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HelenOE
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Record player has decided to slow down and now Lily Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts sounds like Leonard Cohen which is kinda awesome actually
I don't remember the dream at all, but I woke up with my fingernails dug into my palms and Leonard Cohen's Suzanne stuck in my head.
Having a discussion about Leonard Cohen with a 3 year old.
Is there anything more embarrassing than hearing your dad cover Leonard Cohen's 'The Future' - "Give me crack & anal sex".
That dangerous frame of mind where you're alone in the house and you think maybe listening to some Leonard Cohen would be a good idea.
Some people think I’m Bonkers, I just think I’m Leonard Cohen.
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What happens to unBeliebers? Do they get sent to Leonard Cohen hell? I'll take that anytime...
Hace frío, llueve y para sentirme más solo, pongo Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Nick Drake y cerrar con broche de oro Dark Globe de Syd Barrett
It's cold, it's raining and to feel more alone, I put on Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, and to fasten it with a gold brooch, Dark Globe by Syd Barrett.
my grandparents used to own a pub and they'd put on Leonard Cohen to make people leave when it was closing time
No se dan una idea de lo difícil que es encontrar la versión de Halleluja de Leonard Cohen, pero en la que el no canta con heroína encima.

You have no idea how hard it is to find the version of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, but the one where he's not singing under the influence of heroin.
Significant right of passage, Im listening to leonard Cohen and understanding the lyics.
And yet, Leonard Cohen's name appears in a song, haunting me yet again.
Leonard Cohen's baritone hits the spot.
May 2007 intervu: Leonard Cohen invited me to come back anytime to his house in Mtl to have a bath in the tub under the stairs. Haven't yet
El último concierto decente al que fui fue Leonard Cohen y de eso ya hace unos añitos...
The last decent concert I went to was Leonard Cohen and that was quite a few years ago...
HelenOE
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Y sí, le doy TOOODA la razón a Leonard Cohen cuando dice lo siguiente:
“But love's the only engine of survival”.
No hay más. NADA.
And yes, I think Leonard Cohen is TOTALLY right when he says the following:
"But love's the only engine of survival".
There's nothing more. NOTHING.
A pack of young white kids just walked through my 'hood singing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at the top of their voices. #WTF? #dorchester
Leonard Cohen is filthy
Leonard Cohen is rebuilding my broken body this morning. "I ache in the places where I used to play"
Leonard Cohen. RT @alanbissett: Name a cool-as-fuck old person that's not Keith Richards.
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A quick dedication. Today's proposal writing session goes out to Leonard Cohen, who is helping me put words onto computer.
I love Leonard Cohen !
Listening to Leonard Cohen :-) Amazing!! Beyond fucking Incredible!! Music Is my first true love. Wish I could make music :-)
Now serenading our customers with some Leonard Cohen #imYourMan
I haven't been able to determine whether this is the same place as the following tweet:
The other patrons of this coffee shop don't seem pleased w/the staff's choice of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" as the soundtrack to lunch.
What is not looked upon with favor in Kansas, however, gets a better welcome in India:
Hello @starbucksindia powai please play some Leonard Cohen I m feeling melancholy .
¿Por qué nadie me avisó que iba a amar a Leonard Cohen? Sólo vengo a tuiter a decepcionarme.
Why didn't anybody warn me that I was going to love Leonard Cohen? I'm only coming to Twitter to be disappointed.
just a friendly reminder…is your name Leonard Cohen or Jeff Buckley? no, you say? then, please…DO NOT SING "HALLELUJAH". love, me.
Leonard Cohen just changed his sold out 02 show in the UK because it fell on Yom Kippur. He's the Sandy Koufax of dark folk!
And from the Dept. of Good Participial Phrases Gone Bad:
Leonard Cohen rearranges his UK tour dates, having previously clashed with Jewish holidays
This somehow suggests Leonard having stepped into the ring at some time in the past with Rosh Hashana, perhaps, although I'm not prepared to believe it without photographic evidence.
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Listening to the music of Leonard Cohen has the ability to make one question every decision ever made in life. #OldIdeas #LeonardCohen
Oh no. M's parents are playing Leonard Cohen. Must not get emotional and weepy as I try to work. #LeonardCohenMakesMeCry
How does someone not enjoy Leonard Cohen's music?
