timmo Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Passed away at age 82 today No details as yet about his demise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubis Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) What a loss, a hugely talented man Sad times Edited November 11, 2016 by rubis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Yes, another legend gone. 2017 please be kinder. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm gutted. I grew up hearing Cohen being played by my parents. My mum singing along was enough to put me off him until I was about 15, when I didn't mind him so much. But when I was sat in a cinema watching Natural Born Killers and [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]Waiting for the Miracle came on, I sat up and really took notice. The film ending with The Future made me go home and get all my parent's Cohen albums and listen to them back to back.[/font][/color] [color=#252525][font=sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#252525][font=sans-serif]Been a major fan ever since, never got to see him though. [/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 [quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1478847957' post='3172036'] Yes, another legend gone. 2017 please be kinder. R.I.P. [/quote] +1 Another unique voice gone... Just too many this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandad Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I saw him in 1970 at the Isle of Wight. I think he came on after Hendrix. Can't remember much about it though. Used to listen to his albums in the 70's which were quite a counterbalance to much other of the the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Damn. RIP Mr Cohen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I have fond memories of a particularly drunken all-nighter at a mate's house, where we drank smirnoff blue label and listened to 'Chelsea hotel #2' over and over and over.......RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I love the irony of this post being in off topic "But you don't really care for music, do you?" I'd like to think he'd see the funny side too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luulox Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 RIP, brilliant song writer who will be sadly missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 2016 in it's final weeks takes another. [url="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792"]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leonard-cohen-dead-at-82-w449792[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Again, sad news. We play First We Take Manhattan. He was a world class talent who wrote many great, great songs, but like Dylan, I prefer his songs sung by others. The Neville Brothers and Joe Cocker singing Bird On The Wire for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 "I saw him in 1970 at the Isle of Wight. I think he came on after Hendrix." Ahhh, those were the days - RIP both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdavid Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 so sad to hear the news, another legend gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 So long, Marianne / Leonard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 82 a good innings for rock n' roll. RIP Len. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 The thing is I guess, most of the really great artists are really getting on. Consequently I think unfortunately we need to expect more of these very sad losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm glad he lived a relatively long life. Far to many are taken too early. I think its pretty cool he had a bit of a comeback a few years back as well. I remember an interview where he seemed happy about that. A real legend and I never say that lightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Farewell, you intransigent old bastard. We loved you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I'm not sure he was touring out of choice. I believe he came out of his Buddhist monastery to discover that rather a lot of his money had gone missing. I think the touring was a necessary source of income. Roscoe Beck was his band leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1478880200' post='3172385'] I'm not sure he was touring out of choice. I believe he came out of his Buddhist monastery to discover that rather a lot of his money had gone missing. I think the touring was a necessary source of income. Roscoe Beck was his band leader. [/quote] His old manager stole around $5m from him, that forced him back into touring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1478880477' post='3172390'] His old manager stole around $5m from him, that forced him back into touring. [/quote] And he said that having been forced back into touring, he found that he enjoyed it for the first time in his life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6feet7 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) I remember seeing him in the 1980's at the Albert Hall. He had two beautiful backing singers. During one of their singing parts he nonchalantly walked up behind them (you couldn't see his hands) and the next moment both girls jumped. He walked back to his mic and carried on singing whilst they both did a mixture of glaring at him but smiling at the same time. In an interview in the Times a week or two later the reporter heard one of the backing singers complaining about something or other that wasn't being done and shouting who she would have to f**k to get it sorted. Cohen just turned to the reporter and casually said 'that'll be me then' and smiled. Nothing like the 'music to cut your wrists to' persona in real life. A wonderful sense of humour and a great poet. Edited November 11, 2016 by 6feet7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister RLP Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 He made his show at the O2 seem like an intimate gig. You felt like you were in a small room with him. An amazing presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.