The birds they Tweeted at break of day...

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Leonard Cohen is perfection

Jagger is nowhere near as charismatic a performer as Leonard Cohen who, my women friends tell me, now has a really sexy voice.

And a propos of the previous tweet:

brb falling in love with Leonard Cohen's voice

Dear Leonard Cohen; "Hallelujah" is a lovely song, but a pain for basses when arranged in two-part harmony. In Hebrew.

Think I'll lay in bed and put a Leonard Cohen record on...loud... #louderthanyouthink

Debo decir (inserte voz solemne) que ver a Leonard Cohen fue algo muy importante en esta vida.
I should say (insert solemn voice) that seeing Leonard Cohen was something very important in this life.

A giant amongst men kneels to his people: #leonardcohen in #rome tonight http://instagram.com/p/bfEr0VhVI4/

if you haven't listened to leonard cohen yet~ do yourself a favor!! http://youtu.be/OU7dlql8F3w via @youtube

Extraordinaria experiencia ver, escuchar y disfrutar a un artista del calibre de Leonard Cohen. Nunca es tarde para conocer su poesia
An extraordinary experience to see, hear and enjoy an artist of the caliber of Leonard Cohen. Never too late to get to know his poetry.

I like to listen to Leonard Cohen on any day but on a Sunday is now becoming a habit.

#leonardcohen this night in Rome: monumental....

Domingo crepuscular, abracémonos por un rato. Leonard Cohen∻"Going Home" http://youtu.be/dQlLWnbco_I

Sunday at dusk, let us embrace one another for a while. Leonard Cohen∻"Going Home" http://youtu.be/dQlLWnbco_I

Necesito un golpe que me saque del sopor de haber estado todo el día con Leonard Cohen y Joan Baez
I need a blow to get me out of the drowsiness of having spent the whole day with Leonard Cohen and Joan Baez

Playing so many Leonard Cohen records today it's like he's living in my house.

Listening to Leonard Cohen by night. I love the album from the London concert in 2009. I want this guy to be immortal just like his songs.

[HelenOE]

Insatisfacción, enojo, ésa es la vida según Leonard Cohen
Dissatisfaction, anger, that is life according to Leonard Cohen

(and I think somebody just busted his or her nose running headlong into the language barrier, if that's their takeaway impression)

El gustazo de estar cocinando con el gran Leonard Cohen de fondo.
The tremendous pleasure of cooking with the great Leonard Cohen in the background.

Also, just found out Nick Cave has never actually met Leonard Cohen. That's just a bit unsettling.

La voz de Leonard Cohen es tremendamente sexy.
The voice of Leonard Cohen is tremendously sexy.

De verdad, que no puedo con Hallelujah de Leonard Cohen, ¡QUÉ MUERO DE AMOR!
I truly can't cope with Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. I'M DYING OF LOVE!

Hoy encontré un disco de Leonard Cohen y no pude comprármelo porque me lo gasté en ropa u.u
Today I found a Leonard Cohen record and I couldn't buy it because I spent everything on clothes.

Just went through my mum's cd collection and found a Leonard Cohen cd, I'm listening to it right now.

Oh Leonard Cohen, you have such minxy lyrics. #leonardcohen

Leonard Cohen in concerto al Foro Italico di Roma. Queste le nostre considerazioni al riguardo
Leonard Cohen in concert at the Foro Italico in Rome. These are our considerations in this regard
http://www.rockol.it/news-515712/concer ... ow-di-roma#

(oddly, this review gets the names of everyone in the band right except for Javier Mas... they seem to think it was John Bilezijkjian playing oud)

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It's so sunny so why can I only draw when listening to #leonardcohen.#strange.

Off to get the train to Lucca once more, this time to see Leonard Cohen play. The relaxi-hol feeling more familiar now a gig is involved.