Rufus Wainwright dándole al 'Everybody knows' de Leonard Cohen no, que me enamoro #Temaso
No, not Rufus Wainwright doing Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," or I'll fall in love. #Greatsong
10k de Leonard Cohen, con salida en Suzanne y meta en Who by Fire [50 min.].Ya estoy en Chelsea Hotel.
Leonard Cohen 10K, with the starting line at Suzanne and the finish line at Who By Fire (50 min.) Now I'm at Chelsea Hotel.
Todo lo que suelta Leonard Cohen por la boca da para camiseta #I'mYourMan
Everything that comes out of Leonard Cohen's mouth would work on a t shirt #I'mYourMan
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I feel like drinking but my laptop is currently (surprisingly) leonard cohen-less. this needs to be fixed asap!!!
Who is in your heart now, when Leonard Cohen is singing "Hallelujah"?
Si escuchas Leonard Cohen a estas horas, vas a soñar con mujeres hermosas y bohemias.
If you listen to Leonard Cohen this late, you're going to dream of beautiful bohemian women.
Walking to work listening to #LeonardCohen its hard to keep thoughts from straying towards #world #domination
#FirstWeTakeManhattan
TIL: Leonard Cohen is awesome.
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I'm listening to Leonard Cohen for all of today and being miserable because I spent all my weekend gin and dancing money on a locksmith.
La situación de este país es más triste que salir a cenar con Alex Ubago y Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen no es triste :( Sólo un poquito ojcurillo namás.

The situation in this country is sadder than going out for dinner with Alex Ubago and Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen isn't sad. :( Just a little dark that's all.
Flotando en el mar de Leonard Cohen podés encontrar muchos de esos peces que tienen luz.
Floating in the sea of Leonard Cohen you can find a lot of those fish that have a light.
My 4 year old loves @TheRyanAdams,grandaddy,dropkick murphys,and is now obsessed with Leonard Cohen. Luv it, but am I raising a hipster?
Concert of Leonard Cohen at the Montreux Jazz Festval. Superb !!!
Leonard Cohen #montreuxjazzfest2013 s p e l l b i n d in g
The surest way to get me to fall in love with you is to make eye contact with me while you sing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and fold laundry.
Leonard Cohen is the classiest man alive. #facts #MJF13
Leonard Cohen beautifully fits the vinyl medium of music.
Perhaps lawyers, in deciding a dance's vigorousness, use a sliding scale from Leonard Cohen to gabba tekno.
"I've seen the Future and it's murder" How infortunately visionnary #leonardcohen
Léonard Cohen est sur scène. Ses choristes assurent à la Véronique et Davina. On ne pouvait rêver mieux comme ouverture. #LMFestival
Leonard Cohen is on stage. His singers provide the Veronique and Davina. You could not dream of a better opening. # LMFestival
Leonard Cohen is the best medicine for broken hearts and lost loved ones.
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Concert was everything I could have hoped for and more *_* such a graceful human being #LeonardCohen
Merci Monsieur Leonard Cohen pour le magnifique concert à Montreux...quel jeune homme ;))
Thank you Mr Leonard Cohen for the wonderful concert in Montreux ... what a young man ;))
The legendary Leonard Cohen in Montreux... A dream came true tonight!
#montreuxjazzfest2013 Leonard Cohen après 2h40 de concert, 5 rappels et autant de standing ovations, chante: "I try to leave you". Trop bien
#montreuxjazzfest2013 Leonard Cohen concert after 2:40, 5 encores and many standing ovations, singing: "I try to leave you." Too good
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These are the first inklings of personal feelings of the Montreaux Festival. Thank you, Helen, for posting them!!!!
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HelenOE
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You're welcome, Mary!
Cher's voice gets an octave deeper with each decade. Leonard Cohen is on notice.
Creo que sólo Leonard Cohen podía hacerme escuchar canciones en inglés.
I think that only Leonard Cohen could make me listen to songs in English.
Dije que odiaba a los mujeriegos, pero con Leonard Cohen hare una excepción :3
I said that I hated womanizers, but for Leonard Cohen I'll make an exception. :3
Once you are middle-aged, those Leonard Cohen lyrics start to really hit home.
I don't understand why more Christians don't listen to Leonard Cohen.
