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by hadley
Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:37 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: SONGS AND COVER OF OLD IDEAS
Replies: 81
Views: 107054

Re: SONGS AND COVER OF OLD IDEAS

Roy

I don't know what you mean by inspiration, and you may already know this, but Banjo was apparantly inspired by Hurricane Katrina. The music is very similar to My Oh My, which may be why it seems so familiar?
by hadley
Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: Old Ideas - Various Chart Positions
Replies: 236
Views: 72686

Re: Old Ideas - Various Chart Positions

P.S. speaking of chart positions does anyone else think that The Faith could've become a surprise hit single if it was released around about Christmastime? I can imagine it being used in a disney film or something similar and people walking out of the cinema wanting to know who on earth was responsi...
by hadley
Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:23 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: Old Ideas - Various Chart Positions
Replies: 236
Views: 72686

Re: Old Ideas - Various Chart Positions

Funny seeing this talk of Lana Del Rey here 'battling with Leonard' for no1...... the first time I heard her song Video Games the first thing I remember thinking was how much she reminded me of Jennifer Warnes and how similar her background vocals were to the female voices that Leonard has used (whe...
by hadley
Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:52 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: Out-takes
Replies: 2
Views: 1065

Re: Out-takes

According to the interview in Mojo, Thanks For The Dance could be on the next record. Off the top of my head it also mentions The Street, Born In Chains, Wither Thou Goest and a song called The Treaty as being worked on for possible inclusion of either Old Ideas or the next record. The interview is ...
by hadley
Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: "Elaboration of a tube" line in "Going Home"?
Replies: 104
Views: 81376

Re: "elaboration of a tube" - any interpretation suggestions

Actually the more I think about it the more the 'food goes in one end comes out the other' tube idea makes perfect sense from the context of what he was singing before. It's actually a pretty classy line. How many times have I heard him sing a new line and thought 'why didnt I write that?!' :lol:
by hadley
Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:44 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: "Elaboration of a tube" line in "Going Home"?
Replies: 104
Views: 81376

Re: "elaboration of a tube" - any interpretation suggestions

HolyDove you just beat me to it! Though I was going to suggest Vagina :lol:

Definately agree with Jerry about the sentiment of the thing being about life and just being a bunch of chemicals
by hadley
Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:46 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: Old Ideas song snippets
Replies: 42
Views: 10102

Re: Old Ideas song snippets

Listening to short snippets of a new Cohen album is like being told by God "you're about to meet a beautiful new woman, here's a picture of her kneecap". We live in an age where everyone is trained to make instant judgments on everything but that's not always the wisest thing to do. Unless...
by hadley
Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: OLD IDEAS
Topic: SONGS AND COVER OF OLD IDEAS
Replies: 81
Views: 107054

Re: SONGS AND COVER OF OLD IDEAS

I think the red shadow of the photographer represents the ego, and also is kind of a reminder that everybody sees the same thing differently (therefore if another person were the photographer then the red shadow would look different.) Normally in photographs or life in general we are unaware of the ...
by hadley
Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:49 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Leonard recites That is What I Heard You Say in new TV spot
Replies: 62
Views: 22326

Re: Leonard recites That is What I Heard You Say in new TV s

To people getting upset about this........ How do we know he's even being paid for it or that he isn't giving the money to charity? People are so quick to judge. It's not like he's selling guns or anything, or even telling people to go out and buy sony stuff. Who here actually feels like getting a n...
by hadley
Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:46 pm
Forum: Adam Cohen
Topic: Adam Cohen's Music Video - Stranger
Replies: 14
Views: 4486

Re: Adam Cohen's Music Video - Stranger

Good song, though I thought some of the tracks on his myspace page from the upcoming album were better - check them out here if you haven't heard http://www.myspace.com/adamcohenband
by hadley
Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:41 pm
Forum: News
Topic: In my secret life
Replies: 7
Views: 2147

Re: In my secret life

Didn't see the program, but maybe it was Katie Melua? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbJO-IUxvC8 .
by hadley
Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:25 pm
Forum: Leonard Cohen's music
Topic: Leonard Singing Silent Night
Replies: 4
Views: 3402

Leonard Singing Silent Night

Most of you guys probably have heard this from previous years but if not there's a link here http://drhguy.posterous.com/post/271793793 where it can be streamed and downloaded. Enjoy!
by hadley
Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:44 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: New (at least to me) online interview with Leonard from 1997
Replies: 11
Views: 2534

New (at least to me) online interview with Leonard from 1997

Forgive me if this is has been posted elsewhere in the forum before but I thought I'd seen all the great man's interviews online from the last 15 years until I stumbled upon this one :) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-123224901337334313#docid=-9201431126239982296 The clip is only 7 minutes ...
by hadley
Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Leonard Cohen Talks About First New Album of the Decade
Replies: 91
Views: 41823

Re: Leonard Cohen Talks About First New Album of the Decade

Thanks for posting the lyrics to 'The Street', Jarkko, one of those rare moments where you unexpectedly encounter something of such genius that it totally flaws you! I so hope he records a version of the recital of 'A Thousand Kisses Deep' on this album, in my opinion it's a real masterpiece and is ...
by hadley
Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:24 pm
Forum: Tribute concerts, Cover versions & Soundtracks
Topic: A new instrumental cover of ... ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2307

Re: A new instrumental cover of ... ?

Chris Botti does a pretty sweet version of A Thousand Kisses Deep.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgDZXncC_c

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