This was my only concert of this tour, and I delayed my return to Hydra to take it in (never seem to be in the right place at the right time).
While I of course enjoyed it, I am frustrated at Leonard's indifference to the beat he himself as written, often ignoring entirely the bar he is supposed to come in on, and then rushing the lyrics to catch up. I consider Everybody Knows to be one of his all time greatests, and perhaps his most beautifully bitter song, but it really has to be thumped out in time, every juicy line spat out with real venom ... yet Leonard has taken to delivering it in a totally laid-back style. "Hey, man, everybody wants a box of chocolates and a long-stem rose, don't they man? I mean, cool man."
It was frightening to think he was last at Bournemouth five years ago. Feels like only yesterday. How old we are all growing, and so fast.
CONCERT REPORT: Bournemouth UK - Monday 26 August 2013
Re: CONCERT REPORT: Bournemouth UK - Monday 26 August 2013
“If you do have love it's a kind of wound, and if you don't have it it's worse.” - Leonard, July 1988
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Re: CONCERT REPORT: Bournemouth UK - Monday 26 August 2013
It's nearly Closing Time at Bournemouth and Leonard's appreciative fans are on their feet. Soon, he'll be trying to leave us...
1972 Leeds University, 2012 London Wembley Arena, 2013 Bournemouth.
Re: CONCERT REPORT: Bournemouth UK - Monday 26 August 2013
Concert report for Bournemouth in today's mail on Sunday magazine
Frankfurt 1970, Isle of Wight 1970, Manchester Free Trade Hall1976, Manchester Opera House 2008 ,Manchester Arena 2008, Birmingham 2008 ,Liverpool 2009, Manchester and Leeds 2013.
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Re: CONCERT REPORT: Bournemouth UK - Monday 26 August 2013
Thanks, Jilly, I don't normally get round to the Sunday magazines! The five-star review, by David Bennun, is in the Mail on Sunday's Event and all fans will agree with him when he says Leonard Cohen as a performer is now "right at the top of his game".jilly t wrote:Concert report for Bournemouth in today's mail on Sunday magazine
1972 Leeds University, 2012 London Wembley Arena, 2013 Bournemouth.