Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen. What do you think of him. The guy just creeps the s**t out of me.

I must say I quite enjoy his music. Very unique, IMHO.

I heard him first in the movie Natural Born Killers which made me think he was just as erie and then I read an interview with DG about what was one of his fav songs at the time. He said' "Closing Time by Leonard Choen". So I checked the song out on Napster and I liked it instantly. So I bouhgt the album. I like it.

Great lyric writer! I like the early stuff like "Susanne".

I like a couple of songs of his, especially "In my secret life".

Yeah, I think unique about covers it.

Leonard Cohen is an absolute genius. The Future is brilliant.

I thought he was bloody depressing...but thats just my opinion.

Yes it is, I think he's great. Love the sig btw.

The only song of his I've really gotten into was The Future, and I can only find the version from the NBK soundtrack, yet the version on the soundtrack is like, two verses shorter than the version that is actually in the movie, and that has always bothered me.

Depressing as hell, and he can't bloody sing. Quite a brilliant lyricist, and has the same in common with Dylan and Neil Young: lovely lyrics, bloody terrible voice.

The Prince of Wales lists him as his favourite. Yeesh!

Now, I haven't experienced his other work, but I think his voice is perfect for The Future. It's rough and ugly, just like the scene he is painting in the song. I'm going to listen to some other Cohen stuff now.

I think his voice is beautiful.

Here's a great performance of The Future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_drEFOaPaK8

That is good. It's funny, though, how it's such a dark disturbing piece yet the ambiance here is like a lounge song. Oh, and the removal of the anal sex reference.

It's a great performance, though, and Mr. Cohen's voice is perfect.