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Donut 11-28-2004 08:17 PM

I'm currently listenening to his latest album "Dear Heather"

Fanbloodytastic (pardon the tmesis!)

I haven't listened to any of his songs since Jennifer Warnes covered many of them in the 80's on "Famous Blue Raincoat"

Fantastic lyrics - the first track "We'll go no more a rovin" could almost be a poem!

So we’ll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul outwears the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we’ll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.


The title track "Dear Heather" is brilliant and I make no excuse for posting the complete lyrics:

Dear Heather
Please walk by me again
With a drink in your hand
And your legs all white
From the winter


He's now over 70 years old and this album has a feeling of farewell about it - let's hope not.

Bungleau 11-28-2004 11:36 PM

Thanks, Donut... I've been wondering what to get my dad for Christmas, and I know he's a big Leonard Cohen fan. This will just about do it... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Malthaussen 11-29-2004 01:34 AM

Leonard is one of the unknown greats. There's a cute paen to him at www.tartcity.

-- Mal

Melusine 11-29-2004 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Donut:

Fanbloodytastic (pardon the tmesis!)


Fantastic lyrics - the first track "We'll go no more a rovin" could almost be a poem!

Hello Mr Fisherman. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I'll bite. It's a poem by George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron.
Oh and it's nice to see you using words like tmesis again.

Donut 11-29-2004 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Melusine:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Donut:

Fanbloodytastic (pardon the tmesis!)


Fantastic lyrics - the first track "We'll go no more a rovin" could almost be a poem!

Hello Mr Fisherman. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I'll bite. It's a poem by George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron.
Oh and it's nice to see you using words like tmesis again.
</font>[/QUOTE]A completely unexpected fish but a marvellous catch nontheless!!!! :D

I absosoddinlutely agree about the tmesis. There are far too few english words starting with "tm"

Donut 11-29-2004 08:22 AM

Mel. That Byron bloke was a bit of a twat. What on earth does "the sword outwears its sheath" mean??

Melusine 11-29-2004 08:29 AM

ROTFL!! :D Twat indeed.
"Your" on a roll again aren't you Donut? Fan-fecking-tastic!

Donut 11-29-2004 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Melusine:
ROTFL!! :D Twat indeed.
"Your" on a roll again aren't you Donut? Fan-fecking-tastic!

Just attempting some CPR Mel. ;)

Moiraine 12-02-2004 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Donut:
... He's now over 70 years old and this album has a feeling of farewell about it - let's hope not.
Every time he gets an album out his range has gone down an octave. I fear next album would see him in the infrasonic range ...

philip 12-02-2004 11:28 AM

Look what was on my playlist:

Sirenia - First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen cover)

I like this song but I never heard the original and further I like it less than any other work of Sirenia


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