What is the recipe of a two-days unlimited happiness? A marvellous Leonard Cohen concert in Gothenburg and a beautiful sunny day on the lovely Gothenburg Islands. I enjoyed both of them!
It was my third, and undoubtedly the most beautiful concert! He was amazingly strong and visibly happy to be in Gothenburg. Plenty of magical moments on the stage, gripping dedication on Take this walz to a Swedish poet with adorable Leonard dancing walz by oneself on the stage. Unforgettable Gipsy wife and Who by fire – great, great Javier!
Touching Anthem at the and of the first part and dizzying encores. Nearly 4 hours of miracle (with 15 mins of delay and a „few minutes” of intermission.)
Three new songs: Darkness, Feels so good, Born in chains, unusual Singer must die – strong, strong interpretations. I’m your man maybe less strong than usual.
The band was magnificent as allways – but I wached just Leonard from my third row seat. He was so close that seemed to singing only for me.
Swedish audience just loved him. At the begining it seemed to me a little bit cold but Eva explained that this is the swedish manner: a huge respect on the part of the audience.
But at the and they did not want to leave him – and he did not want to leave them. It was a kind of magical liaison between Leonard and the appreciative audience.
I feel very lucky and grateful to have been there.
And one more thing: Leonard Cohen Forum People are very very nice people! We had a meeting just before the show and I could know other lovely new people from the forum:
Marc, Hanne, Rachel (Holydove) make, Liam (Liamberney), Kath, Arlene (bridger 15) Marsha (friscogrl) AND EVA (courage) WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING AND I WANT TO THANK HER KINDNESS!
Imagine: she knew that my plane delayed more than 3 hours, she came to the airport, I was already on the airport bus, she just jumped on, picked me down and brought me to my hostel by car.
Same after the concert: it was rainy and she (and her husband) droped me back! THANK YOU EVA, THANK YOU INDEED!
Plenty of memories, nice people – a real comunity of people loving a MAN!!! Thank you friends.
Friday morning was a lovely sunny day and I started to tour around the pretty Göteborg Islands. I was alone with the beautiful last night memories in my heart, I walked all the day, enjoyed the delightful Swedish wildlife: open air, blue sea, green grass, sheeps, charming red wine-colored cottages, blackberries, rocks, and silence, silence, with Leonards’notes in my mind.
Next stop: Firenze. Oh my God: what a summer!
Szilvia from Budapest (gallina)
(sorry about mistakes)