Leonard Cohen doesn't have one?! MT @twuc @quillandquire "Where are the CanLit stars on Cda’s Walk of Fame?" http://bit.ly/12E2X72

oops. Just noticed that Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" has become so iconic for me since 1992 that I forgot to cite it. from THE FUTURE

Leonard Cohen también es un "judío maravilloso" (oíste Larry Harlow?) Who by Fire. Un temazo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SsprYXKL_M …
Leonard Cohen is a "marvelous Jew" too (have you heard Larry Harlow?) Who by Fire. A great song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SsprYXKL_M …

ed. note: I'd never heard of Larry Harlow, but seems he's a well-known salsa pianist who is billed as "El Judío Maravilloso"or "The Marvelous Jew"

Soñé que Leonard Cohen iba a dar un concierto por fin en el DF. Creo que voy a llorar...
I dreamed that Leonard Cohen was finally going to do a concert in Mexico City. I think I'm going to cry...

Leonard Cohen is sublime. It's amazing how he can do so much with so little. "Chelsea Hotel" ftw.

Ese momento en que te das cuenta de que la canción de Leonard Cohen que escuchas lleva 10 minutos sonando y aún le quedan 3 para acabar.
That moment when you realize that the Leonard Cohen song you're listening to has been playing for 10 minutes and there are still 3 left before it's done.

You see all this 'listening to Leonard Cohen makes you want to slit your wrists' bullshit? Wise up, buy an album, and chill out. #fanboy

Ok Leonard Cohen here we come - I am so looking forward to seeing you tonight. I expect you are feeling exactly the same way.

Eeeeeeek Leonard Cohen sound checking for later tonight in #Lucca. So excited I might burst pic.twitter.com/wfdiu0HdrC

Leonard Cohen, thanks again for happening.

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E infine, mi ripeto ma: dove si firma per arrivare a 80 anni con la grinta di leonard cohen?
And finally, but I repeat myself: where do you sign up to get to 80 years with the grit of leonard cohen?

Just caught Leonard Cohen rehearsing in the piazza!

#leonardcohen an amazing night in Lucca. Over 3 hours and 5 encores. A #legend.

Leonard Cohen was absolutely amazing tonight!

There are three humans between me and Leonard Cohen right now.

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El último septuagenario que habíamos visto en concierto fue Leonard Cohen y el listón estaba no alto,estratosférico.
The last septuagenarian we'd seen in concert was Leonard Cohen and the bar wasn't just set high, it was stratospheric.

Afortunadamente nos queda Leonard Cohen.
Fortunately we still have Leonard Cohen

We live in a time in which Leonard Cohen songs play on Muzak channels at chain restaurants. That is all.

Una amiga estuvo anoche en un concierto de Leonard Cohen y me recordó. Eso lo tomo como algo HERMOSO.
A friend was at a Leonard Cohen concert last night and she remembered me. I take that as something BEAUTIFUL.

Leonard Cohen is perfection

John McKnight just quoted Leonard Cohen in his presentation. I am in love. #TSI2013

neighbours are on a roll, leonard cohen and bob marley all day. loving ittt

jealous! did just see Leonard Cohen last night though ! What a god ! Enjoy my love ! Don't do anything I wouldn't! #trouble

Hay que tener dos cojones para traducir al español el "Hallelujah" de Leonard Cohen, y sobre todo, para no destrozarlo.
You have to grow a pair to translate Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" into Spanish, and above all, not make a hash of it.

LeonardCohen inimitabile. grazie grazie grazie
Inimitable Leonard Cohen, thank you thank you thank you

Mr. #leonardcohen live pray for us, hallelujah live foto italico

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I won't say anything because no one ever listens to me anyway. I might as well be a Leonard Cohen record.

I'm not a bad artist. One of my paintings sold at a charity auction recently alongside the work of Leonard Cohen. Gord

Hoy he podido viajar por Madrid escuchando a Leonard Cohen, de verdad que nunca escuche a alguien que me hiciera sentir tanto.
Today I've been able to travel through Madrid listening to Leonard Cohen, truly I never heard anyone who made me feel so much.

