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    Think i have about 16 albums of his, so i guess that puts me in fan class lol. He was a randy bugger all his days too....more power to him
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Only just heard - I'm stunned and don't really know what to say, except for me he was possibly one of the greatest singer-songwriter, novelist and poet. Up there with the best of them: Dylan, Mitchell, Paul Simon etc.

    What a bummer 2016 is turning out to be - can it get any worse?

    I'm off to play some Cohen, and possibly get drunk.

    RIP Leonard, your work had an enormous influence on me.
    Barry

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    I guess it's on specially. There's a Leonard Cohen programme on BBC 4 at the moment. I think Sharon Robinson may be singing with him. She's superb.
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    https://youtu.be/auqyZ2JX7Bs

    Leonard with (If I recall) Jennifer Warnes and the sublime Sharon Robinson. 'Alexandra Leaving'.
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    I met Leonard Cohen one night in Montreal. I was a student at McGill University, his alma mater. I heard that a small bar was going out of business and Leonard might go there that night. So I went. He came in alone and ordered a drink at the bar. I said, "How are you?" He said, "Can't complain." I said, "I'm from Japan." He said, "I just got back from there. I was with a Zen master." What a lovely night. Loved him dearly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    https://youtu.be/auqyZ2JX7Bs

    Leonard with (If I recall) Jennifer Warnes and the sublime Sharon Robinson. 'Alexandra Leaving'.
    Beautiful. RIP

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    Another. Just in tribute to Leonard, 'By the Rivers Dark': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml61uvOHdkA
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    As a tribute i ordered his last album. Ive not heard it but it wont matter if its crap. Would have got the vinyl but its not out yet lol. Most if not all i have now are on cd anyways.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    K D Lang's live cover of Leonard's 'Hallelujah'. Very fitting and superb!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYiMJ2bC65A

    If you notice at the end. Leonard Cohen was in the audience.
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    An immense talent. One of our greatest. RIP Leonard.

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