345

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:32

How can you mention The Stones and Jimi Hendrix in the same breath with Leonard Cohen????? Shame on you.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:38

Spangles... dope got the better of you in the end?

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:40

Mitsi, it's all a matter of personal taste and I happen to like all 3 even though Leonard Cohen is the only one I haven't seen 'live'.....so nothing shameful about it.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 18:49

Oilman... I love him!



He's great for insomnia...



I have seen him live and wondered if he was!

spangles


Joined: 22/10/2008
Posts: 411

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 20:14

Groucho - no just three very long days and short nights. Does anyone remember Tiny Tim also on the same billing. Hilarious to see the Hells Angels Dancing around and singing Tiptoe Thru The Tulips.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 20:24

yes i remember tiny tim , a hideous looking boy { with a face that only a mother could love } with an even more hideous voice

no1doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 21:24

Groucho, stop it man - you're cracking me up!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 22:21

One of my pet hates is pretentiously deep music lyrics...



No words this time?

No words.

No, there are times when nothing can be done.

Not this time.

Is it censorship?

Is it censorship?

No, it's evaporation.

No, it's evaporation.

Is this leading somewhere?

Yes.

We're going down the lane.

Is this going somewhere?

Into the garden.

Into the backyard.

We're walking down the driveway.

Are we moving towards....

We're in the backyard.

...some transcendental moment?

It's almost light.

That's right.

That's it.

Are we moving towards some transcendental moment?

That's right.

That's it.

Do you think you'll be able to pull it off?

Yes. Do you think you can pull it off?

Yes, it might happen.

I'm all ears.

I'm all ears.

Oh the morning glory!



Bet you never realised this was about Prince Charles..... ha ha

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:24

oh dear god !

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:30

Hi Pat,

Hows the bambino,

Paul.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:40

she got her head stuck inbetween the open plan stairs , so thats all she is saying now is i'm stuck i'm stuck , she's like a parrot , but she's good paul thanks

have a good w/e , pat

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
24/10/2008 23:44

Kids eh cant take your eyes of them for one minute.Enjoy your wek-end as well,

Paul.