'The Future' cover
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:58 am
A young band called 'Beggars' have covered Cohen’s The Future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1t-GGeEX44An apocalyptic prophecy in the style of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall that pivots on the pitch-black refrain, “I have the seen the future, brother/It is murder”, The Future featured on Cohen’s gloomy, state-of-the-nation album of the same name in 1992, and two years later emerged on the similarly tenebrous Natural Born Killers soundtrack. However, Beggars turn the song into something that’s furious and accusatory rather than cracked and fearful, with 20-year-old singer Justin Girdler replacing Cohen’s desert-dry whisper with his own incisive, declamatory wail.
The only place you’ll be able to buy The Future is at their live shows supporting Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong throughout April and May. A proper single release will emerge in May, followed by the band’s debut album in the autumn.
I wish someone would ask my opinion before recording his songs. Still, I thought it was quite good, the lyrics do lend themselves to the 'young 'uns' and I can understand the angst - whereas Leonard was more laid back about the seeming inevitability of the apocalyptic 'future'. 
(I can't help myself) covering Leonard's material. He's truly leaving a legacy. He' my man, after all. Give him a kiss, kiss when you see him for me, ok? Tks.