At Light on Dark Water Maclin Horton points out that today is Leonard Cohen’s birthday. I had entirely forgotten — it’s almost enough to get my citizenship revoked! Here is my favourite of his many wonderful songs, in a live performance from a recent concert. He is 77 years old today.
All Manner of Thing
All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
September 23, 2011 at 4:21 pm
My appreciation for Cohen increases as I age.
Started out at age 14 by reading The Favourite Game. It was not a winning start.
Have grown to really like his music though.
September 23, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I haven’t read any of Cohen’s (non-musical) poetry or prose, but I can imagine. It took me a while to warm to his later music — which I encountered first — but when I went back to his early records all was well.
September 23, 2011 at 11:03 pm
I read his novel Beautiful Losers in college (which was many years ago). I thought it was bizarre. However, you won’t be surprised to hear that it was a bizarre mixture of eroticism and religion, if my memory is at all reliable.
September 24, 2011 at 1:51 pm
No, I am not surprised.