Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

September 21, 2024

And how we miss him.

Comments

  • Michael says:
    September 22, 2024 at 12:23 am

    He was special..

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  • Skeptical says:
    September 22, 2024 at 2:41 am

    So what? We again have to hear about this whining, mumbling druggie with no talent?

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    • Roland says:
      September 22, 2024 at 10:48 am

      No talent? Why are you posting in a music blog when you don’t know about music at all?

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      • Skeptical says:
        September 24, 2024 at 1:05 am

        Please. It’s a big fat nothing. His books are empty pseudointellectual nonsense for the easily impressed, too.
        You’d love them.

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    • Santipab says:
      September 22, 2024 at 11:01 am

      Now then, who’s whining here? Just go and have a nice lie down. You’ll feel better and maybe won’t feel the need to make ignorant bitter comments.

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  • Joel Stein says:
    September 22, 2024 at 1:31 pm

    I was just in Montreal-heard Gurrelieder and visited some Cohen sites-I learned that he and Kamala went to the same High School.

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    • Warren says:
      September 22, 2024 at 1:48 pm

      Cohen grew up literally a few houses away from my ex-wife when she grew up in Westmount, but not at the same time. Still, it is a small world.

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    • OSF says:
      September 23, 2024 at 1:49 am

      I was also in Montreal and heard Gurrelieder. Also saw Cohen’s image on the side of building in downtown (Rue Crescent, I think, but someone will probably correct).

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  • Baffled in Buffalo says:
    September 22, 2024 at 4:02 pm

    Well, to be published as a respected poet before realizing he could also write memorable tunes seems to me to be talent, but what do I know?

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