New Album announced: 'You Want It Darker'
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The review is by Sylvie Simmons, author of I'm Your Man . She covers Leonard as she plays uke.
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Ms. Simmons also tweeted at one point that after 4 plays she was upgrading her one word review of the album from "great" to "magnificent". I don't know whether that upgrade post dates the writing of her review in Mojo or not.
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I imagine she gave it more than 4 spins before reviewing - at least one would hope so.JudasPriest wrote:Ms. Simmons also tweeted at one point that after 4 plays she was upgrading her one word review of the album from "great" to "magnificent". I don't know whether that upgrade post dates the writing of her review in Mojo or not.
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I'd hope so but I remember a review in Mojo one time of a Waterboys album where the reviewer settled on 3 stars due to the fact that the first time he heard it when he just happened to stick the thing on his car stereo while caught in traffic he hated it and would have given it 1 star, yet the second and seemingly final listen which took place in more agreeable conditions he thought it sound 'magical' and deemed that in those circumstances it was worth 5Bennyboy wrote:I imagine she gave it more than 4 spins before reviewing - at least one would hope so.JudasPriest wrote:Ms. Simmons also tweeted at one point that after 4 plays she was upgrading her one word review of the album from "great" to "magnificent". I don't know whether that upgrade post dates the writing of her review in Mojo or not.
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That's ridiculous.hadley wrote:
I'd hope so but I remember a review in Mojo one time of a Waterboys album where the reviewer settled on 3 stars due to the fact that the first time he heard it when he just happened to stick the thing on his car stereo while caught in traffic he hated it and would have given it 1 star, yet the second and seemingly final listen which took place in more agreeable conditions he thought it sound 'magical' and deemed that in those circumstances it was worth 5
Anyway, it just struck me a new Leonard Cohen album is being released this month. Not often you can say that eh.
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It's all gone a bit quiet on the review front. Once the embargo was lifted and the Uncut/Mojo reviews dropped, I figured there'd be a load of them but not much joy as yet...
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I wonder how best to help the new CD do well in the charts?
I'm in the UK and I heard that buying from HMV contributes to the chart figure, whereas buying through Amazon does not.
I want to make a contribution to it ideally becoming a No.1 album!
I'm in the UK and I heard that buying from HMV contributes to the chart figure, whereas buying through Amazon does not.
I want to make a contribution to it ideally becoming a No.1 album!
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I didn't know Amazon sales didn't contribute to chart stars. Where did you discover that?meglos2000 wrote:I wonder how best to help the new CD do well in the charts?
I'm in the UK and I heard that buying from HMV contributes to the chart figure, whereas buying through Amazon does not.
I want to make a contribution to it ideally becoming a No.1 album!
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Cheers - can you translate?Florian wrote:Short (german) review of "You Want It Darker" by Arne Willander of the german Rolling Stone magazine. He votet
it his "record of the month":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXz6XDa-45w
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Bennyboy wrote: Cheers - can you translate?
I will try to give some quotes, so you get an idea:
-record contains typical LC songs, with a voice even deeper and more broken then before
-more natural instruments than on the last records
-contains a lot of "last words"
-Willander likes this record more then the last two wich sounded a bit "routine" to him
-the record has a final and urgend tone
-the lyrics are shortend to be maximal laconic
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What the heck does maximal laconic mean??
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
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For me, "maximally laconic" is an opposite to garish imagery of Stories of the Street and similar lyrics.
With The Sweetest Little Song as an apotheosis.
Sounds not bad at all!
With The Sweetest Little Song as an apotheosis.
Sounds not bad at all!
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שנה טובה Mr Cohen .
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Thanks again, Marie for keeping us informed.
I have to say that my breathing was perfectly normal and somewhat measured reading known LC history until near the end when once again, not only did my heart skip a beat or two but I have a very queezy feeling in my stomach!
Reading this helped -
Cohen said he had a “sweet little song” that he’d been working through, one of many, and, suddenly, he closed his eyes and began reciting the lyrics:
Listen to the hummingbird
Whose wings you cannot see
Listen to the hummingbird
Don’t listen to me.
Listen to the butterfly
Whose days but number three
Listen to the butterfly
Don’t listen to me.
Listen to the mind of God
Which doesn’t need to be
Listen to the mind of God
Don’t listen to me.
Another Sweet Little Song comes to mind -
The Sweetest Little Song
"You go your way
I'll go your way too"
......Just be happy, and the rest is taken care of......
I have to say that my breathing was perfectly normal and somewhat measured reading known LC history until near the end when once again, not only did my heart skip a beat or two but I have a very queezy feeling in my stomach!
Reading this helped -
Cohen said he had a “sweet little song” that he’d been working through, one of many, and, suddenly, he closed his eyes and began reciting the lyrics:
Listen to the hummingbird
Whose wings you cannot see
Listen to the hummingbird
Don’t listen to me.
Listen to the butterfly
Whose days but number three
Listen to the butterfly
Don’t listen to me.
Listen to the mind of God
Which doesn’t need to be
Listen to the mind of God
Don’t listen to me.
Another Sweet Little Song comes to mind -
The Sweetest Little Song
"You go your way
I'll go your way too"
......Just be happy, and the rest is taken care of......
It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to B4real ~ me
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
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That is some article, thanks so much for posting... As primarily a Bob fan, huge bonus that the interviewer has managed to coax Uncle Bob into giving detailed quotes as to how highly he rates Leonard - but there's so much more in there. My only tiny regret is that the new album itself isn't discussed very much.