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| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Nov 27, 2007 - 16:46 TerryS wrote: Since he is older than either (both, if you prefer), technically not possible. Hmmm....I don't think age is the only reason that is technically not possible. I prefer to use my imagination and not to impose boring limits. |
| inindian (Victor to Port) | Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 00:43 I love the Fairport Convention version with Ian Mathews & Sandy Denny in beautiful harmony  |
| madaxeman (Scottish west coast) | Posted: May 23, 2007 - 05:02 Fantastic version of a beautiful song.Anyone know who plays the lovely guitar solo? |
| ThePoose | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 08:38 ThePoose wrote: And some time before Phil Spector (allegedly) offed that B movie actress, he put a gun to Lenny's head during their time recording together and said, ''I love you, Leonard.'' LC replied, ''I sure hope you do, Phil.''
And now (late March 2007) the jurors are being rounded up for Phil's murder trail. What a long, strange trip the rock and roll lifestyle is. |
| bubb1971 | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 08:37 AvoidingWork wrote: I think this would be perfect for Willie Nelson. Anybody know if he has done it?
I know that Cash did it on one of his American Recording CD's, that was actually the first place that I heard this song. Steve |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 08:35 Is this a case of LC spontaneously re-writing his lyrics, which he is known to do? I believe these words are different from the 1969 original on Songs From a Room. |
| TJOpootertoot (Toronto) | Posted: Mar 21, 2007 - 08:34 yermum wrote: If any of you have yet to see the recent film I'm Your Man I recommend it highly. It includes a performance of "If It Be Your Will" by Antony of Antony and the Johnsons that haunted me for days. Anyway - love this version of the song. First time I've heard it -- all of those singing lessons must have paid off. ;-) I uploaded Antony's "If it Be Your Will" to the LRC so go forth and vote! Opinion is divided this far. TJ |
| yermum (Toronto, ON) | Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 15:55 mach-hog wrote: 8) Canada's greatest poet and songwriter. Too bad he'll have to die before he's hailed for the genius he is. Then there will be much attention paid to this noble mind...
If any of you have yet to see the recent film I'm Your Man I recommend it highly. It includes a performance of "If It Be Your Will" by Antony of Antony and the Johnsons that haunted me for days. Anyway - love this version of the song. First time I've heard it -- all of those singing lessons must have paid off. ;-) |
| drtjdel (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Jan 19, 2007 - 13:16 celadonstone wrote: Len Cohen does look a little like Hoffman on this cover, even if he is older. They have a similar ethnic heritage.
The older we all get, the more similar we start to look, right?  Maybe we all need glasses. |
| celadonstone (the Lowcountry of SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Jan 19, 2007 - 07:54 Len Cohen does look a little like Hoffman on this cover, even if he is older. They have a similar ethnic heritage. The older we all get, the more similar we start to look, right? |
| govna | Posted: Jan 19, 2007 - 07:49  |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 17:36 QueenLucia wrote: HEE HEE! He does look a bit like Dustim Hoffman & Al Pacino's love child in this photo. LEONARD COHEN RULES!!  Since he is older than either (both, if you prefer), technically not possible. |
| donpdonp (Portland, Or) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 17:28 ohhh i wannna beee bobbbb-dylannnnnnnnnnnn. ohhh i wannna beee bobbbb-dylannnnnnnnnnnn. butttt i just canttttttt. the lyrics are enjoyable but the singing makes me think of Dylan while at the same time falling way short. |
| QueenLucia (Corner of the USA) | Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 17:24 culchie wrote: Does anyone else think he looks like Al Pacino in the photo? HEE HEE! He does look a bit like Dustim Hoffman & Al Pacino's love child in this photo. LEONARD COHEN RULES!! |
| HazzeSwede (Stockholm) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 05:04 Cohen and live,shivers! |
| go_ski_mully (lakeside in Muskoka) | Posted: Dec 21, 2006 - 05:03 |
| culchie (Syracuse NY) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 15:55 It's nice enough... I really like the Judy Collins version... Does anyone else think he looks like Al Pacino in the photo? |
| Viv515 (Calgary, Alberta) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 15:50 Leonard Cohen's singing normally gets the same reaction from me as fingernails running down a blackboard. This version of this song is actually not that bad. Do any of my fellow Canadians remember when Cohen was nominated for a "Best Male Vocalist" Juno award a few years back? (For you non-Canadians, the Junos are our national music awards -- like the Grammys.) Even Cohen himself thought it was absurd! |
| patreezia (SF/London) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 15:45 If you love Leonard check out Bay area group " Conspiricy of Beards". Very hip all male vocal choir that do LC exclusively.Shows he's a great song writer oft better served by cover artists who still maintain the will to live! |
| Daniel_Pittenger (Vermont) | Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 15:43 This song has a real Neil Diamond feel in my opinion. I wish they played a bit of Neil Diamond on RP. |
| mach-hog (wild blue...) | Posted: Nov 22, 2006 - 01:35 a friend just loaned me his copy of a (relatively) new book entitled: DYLAN & COHEN - Poets of Rock and Roll by: David Boucher continuum press, 2004 www.continuumbooks.com It's the best of anything of this type I've read on either artist. Really worthwhile. 
