Leonard Cohen: Closing Time

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ธ.ค. 2008
  • Produced by Joe Bodolai. From FRIDAY NIGHT! on the CBC this live-to-air performance by Leonard Cohen is better than the CD.

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  • @bp45424
    @bp45424 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The only guy who could ever remember all those fabulous lyrics has to be the guy who wrote them. Cohen is totally awesome. That band and those singers are fabulous.

  • @sunlion9676
    @sunlion9676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how much Leonard is enjoying himself too! Music brings us together 😊

  • @bruceirwin5253
    @bruceirwin5253 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    music and poetry have lost the greatest Canadian at either. He will live forever because his music is timeless

  • @iiiuuummwww
    @iiiuuummwww 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Thanks for the Music Mr Cohen. You have made our world a better place with your music.

    • @jfitch1112
      @jfitch1112 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He certainly did! We're a poorer world with his departure. May we meet him in the great beyond.

    • @sharpurse
      @sharpurse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't like truth "to tell the truth"?

  • @tesa119
    @tesa119 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This man takes my breath away -- with his music, with his poetry (lyrics), with his masterly performance, his art in general...Have actually just discovered him and can't have enough of him...:)

  • @ivanovjd
    @ivanovjd 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can't get enough of this song...only one man can describe a lifetime in 6 and a half minutes...Thank you, Mr. Cohen!!!

  • @daisyl6100
    @daisyl6100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Magnificent. Thank you Leonard, God bless you and your talent.

  • @mikealsup9976
    @mikealsup9976 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I agree with Joe Bodolai that this is L Cohen's best recorded performance. Hats off.

  • @lizziemurphy3401
    @lizziemurphy3401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Our friend has been down on his knees not begging us please. He has danced us to end of love with a mighty expectation of relief. He has been sublime. May the fiddler never stop

  • @arletteroly3921
    @arletteroly3921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cette musique me donne envie de danser.
    Cela fait 3h que j écoute Léonard Cohen. Je ne m en lasse pas.
    Wonderful. I want dancing

  • @colincopland9762
    @colincopland9762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    listened to this man for years now he will be sadly missed what an absolute poet total class R.I.P. Big man ........x

  • @larrylar1000
    @larrylar1000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Couldn't say it better than Mr. Castro,I can't find the words to express how much Ieonard cohen means to me. His songs just wrap themselves around my heart and soul. So genuine,honest,humble and sincere.Just saw him the beginning of April and he is in a class all by himself. Thank-you Leonard Cohen for the beauty and gift of your music.

  • @andreaszanto5724
    @andreaszanto5724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My all-time favourite. RIP, Mr Cohen.

  • @javiervalor8858
    @javiervalor8858 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Magnífico poeta, compositor, voz,,,,pero mejor persona. Siempre en la memoria míster.

  • @tuungaq
    @tuungaq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for your songs, poetry and influence. Rest in Peace

  • @user-ek6qo7pl2b
    @user-ek6qo7pl2b 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Леонард Коэн как красиво поёт, слушаю и слушаю постоянно, великолепно 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Nephilimfields
    @Nephilimfields 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    God speed sir... RIP Mr. Cohen

  • @tjk247
    @tjk247 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a excellent live version of my favorite Leonard Cohen song.
    Thanks to qualityshows for sharing.

  • @zenkharma
    @zenkharma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was at this taping. I was also at the video release party for this song around the same time when Leonard sat with us at our table and wrote "Magic Is Afoot" on my shoe. Great to see again, thanks for posting this!

    • @user-ek6qo7pl2b
      @user-ek6qo7pl2b 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Вам повезло, вы виделись с замечательным человеком!👏👏👏

    • @Blitterbug
      @Blitterbug 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@user-ek6qo7pl2byes, very lucky!

  • @slippy333
    @slippy333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thanks Leonard, take your rest now fella!

  • @Leobardo04
    @Leobardo04 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Genius Leonard Cohen. Already miss you.

  • @seanharrison4817
    @seanharrison4817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    RIP Leonard. Another hero gone.