Leonard Cohen... Eres grande, carajo!!! :D
Leonard Cohen... Damn, you're great!! :D
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If I ever meet a young lady who loves Leonard Cohen as much as I do then I swear to God I'll ask her to marry me on the spot.
Classifying a v. odd book about the relationship between Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, sexuality, Adorno & Nietzsche. Will classify as Weird.
If I was female, Leonard Cohen would be my idea of a perfect man.
Vale, sí: se ha visto a Leonard Cohen tocar la mandolina, y a Eddie Vedder el ukelele; pero son Leonard y Eddie. Tú suelta eso, imbécil.
Fine, yes: Leonard Cohen has been seen playing the mandolin, and Eddie Vedder playing ukulele; but they're Leonard and Eddie. Let go of that thing, you imbecile.
Heart beat racing as I prepare for synod brought Leonard Cohen cd in case I need calming
(the above tweet is from the Bishop)
QUE VENGA LEONARD COHEN!
BRING ON LEONARD COHEN!
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Man on train next to me with audible music, but it's ok because it was whiskey in the jar and then Leonard Cohen :)
Listening to Leonard Cohen, remembering the time I met the Webb sisters, unbelievably nice people
Leonard Cohen is one of the best singer/song writer I have ever heard. Sometimes feel like I was born in the wrong generation
Bryan, I don't hv wisdom of Solomn, so couldn't pik my belovd Leonard Cohen s best album? They al AWSUM!! Excpt PHIL SPECTOR 1!
(alas, there's only so much that can be communicated in 140 characters, but you have to admire her effort)
It would probably be pretty awesome to have lunch with Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen At Montreux Jazz Festival. Amazing performance. Like a movie with performers who sit in a bar and laugh about their long lives
Léonard Cohen : une guitare à 16 cordes (barge), des gammes mineures harmoniques. Et il porte bien le borsalino noir #MJF13
Leonard Cohen: a 16-string guitar (barge), harmonic minor scales. And he wears the black fedora well. #MJF13
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Do you think he really said this?
I want to warn you - sometimes we play longer than Bruce Springsteen. Leonard Cohen #MJF13
Leonard Cohen is more emo than all y'all.
OMG mums talking about wanting to see LEONARD COHEN! We've already got her tickets!!
Perception...
... Still as dour as Leonard Cohen at his goldfish's burial
...and reality:
Leonard Cohen literally dancing off stage >>>>>>>>>>>>>> all
Can't stop thinking about the mesmerizing concert from #leonardCohen yesterday! Brought years to my eyes! Thank you Leonard!
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Leonard Cohen is making me want to cry a little bit.
Hallelujah. La messe est dite. #montreuxjazz #LeonardCohen http://instagram.com/p/bZqk3Vq9Uc/
Hallelujah. Mass has ended, go in peace. #montreuxjazz #LeonardCohen http://instagram.com/p/bZqk3Vq9Uc/
I say we just let them. RT @CP24 Belle and Sebastian want to pay tribute to Leonard Cohen.
"Been sentenced to death by the blues" -Leonard Cohen, singing about Alfie signing with Detroit, I assume.
Tengo 8 hrs. escuchando a Leonard Cohen, nada puede salir mal.
I've been listening to Leonard Cohen for 8 hrs., nothing can go wrong.
Leonard Cohen is 79 years old and he played for 4 hours. Inconceivable. http://instagram.com/p/bZvbcoqjdV/
I’m going to fingerpaint while listening to Leonard Cohen.
God Bless Leonard Cohen. What a wise man.
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Leonard Cohen au #MJF13 . Un concert magnifique. Quelle voix et quelle émotion!
Leonard Cohen # MJF13. A wonderful concert. What a voice and what a thrill!
Belle & Sebastian at Montréal Jazz Fest. Brilliant. Best part? Stuart reading Leonard Cohen. http://instagram.com/p/baLL7jEsc7/
Like, one glass of anything and I'm living inside a Leonard Cohen song. It's that bad.
LEONARD COHEN SEEMS STRANGE. BUT I LIKE WHAT HE SINGS ABOUT AND THE WAY HE DOES IT.
O Leonard Cohen
i could listen to leonard cohen all night
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There is nothing as peaceful on this planet as listening to Leonard Cohen and drawing.
Call me old-fashioned, but I consider the perfect romantic evening slow-dancing to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" naked in a crowded ballroom.
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