I watched the DVD "Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr. Leonard Cohen" and it shows him perform as a stand-up comic! It was pretty funny too!

Does anyone know anything about his work as a stand-up comic? I heard he used to be a hypnotist as well.

It really is a great song. Live in Zurich you say? I've never heard that one! Where did you find it?

A small selection of my favorites:

Closing Time
I'm your man
Joan of Arc
Suzanne
Who by Fire
Democracy
The Future

I love both his old and his new stuff, but I think his voice is more powerful now than it was on the earlier albums...

Some of my favorites are The Future, I'm Your Man, Songs of love and hate and Songs of Leonard Cohen...

I think they're all great.

Oh, and can I also nominate every live version of 'Bird on the Wire' I have ever come across? That song just gets better and better. Absolutely, I don't think I've heard a live version of it that wasn't better than the studio version either. But there's one song I feel can almost never be better li...

Hi Linda and Sane Man, I don't see where one necessarily precludes the other, Linda. Seems it may be hard to commit to the imperfect woman, while still waiting for the perfect one to appear. I agree, however, that the idealized woman has been an issue for Leonard, as well as a number of other men.....

Sometimes live performances create a drive and a momentum that far surpass anything you can ever do in a studio - especially if true artists are performing. Leonard Cohen has had his share of these moments, what are the ones that stand out in your minds? (It needn't be at a concert, it can be from o...

Interesting thoughts. When you put the line in the proper context it makes sense, and I must say that it's pretty much this way I always thought he meant it. It's the tormenting fact that all youthful expectations for what will come, isn't worth a dime in comparison to the ability to take advantage ...

Thank you for the information and the warm welcome! What you wrote makes perfect sense when listening to the lyrics, it seems like "the women took care of ending that for him" regardless of to what extent he was a ladies man. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that he could always ge...

If you don't know how to translate it, could you at least try to explain what it means? Doesn't anyone else have thoughts or opinions on this?

What do you think is "the awful truth" that can't be "revealed to the years of youth" and which "isn't worth a dime"?

What is he referring to with this line?

What do you think is the meaning behind the title of the album and the theme of the album? Does it have anything to do with Leonard Cohen's life situation at the time or any events that had happened to him? Was his life changing at the time so that he was going through a transition in life? I don't ...