B4real wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 5:00 am I was meaning singing O Tannenbaum and Stille Nacht in German

Of course. Excellent!

Oh, you're right. I was late.

Glad to hear from you! (I was pretty sure you'd reply to this posting. A nice tradition in itself.)

B4real wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 1:37 am This year I was doing the same as I was last year

Learning French and German? Wie läuft's so?

In my ongoing effort to make this a holiday tradition: Here, as in the previous years, is Leonard singing "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree"). https://clyp.it/4f1oiyni?token=3be541fa66ea73c43fea0c44e2cec568 (Based, of course, on a few lines of the song "Non, je ne regrette r...

There actually is an asteroid named after Leonard:
"24732 Leonardcohen".
Apparently its diameter is 3.475 kilometres. And its orbit lasts 10.163 days (almost 28 years).
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=24732
https://www.rasc.ca/asteroid/24732

On one hand, I know what you mean. On the other, I cared quite a lot!

You're welcome, Robert. - Thanks for replying.

Thank you!

"If LC didn't always appear ready for the things life can throw at you (and who of us ever are), it seems his shoes were always ready to shine "

And shouldn't that teach us something?

Here you are:
"LEONARD COHEN INTERVIEWED BY DANNY FIELDS AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL, 1974"
https://pleasekillme.com/leonard-cohen/

From 2019, in an article about Anthony Hopkins: 'he's an accomplished musician, too; and there he is, singing along at a dinner party to Leonard Cohen's 'Here It Is'. "Oh yes, Leonard Cohen's my favourite." In the hotel suite in Santa Monica where we are talking, he sinks back into the sof...

Thanks for the photo and the link, Bev!

Yes, I know about the movie. But the description of this video tricked me into thinking the song didn't appear in the movie:

https://youtu.be/VhaDbn7sO8w

Hi Bev,

I remember that conversation as well!

I have to admit that I didn't know that Elvis song until yesterday. I think it's a relatively unknown song that didn't appear on a regular album.

Leonard, Liszt, and Elvis One of my favourite not-that-well-known facts about Leonard's music is that the melody of his song "Came So Far for Beauty" (co-written with John Lissauer) is based on Franz Liszt's piano piece "Liebestraum No. 3". So far, so good. But today I learned th...

Thanks, Bev!

"Strange rituals, badges, and rings". He really was a prophet.

My feelings exactly!