Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (complete, German TV, February 17, 1988)

Complete video from "Na-Siensie" show.

[@petergreen3122]

A genius! Fantastically arranged song with dark and complex lyrics...

[@DidYaServe]

Love his lyrics. I'd put him ahead of Dylan. Only Robert Hunter, who wrote for Dylan and The Grateful Dead, comes close.

[@shithead]

you must be listening to a different song than i am lol

[@peternorth1721]

The lyrics are not actually very complex. Theyre actually to the point.

[@suatustel746]

@@DidYaServe well originally he was... a poet...... ..

[@aparisg9734]

Lyrics is about spiritual collapsus in the world

[@Codaks]

Two of my friends has always loved Leonard Cohen... Now I know why! He is awesome. The Lyrics the music and the voice like that... freaking awesome!

[@garymcswain6161]

Absolute Perfection, sadly I only discovered him very late in life

[@edgarbritoborgen2134]

Gary McSwain The same happened to me.

[@rhymeandreasoning]

Those 2 back up singers with him are just models. They are miming to the actual vocalist of the song who is Anjani Thomas. She layered her vocals on the song.

[@slider2417]

Danke für Deine sehr wichtige Nachricht. Woher sie auch immer kommt. Sie hat mich tief berührt.

[@urbanfryk2878]

Leonard Cohen! Just perfect! Need I say more? Cheers from Sweden folks! Happy new year - and take good care! A million thank's for upload Hermitage Prisoner! We are not alone - at all!!!

[@IAmEverythang]

This is a kick ass song, he sounds creepy and condescending plus the ladies on vocals are AMAZING. It all blends very well together

[@idunaasgard1183]

He *IS* creepy!

[@theunrealtimemm]

more threatening than condescending.

[@josetheman239]

This is lip sync

[@chouchoue]

@@josetheman239 LOL I know. omg they sound just like on the record!

[@tsb3093]

@@chouchoue…😂that’s because they are miming to the recording…

[@robertharty6547]

great lyrics great singer

[@davidcraze1211]

beautiful and uplifting

[@user-jz3zg9wt4c]

I love the complicity of the singers and léonard cohen ❤

[@bartolomewjaysimpson2047]

PRECIOSAS VOCES.

[@TheKonrad1984]

This is sooo cool song and the music is pure awesomnes right boys and girls :)

[@SWISSCONDOR2]

JUST LOVE THISA SONG... AND L. COHEN

[@abuhtolestaqui931]

Maestro!!

[@Bogna1]

Amazing!!!!!

[@Monkofmagnesia]

This song always cheers me up. I have the feeling Cohen wrote the whole thing with tongue in cheek. This version has better sound than the Vevo one.

[@evazquezuy]

megamáximo un meastro total!!!!!

[@powerinvolved-di3vl2yd6q]

Cohen, the dark poet. Legend. Manhattan is already subdued. Tomorrow we seize Brooklyn!

[@franciscosanchez3491]

una de mis canciones favoritas...

[@petrusdecourtrai]

Rest in peace, my friend.

[@StefanReich]

Who says they rest?

[@petrusdecourtrai]

if your body will have worked for 82 years, you'll know the meaning of the word rest, Stefan :-)

[@cohen1940]

Mijn favoriet

[@chrisgreene2405]

Brilliant lyrics

[@benirvine2726]

This is great

[@SWISSCONDOR2]

FANTASTICO...

[@erichsauter4671]

Super

[@alicetimu8048]

vety clever, and informative.

[@RafaelSanchez-vg9ky]

cantante y poeta impresionante

[@gordonm.7387]

Great great song.

[@ruiportugal2763]

Saudades ! Meu amigo! Descansa em paz!

[@agusem1]

Viaja al infinito campeón. Descansa en paz. Jamás te olvidaremos. Todos los días te recordaré con tú música y poesía

[@ramonmunozgras4351]

Artista irrepetible

[@zahraohosein1507]

what coud i say for mister cohen this big poet man I love you mister cohen and god bless you realy after your died we missed you and you left a very empty place il ya bcp a dir sur ce grand poéte ce grand chanteur ki a laissé un grand vide je l ai connu petite et je l ai tjrs aimé merci mister cohen pr tous vos poésies et chanssons ki ont et garderont tjrs leur valeur

[@TheTsapan]

Just look at him. The man doesnt even blink!

[@Sacha_Kudli]

TheTsapan 😂

[@S73tub]

Yes jaja 😱

[@DaveAlbiston]

glorious!! :-)

[@manuelacosta7838]

El coro que hacen estas dos chicas tienen unas voces impresionantes, hizo una gran elección Leonard Cohen 👍

[@danielaragao]

He cries in the scene 4:26 This video shows how Cohen was such a great actor

[@nnknkable]

Miss him

[@Samuel-sg2iv]

Did anyone else see, he cried a little while singing. I wonder why, it was just a single tear though.

