"Do not be a magician - be magic!' Leonard Cohen dies at 82
- 7 years ago
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of the legendary Leonard Cohen.He will be fondly remembered for his gruff vocals, his self-deprecating humour and the haunting lyrics that made his songs the perennial favourite of so many generations.”
“Dance me to the end of love.”
-LEONARD COHEN
▶️https://t.co/inmH5tObp5
*Leonard Norman Cohen (1934 – 2016)
R.I.P & “Bon Voyage, Monsieur” pic.twitter.com/bl27nzKOMF— Art my Fire (@ArtLify) 11 November 2016
Songwriter, performer and poet Leonard Cohen has passed away at the age of 82.
The beautiful letter Leonard Cohen wrote to the woman he loved as their deaths approached https://t.co/T5eSmwym52 pic.twitter.com/h45caLppvW— Indy Music (@IndyMusic) 11 November 2016
Born in 1934 in Westmount, Quebec into a middle-class Jewish family, Cohen soon
developed an admiration for the poetry of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca and a fondness for American country music.
He moved to New York in 1966 at age 31 to break into the music business with a first album ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’ released in 1967.
Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
In 2007 American composer Philip Glass put Cohen’s collection of poems ‘Book of Longing’ to music.
Glass spoke of the ease with which Cohen’s words can be put to music:” In the case of Leonard Cohen he is both a songwriter and a poet so he brings a special combination and it makes his works very comfortable to set to music.”
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It’s something in between, I guess
It’s closing time . RIP Leonard Cohen. pic.twitter.com/C61FNULS4p— Xabi Alonso (@XabiAlonso) 11 November 2016
Many were distracted by his
nasal voice and deep-bass, conversational vocals, but his admirers saw his work as
suffused with irony and self-deprecating humor, often touching on his relationship with fame and his reputation as a womaniser.
Something Cohen mocked: “My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.’‘
“Dance me to the end of love.”
-LEONARD COHEN
▶️https://t.co/inmH5tObp5
*Leonard Norman Cohen (1934 – 2016)
R.I.P & “Bon Voyage, Monsieur” pic.twitter.com/bl27nzKOMF— Art my Fire (@ArtLify) 11 November 2016
Songwriter, performer and poet Leonard Cohen has passed away at the age of 82.
The beautiful letter Leonard Cohen wrote to the woman he loved as their deaths approached https://t.co/T5eSmwym52 pic.twitter.com/h45caLppvW— Indy Music (@IndyMusic) 11 November 2016
Born in 1934 in Westmount, Quebec into a middle-class Jewish family, Cohen soon
developed an admiration for the poetry of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca and a fondness for American country music.
He moved to New York in 1966 at age 31 to break into the music business with a first album ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’ released in 1967.
Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
In 2007 American composer Philip Glass put Cohen’s collection of poems ‘Book of Longing’ to music.
Glass spoke of the ease with which Cohen’s words can be put to music:” In the case of Leonard Cohen he is both a songwriter and a poet so he brings a special combination and it makes his works very comfortable to set to music.”
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It’s something in between, I guess
It’s closing time . RIP Leonard Cohen. pic.twitter.com/C61FNULS4p— Xabi Alonso (@XabiAlonso) 11 November 2016
Many were distracted by his
nasal voice and deep-bass, conversational vocals, but his admirers saw his work as
suffused with irony and self-deprecating humor, often touching on his relationship with fame and his reputation as a womaniser.
Something Cohen mocked: “My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.’‘