jon@boulder.UUCP (Jonathan Corbet) (07/10/85)
["I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one"]
While looking through the CD selection at Listen Up in Boulder, I
ran across an interesting disc -- A new Leonard Cohen release! I had never
heard of it before, and I have never seen it on vinyl, but there it was on
CD...does anybody know if this work (which has a very Cohen-ish title...)
exists at all on other media, or if it is some sort of import?
Being an avid LC fan, I bought the disc on the spot. I was not very
surprised to find that it does not live up to his older stuff, but it is an
improvement over "Recent Songs," which I don't like much at all. I'm glad to
have purchased it.
For those of you who don't know about LC -- he is a folk singer/
songwriter in a class of his own. His music ranges from quiet, very intelligent
music with lots of intricate guitar work to rowdy barroom-type songs. His
closest brush with fame are the songs he wrote that were covered by Judy
Collins, including "Suzanne" ("...takes you down/to her house by the river..."),
and "Dress Rehearsal Rag." He is definately worth listing to, especially the
"Live Songs" album, if you can get your hands on it.
jon
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Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
{seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon (Thanks to CU CS department)gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler) (07/15/85)
> For those of you who don't know about LC -- he is a folk singer/ > songwriter in a class of his own. > His music ranges from quiet, very intelligent > music with lots of intricate guitar work to rowdy barroom-type songs. His > closest brush with fame are the songs he wrote that were covered by Judy > Collins, including "Suzanne" > and "Dress Rehearsal Rag." > -- > Jonathan Corbet His songs also make up the soundtrack for the movie "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (nee "The Presbyterian Church Shootout"), starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, and directed by Robert Altman circa 1971. You've probably seen it on TV. The songs from the movie are the entire first side of an album of his (the title of which escapes me at this late hour...)
elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) (07/17/85)
[] > While looking through the CD selection at Listen Up in Boulder, I > ran across an interesting disc -- A new Leonard Cohen release! I had never > heard of it before, and I have never seen it on vinyl, but there it was on > CD...does anybody know if this work (which has a very Cohen-ish title...) > exists at all on other media, or if it is some sort of import? > > jon > -- > Jonathan Corbet > National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility > {seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon (Thanks to CU CS department) This is indeed a brand spanking new album by LC. In Canada, it is available on vinyl, cassette and CD. Can't remember the label (and for some reason I don't think it's his old CBS). I've heard several songs from it (but haven't yet picked it up) and they have a more inspired, "older" feel than his other recent and not so successful work. BTW, check out the references to LC's early stuff by the group "Sisters of Mercy". Eugene Fiume {decvax|allegra}!utcsri!elf