Well, Lizzy, what I found interesting about your remark is actually, that with Diamonds in the Mine Leonard Cohen sensed a style yet to come. I was not trying to correct you about the musical history (what I could have tried to, if I were not MAD Musicologist, but a so called "serious" one...

Hi Joney ~ "Diamonds in the Mine" does have a punk sound to it. (...) ~ Lizzy When I heard that song the first time, I had the same impression, Lizzy. But the interesting thing about your statement is, that punk was quite some years later than this beautyful song, which gives off the beau...

Hi, all, to return to the topic again: Something keeps me puzzeling in Blessed is the Memory . ...but you lost them in your freedom and you need him now you’re wild... I would not have had any difficulty understanding those lines if the second one would run and you need them now you’re wild as „ the...

The discussion gets interesting before having really started! Great! You are welcome.
As I said, I've got a lot to read before really going on here, but I will come back soon.
Mad Musicologist

Hi Lizzy, you shall see I've tried to start the "project", and you shall see that of course I am not thinking of counting the keywords. :lol: But clearly, this is a possible way of doing philology (now, that was a nasty one :oops: ). See you there, but for tonight I shall continue reading ...

Hi all, please let me start this topic with a quotation: LC: Well, we sense that there is a will that is behind all things, and we're also aware of our own will, and it's the distance between those two wills that creates the mystery that we call religion. It is the attempt to reconcile our will with...

Hello dear friends, as an old proverb says, the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder , and so it is with a lot of things that is essential for our life. It might be good if I try to express my thoughts about the words „love“, and „longing“. Please allow me to expound on that by referring to anoth...

Sorry, DBCohen, I've been misled then. But as I said, I'll have to read through it all, which will become a study of philosophy. To tell you the truth at this point, I am not too fond of the Zen way of seeing life - maybe that is also because I do not know very much of that, but what I heard of it b...

Thanks for your reply, Lizzy, well, I also had thought about starting one topic after another. But, I had the Idea, if I'd start about any of them, it might be no problem if the topic remains for a while on the site even if no one has anything to say right now. If there are ideas which could be fitt...

Hi again, the line should have been, "Memories, Identity and Personal Essentials". But the space is limited. Of course, we should refer to some of the thoughts that we arleady exchanged in the topic "Blessed is the memory", and maybe start from there. So anyone is welcome to join...

Hello again, also in this case I'd just like to get the topic started an to fill it up with not yet completely assorted ideas. But a hint might be the "Stranger Song", which quite clearly is a good example for the thoughts and moods we could be talking about here. See You tomorrow as well ...

Hi all, in this section I'd like us to discuss the center topic of Love and Longing in Leonard Cohens poetry. For now, I just start the topic to have it right opened. Just to name a song that will be good to look at closely: Suzanne , naturally. But we might as well find out something in Beautyful L...

"Approach to Leonard Cohens Poetry" Hi all, Now I am ready for first steps. It seems to me that, in “The Music Place” as well as in “The Poetry Place, there are a lot of highly interesting thoughts, which are always centred around a certain piece of Leonard Cohens poetry. What I would love...

Hi everyone, interesting that you set out here for the Psalms 20 - 24, but I do not find no. 21, 22, 23, 24, you jump tp 25, for which then a new thread had been opened. Anyway, things go that way, it is okay. Anyone to comment on no. 21, please? I think this is a very important one, with a power th...

Thanks to you all for your comforting "offtopics". Maybe they are not that off topic as it seems . I would not have made the remark. But: I ws just following a feeling, and the thought that you might better see when I come to understand the others in a different way than expected. Anyway, ...