PRESENTING: LEONARD COHEN'S OLD IDEAS WITH NEW FRIENDS

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LeonardCohen.com, Jan 25:

To celebrate Leonard Cohen’s legendary 40 years in music and his upcoming new album “Old Ideas”, a handful of today’s artists such as Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, Cults, Cold War Kids, and the New Pornographers' A.C. Newman have recorded a cover of their favorite Leonard Cohen song.

We are proud to present the first entry in the series, a haunting cover of "Paper Thin Hotel" performed by Greg Dulli, exclusively on RollingStone.com. Click here to watch and be sure to check back Thursday for the next installment in the series, featuring Cold War Kids.

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OLD IDEAS WITH NEW FRIENDS: COLD WAR KIDS, "THERE IS A WAR"

Old Ideas With New Friends, our tribute to 40+ years of Leonard Cohen's music, continues! Check out Cold War Kids performing "There Is A War," courtesy of FILTER Magazine.

Check back next week for episode 3, featuring New York's own Cults.

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OLD IDEAS WITH NEW FRIENDS: CULTS, "EVERYBODY KNOWS"

Episode 3 of Old Ideas With New Friends has been posted up on Guardian.co.uk. The ongoing tribute to Leonard's decade spanning career continues with the latest contribution from New York's Cults. They put their unique spin on one of his later songs, "Everybody Knows."

Watch the video on Guardian.co.uk

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Watch Bradford Cox Cover Leonard Cohen
Deerhunter/Atlas Sound leader takes on "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy"

Columbia is celebrating the release of Leonard Cohen's new album Old Ideas with the Vimeo series "Old Ideas With New Friends". It features contemporary artists including Cults, Greg Dulli, and A.C. Newman covering their favorite Cohen songs.

Next up is Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, who does a solo acoustic take on 1969's "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy". Of the song, Cox said, "ever since the first time I heard it, I thought it was the most haunting song I'd ever heard."

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Watch Bradford Cox Cover Leonard Cohen Deerhunter/Atlas Sound leader takes on "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy"

Columbia/Sony created a series called ‘Old Ideas with New Friends’ to coincide with release of the new Leonard Cohen album this week. This is another video I directed with //ApK of Bradford Cox (Deerhunter/Atlas Sound). Featured today on Pitchfork
I’ve known the Leonard Cohen version of the original for a long time. It was quite memorable to stand in a room while Bradford played ‘It seemed so long ago, Nancy’ and nailed perfect takes each time. We’ve got one more coming next week, but thrilled to see this and the Cults video making some waves on the web.

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http://vimeo.com/channels/oldideas

Vimeo channel "Old Ideas With New Friends", moderated by Columbia Records.

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LEONARD COHENS OLD IDEAS WITH NEW FRIENDS: MOUNTAIN GOATS "THE SMOKEY LIFE"

The Mountain Goats-Sänger und Songwriter John Darnielle gibt heute seinen Lieblingssong "The Smokey Life" aus Leonards Album "Recent Songs" (1979) zum Besten. Das Video wartet auf consequenceofsounds.net auf Sie.

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[MaryB]

There is also a wide range of intentions from the artists themselves. Some are clearly in awe of Leonard and their honor in doing a song of his shines through. Others seem to barely have heard of him, some are more interested in trying to convince the listener that they themselves are on the same artistic plane as LC-- if only the listener could get it through his/her thick head. And others are so intent on stamping their mark onto a great song that they can't help but overdo it.

Scott,

You hit the nail on the head for me. I used to listen to all versions on the 'tribute' topic, but quickly became disillusioned. It's amazing to me how quickly most of these 'tributes' made me lose my desire to hear anymore.

The only exception to this is hearing forum members, in personal settings, sing perfect/imperfect versions of LC songs. It is always a thrill to experience and be a part of this.

Warmest regards,
Mary

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WATCH: Rhett Miller puts an inspired Americana spin on "Tower of Song" in episode 6 of Old Ideas With New Friends, exclusively on Paste Magazine.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2 ... -song.html

Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller has been enlisted for Columbia Records’ newest endeavor. The label has created a cover series entitled Old Ideas With New Friends in honor of Cohen, as he remains one of the most influential pioneers in songwriting.

Miller’s rendition of his personal favorite “Tower of Song” is a departure from the original sonorous tones of Cohen. While Cohen capitalizes in the virtues of the monotone, sultry background vocals and gracious key arrangements, Miller puts an Americana spin on the song.

The acoustic cover is lively and inspired. Miller’s twang carries the tune into an enthused inhibitions-to-the-wind kind of dance. There’s no need for any other instrument other than the one Miller strokes away at.

Miller’s cover work never disappoints. The Interpreter became as relevant as the classics themselves.

Check out the cover of “Tower of Song” and be on the lookout for Columbia Records release of Old Ideas With New Friends.

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THE COMPLETE 'OLD IDEAS WITH NEW FRIENDS'
http://www.leonardcohen.com/ca/news/com ... ew-friends

AC Newman "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"

Greg Dulli "Paper Thin Hotel"

Cold War Kids "There Is A War"

The Mountain Goats "The Smokey Life"

Nicole Atkins "Bird On A Wire"

Cults "Everybody Knows"

Bradford Cox "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy"

[Steve Wilcox]

Scocoh - you said it all in two sentences -

"these projects are more about promoting some particular label's artists than honoring Leonard", and my favourite -

"some are more interested in trying to convince the listener that they themselves are on the same artistic plane as LC" - as in look at me, I'm was chosen to honour Leonard Cohen so I must be at least somewhere near his talent.

Why not promote older Cohen performances of these songs to help promote Old Ideas.

[thestopbutton]

The Vimeo site no longer has these performances? Are they long gone?