CONCERT REPORTS: Ghent, Aug 12, 14, 15, 17 & 18

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Re: CONCERT REPORTS: Ghent, Aug 12, 14, 15, 17 & 18

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Emotional weather report by twitter user ‏@lightandcoffee:
Open air Leonard Cohen gig tonight and it's gonna rain. OMG it's gonna be totes ridic you guys ROFLOL!
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According to weather-forecast.com, this guy is just a barber's cat. Rain expected in the morning.
Szilvia reports @ facebook as well, " The weather is so nice! Hope the same for tonight :-) "
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I had the very privilege to be in Ghent on August 12th.
It was a magic and rare moment.
You touched my heart so deeply.
' Le souvenir du bonheur n'est plus du bonheur' said Lord Byron. For me the souvenir of your opening concert will remain 'THE' souvenir, and it will bring me happiness again everytime I will call it back to my mind.
With all my admiration and respect.
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I posted a photo selection on the first show to FB.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 024&type=1
I hope you like it :)
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I'm still completely flabbergasted. I've seen a lot of the biggest artists still alive today and this was without a single doubt one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. Touching, magical, amazing. I took a few pics as well. I'll try and sort them out later and post them.

I'm not really sure about the rules on here so I hope this isn't breaking them - but did anybody bootleg this show and if so is it going to be put up here?
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Was there any merchandise at the concert and if so was there anything of particular interest?
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'Come Healing' first live performance 12/8/12 gent

Leonard says
'Well the sun is going down behind the cyprus trees and soon we'll all be alone with one another'

then something quite beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKhLBXX ... ature=plcp
Leonard's work resonates
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Looks Like Rain: a superb video From The Road (literally):
http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/294 ... -like-rain
The heavy stuff not gonna come down for awhile, I’d play through.

Cohenites, don’t forget your light rain gear and a seat cushion, it could be damp still at doors.
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FOXWOOD wrote:Was there any merchandise at the concert and if so was there anything of particular interest?
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=32519
Looks like everyone is happy about a tourbook.
Check out both links from the 2nd post too.
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Tom refers to this person's videos in an earlier post. Good video/audio.

Here are the links -
Uploaded by rendipityse - Thanks!

Ghent - Day 1 - August 12th show -

Sound Check - If It Be Your Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x904cb7ufKs

Dance Me To The End Of Love - Going Home
(includes Leonard's commentary between songs -
"But - I think that we're going to, with the help of G-d and two policeman, keep on going until the wheelchairs rust")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q-tGRzOnxY

Amen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7X8GwdDmg

Come Healing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF-TxWl4GVY

Suzanne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFsHXhOl_E

Gypsy's Wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa16eSkozo8

Democracy (I love the Jew's harp & fiddle at the beginning!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_NxLAJGfc

The Partisan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U7_6sw6UzM

Coming Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePCEVb_8GI

Alexander Leaving (including Intro from Leonard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xe1Hgh7B_U

I'm Your Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgZb-IySOfs

Hallelujah ("I did not come to Our Lady of Ghent to fool you")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowhjIWHl9M

Marianne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhI3dFP7bY

First We Take Manhattan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZW2vxcO5s

Famous Blue Raincoat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgIio9adlD8

If It Be Your Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ebiFj6OyI

Closing Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKCU1Yn9XM

I Tried To Leave You (a man who's still working for your smile - ha, ha ha ha!)
+ Save the Last Dance For Me :D :D
(See Leonard say "Save the Last Dance" to the band - and Sharon smiling and looking a bit ... astounded? :D )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlwxXbJsn8c


I've added more - the Partisan above - and some at the end - that may be all - from rendipityse - for "Day 1" ?
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Good ol' sturgess66 with tons of links... just like the old exciting days of the last tour... so jealous and happy for the Ghent folks - 5 dates! Have fun everyone!

First night's setlist looks monumental; can't wait to see tonight's.
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Waiting out the rain, Roscoe offered LC a go on the upright while the Webb Sisters counted in a tune.

The local crew is not concerned about the rain, it will pass they assure us.
http://leonardcohen.tumblr.com/post/294 ... ng-is-this
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Gwen Langford @ facebook
Listen but don't watch, sideways for some reason . Will fix when home tomorrow. Someone please post on forum as I can't do from the phone.
Night Comes On - Leonard Cohen, Ghent soundcheck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtx-xTAkEIg
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Eija and I have uploaded 109 concert photos to the Gallery at http://cohen.1g.fi/#/kuvat/Concert+in+G ... +12,+2012/
There are also venue and soundcheck photos and pics of the tour merchandise.

Another Gallery of the Ghent meetup will be posted soon (followed by the Madison Event photos)
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jarkko wrote:Eija and I have uploaded 109 concert photos to the Gallery at http://cohen.1g.fi/#/kuvat/Concert+in+G ... +12,+2012/
There are also venue and soundcheck photos and pics of the tour merchandise.
Ohh, thank you friend...
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Just read my way through 9 pages of reports and pix etc. Have been thinking of you all in Ghent - right now, it's 2.30pm in San Francisco, guess tonight's gig in Ghent is nearly over... Been fantastic to read everyone's comments, but I didn't watch any vids yet. Trying not to before I see Our Man in Dublin in September (probably won't hold out tho)

Thank you to everyone who posted pix, wonderful, Maarten, Jarkko, Sturgess.

All sounds great, can't wait!!
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