Famous Blue Raincoat

15 Aug, 2021 at 17:02 | Posted in Varia | 4 Comments

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Leonard Cohen — not Bob Dylan — should have been the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. 

4 Comments

  1. Warnes’ album is one of my absolute favourites 🙂

    Comment by Lars Syll— 16 Aug, 2021 #

    • Cohen’s renditions are monotonal and generally lugubrious – still satisfying and not entirely unattractive.

      Warnes supplies new energy, colour and life to Cohen’s songs.

      Thanks for putting up the album.

      Comment by Henry Rech— 17 Aug, 2021 #

  2. I saw Leonard Cohen live in concert in 1973 at the Forest Hills (NY) Tennis (?) Club.

    It was magical.

    This is my favorite version of my favorite song of his:

    Comment by John Zelnicker— 16 Aug, 2021 #

  3. Lars,
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    I know you’re featuring Cohen but Warnes’ rendition is terrific and the production excellent.
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    On the same album is Warnes’ version of “First We Take Manhattan” featuring, of all people, Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar.
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    What a combination, Cohen, Warnes and Vaughan.

    Comment by Henry Rech— 16 Aug, 2021 #


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