You probably think this song is about you....

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 4:15 pm

Witty owl...I think there should be a separate section for us who like LC's music/poetry but are not so crazy about it. Although, there was a period of about 18 months that I thought LC was the greatest songwriter ever and that Songs of Love and Hate was the finest album ever made. It seems I have lost touch with that person....I wonder whatever happened to him.
As a former science university student myself, I probably share some of your daughter's agenda and ambitions. Never mind the stereotypes, science is an entirely creative endeavor.

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 4:36 pm

Kush, have you lost touch with the person that penned "Songs of Love and Hate" or have you lost touch with the person (yourself ) who so admired him? Its just that your comment seems a little ambiguous to my way of reading it.

It would be good to find forums on other songwriters but this is the only one I have found that maintains an acceptable degree of sincerity. (even with the spasmodic bickering) Can you or any one else point me in other directions?
Cheers Witty Owl.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:07 pm

Owl, i think that you know in your heart that you have found the right hunting land...............don't go wandering in the desert again.
Georges

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:44 am

I was referring to myself. It was probably something in your previous post that elicited that response from me

. Nevertheless, you have given me food for thought...

p.s. There are a bunch of forums/shrines to the respective musical deities. This is as good as any. It might be interesting to look for a general forum not aligned to an individual artist but to a musical genre.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 3:47 am

Hi magneticcry ~ Multi-faceted or MPD'd. I have the same issue, as my musical tastes are as broad as what your comment suggests yours may be

. Interesting moniker you have

. Rather true, isn't it.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:54 am

Kush, science instead of being a creator is an attempt to analyse the mystical and the magic, that which is all around us.
In looking inwards again, you will recapture the magic of the Songs of Love and Hate album and the realisation that it never went away...............
Georges

witty_owl · Post by **witty_owl** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:35 pm

George, are you forgetting I live on the edge of a desert?

Kush, What Genre would you ascribe to these musicians?

Leonard Cohen.
Neil Young.
Don Henley.
Van Morrison.
Dave Gilmour.
Roger Waters.
Bob Dylan.
Gordon Lightfoot.
Jackson Browne.

Cheers Witty Owl.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:41 pm

I did not forget
it was a direct reference designed to keep you with us...........
Best Regards ...........Georges

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:39 pm

georges....magic is smoke, mirrors and sleight of hand.
WO...I shall reply at length later.

jurica · Post by **jurica** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:36 pm

A good forum is hard to find. And that is the truth.
Some are too crowded (you come back the next day, and you need two hours to go trough all new posts), some are too abandoned (you don't see new posts for weeks)...
And you can discuss any music you like right here, you just have to make it look like it's about Leonard.
For example, you can open a thread (in LC music, it needs new subjects desperatly):
- How does songwriter's age show in his music? (then we can talk about Dylan, Morrison, Lightfoot, or who ever we desire)
- Does strong music distract from lyrics?
- Is Leonard right for refusing improvisation from his musicians? (Here we can discuss early jazzy Morrison and jazz in general - i just love jazz)
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...we all like other artists, and art in general.
Open threads, I'll be sure to join them.

magneticcry · Post by **magneticcry** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:22 pm

hi Lizzytysh!!!
thanks for answering to my thought!!
my music taste is really extremely widely spread between all kinds of styles and artists,i like this so-called "todays" music nearly as much as the "older" ones...most of my-aged people don`t like LC for example,but i`m a big fan of him,,,though,i do admit,i sometimes even listen to some justin timberlakes or whatever that kind...still,,,noone can beat LC !!!

ps-i have read a lot of your thoughts from the forum,and i think that we have so much in common

someone even told that your birthday is at the same day as mine ...
future soulmates ?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 3:02 am

Really, magneticcry? February 20th

? Back to that "soul cluster" theory

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lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 3:10 am

Yeah, Witty Owl....that's been the dreaded question for me. I never like it when I've introduced [or tried] someone to Leonard and they preface it with, "What kind of music is it?" It's like I'm required to pigeonhole it before they decide if they want to listen. Whatever I might call "Sixties"/folk/story song/protest/love songs/whatever music, Leonard remains outside of it. If you say "poetry into song," they presume Rod McKuen [about whom someone was quoted as saying, "He's a poor man's Leonard Cohen"

]. I've always felt that Leonard's music has an even [much] deeper purpose and impact than the generally-recognized ones of music. It's a dilemma.

magneticcry · Post by **magneticcry** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 11:22 am

oh! so it is true then-feb 20th...
ps-this soul cluster theory is great!!!i read it and i liked it and i even believe it !!!

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 5:44 pm

Oh, Super, magneticcry, I love it when this happens! It is so seldom! Where was that Poll here of how many people need to come into a room before one comes having your same birthday?