Leonard cohen has a way with words that can annihilate me. You see my plight? as a piece of literature, this has a ton of failings, but the bright spots are scouring. i'm sorry, but the world did not need a 9/11 song from him, it is terrible terrible terrible. On the other hand, i can be objective when it comes to him. for some reason, this is one of the most diffcult books for me to defend to others and to justify to myself. I have tried to review this book on four separate occasions. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Mafor his status among the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters". He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. His work often explores the themes of religion, isolation, sexuality, and complex interpersonal relationships.Ĭohen's songs and poetry have influenced many other singer-songwriters, and more than a thousand renditions of his work have been recorded. Since the 1980s he has typically sung in lower registers (bass baritone, sometimes bass), with accompaniment from electronic synthesizers and female backing singers. The 1970s were a musically restless period in which his influences broadened to encompass pop, cabaret, and world music. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963.Ĭohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1968 album Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music melodies and instrumentation, sung in a high baritone. Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.
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