Going over a couple's requests for an upcoming wedding at the [name of wedding location redacted]. So far we've got MJ, Janelle Monáe & Leonard Cohen!

Once again: Perception...

Okay I'm onto Leonard Cohen now, this is gonna end in wrist slashing.

...and reality:

Finishing painting my trellis listening to Leonard Cohen,feeling happy

God, I need a hug. #leonardcohen

Seems to be the way of things for a few ppl in me timeline

Are they all listening to Leonard Cohen?

I have a theory that anyone born after 1980 don't "discover" Leonard Cohen until they reach 30, bcz it takes that long to find real beauty.

Winter lady by Leonard cohen goes soo fucking hard smh fell in love with this song after seeing the art of getting by.

Jeff buckley, blink-182, leonard cohen and frank turner are the only guys who can save me now...

Hola Leonard Cohen, me arrreglaste los días nublados con tu voz, te amo un poquito.
Hello Leonard Cohen, you fixed the cloudy days for me with your voice, I love you a little bit.

my mom just asked for a Leonard Cohen song during our wedding ceremony. yep. that's how we DO. #Amazeballs

The center of my house is @troyakers 50's record player, and Leonard Cohen couldn't sound better right now. I couldn't be more relaxed.

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Seriously tempted by Leonard Cohen tickets in September. Will I be able to stop myself howling at the end of Take This Waltz? No promises.

I could listen to Leonard Cohen forever and ever and ever and ever and

The buskers in Bath are really starting to stress me out. No one should hear Hallelujah or Simon & Garfunkel butchered every 20 mins.

I hear you sister. I'm wondering if Leonard Cohen receives any royalties too.

And since the subject of song-butchering has come up:

It's amazing how cheering playing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah can be if you do it music hall style

"Leonard Cohen? 15 seconds to curtain Mr Cohen!" "Thanks Scooter. Have you seen my lithium?" #fakemuppetshows

Leonard Cohen. Leonard fucking Cohen.

lovely day in the sunshine, drinking Elderflower cordial and listening to Leonard Cohen

Uno piensa que ha escuchado grandes músicos hasta que escucha a Leonard Cohen y bueno, nada vuelve a ser igual.
You think you've listened to great musicians until you listen to Leonard Cohen and well, nothing is ever the same again.

[HelenOE]

Vale, mis anteriores tuits son una guilipollez. Peor me aburria. Ahora ya me he puesto a Leonard Cohen de fondo. Ya no hare el tonto
All right, my earlier tweets are dumbassery. But I was bored. Now I've put Leonard Cohen on in the background. I won't act stupid any more.

Hoy parece ser un día bonito pa algo del maestro Leonard Cohen, la voz más cool del siglo XX http://youtu.be/spObvDddISQ
Today seems to be a nice day for something from the master Leonard Cohen, the coolest voice of the XX Century http://youtu.be/spObvDddISQ

I think the fact that most of my generation associates Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah with Shrek is the single most hilarious thing.

Like a fine wine, Leonard Cohen just gets better with age: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPIo2k1UkYQ …

#nomasviejasglorias leonard cohen en valencia, 2 temas y se pone malo..era demasiado amarga...
#nomoreoldglories leonard cohen in Valencia, 2 songs and he gets sick... it was too bitter...

I believe in Leonard Cohen's voice.

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Si después de mi nombre en élfico alguna vez vuelvo a tatuarme será un verso de Leonard Cohen.
If I ever get another tattoo after having my name done in Elvish, it will be a verse by Leonard Cohen.

I am going to die on this couch, inside this bookstore. They won't find me until closing, with a book of poems by Leonard Cohen in my lap.

Leonard Cohen y su implacable voz.
Leonard Cohen and his implacable voice.

The lyrics to Came So Far For Beauty by Leonard Cohen are so beautiful and so true and they make me want to cry and eat chips

Ir al trabajo escuchando "Woke up this morning" de Leonard Cohen a estas horas es el bien
Going to work listening to "Woke up this morning" by Leonard Cohen at this time is goodness.

