Leonard Cohen R.I.P.
 

At least he got to live a pretty long life, but still a big loss.

Leonard Cohen dead at the age of 82 | Daily Mail Online

**** me.

I saw him live when I was 15. He was surprisingly hilarious and put on a great show.

Ever since the release of You Want It Darker I knew it wouldn't be long... Wasn't prepared for it to be this soon though. Truly one of the most talented Canadians to ever live, and I'll be spending the rest of my night listening to some of my favourite Cohen tracks.

FUCK dude are you ****ing kidding me

This is sad news. I never saw him live, but I really liked his music and what I read about the man himself; the calm eloquent outsider with the elegant suits and refined humour.

And there are so many good songs, so many great, thought-provoking lyrics, right up to his most recent release:-

I saw this article a few weeks ago and wondered if he was in ill health...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...m-ready-to-die

The New Yorker article referenced in the Guardian is quite lengthy and I'll include it here for anyone interested...

Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker - The New Yorker

R.I.P.

Damn, 2016 claims another one. I always think about the movie Exotica when I think of Cohen.

Devastated. We have lost some greats this year and Cohen casts as great a shadow as the others in my eyes.

RIP.

like Bowie....i cannot think of an artist that i love that does not site Cohen as a huge influence

i had the absolute joy to see him in 2009 and have to say he opened with Democracy which brought tears to my eye and they stayed there constant until he ended with Hallelujah which cause a water works

such an incredible loss.

RIP, but though I tried to like his stuff, it just bores me.

I feel bad because I've never heard of him.

Damn, last album was released only 2 weeks before his death. RIP

Well now you have. Go listen to Songs of Love and Hate pronto.

You probably have. He wrote Hallelujah.

Or or or Songs From a Room, that's the one that really got me into him.

That's a good one too.

OK, I will. Recs would have been my next post.

I thought I recognised the song but not him. When I first saw the news I thought isn't Spock already dead :confused:

:laughing:

^ haha, yes, now you mention it, it's obvious - he does look like Leonard Nimoy!

Who can listen to this without thinking of Trump's recent win:-

Not a fan. Shame he died. He had fans, he will be missed.

It's funny because he used to look like Dustin Hoffman.

I never made the Dustin Hoffman connection, but I would get him mixed up with John Cage especially with photographs of them when they were older.

i don't typically watch SNL.....but i love Dave Chappelle and i really wanted to see Tribe call Quest so i tuned in last night.....the show opened with this.