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PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:08 pm 
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FASCINATING documentary, esp. if you are a fan of Leonard Cohen. :)

Leonard Cohen - The Early Years



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THX Molly.. I am a huge LC fan as you know.

SINCE you have started a thread for the Doco.. lets also post Leonard Cohen music here, especially Full albums and concerts etc.,

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Leonard Cohen - 1968 BBC Broadcasts



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Leonard Cohen
BBC Broadcasts 1968
Live on BBC TV, excellent mono recording.

00:00 You Know Who I Am
03:48 Bird On The Wire
08:11 The Stranger Song
14:30 So Long Marianne
22:26 Master Song
30:29 There’s No Reason Why You Should Remember Me [improv]
32:11 Sisters Of Mercy
36:07 Teachers
40:05 Dress Rehearsal Rag
45:59 Suzanne
50:23 Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
54:11 Story Of Isaac
58:23 One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
1:02:16 Bird On The Wire
1:05:50 So Long Marianne
1:11:42 You Know Who I Am
1:14:48 Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (Duet with Julie Felix)

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Leonard Cohen - vocals
Dave Cousins and The Strawbs have been mentioned as the backing band at this BBC session.

Tracks 1-13 Recorded Spring 1968 at Paris Theatre, London
Tracks 1-5 Broadcast August 31, 1968 on BBC2 TV (”Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen”)
Tracks 6-13 Broadcast September 7, 1968 on BBC2 TV (”Leonard Cohen Sings Leonard Cohen”)
Tracks 14-16 Recorded August 11, 1968 & Broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (”Top Gear with John Peel”)
Track 17 Recorded January 27, 1968 & Broadcast on BBC2 TV (”Once More With Felix”)

While Dylan was the transition point for protest music to move towards singer-songwriter, there were others too championing to focus on songs not politics. Canadian Leonard Cohen, with his brooding monotonous voice, was a talented poet who would never have won American Idol. But where he lacked a sweet voice, he made up for it with the intensity of his songs.

Together with younger artists Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and Paul Simon, singer-songwriters moved to make songwriting an art form. Their efforts were recognised when mainstream acts covered their songs. All this happened in the whirlpool that rock music was creating.

These well-preserved sessions at the BBC in 1968 offer a fly-on-the-wall experience to witness a young Cohen singing practically the entire first album. The voice is fresh and deep, pushing the songs outside the Tin Pan Alley perimeter, and delving into poetry with a richness of words and subject. Today, they still have that raw appeal of a young artist at the peak of his powers.

Suzanne, So Long Marianne and Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye are beautiful love songs without catchy hooks. They got your attention with words and the emotions in the song.

Tagged to this 1968 session are three songs from a Top Gear show hosted by John Peel. The final track is a duet with British folk singer Julie Felix on Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye. The
quality on these four tracks are still very good.

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GOOD, Rumpole!

I watched the documentary twice, may watch it again. ;)

I learned so much that gives new meaning to his work. Each album has its own history. There are a few of his songs I now want to study the lyrics. There are a few songs I will never listen to again.

Like I said, fascinating story.


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The album that first got me hooked...

Songs Of Leonard Cohen


YT Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... uQ0PsBz_xb

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Side one
"Suzanne" – 3:48
"Master Song" – 5:55
"Winter Lady" – 2:15
"The Stranger Song" – 5:00
"Sisters of Mercy" – 3:32

Side two
"So Long, Marianne" – 5:38
"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" – 2:55
"Stories of the Street" – 4:35
"Teachers" – 3:01
"One of Us Cannot Be Wrong" – 4:23

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Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

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This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and songwriter comes "to renew his neurotic affiliations." He reads his poetry to an enthusiastic crowd, strolls the streets of the city, relaxes in this three-dollar-a-night hotel room and even takes a bath.

Directed by Donald Brittain & Don Owen - 1965



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Leonard Cohen live in Gent, augustus 2012 BV



Set List

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http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/leonard-c ... c1eb8.html

Dance Me to the End of Love
Going Home
The Future
Bird on the Wire
Everybody Knows
Who by Fire
Banjo
Darkness
Amen
Come Healing
I Can't Forget
Different Sides
Waiting for the Miracle
Anthem
(with full band introduction)
Tower of Song
Suzanne
Heart with No Companion
The Gypsy's Wife
Night Comes On
The Partisan
Democracy
Coming Back to You
(performed by the Webb Sisters)
Alexandra Leaving
(sung by Sharon Robinson)
I'm Your Man
Hallelujah
Take This Waltz
(with full band introduction)
Encore:
So Long, Marianne
First We Take Manhattan
Encore 2:
Famous Blue Raincoat
If It Be Your Will
(performed by the Webb Sisters)
Closing Time
Encore 3:
I Tried to Leave You
Save the Last Dance for Me
(The Drifters cover)

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Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

This is a terrific short documentary. I can see an old soul in him at age 30. He hasn't quite got the "con game" going on at this time in his life, but you can see it developing. ;) The old films of his family was a favorite, and the bath scene. :D


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Leonard Cohen - Ballad of the Absent Mare


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Leonard Cohen - Humbled in Love


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