Took this pic w/ phone @ older bro's wedding last year. 1st dance song: "I'm Your Man", Leonard Cohen

El día que realmente me enamore va a sonar de fondo musical ''I'm your man'' de #LeonardCohen, esa es la prueba!
The day that I really fall in love, Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man" will be playing in the background, that's the proof!

WE GET IT YOUR VOICE IS AMAZING BUT YOU CAN'T FUCK UP THE WORDS TO HALLELUJAH LEONARD COHEN IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE & HES NOT EVEN DEAD

[HelenOE]

Que Didion esté en tuiter es como que Joni Mitchell o Leonard Cohen hagan coros en Patito Feo.
For Didion to be on Twitter is as if Joni Mitchell or Leonard Cohen were doing choruses on Ugly Duckling.

wonder if anyone can tell what band that's about.

Metallica!

No, but they also manage to get shitter with every new release! The band in question isn't a metal band, btw.

oh god that could be anybody then. Except Leonard Cohen who has put out quality music for decades.

Listening to Leonard Cohen and having a fresh laugh about the tweet I saw proclaiming Dude From The National as our finest living lyricist

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No soy fan de Leonard Cohen (sí, lapídenme) pero ahora que sé que era TAN fan de Lorca siento que empiezo a quererlo. #Lorca #LeonardCohen
I'm not a fan of Leonard Cohen (yeah, so stone me) but now that I know he was SUCH a fan of Lorca I feel I'm starting to love him. #Lorca #LeonardCohen

Real Leonard Cohen fans listen to "Recent Songs."

(and one guess as to which album I was listening to when I came across this tweet)

Oh Leonard Cohen, qué tendrá tu voz
Oh Leonard Cohen, what is it about your voice

Isn't that a Leonard Cohen lyric? RT @josswhedon: "I just think a lot of the arguing would end if we found out Jesus was a triceratops."

I have to think of some things I want for my 21st. Compared to seeing Leonard Cohen, though, everything is inferior.

Leonard Cohen on uke? Great in theory, impossible in practice. How does he get his voice down there???

Leonard Cohen tiene esa cosa que se le mete a uno por el oído y paraliza todas funciones del sistema nervioso.
Leonard Cohen has that thing that gets into you through your ear and paralyzes all the functions of the nervous system.

Lazing in Hyde Park with Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing, enjoying the sun & free music. Elvis Costello & Ray Davies to start the weekend

Leonard Cohen has been singing to me all day (in my head but whatever) thank you Leonard

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Si alguien sabe quien es Leonard Cohen, dejare que haga lo que quiera con mi hermana.
If anybody knows who Leonard Cohen is, I'll let him do whatever he wants with my sister.

Just finished 'The Favorite Game' & starting 'beautiful Losers' - never realized what a great novelist Leonard Cohen is

Whenever my head hurts this bad. I listen to Leonard Cohen and drink a bit. Works surprisingly well

Ahora que no tengo abuelos me gustaría que el Sr. Leonard Cohen me adoptara como nieto.
Now that I don't have grandparents I'd like Mr. Leonard Cohen to adopt me as a grandson.

BRB, traveling back to 1970 to tell Leonard Cohen to stop using backup singers after Diamonds in the Mine god dammit.

And then Hugh told us a story where he dropped a friend off to Leonard Cohen's house and waiting in the car and didn't go inside

Cuando sea anciano quiero tener voz de Leonard Cohen.
When I'm old I want to have a Leonard Cohen voice.

Si no vas a escuchar canciones de Leonard Cohen conmigo, no quiero tu revolución.
If you're not going to listen to Leonard Cohen songs with me, I don't want your revolution.

No te creas perfecta, no eres una canción de Leonard Cohen.
Don't think you're perfect, you're not a Leonard Cohen song.

Just enough red wine buzz to briefly comprehend the majesty of Leonard Cohen.

