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Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man -- the movie
Finally went to see this film tonight. It's at a little place in B-town where movies go when they're just about played out.
I've been a Leonard Cohen fan for a long time. I heard on a Fresh Air interview with him a while back that recently, while staying at a Zen retreat for a year or so, his business manager managed to steal $millions from him, leaving him almost broke. Apparently he might not be able to get it back (?!?). I have a feeling this film was put together in a hurry by some of his many fans to give him a leg up. It's a bit rough in spots -- features a lot of other artists covering his tunes, some are not too listenable, some are OK and a couple are really good, specially Rufus Wainwright singing "Halellujah." It'd be worth checking out on DVD cause at the end, Cohen appears on a sound stage with Bono and the Edge and a couple of other guys, and he sings "Tower of Song." Priceless. Bono and Edge had been making comments in the film about how rare a talent Cohen is and I have to agree. The guy is like one of the true greats of our era, methinks. I got lucky in Seattle in '88. I had just come back to town and was living in a little rooming house with the phone on the first floor and me on the 3rd floor. One night it rang and rang, finally I went to get it, and a lady I know who ran the open mike I played at a lot said, "Oh my God, I was just about to hang up. If you get down to the Paramount right away, I can get you in to see Leonard Cohen for free." A former foster child of hers was an usher there. What an awesome show. And we had front row seats, way off to the far side, but close still. Tower of Song - L. Cohen Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day Oh in the Tower of Song I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long A hundred floors above me In the Tower of Song I was born like this, I had no choice I was born with the gift of a golden voice And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond They tied me to this table right here In the Tower of Song So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all I'm standing by the window where the light is strong Ah they don't let a woman kill you Not in the Tower of Song Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor And there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong You see, you hear these funny voices In the Tower of Song I see you standing on the other side I don't know how the river got so wide I loved you baby, way back when And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed But I feel so close to everything that we lost We'll never have to lose it again Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone I'll be speaking to you sweetly From a window in the Tower of Song Yeah my friends are gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where I used to play And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day Oh in the Tower of Song
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that guy looks like Adam Sandler on that cover.
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Yeah, there was a big article in McLeans magazine (in Canada) about a year ago about his financial troubles. I don't remember much, I was sitting in the optometrist's office trying to pass time, but it sure looks like he got burned really badly. Poor bastard gives a bad name to all the jews out there.
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It does sorta make you wonder how he could let it go like that. Maybe he's too trusting. What really makes it sad is that there are all sorts of people who would have been glad to be an honest manager for him.
I'm going to buy the DVD and maybe some of his CDs (new instead of used). The guy blows my mind sometimes. I used to sing "Famous Blue Raincoat" at the coffee shops and the girls would get all teary and hot at the same time. Some guy slips you a little magic like that, ya need to tip your hat.
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That's about his dorkiest looking cover except for the babes.
The guy is cool down to his DNA. I urge you to see the film. DVD would be better cause you can fast forward through a few of the lame performers. Bits and pieces of the film are excellent though.
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