Cohen is amazing... this is one of his many best songs. |
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 11:07 artmarcia wrote: Who is the singer most associated with this song?
Tim Hardin? |
| tiger_town_trumpet (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 11:03 redeyespy wrote: I'd be willing to send in a donation somewhere to prevent that from happening. I'll send you my address. I'll take care of it* |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 10:57 AvoidingWork wrote: I think this would be perfect for Willie Nelson. Anybody know if he has done it? The last person who replied to you seemed to think you were making a knowing joke. Were you? I mean, because Willie has done this song and it was very good. Perhaps I missed something here. |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2006 - 10:55 TonyBear wrote: Music to slit your wrists to. If you mean music to die for, you're right. |
| TonyBear (London, England) | Posted: Oct 09, 2006 - 04:11 Music to slit your wrists to. |
| jablan (Belgrade, Serbia) | Posted: Oct 09, 2006 - 04:10 AvoidingWork wrote: I think this would be perfect for Willie Nelson. Anybody know if he has done it?
What do you think? ;) |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Sep 09, 2006 - 21:09 I also like k.d. lang's version. meloman wrote: Judy Collins. She did quite a few LC songs. |
| blinkblink (Melbourne, Australia) | Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 23:24 This works for me |
| ahoylola (35° 37' N - 120° 85' W) | Posted: Jul 13, 2006 - 07:37 i enjoy all things leonard. |
| Fredrikson (Stockholm) | Posted: Jul 13, 2006 - 07:37 Fredrikson wrote: argh what's up with the odd version? the other REAL version is a personal favourite of mine and this one just hurts listening to.
I agree. |
| Fredrikson (Stockholm) | Posted: Jun 28, 2006 - 15:41 argh what's up with the odd version? the other REAL version is a personal favourite of mine and this one just hurts listening to. |
| algrif (Slightly west of Zero) | Posted: Jun 14, 2006 - 00:54 physicsgenius wrote: Looks like Dustin Hoffman. At last...I can agree with physicsgenius!!!! |
| physicsgenius (90% of everything is crap) | Posted: May 30, 2006 - 10:31 Looks like Dustin Hoffman. |
| AvoidingWork (Paradise... Valley, AZ - The 19th greeen.) | Posted: May 30, 2006 - 10:29 I think this would be perfect for Willie Nelson. Anybody know if he has done it? |
| ThePoose | Posted: May 30, 2006 - 10:29 And some time before Phil Spector (allegedly) offed that B movie actress, he put a gun to Lenny's head during their time recording together and said, ''I love you, Leonard.'' LC replied, ''I sure hope you do, Phil.'' |
| BlueHeronDruid | Posted: May 15, 2006 - 20:34 Loved it 30 years ago, studio version. Still do. This incarnation? Not so much. |
| Mari (Broome, WA) | Posted: May 01, 2006 - 07:15 ... One of my fav. Cohen songs from way back, not that I go way back but It's been around for as long as I can remember and it's still so poignant and fresh ...  ... |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: May 01, 2006 - 07:14 artmarcia wrote: Who is the singer most associated with this song?
Judy Collins. She did quite a few LC songs. |
| redeyespy (Sunny, FL) | Posted: May 01, 2006 - 07:12 halfgazo wrote: Maybe Cracker will do a cover of this one.
I'd be willing to send in a donation somewhere to prevent that from happening. |
| Veritas (Pacific Northwest) | Posted: Apr 16, 2006 - 17:22 Never been a Leonard Cohen to begin with, but this is painful! Make it stop!!  |
| halfgazo | Posted: Apr 16, 2006 - 17:21 Should have been a Johnny Cash song. Maybe Cracker will do a cover of this one. |
| DannyNC | Posted: Apr 16, 2006 - 17:19 I could listen to Leonard Cohen all day! |
| drtjdel (Stonehenge) | Posted: Mar 03, 2006 - 14:33 mach-hog wrote: 8) Canada's greatest poet and songwriter. Too bad he'll have to die before he's hailed for the genius he is. Then there will be much attention paid to this noble mind...
You mean he's NOT from here? Yippee!! |
| Patrick (Columbia, MO (1920 miles E of Paradise, CA)) | Posted: Jan 18, 2006 - 14:41 He wrote the song. This is its original incarnation. Puke away. Mugro wrote: Just when I think that Leonard Cohen was so bad that I could just puke, now I hear him attempting to sing a country song!!! Country is bad enough with Leonard Cohen butchering it!!!!
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: |
| AphidA (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 14:34 This sucks balls. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Dec 20, 2005 - 14:34 Just when I think that Leonard Cohen was so bad that I could just puke, now I hear him attempting to sing a country song!!! Country is bad enough with Leonard Cohen butchering it!!!! :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: |
| jah_blessed (Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 06, 2005 - 00:54 inthefog wrote: I don't know about the most associated, but I personnally really like Johnny Cash's version.
Agreed. That's how I know the song. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 23:24 Likeable tune, but why'd Leonard put Dustin Hoffman on the cover? |
| betsy (New York) | Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 23:24 I love this song and the killer lyrics. My favorite version, though, is Willie Nelson's on the LC tribute album "Tower of Song." Perfection. |