it was 1972 and i was 14 years old. i convinced my grandmother to let me ride a greyhound from Atascadero to Anaheim to spend 4 days with my girlfriend. i still cannot believe that she allowed it. Her mother let us sleep together and we slept under a single sheet in the heat of summer. naked and chaste, barely touching in the oppressive heat. i did not sleep a moment. just lay there and felt her presence. i don't believe she slept either. the next evening a friend of hers picked us up to go cruise. he was driving a 65 mustang with the obligatory hijackers, thrush mufflers and mags. we sat in the back seat, holding hands while we passed a joint and the car filled with smoke. i remember looking out the right side of the car as the wall around Disneyland passed by. Her friend slid a cassette tape into the tape deck and "Diamonds in the Mine" began playing from partway through the opening verse. i was mesmerized. he seemed to be singing right from my secret place, vocalizing emotions that i was, up till then, unable to voice. then i heard the song that has haunted me all of my life, "Famous Blue Raincoat" i can still smell the pot and exhaust and feel the heat of the summer and the rumble of the engine and i can remember the feel of her small hand in mine.. i do not remember her name and i cannot, for all of my trying, see her face but i remember those four days in the summer of 1972. it all comes rushing back every time i hear that song. i went back to grandmothers and then rode the bus back to San Diego and went right to the record store and ordered his album on vinyl. i played it 10,000 times if i played it once and waited for every album after that to come out. Leonard said that Famous Blue Raincoat was the one song that he felt was never finished, a story with missing parts, a mystery about regret and resignation and about forgiveness, forgiveness finally extended much too late for that unfortunate triangle of lovers. I still listen to it, waiting to hear the next layer of meaning. my life is certainly a story with missing parts and maybe all of us have a few missing parts... and more than a few layers of meaning waiting to be heard . i have listened to his music my entire life, i am always amazed at how powerful his lyrics are, how he was able to place a few simple words into a perfect sequence that could evoke such emotion and such depth of meaning. i still, to this day, will hear a lyric that i have heard 5,000 times and suddenly a deeper meaning becomes so apparent that i cannot believe it took so many years to peel back the layers to discover it. i sometimes think that he wrote songs that i would need decades later in my life. A great poet a fierce critic of hatred and suffering, a man who battled against the wrong in the world and never lost his belief in the goodness of humanity. He was never afraid to to stand up and shake his fist into the face of the creator, demanding an explanation for the suffering and evil he allowed in the world. He could write poetry that was at once both sensual and spiritual and leave you knowing they were one in the same. it sounds funny but i will not miss him; he has been a friend, a guide and a teacher. he will remain so, always at arms reach. I am sad that i will not see him again. i am grateful that i saw him in Red Rocks in 09 and i regret that i did not buy that ticket to Dublin. ...I choose the rooms that i live in with care the windows are small and the walls are bare there is only one bed, there is only one prayer and i wait every night for your step on the stair... enjoy the next adventure Leonard, demand that our deities be accountable for what they have done and what they have not. ...and i know from your eyes and i know from your smile that tonight will be fine, will be fine, will be fine, will be fine... for awhile
Leonard really gets the cream of the crop, they all must be the best musicians in the world, the best i've ever heard, thanks again for posting Norah,Dublin
Last time in the Arena, Verona, and I felt so lucky to have you seen so closed, oh Poet..! You knew you was ready, since allways, for having spent your life in understanding living. Should you go in any other world, have an easy trip BIG Leonard. We will miss you
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it was 1972 and i was 14 years old. i convinced my grandmother to let me ride a greyhound from Atascadero to Anaheim to spend 4 days with my girlfriend. i still cannot believe that she allowed it. Her mother let us sleep together and we slept under a single sheet in the heat of summer. naked and chaste, barely touching in the oppressive heat. i did not sleep a moment. just lay there and felt her presence. i don't believe she slept either. the next evening a friend of hers picked us up to go cruise. he was driving a 65 mustang with the obligatory hijackers, thrush mufflers and mags. we sat in the back seat, holding hands while we passed a joint and the car filled with smoke. i remember looking out the right side of the car as the wall around Disneyland passed by. Her friend slid a cassette tape into the tape deck and "Diamonds in the Mine" began playing from partway through the opening verse. i was mesmerized. he seemed to be singing right from my secret place, vocalizing emotions that i was, up till then, unable to voice. then i heard the song that has haunted me all of my life, "Famous Blue Raincoat" i can still smell the pot and exhaust and feel the heat of the summer and the rumble of the engine and i can remember the feel of her small hand in mine.. i do not remember her name and i cannot, for all of my trying, see her face but i remember those four days in the summer of 1972. it all comes rushing back every time i hear that song. i went back to grandmothers and then rode the bus back to San Diego and went right to the record store and ordered his album on vinyl. i played it 10,000 times if i played it once and waited for every album after that to come out.
