Leonard Cohen interview 'Hand in hand' festival (Ghent May, 1993)

[@MrVal024]

Guy's clearly in a hurry, still manages to be super respectful and say thank you to every member of the crew at the end of the interview. I'm a journalist and trusts me that is truly called CLASS.

[@joshuafriesen4436]

We’d expect nothing less from our dear one

[@lukasnummer1]

Very good answers on racism and multiculturalism! You don't hear that kind of logical thinking (which is just common sense, really) very often anymore.

[@vrod2144]

Yes

[@MSYNGWIE12]

Common sense- hmm ? I agree! Hello fellow Cohen fan, from Canada- he was so accomplished at keeping a straight face and sending himself up, wasn't he?! Have you heard- novel number 3! is being released in September- I already pre-ordered- The Ballet of Lepers and 14 short stories- he had it "simmering" on Hydra during the writing of Beautiful Losers- "God is alive, magic is afoot "....Namaste

[@sley9578]

So straight forward. My goodness, listen to the man!

[@Shaywebber]

His wisdom will be a light and guide forever.

[@RamSadeh]

Bravo to sanity and loyalty and standing Jewish and proud!! Diversity should remain just that- diverse and different

[@Esther_is_my_name]

Leonard was truly a Cohen. Such wisdom for the people. For me, Leonard will always be a man who spoke to the soul, not necessarily his own "plight" per se, but I believe he wrote for others as much as for himself. He observed and analyzed behaviours of others, sometimes himself involved, to a degree, but mostly what we can all relate to. We are here, why waste time. Share and bear the soul. Everyone should write poetry, paint, take pictures and be inspired. You never needed a certificate. Just hopefully you have two legs and two arms, eyes to see the beauty around you, the colours around you. How you experience them, is how you perceive them. Share them with the world around you. Someone will notice...this is the human condition. You can be in relation, without a ring on your finger. Engage yourself to the moments life brings. Embrace the darkness and the light, both have been given to us. Grace from God, He made them both, for His purposes and our benefits. we have ups and downs. we always will. keep going ahead... theres more to life than what it brings...stop killing what was never dead... A story from long ago, talks of a dry path made by parting a sea... to trust and move forward, GO THROUGH the waters, is a true destiny. Don't be afraid of your potential, success and failure have nothing to do with human will, we were never born with either. And if you believe you are one or the other, you don't know the meaning of life. Life is too short to limit oneself to the constrains of the worldview. Keep it safe and respectable, never down someone else, don't over sexualize anything, meaning pervert anything, and listen before speaking. You will learn so much from someone else who has been there, wherever you are in life right now. Inspire others without YOU as the focus, thats not cool. Just be creative and share. Have a wonderful day.

[@ssky]

Thanks for digging this up

[@ZackJMitch]

Thanks so much for publishing these, man - they're vital elaborations on Leonard's work and thought. Irving Layton said Cohen's chief concern was maintaining the Self against a world set on steamrolling over it, and I think this video compliments that nicely. You're doing his fans a great service.

[@alazybastardinasuitalbias7753]

Thank you very much! I myself am having a lot of fun digging through my archives too! All the best!

[@jamieholmes5443]

Very true. I get so happy every time I see clips I have not seen before.

[@sattwa2]

He’s hilarious in this interview!

[@vantrickpaughney3830]

Wow these videos are all such great gems

[@leilagomulka5690]

Fantastic. Deep and wise , prophetic. ♥️

[@fatal6849]

Like he always do. Comme il l'a toujours été.

[@drewbrania]

Amazing interview. Your channel is a real gift, as is this great man. Keep it coming!

[@robertmcintyre4653]

love the lyrics of that song, he's a lazy bastard living in a suit ,rip leonard sadly missed by all thanks for leaving us your great work luv u jacqui xxxxx

[@jshal2012]

Eloquent and wise!!

[@ОлегАшуткин]

For the twenty years I've been a sincere fan of Leonard Cohen. Because of this interview I realised that he is simply literally a saint.

[@robbiepeterh]

And then he went into a monastery for five years...

[@MrBendinho]

he is so sarcastic with the reporter who doesnt seem to notice...

[@djs5089]

Yeah, I know right. Love it. lol

[@johnmclean6237]

He does notice. You can hear him giggle. He just doesn't know how to deal with it.

[@АртГуффович-б1й]

at the core Cohen ia as usual: he's honest

[@brendahicks5984]

LOL.... His humor goes right over the interviewer's head...

[@brendahicks5984]

Lost in translation..."self-involved ., HaHa. Interview er didn't get the sarcasm!

[@jebidiahkorn]

at 3:55 he snaps into a younger Leonard. his fire was lit there, pretty cool to see

[@edmundpower1250]

Love Leonard and his wisdom

[@RamSadeh]

Bravo to sane truth!! My epic Cohen

[@robhappe2705]

Leonard visiting Belgium means there’s still hope for the country.

[@kierondillon4458]

We love you leonard!

[@Eduardo27826]

Leonard the comedian/philosopher. Such a complex dude.

[@kasperm.r.guldberg7354]

If you would be a man speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, speak your latent conviction, and it shall be universal sense; for always the inmost becomes the outmost - and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Mr. Cohen, you rule.

[@richardjamesirvine2872]

A sane voice in a crazy world of political correctness,,,who do we have to listen to now???