[@lawabidinganarchist]

That's a better video than the vevo one lol

[@SMSimas-yz4yo]

a Great Folk singer...RIP

[@Philrc]

twat

[@cosidosvarios9246]

El cantante , que mejor supo cantar hablando. Genio,poeta, narrador etc.

[@nivagnoswal]

one of my favorite cohen songs...the most uranian song he ever wrote...

[@jonathanchalk2507]

Fab.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

"I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons..."

[@mongoose2182]

I guess you're being sarcastic, but remember, he lived in a tumultuous era also.....terrorism was HUGE back then, as well as it is now.

[@user-ui4cq5yb4d]

בלי נשים בעולם לא היו יוצרים מוזיקה מעולה!! אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!!

[@wleon4068]

First we take Manhattan, THEN WE TAKE BERLIN!

[@eddiecochran]

Si no he escuchado 1000 veces esta cancion...no la he escuchado nunca.

[@toothlesscrocodile1355]

He played this in 88, in 89 the Berlin wall came down. Then we took Berlin. No more walls anywhere.

[@ALEXANDERDALEZ]

WRONG !!! CYPRUS!!!!

[@mongoose2182]

AND soon between the U.S. and Mexico....glad Leonard never had to see this.

[@johnsullivan186]

Toothless Crocodile We need more walls.

[@enneaogdoa]

YOU DIDN'T GET IT, DID YOU?

[@moondancer9066]

@owen O'Neill What do you mean?

[@juanmari1973]

👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼👏👏👏

[@ManuelGarrocho]

Música de mucha calidad e dicho

[@Fbl116]

Otrolig

[@elministerial]

UNA MARAVILLA. Leonard es Leonard. Unico.

[@JorgeLuiz-cd5df]

A genial Singer and fantástic showman!

[@Cimbarius]

i think i watched this back then in 1987 when it was aired on TV

[@professormause]

Why....was there no 'Club Edit' of this......?

[@lloydnns3918]

RIP

[@nahannisouthern8978]

Oh Yeah! !! ; ).

[@tbk2010]

Interesting that they subtitled these back then, I can't remember seeing that as a kid. The translation is a bit questionable in some places though. And why put "beauty" in quotation marks? It's like the transistor wanted to distance himself from the content lol.

[@FirstUsedBooks]

Fucking amazing, despite how you or anyone would like.

[@JJ-ls8jo]

4.25 mark..anyone else notice the tear falling from his left eye..Wow!

[@timbrico]

Una muy buena cancion, por cierto la pelirroja, es Perla Batalla??

[@bartolomewjaysimpson2047]

Y la morena?

[@eddiecochran]

@@bartolomewjaysimpson2047 ....tal vez China Forbes ?

[@joe98102]

Who are the women singers with Leonard in this video ?

[@MrSandro59]

Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla

[@HermitagePrisoner]

Not them.

[@lennycohenfan]

I don't think so. No way.

[@hyperkvaksha]

Perla Batalla and Sharon Robinson

[@HermitagePrisoner]

hyperkvaksha No.

[@enneaogdoa]

THE GREAT LEONARD: FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN E THEN WE TAKE THEM ALL

[@fiorellafenati5395]

fantastic song. and Leonard...so sexy

[@tamaragurzuff6798]

прекрасне виконання! і кліп цікавий, незвична делікатна постановка)

[@agentk2465]

Quite eerie performance to say the least. - Cohen acts completely like a chairman of a secret weird lodge with the ladies as 'deputies' - Cohen shows '9/11' at 3:01 (the 11 with the arms and the 9 is on the watch) - They bring here the version with the 'announcement' (starting at 2:23) - The video even features a 'one-eye' (3:48) - and some other signalling (for example at the end the way Cohen folds the paper is reminding of a chairman after an important decision) Additionally, the Jennifer Warnes version 'predicted' the La Belle attack (German newsspeaker at the beginning) if the first release date January 1986 of this version is correct.

[@JeroenK]

After this week I see him as president Trump in this.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

It's too bad David Lynch never collaborated with Leonard Cohen.

[@webcom100]

I had exactly the same thought now with the new TP season.Maybe it was a Little too late for Cohen.

[@SophiahKoikasWindyQueen]

@@dreamlandnightmare ikr!

[@professormoosesr6865]

Thought we all knew Leonard Cohen did 9/11. Get past it. It's over now.

[@Philrc]

very badly cut off at the end. needs re posting

[@alicetimu8048]

wery sarcastic and nice.

