3.5 Hour Recital Cohen
The famous poet Leonard Cohen concert in Istanbul 8400 people spent Ulker Sports Arena self. Time and again the minstrel stage, leaving bis' I will pray for peace in your country, "he said ...
MİRAÇ ZEYNEP ÖZKARTAL
Arrived in the future, saying come to Istanbul for the second time in three years, Leonard Cohen has lived a former life. And what a progress payment. "Old Ideas" album, world tour came to 3.5 hours Ulker Sports Arena was full on stage.
Stage was the usual, a la Cohen! Carpets on the floor, burgundy velvet chairs, each capped orchestra, vocalists dressed like a razor. And a black suit and collar düğmelenmiş gray shirt, hat and long, thin fingers held like Dino'nunkilere Abidin, twice doladığı microphone cord into the hands of "Dance Me To The End of Love" began the concert.
Afterwards, "The Future" and "Bird On The Wire" arrived. 8 thousand 400 people filled up, removes hall "Everybody Knows" is exactly the present, said:
"Everyone knows that the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight has already been determined: The poor stay poor, the rich richer."
I played it touches
Hissediyordunuz reflected light enters the eye is struck Spots guitar, Cohen touching you. It had been a thousand people a mood:
"Cohen tells me this song alone. For me alone ... "
"Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" I kept saying breaths. Mobile phones, the lights seemed to be alone. Because the Japanese people injured in traffic accidents leave cling like mobile phones, cameras, many people leave the phone's screen to see through the eyes of the world watched the Cohen concert. When he whom now göstereceklerse images ... Even the "Leonard Cohen konserindeyim" poses who was not even in the scene that gorgeous man turned their backs.
Huge screen behind the stage turns from yellow to blue, green to red on the way, as usual hat on his chest, leaning in front of Leonard Cohen introduced the team: Mike Scoble, Alexandru Bublitchi, Mitch Watkins, Javier Mas, Neil Larsen, Sharon Robinson, The Webb Sisters, Rafael Gayol, Roscoe Beck.
His latest album "Old Ideas" tan "Amen" i "Darkness", saying I finished the first chapter. He was up the whole room jumping and going backstage.
The second section, in the eyes of sunglasses, appeared in front of the keyboard. "I'm Your Man" album "Such a golden voice, I was born, I had no choice," said "Tower of the Last" la ... Like, "said the new album was for the first episode myself, that's what you want you coming now," says the order, such as hits in a row. 1967 "Suzanne," he called out, 1984, "The Night Comes On", "Heart With No Companion" with. The 1969 album "The Partisan" behind the "Democracy" arrived. "Democracy is coming to America," he said, in 1992, "The Future" album, this song ... "" First, the United States, the cradle of good and evil is coming. " "Today, sentimental, love the country but I can not stand the scene. What Solum nor right, just sitting at my house tonight. Lost in this desperate display. Hurdayım but still keep these wild bouquet: Democracy is coming to America ".
The Webb Sisters "Coming Back To You" media, with many songs signed by Sharon Robinson, "Alexandra Leaving" i say hat still on his chest, listened to them respectfully.
And back came the bombs. "Before I'm Your Man", followed by "Hallelujah". Especially "Hallelujah" ta hell broke loose Arena in Istanbul, the name of the geçirince.
And the finale of "Take This Waltz" did. "Smelling the breath of brandy and death with" waltz called. Standing the whole room applauding at the end of the song "Thank you my friends," he called. Hand shaking disappeared backstage door.
Cheering flood
Liverpool won the basketball championship in the arena as they applause, whistling and cheering had a flood. Leonard Cohen came back and went to İkiletmedi energy. That first album, "So Long, Marianne" in the audience began to slowly come into the scene. After that time no one lived. Cohen everyone stood to passengers. Receives a bouquet of white daisies bent over a prolonged audience, laughing as much as we have not seen very often in Cohen's face before. "First We Take Manhattan" la graduated from the flow, and the "cross-koşuyla" left the scene. Again and again did not quit nazlanmadı applause. And "It's four in the morning, the end of December" in the words alkıştan hall was destroyed. "Did you not tell?", "Not tell you?" He sabırsızlanılan "Famous Blue Raincoat" I hid the end.
A significant real finale at the end of the time, and 3.5 "Closing Time" made with. "We're forgotten time," he said, "But now time to close." "How nice that you do not need to tell you," he added while. His last words were "I will pray for peace in your country" was.
Cohen backstage door when entering the arena to another, praying someone else. Smile on your face every Anyone who goes through the door was opened a banner that emits output: "Farida will you marry me? Can ". Joe hugged his neck as soon as Farida. They ended up one's own, the output kerevet Leonard Cohen
