What Leonard Cohen Did For Me 2/3 (BBC4 Documentary)

[@leemorgan4799]

I don't think his music is depressing, I love it. I actually saw him in concert in the 70s and I still rate it as the best concert I ever attended.

[@reversefulfillment9189]

Ian crushed it, nice job bro.

[@krollpeter]

If I just look at the words then Leonard Cohen must be the better poet. But of I count their music, too, than Bob Dylan is it. I am aware however that's an unfair comparison. I am amazed about Canada producing a high number of real artists in pop culture. Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, KD Lang, Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, just a few from the top of my head. They all lifted pop music to a new level.

[@MrUndersolo]

Peter Kroll A Canadian thanks you for the compliment. Listen to Hayden, Blue Rodeo, Feist, Bob Wiseman, etc. The tradition continues...

[@FirstUsedBooks]

He's a minor poet? Where do you place Dylan (Bob) then? Dylan's novelty was that he made unusual use of a rhyming dictionary. Cohen goes much further. He grew up in Montreal, taught (I think) by another famous Montreal poet named Irving Layton. In the early 1960s there was much academic debate about which was the better poet. So I think Cohen is very much superior to a minor poet, whether you consider his poetry or his songs. And he's more than just a poet even. I'd give him the status of prophet. I'm sure it won't matter too much or to many when the time (which is not far off) comes, but he has seen, and told us about, the future, which is murder.

[@hywelgronwjones5494]

FirstUsedBooks

[@zuletasebastian]

This documentary is shit

[@gloriamaryhaywood2217]

MINOR Poet. WHAT a freaking Huge-Ass INSULT!!!!

[@sroycze9284]

cohen, i would rate him much better than Dylan. But still, as poets go, they arent that high in that list, but their popularity is due to their presence in the pop culture.Obviously i am not saying he is not a good poet, he obviously is.But leonards poetry is greatly enhanced by his music.

[@ferguspuskas]

I gotta tell you Nick - the LAST thing I'd do when hearing leonard cohen is smile!

[@colin6372]

I laugh out loud at times, he's so funnny.

[@gavinreid8351]

But the album Im Your Man is really funny

[@petercorbett3794]

It’s not ‘tea and oranges from China’, it’s ‘all the way from China’! It’s like Dennis Bergkamp adding a touch to make sure you get it!

[@annadonnarumma845]

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[@mariabarnard4484]

Not accomplished as a performer - what a load of rot. I have noticed when people try to do covers of Leonard Cohen they don't generally stack up half as well. The more I listen to him the greater singer I find him to be.

[@sspbrazil]

Maria Barnard, I disagree, the covers are always better, Cohen's voice was never very good.

[@aratrickbhadra1684]

You are absolutely correct. His voice, the baritone had a unique texture, that made them live. It was more about the soul of the songs than the musical melody. And of course Cohen was a great singer.

[@o.p.4400]

@@aratrickbhadra1684 I don't think he was a baritone.. I think he was a Bass. I am a baritone and my voice isn't as deep as his voice.

[@acandycoloredclown7005]

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[@eruseron]

critics should stuff the razor blades in their mouth before talking...

[@PeterChoyce]

Somebody should really teach Ian McCollough how to speak English

[@sspbrazil]

He's from Liverpool, that's how they talk.

[@gavinreid8351]

Go take a selfie!

[@vicsillnorth7970]

And somebody should teach you how to spell McCulloch.

[@adedavies572]

Get fucked divvy,,,,,, is that English enough for yer?

[@neilmetcalfe8406]

The most dreadful music ever

[@gavinreid8351]

Go take a selfie!

[@terri-b7492]

Get a life you shit

[@pianobanter]

Doleful, droll, deadpan maybe... But i don't feel any dread, infact a lot of his work is actually seriously funny. I guess I'm enlightened enough to know ignorance isn't really blissful.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

Who do you like then?