Sex & Shenanigans

[Lord Pmann]

By the by, the verse I quoted was on Cohen's original recording, it just doesn't make it on most of the cover versions. When Bob Dylan asked Leonard for his version, Cohen faxed a hundred verses. He never considered it finished.

I always heard something like 17 verses. I had no idea it was that many. Leonard Cohen was a brilliant writer. I can’t listen to a damned song of his though.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Like the CSI body farm????

I can't see the video, evidently I'm a minor?? Idk?

That is what the CSI version was based on. I have never (nor want to) go to the one in Tennessee, but I know people who have done research there.

 

[UnquietDreams]

I always heard something like 17 verses. I had no idea it was that many. Leonard Cohen was a brilliant writer. I can’t listen to a damned song of his though.

As I put it in the Music Challenge thread the other day, his voice is very human, but not dulcet. I enjoy his voice, but it isn't everyone's cuppa.

 

[__Nathan1968]

Like the CSI body farm????

I can't see the video, evidently I'm a minor?? Idk?

That’s basically what it is

 

[vagrantx]

his voice is very human

I mean... is it though? is iiiiit? There's like a handful of people who sound like him. Tom Waits. Movie Trailer Guy. Who else?

 

[GSDom]

I always heard something like 17 verses. I had no idea it was that many. Leonard Cohen was a brilliant writer. I can’t listen to a damned song of his though.

It’s a long song. I sat through a performance where the singer just kept going. The crowd looked so confused and thought the guy was on a mushroom trip.

But each verse was incredible. So there’s that too.

 

[vagrantx]

It’s a long song. I sat through a performance where the singer just kept going. The crowd looked so confused and thought the guy was on a mushroom trip.

But each verse was incredible. So there’s that too.

99 verses of 'llujah were sung,
99 verses of 'jah!

 

[GSDom]

99 verses of 'llujah were sung,
99 verses of 'jah!

Hahahaha!! Yes!

 

[GSDom]

99 verses of 'llujah were sung,
99 verses of 'jah!

It’s my favorite song to cover though. I posted one version on my own thread last week.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Traditions around our ending are fascinatingly different. With Jews we have the funeral and burial within 72 hours and then we gather with friends and family through story telling and food (always food). I can see the cathartic approach to both.

My families are primarily Irish (with a large dose of Arapaho), and a wake is similar. A celebration of life, with music and food and booze and stories after stories. A person is never gone as long as they are still spoken of.

 

[vagrantx]

It’s my favorite song to cover though. I posted one version on my own thread last week.

Found the thread! Here comes a deep dive... I have a few attempts at singing up in the Sing A Song thread, but, people who can actually sing is such a rare treat you've a lovely voice!

 

[GSDom]

Found the thread! Here comes a deep dive... I have a few attempts at singing up in the Sing A Song thread, but, people who can actually sing is such a rare treat you've a lovely voice!

I saved you some time. And thank you!

 

[Lord Pmann]

I mean... is it though? is iiiiit? There's like a handful of people who sound like him. Tom Waits. Movie Trailer Guy. Who else?

A very sick human. He sounds like me after I have a sore throat.

 

[GSDom]

A very sick human. He sounds like me after I have a sore throat.

Or 5 packs of Marlboros?

 

[Bry1313]

A very sick human. He sounds like me after I have a sore throat.

Are you talking about young Leonard Cohen or old Leonard Cohen. It’s like two different people.

 

[vagrantx]

It’s my favorite song to cover though. I posted one version on my own thread last week.

I saved you some time. And thank you!

Although I'm slightly miffed that your favorite song to cover is Hallelujah and not 99 Bottles of Beer.

 

[GSDom]

Although I'm slightly miffed that your favorite song to cover is Hallelujah and not 99 Bottles of Beer.

I’ll have to sing it opera style, just for you.

 

[vagrantx]

I’ll have to sing it opera style, just for you.

I. Would. Love. That


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I'm off to bed folks.
Good night!
https://media1.tenor.com/m/SsK8Z3td5uYAAAAd/see-ya-bye.gif

 

[dawn_of_night]

That’s basically what it is

That's freaking cool, like.... I wouldn't ever want to be there. I just think it's cool that's what you've acknowledged

 

[UnquietDreams]

I mean... is it though? is iiiiit? There's like a handful of people who sound like him. Tom Waits. Movie Trailer Guy. Who else?

His voice isn't anywhere as unique as Waits. Cohen is a bass who just isn't great at staying in tune. Not much more human than that.

 

[dawn_of_night]

That is what the CSI version was based on. I have never (nor want to) go to the one in Tennessee, but I know people who have done research there.

Same, I wouldn't visit, but I remember the episode, and was fascinated....
Kinda like the x-ray porn...

On a side note, I've told my part we I want to become glass.... So it's my understanding that's cremation first and then a roll and blow process

 

[UnquietDreams]

I always heard something like 17 verses. I had no idea it was that many. Leonard Cohen was a brilliant writer. I can’t listen to a damned song of his though.

I looked it up, Cohen originally had at least 80 verses that he cut down to 16 for his original version. Buckley's cover may be about an orgasm, but the original was more complex.

 

[LupineOne]

What kind of tree would you like to be?

A sugar maple. A hardwood tree, gorgeous in the fall, and in the spring, if you know how, I’ll be able to give you sap to make maple syrup for the rest of your life.

 

[BrendaBear]

… and then a roll and blow …

You make that sound fun.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Are you talking about young Leonard Cohen or old Leonard Cohen. It’s like two different people.

Whatever Leonard Cohen sang Hallelujah. That one.