    • @patyankouski7527
      @patyankouski7527 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      And God knows that in America we have run out of heroes

  • @mrsbruneau
    @mrsbruneau 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You were a class act and you will be missed! I am very proud you are a fellow Canadian.

  • @izpozpeeps
    @izpozpeeps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    we're busted in the blinding lights of closing time
    farewell LC long may your light and poetry shine on 💕

  • @HTAjana
    @HTAjana 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a great performance! I agree the live version is much better than the recorded one. Leonard Cohen loves women, and that's obvious here. I like the energy of the crowd. Usually his live performances are rather somber, but this one is full of life. You really got the best out of him here. (Sorry if this is a duplicate -- I tried to post something earlier and wasn't sure what happened.)

  • @AprilJasper
    @AprilJasper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Favorite Cohen song, breathtaking song. Also what a lucky vocalist, he was sweet on her IMO

  • @monicacarson6486
    @monicacarson6486 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my dear God lenoard is the sexiest man on planet earth I have adored him for 5 decades that says it all for me xxxxxxxxx

  • @lovewalruss
    @lovewalruss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic version, thanks. I absolutely love this song, catchy as hell, superb lyrics that tell a whole story

  • @1967Rev
    @1967Rev 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    one of the finest men to put pen to paper.

  • @shunga1962
    @shunga1962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    QUELLE VOIX ENJOLEUSE....IL M'A TOUJOURS FAIT RÊVER.... MERCI POUR LA MISE EN LIGNE

  • @tatotato7777
    @tatotato7777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    we love you leonard be with ur love in the heaven..

  • @catalinpopescu7261
    @catalinpopescu7261 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You should NEVER CLOSE that place full with nice people! I like Cohen's music and lyrics.

  • @ZYCER09
    @ZYCER09 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man gives me the shivers, its something about his voice that just gets under your skin....in a good way :)

  • @garyarmstrong7075
    @garyarmstrong7075 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I miss him. His humility was only eclipsed by his talent

  • @shannondawn44
    @shannondawn44 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when this was on . I stayed up to watch it . So great

  • @jfitch1112
    @jfitch1112 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was Joe Bodolai, an Allegheny College alumnus, who introduced me to the music of Leonard Cohen. I regret that I never had the pleasure of meeting either of them. I love watching Mr. Cohen in this video!

  • @Avasive
    @Avasive 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lonely and romantic,
    Friday night's with A C I D

  • @JennyAngel
    @JennyAngel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Awesome! When Leonard smiles, it warms my heart. This guy is a genius. :)

    • @ErikNielsendk
      @ErikNielsendk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      he just got it makes me smile

  • @davefeig1051
    @davefeig1051 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    leanard cohen is awesome backround singers are singers are superb

  • @linjustpassinby
    @linjustpassinby 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's beyond beautiful!! Multilayers of feeling captured, with such apparent ease!

  • @TDAMGIRL
    @TDAMGIRL 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw LC in person 2009 in Boston Ma. fantastic show, 3 hrs. I love his voice and songs and never tire of him, :)

  • @XXXXLBill
    @XXXXLBill 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my 2011 song in this genre. I love it to bits

  • @papaseanbo
    @papaseanbo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is coming/came? to Hamilton Ontario this April and again I have to miss his show due to Work, I would love to see him live...I feel uplifted and happy when I hear his music and that voice...reaches out to me in many ways

  • @sranpenjivrag4718
    @sranpenjivrag4718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish this song never ends

  • @TheGregRoxx
    @TheGregRoxx 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unbelvible! The description was right.It is better than original on the CD. Thaaaank you !!

  • @AprilJasper
    @AprilJasper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just the best song ever.

  • @richardsmith2684
    @richardsmith2684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nothing left but sorrow,,,,,,,,

  • @monica68ify
    @monica68ify 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 commentaire en français? je découvre enfin cet homme ,je ne trouve pas mes mots,GEANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @JavierGonzalez-dw5zq
    @JavierGonzalez-dw5zq 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Es la primera vez que veo a este Maestro en vivo... sin palabras

  • @VeronikRosa
    @VeronikRosa 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome...love it...love it...Mr. Cohen you are amazing!