Leonard said that Famous Blue Raincoat was the one song that he felt was never finished, a story with missing parts, a mystery about regret and resignation and about forgiveness, forgiveness finally extended much too late for that unfortunate triangle of lovers. I still listen to it, waiting to hear the next layer of meaning. my life is certainly a story with missing parts and maybe all of us have a few missing parts... and more than a few layers of meaning waiting to be heard .
i have listened to his music my entire life, i am always amazed at how powerful his lyrics are, how he was able to place a few simple words into a perfect sequence that could evoke such emotion and such depth of meaning. i still, to this day, will hear a lyric that i have heard 5,000 times and suddenly a deeper meaning becomes so apparent that i cannot believe it took so many years to peel back the layers to discover it. i sometimes think that he wrote songs that i would need decades later in my life.
A great poet a fierce critic of hatred and suffering, a man who battled against the wrong in the world and never lost his belief in the goodness of humanity. He was never afraid to to stand up and shake his fist into the face of the creator, demanding an explanation for the suffering and evil he allowed in the world. He could write poetry that was at once both sensual and spiritual and leave you knowing they were one in the same.
it sounds funny but i will not miss him; he has been a friend, a guide and a teacher. he will remain so, always at arms reach. I am sad that i will not see him again. i am grateful that i saw him in Red Rocks in 09 and i regret that i did not buy that ticket to Dublin.
...I choose the rooms that i live in with care
the windows are small and the walls are bare
there is only one bed, there is only one prayer
and i wait every night for your step on the stair...
enjoy the next adventure Leonard, demand that our deities be accountable for what they have done and what they have not.
...and i know from your eyes
and i know from your smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine...
for awhile
Beautiful, Have a great life
Thanks
right in the feels . Whenever i listen to this song i get weirdly depressed . But i just love Cohen's work to the core
Thank you for sharing..rest in peace leonard...I love you and your music 🎶
Voces para la eternidad, privilegiada voz, melodía pura
Leonard really gets the cream of the crop, they all must be the best musicians in the world, the best i've ever heard, thanks again for posting Norah,Dublin
Ik vind altijd troost bij de grote Leonard altijd als ik verdrietig ben, maar ook als ik wil dansen of verliefd ben
Last time in the Arena, Verona, and I felt so lucky to have you seen so closed, oh Poet..! You knew you was ready, since allways, for having spent your life in understanding living. Should you go in any other world, have an easy trip BIG Leonard. We will miss you
A marvelous experience it was for us too.
Thank you for many hours of great inner reflection
such an amazing performance... it would be always with me as a great memory...
wonderful, thank you so much for this terrific upload
Nie mozna sie oderwac od tej muzyki!!! To byl artysta!!!!
Amazing Evening, Leonard super gentlemen with elegance, heart and music Thanks so much!
I have the cd this song is on....I don't know why I love this song so much...It's so mournful...
MAGNIFICO SIEMPRE
3 HOURS CONCERT .IN VERONA.MAESTRO THANK YOU!!!
Leonard Cohen I rate with the master missions of our planet the arrangements and words a musical poet of note
seven songs of my bs lif.
Er war der Beste❤
Leonar Cohen especial
Linda.cancion..romantica💜😎✋
שיר מדהים סיפור מרתק מהחיים
❤️💐
😢❤non ti ho conosciuto 😢mi dispiace tanto ❤
Gesty tak dużo mówią wspaniałym uczuciowym był człowiekiem którego winniśmy naśladować
Es.iuna.cancion.maravillosa.Leonard
no.me.canso.de... De scuchar..y?!para.dedicar😴👷💏💚👻✍
Es.mi.opinion..lo.felicito.a..Leo.y...su.grupo..lindas.canciones💜💜✨✋😎
R.I.P.
Wat een heerlijke muziek !
Çok tatlılarda çokta güzeller özürmu ne yapıldiki güzelliği düşünürlerken başka özür diliyorlardir yine özür dileyeceklerdir düşünecekledindendir
Leonardo.que.lindas..can iones.le.feli cito✍😴👷💏✍👻💚
Farewell poet
Beuthifud..ou.IIs.Leonard😎✋☕
commovente🥲🥲🥲