[@annaliaboero4580]

U na voce che graffia

[@Annoyingbirds]

2:00 :)😊

[@Annoyingbirds]

How I end inuyasha and kangomes story I will put a night of love making with the song witch is this

[@dejayrezme8617]

Because of the disgusting Syria comment by Williams: They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin *I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons* First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin Leonard Cohen in an interview in 1993: "I felt for sometime that the motivating energy, or the captivating energy, or the engrossing energy available to us today is the energy coming from the extremes. That’s why we have Malcolm X. And somehow it’s only these extremist positions that can compel our attention. And I find in my own mind that I have to resist these extremist positions when I find myself drifting into a mystical fascism in regards to myself."

[@felixber2901]

I love the redhead girl

[@joedellamura9015]

I love the black girl mmmmm

[@siggimaier6357]

Who was this redhead girl? It must be a grey-redhead granny now...

[@ovieimoni5832]

I'd love to see Putin perform this

[@duewhit310]

Ovie Imoni it'd make a great SNL skit.

[@josetheman239]

The black chick is so pretty I cant keep my eyes off her.

[@MichGins]

Hands up if you're watching this in 2023 and you finally discovered (like me) what you're ACTUALLY looking at...

[@coolvids841]

what do you mean?

[@MichGins]

@@coolvids841 can't you see the symbolism?

[@coolvids841]

@@MichGins no

[@joesummer]

Comrade cohens orders

[@eddiecochran]

Cancion prohibida despues del atentado del 11 S. Toda una premonición.

[@chicagofineart9546]

Too bad he didn't sing this in German. I know he could have. It would have been even creepier!

[@user-sy2ml8fd3k]

Он даже слезу пустил, когда пел про скрипку =3

[@LolliPop2000]

Zerlensky is epic!

[@DidYaServe]

Lenny 4 prez

[@markuse9018]

i see adam sandler

[@naskhes]

At 3:42 he places a handkerchief on his eye, so he can fake a tear at 4:27!

[@oreopagus2476]

I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin Trump: "Representing the Air Force you will soon see beautiful brand new F-22 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, and one magnificent B-2 Stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.” (July 4, 7:05 pm ET)

[@Thekamelspath]

This is obviously a song about the nwo right? Obviously.

[@christlneubauer7298]

Wer sind deine "NEUEN" .. meine NEUEN heißen "WHITE HATS" 🕊

[@reginakniprode246]

you never got Berlin

[@Bogna1]

I am just different than you baby...I am an introvert...aquarius....I am one of them...and it's an issue...

[@peterroman4874]

Great song--,average to poor translation,Really authentic crummy 1980,s video style....I hated everything about the 80,s as far as fashion, hairstyles and most of popular music at the time is concerned....so there!! hate me if you want to..lol

[@Philrc]

Peter Roman you clearly don't understand the imagery of the song. The whole bimbo image is part of the fun.

[@mattheweichenlaub78]

+Peter Roman I even hate the thought of the 80's. I still hate the fucking 80's - let me tell you how I really feel: I hate the fucking 80's!!!

[@peterroman4874]

+kha sab Learn to read properly."authentic" was the word I used.If you were a real fan of Cohen you would know what he said about that time and this video in particular.

[@KIVALTERI]

No one recognizes these women?

[@MarkMark-zw6tk]

Nobody know them.... unfortunately....

[@eddiecochran]

Zeta Aurigae...creo que una es China Forbes, la otra no se quien es. Creo que es Perla Batalla.

[@Perom6696]

What a lost :(

[@eddiepoole]

i like your body, your spirit and your klöten.

[@Plejaden1971]

Mein Beileid Berlin und fuck you illuminati ----

[@joelturner6260]

hiliary loves donald as a loser but now she's worried he just might win ... she knew the ways to stop him but she never had the discipline lol ... r.i.p Mr Cohen you'll be greatly missed xx

[@FirstUsedBooks]

Please stop poetizing.

[@agentk2465]

It is really funny that many people REALLY seem to think that Trump is not 'establishment'. And the many people who don't like Trump find a lot to be criticized about him and his behaviour, but really nobody with a clear mind can call him a 'loser'!

[@skullguy8504]

Agent K 2 LOL right? Trump is pro FISA, Goldman Sachs, and Saudi Arabia.

[@shithead]

ha

[@danylongbow3253]

where music turns into garbage...

[@idunaasgard1183]

This sounds like what the terrorists bombing Europe would be listening to in their trucks.

[@Chooseaname74]

First we take Crimea!! Then we take Trans-Dniester!! GO PUTIN!!

[@mattheweichenlaub78]

+Chooseaname74 don't get me started...

[@samanshafiezadeh7155]

Such a ridiculous version, Joe cocker did a fantastic job singing this song. RIP DEAR JOE

[@PeterLoweSMI]

u MUST be kidding , right ?

[@shithead]

@@PeterLoweSMI this shit sucks