  • @michaelwalker2676
    @michaelwalker2676 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A happy, uninhibited 'feel good' song. The end of a party at a hotel I imagine. Brilliant.

  • @bobleponge9534
    @bobleponge9534 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Voila de la grande et belle musique.... exellent!!!

  • @maynya359
    @maynya359 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    My #1 fave song RIP GOOD SIR wish I couldve met you :(

  • @joeydeadcat
    @joeydeadcat 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still remember this broadcast! Have it on VHS somewhere still.

  • @AbbbasGirl
    @AbbbasGirl 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just can't get this out of my head .. L.C. shows more emotion in this vid.

  • @sweetgypsywife
    @sweetgypsywife 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this ...cheeky man that he is....such a sense of fun

  • @MrKalle274
    @MrKalle274 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh I miss the angels Perla Batella and Julie Christensen.

  • @M_Ladd
    @M_Ladd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, best version I have heard! His voice was at its peak at this time! Nothing could stop him!

  • @teresawhelan9497
    @teresawhelan9497 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing performance, your music will live on.

  • @ab348
    @ab348 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I keep thinking what a trip it must have been for the backup singer at the end of the line closest to Leonard to have him leering at her while she sang with him. :) Great performance here.

  • @kimkanobi
    @kimkanobi 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS ARTIST.
    SHALOM L. COHEN

  • @olgagomezmx
    @olgagomezmx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
    And the band is really happening
    And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
    And my very sweet companion
    She's the Angel of Compassion
    She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
    And every drinker every dancer
    Lifts a happy face to thank her
    The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
    All the women tear their blouses off
    And the men they dance on the polka-dots
    And it's partner found, it's partner lost
    And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
    It's closing time
    Yeah the women tear their blouses off
    And the men they dance on the polka-dots
    And it's partner found, it's partner lost
    And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
    It's closing time
    Ah we're lonely, we're romantic
    And the cider's laced with acid
    And the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?"
    And the summer night is fragrant
    And the moon is swimming naked
    With a mighty expectation of relief
    So we struggle and we stagger
    Down the snakes and up the ladder
    To the tower where the blessed hours chime
    And I swear it happened just like this:
    A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
    The Gates of Love they budged an inch
    I can't say much has happened since
    But closing time
    I swear it happened just like this:
    A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
    The Gates of Love they budged an inch
    I can't say much has happened since
    But Closing time, closing time
    I loved you for your beauty
    But that doesn't make a fool of me:
    You were in it for your beauty too
    And I loved you for your body
    There's a voice that sounds like God to me
    Declaring, declaring, declaring that your body's really you
    And I loved you when our love was blessed
    And I love you now there's nothing left
    But sorrow and a sense of overtime
    And I missed you since the place got wrecked
    And I just don't care what happens next
    Looks like freedom but it feels like death
    It's something in between, I guess
    It's closing time
    Yeah I missed you since our place got wrecked
    By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
    Looks like freedom but it feels like death
    It's something in between, I guess
    It's closing time
    Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
    But there's nothing really happening
    And the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night
    And my very sweet companion
    Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
    She's a hundred but she's wearing
    Something tight
    And I lift my glass to the awful truth
    Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
    Except to say it isn't worth a dime
    And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
    And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ
    But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
    We're busted in the blinding lights
    Of closing time
    The whole damn place goes crazy twice
    And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ
    But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
    We're busted in the blinding lights
    Busted in the blinding lights
    Of closing time
    Oh the women tear their blouses off
    And the men they dance on the polka-dots
    It's closing time
    And it's partner found, it's partner lost
    And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
    It's closing time
    I swear it happened just like this:
    A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
    It's closing time
    The Gates of Love they budged an inch
    I can't say much has happened since
    But closing time
    I loved you when our love was blessed
    I love you now there's nothing left
    But closing time
    The whole damn place goes crazy twice
    And it's once for the devil and it's once for Christ
    But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
    We're busted in the blinding lights
    Busted in the blinding lights
    Of closing time

  • @XXXXLBill
    @XXXXLBill 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Man is a Legend and an Icon..........

  • @THENIRE
    @THENIRE 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it....

