Hi Miriam,
The only song I've heard before by Leonard Cohen is Suzanne. I liked the
words But, frankly, I didn't care for for Cohen's singing voice. Yes, I
thought it was worse than Dylan's. I tolerated Dylan's voice because I liked
the songs so much as well as his guitar playing.
I also like classical and big band and jazz from the 1930's through 1960's.
My favorite music though is still the 60's and 70's rock that I grew up
with. I also like a few of the newer selections in the pop, R&B and hip hop
genres. I tend to listen to classicle and jazz on weekdays and rock on the
weekends.
Bob Hachey
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Leonard Cohen
Any of you guys know of a song writer and performer named Leonard Cohen?
He's about 83 years old and there was a long article about him in the
Audible October 17th edition of The New Yorker that is on BARD. I never
heard of him, but the article was fascinating so I found some of his music
on the web. His big song is Hallelulia. There's another one, Dance Me To
Love. It's the stranges stuff I've ever heard. I mean it's poetry sung to
two or three notes by someone who, as far as I'm concerned, doesn't have a
singing voice. But I'm old and my taste in music is very strange and
speicific: old classical, big band music, romantic ballads, folk music,
country music, old fashioned negro spirituals, (that's what they're called),
almost nothing popular written after Slow Boat To China. David Remnick, who
wrote the article on Leonard Cohen, also has one on Bob Dillon and his prize
for literature. His article is on the web with links to a number of Dillon's
songs on You Tube. I listened to a few with which I'm unfamiliar. Like
Cohen's, they're like complicated poetry, except they're a bit more lyrical.
So Bob, Roger, you people who know this kind of music, what are your
thoughts?
Miriam .
