Leonard Cohen Live in London on BBC2: 12th June 2009

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Leonard Cohen Live in London on BBC2: 12th June 2009

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Fantastic :D 20 past midnight though?! Mind you, I would have expected them to show it on BBC4 and my digital aerial is currently broken, so am thankful for small mercies.
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Re: Leonard Cohen Live in London on BBC2: 12th June 2009

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Can somebody record it to DVDR for our archives? :)
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Yes. :)
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THURSDAY NIGHT...not Friday

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THIS PROGRAMME IS ON THURSDAY NIGHT 11TH JUNE BUT BECAUSE IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT IT'S LISTED AS THE 12TH JUNE!!!!
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These things are usually on BBC i-Player for at least a week afterwards, so all UKers at least should be able to see it, easily.
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According to next weeks Radio Times, there is to be a Leonard Cohen Evening on Friday 19th June featuring:

9pm Leonard Cohen Live In London

10pm Leonard Cohen Songs From My Life
Highlights from the singer's 1973 world tour, featuring live performances, archive film and interviews with Cohen, Judy Collins and Jennifer Warnes

11.10pm What Leonard Cohen Did For Me
A celebration of singer/songwriter, cited as an influence by artists as diverse as REM, Nina Simine and Bono

11.40pm Flight Of the Conchords (nothing to do with Leonard Cohen!)

12.10am Sounds Of The Sixties - Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen Live In London is futher repeated at 12.40am and 4.10am

Enjoy :D :D :D
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Wow, what feast! We have a comrade at the Beeb. Thanks for alerting us.
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I second that!!
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This is great stuff
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Forgot to mention in my excitement last night at the thought of a whole evening of Leonard, that the programmes on the 19th June are on BBC4
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Info etc also posted on another thread:
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Here's the track listing for Live in London on TV:

Dance Me To the End of Love
The Future
Bird on the Wire
Suzanne
Hallelujah
Democracy
I'm Your Man
First We Take Manhattan
I Tried to Leave You
Whither Thou Goest

A fairly predictable and safe selection since it was aimed at the general public, but no complaints. I'm surprised that "Tower of Song"
wasn't included. I also found the last two songs surprising choices. Personally, I would have made sure that "Anthem" was included, but it all held together, pretty well.

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Agree with John about Anthem; personally would have liked to have seen "if it be your will" but did not expect it to be included - so many good songs to fit into 1 hour!
Here is the link for the I-player: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... in_London/
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It was a great little 'taster'. Had I not attended that concert (I did, lucky me!) and read all the comments about it here, it would have left me panting for more and really feeling I'd miss a fantastic event (which it was). :-)
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