  • @javiervalor8858
    @javiervalor8858 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maestro, master y único

  • @MrKillamonkey1
    @MrKillamonkey1 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    i wish i got to c his concerts when he was still hangin around but he had to close up shop he was 1 of the greats of canandain singers dude rulz for shoo

  • @islander1fan
    @islander1fan 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like freedom feels like death, something in between I guess. Lift my glass to the awful truth which you can't reveal to the innocent youth except to say it isn't worth a dime.
    Beautiful, profound and a good tune!!

  • @BushWomanOtter
    @BushWomanOtter 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did I miss this??????

  • @dawneabdulal-bari9313
    @dawneabdulal-bari9313 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent post ~ Shared

  • @carlkulyk366
    @carlkulyk366 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful

  • @franciscoperez9388
    @franciscoperez9388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you master

  • @FirstUsedBooks
    @FirstUsedBooks 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect re-creation of my friday or saturday late nights at the old Grand Union Hotel beerparlour 30 years ago. He must have been there.

  • @writerman242
    @writerman242 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    funny..i dont' remember making that post LOL but you know I feel it even MORE now than I did then.. thanks for the excuse to watch and listen to this great song again!!

  • @hamidradfar
    @hamidradfar 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you Leonard :)

  • @Luciajuguetes
    @Luciajuguetes 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    A one of the my very songs on my life

  • @linnney1
    @linnney1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    MY favorite Choen songs

  • @nc715
    @nc715 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    good-bye, you will be missed

  • @acrobaticcripple8176
    @acrobaticcripple8176 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @a4b3m2i1s
    @a4b3m2i1s 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tienes buen gusto Musical. No obtante está fue la Época-dorada del gran artista Leonard Cohen. que era apróximada en los Años-1990. saludos

  • @xlz24
    @xlz24 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glorious

  • @CarolynAgecoutay-mb7mw
    @CarolynAgecoutay-mb7mw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He got it.

  • @sturgess66
    @sturgess66 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful! Did he perform any other songs - any more video? I hope, I hope? :)

  • @vedranradic2504
    @vedranradic2504 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE BEST!

  • @PlayIt4MeAgainSam
    @PlayIt4MeAgainSam 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    always a great live act...
    love this song on the CD, also.

  • @parkany31
    @parkany31 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nagyszerű dal és milyen jó előadás!Cohen papa itt volt fénykorában!

  • @Jaykstyles
    @Jaykstyles 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite songs of all. I love how he messes the lyrics up, or mixes them up I guess. I loved you since our place got wrecked................. The back ups knew the words. Still a brilliant version and way better than the produced video.

  • @tommyfazz1825
    @tommyfazz1825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Closing Time...well as an abstemious Mormon I rate this number #672 on my top "10,000 scale.

  • @vesnaskok
    @vesnaskok 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @ErikNielsendk
    @ErikNielsendk 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it is not getting any bettter than this

  • @nomejodanya
    @nomejodanya 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cohen is the man!!!

  • @adelehughes8641
    @adelehughes8641 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaah! Sublime...

  • @kilaersarfik
    @kilaersarfik 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    just great

  • @dabluz1125
    @dabluz1125 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    There was a Rolling Thunder Revue show in Toronto (I believe) that Dylan dedicated the song "Isis" to Cohen...

  • @rockmats
    @rockmats 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a great artis and he does this live

  • @vanenbergcorporation5812
    @vanenbergcorporation5812 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like his poetry

  • @Luciajuguetes
    @Luciajuguetes 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    A one of the my very songs on my life. I think thak Hallelujah of the samen man was the best, but, this is really better.

  • @larrylar1000
    @larrylar1000 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Ronan.That is not Sharon Robinson. The name of the singer is Perla Bertalla and she sang backup on the Jools Holland show in 1993.She is of Spanish decent. I think she is very pretty and has a beautiful voice. So since she was performing with him in 1993 I guess probably that is the year of this song also.Peace

  • @vanhallnorway
    @vanhallnorway 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    the Pen the Paper the songs ,the Legend .

  • @MrLuciano54
    @MrLuciano54 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    We will all be busted in the blinding lights of closing time some day...

  • @noahtavlin
    @noahtavlin 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nous l'aimons à montréal :)