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- Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:35 pm
- Forum: Live in London, Dear Heather, The Essential Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
- Topic: Re: criticisms of "Dear Heather"
- Replies: 71
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- Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:01 pm
- Forum: Live in London, Dear Heather, The Essential Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
- Topic: Re: criticisms of "Dear Heather"
- Replies: 71
- Views: 74079
- Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:51 am
- Forum: Live in London, Dear Heather, The Essential Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
- Topic: the song, "Dear Heather" in relation to Milosz
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5200
There are undoubtedly distinct differences in the intent of both poems. Milosz hones his sights in on what it is to 'be' in the moment; Cohen revels in the moment. Milosz wants it again, wants to cling to it, wants to understand it; Cohen encompasses himself with it, his polite manner a facade to sh...
- Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:05 am
- Forum: Tribute concerts, Cover versions & Soundtracks
- Topic: The absolute WORST Leonard Cohen cover ever...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 20707
Lloyd Cole's Chelsea Hotel
Lloyd Cole's version finds itself succumbing to the same pitfalls that Jarkko aptly said Elton John did in his version of "I'm Your Man." Cole, by speeding up the song and ridding his version of Cohen's unique phrasing, loses all the pathos and subtlety that made the original so heartbreak...
- Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:29 am
- Forum: Tribute concerts, Cover versions & Soundtracks
- Topic: Leonard Cohen covering someone else's songs?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14222
- Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:43 am
- Forum: Live in London, Dear Heather, The Essential Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
- Topic: the song, "Dear Heather" in relation to Milosz
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5200
the song, "Dear Heather" in relation to Milosz
One of my literature professors has been close friends with Cohen for a few years now and was also had a very intimate friendship with Czeslaw Milosz before his passing this past September. I was giving Dear Heather a very attentive listening the other day and was immediately reminded of Milosz's po...