[@RamSadeh]

EXACTLY my thoughts when i listened..!!

[@MrVal024]

Just put this interview on loop until the madness' over!

[@Nadiipp]

Powerful powerful powerful

[@Longenecker1776]

Forced Diversity is a bad idea. It has to be organic, not synthetic.

[@JenniferSteel]

Amen.

[@AllaAgabekyan-ll9hf]

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[@mariadasgracascorrea2206]

Lindo

[@nildacustodio7358]

Emoção 😍

[@godsun798]

I LOVE U MAN🎇🙏

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

A clever bastard in a suit . R.I.P.

[@lortigosa]

Hello Albias, thank you for uploading all these videos. I wanted to ask you something. A couple of days ago I realized there are subtitles here in youtube. And also that it's possible to translate them... if you have the permission. So, I'd like to ask you if you could turn on the "community contributions" or whatever is called that option in English, so that I can translate your videos into Spanish. At least I'd like to give it a try with this short and perfect ;) video.

[@alazybastardinasuitalbias7753]

Community contributions are now enabled. Thank you for your help, good luck!

[@lortigosa]

Ok thanks :) Let's see how it works.

[@lortigosa]

Done! It's so funny this one XD

[@andreewert1142]

Great Wisdom; if you

[@chperrone]

holy shit

[@gunnarrundblad6846]

LC teaching the ignorant. Bravo!

[@MrVal024]

Why do you say they're ignorant?

[@gunnarrundblad6846]

It seems to me that he's addressing the Wooke (for whome ignorance is almost a religion!). The interviewer's questions also seem so trivial and lame, in sharp contrast to Cohen's deeply felt and thought through ideas, shining through his playful wit, which lubricates this collision beautifully! This tiny documentation is a gem!

[@maxieduardoapariciom.3181]

There it is, a real Israelite.

[@MegaSassy45]

I have to say after just watching this interview, that I'm a little puzzled by his sarcasm. He was consistently humble and gracious in the the many others I've viewed. At the very beginning, the interviewer seems to have called him by the wrong name, "Mr. Graham?" Did anyone else catch that? It's the only thing I can think of that might have pissed him off, leading to his sarcastic responses. I've always believed Cohen to be a deeply emotionally honest man in his work, but now I don't know whether to believe he means his words.

[@schumachersbatman5094]

They say trust the art, not the artist. We caught Cohen in a rare great mood, so he is having fun in the cheeky way he sometimes does. Lennard was a real person like the rest of us, can't be somber all the time, thank god. I thought it was a great interview. Maybe he spoke with some irony, but if he did, well really, what's it to ya?

[@MegaSassy45]

It means a lot to me. I'm a very latecomer to the feast at this table, so catching up with his life and music, trying to learn and understand who he was. I adore his work.

[@MegaSassy45]

No, not confused. We all have different perceptions of what is sarcastic and what is irreverent fun. I knew the Hallelujah and Suzanne, of course, but practically nothing about his body of work beyond that until just before he died. After cramming for months, I'm awed by the beauty and precision of his words, and I admire him greatly. I'm his fan ;-)

[@RamSadeh]

He was A Jew- In his writings and Views- Like it or lump it- But if you open your heart and hear him- You'll see his truth! He REFUSED to be "politically correct"- The interviewer was lefty and smug- So Cohen touched on "sarcasm"..!!

[@lenahughes7867]

Don't defend Americans, defend humanity, global

[@YG-kk4ey]

Was he being facetious and sarcastic when saying he's not an involved artist and only cares for his own work? I couldn't tell with that smirk

[@sunlion9676]

I had the same thought.

[@MrVal024]

I think he might have been anxious about being self centered throughout his life and work, because of his fame and what others could have said about him. I think deep down he knows he cares about a lot of people's work and lives. (If that makes any sense).

[@ritavrolix8061]

I was there, only 500 when there was room for 5000 :(

[@fatal6849]

Quel dommage !!! Do you remember the name of the town ?

[@ritavrolix8061]

@@fatal6849 it was in Ghent, Belgium

[@fatal6849]

@@ritavrolix8061 Thanks to answer so fast. In France it's Gand but it's a marvellous place which her name is " The Venice from North ". I'd like so much to be there cause there was a place for me. You got a good chance on this play. Thanks again . Have a good day.

[@fatal6849]

@@ritavrolix8061 I forgot to precise : I'm French. May be, you'll better understand the reason it's dificult to read my sentences. Have a good day.

[@ritavrolix8061]

@@fatal6849 I've seen the master 9 times.. and even talk to him in 1989 in Antwerp, got my albums signed and his roadbook from the tour 'Im your man'.. so sorry he left us.. but like he said 'you'l be hearing from me, long after I'm gone' his songs are for eternity!

[@camilokarlsson]

Hahah he was such a contrarian

[@davidbrown7213]

He is playing with this interviewer. He knows that he is missing the point on almost everything.

[@mattrkelly]

lol he looks so depressed

[@t3br00k35]

Fk me. He’d be cancelled today for saying this… Thanks Leonard...

[@Melvorgazh]

Was he groomed by the Tavistock institute?

[@boblotoldo3051]

The deluded comments that believe that Cohen is being sarcastic...

[@soldtobediers]

The Devil laughs when we make plans... THISISSO. The only plan that the devil cannot laugh @ is His✝Just⚖Return🪃.