The Seattle skyline tips steadily into darker shades of indigo, accompanied by the sweet sounds of vintage Leonard Cohen.

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so I've recently become obsessed with Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah and now it's following me everywhere.

Great Desert Island discs with Val McDermid, Only problem now is I have to play Joni Mitchell & Leonard Cohen LPs all day - how Canadian

Someone should do a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Such a lovely song

"Singing them Leonard Cohen is definitely a babe magnet" says @valmcdermid I have a strong evidence base to support that theory. #did

What a Kidush HaShem! way to go Mr' Cohen! http://fb.me/2vHSwVQ3e

That's what the night needs! Some Leonard Cohen.

1st two paintings we see upon entry to Drunken Poet Hotel: Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen. Good omen!!

eonard Cohen heute in Hamburg, Ich zähle die Minuten bis zum Konzert,Es wird der schönste Tag des Jahres.
Leonard Cohen in Hamburg today. I'm counting the minutes to the concert. It will be the most beautiful day of the year.

one of the best ever jokes was convincing [@name redacted] that leonard cohen has a song called "i want to fuck you in the ass."

I guess Leonard Cohen loves bums and is an ass man. I can't know this for sure. I'm just interpreting his lyrics.

Dan Akroyd is the only funny Canadian.

I find Leonard Cohen pretty funny too.

Leonard Cohen es uno de los grandes aciertos de mi shuffle.
Leonard Cohen is one of the great successes of my shuffle.

And now my aunt is telling me about her Leonard Cohen fantasies. I'm only partly disturbed.

leave me here in a dark pit of glitch hop and leonard cohen. im trash im not ready for this world

#LeonardCohen is 78 years old and performed for 3h! Respect! So thankful for this amazing concert. He truly is a #master and a #legend !

[HelenOE]

¿Joaquín Sabina? Ni que no existiera Leonard Cohen
Joaquin Sabina? Not even if Leonard Cohen didn't exist.

Just discovered the music of Leonard Cohen today. Loving a lot of it.

How did my interview go? Fine I guess, now if you don't mind I'm going to drink red wine in the bath with a Leonard Cohen CD and a toaster.

Cheering myself up reading Sylvia Plath while listening to Leonard Cohen

There is a crack in everything. that's how the sand gets in. TODAY--- #lifesabeach #apologies 2 #leonardcohen

Not many people know of the Leonard Cohen tattoo on my chest. Not because I'm insecure, but because I've only slept with fucking idiots.

I shouldn't be surprised that the voice of Leonard Cohen calms babies. I really shouldn't. #imyourman

Spontaneously bought tickets to see Leonard Cohen. Actually about to die from joy.

Esa musicalidad en las letras de Leonard Cohen no deja de impresionarme.
That musicality in Leonard Cohen's lyrics never ceases to impress me.

Es increíble, Leonard Cohen sólo ha tocado la increíble The Guest seis veces a lo largo de su carrera...una de esas veces la viví yo.
It's incredible, Leonard Cohen has only played the incredible The Guest six times in his whole career... I experienced one of those times live.

[HelenOE]

Odd sitch....in cab as taxi driver playing me Leonard Cohen and singing it to me....yikes....this is way too weird..

.@FeistMusic joins @Wilco #Americanarama to cover Leonard Cohen's Suzanne - Beautiful!

Feist comes out to cover Leonard Cohen. We have found the very definition of 'dour'.

Wilco + Feist + Leonard Cohen? Um. Yes.

Leyendo a Bertrand Russell y escuchando a Leonard Cohen, así deberían ser todos los días.
Reading Bertrand Russell and listening to Leonard Cohen, every day should be like this.

Leonard Cohen has some sexy voice. I'd say he got all ladies.

Oh, Leonard Cohen, I don't know if I'm emotionally stable enough to listen to you right now. #Sigh #BirdOnTheWire

One day I want to have Leonard Cohen's voice

Think I'll go see if anybody has put that Wilco-Feist-Thompson Suzanne up on YouTube.