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21.June.2012

A Leonard Cohen Minute: How Leonard Cohen Charms Women...Lesson 1

A Leonard Cohen Minute: How Leonard Cohen Charms Women...Lesson 1
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Jon Pareles of The New York Times tells this story about his lunch with Leonard Cohen:

“I’ve been working on this lyric for about a year now,” he says. “I wanted it to have the feel of an old folk song.” In the measured, sonorous bass that has drawn loyal listeners since the 1960’s, he intones:
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20.June.2012

leonardcohenminute: Leonard Cohen performing “Joan of Arc” during the 1992/1993 tour with Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla. Video uploaded by rberezin1. Other performances of “Joan of Arc” can be found on the Speaking Cohen channel.

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Leonard Cohen performing “Joan of Arc” during the 1992/1993 tour with Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla. Video uploaded by rberezin1.

Other performances of “Joan of Arc” can be found on the Speaking Cohen channel.
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20.June.2012

A Leonard Cohen Minute: Manifesting the Experience According to Leonard Cohen

A Leonard Cohen Minute: Manifesting the Experience According to Leonard Cohen

Beetle: How much of your music is imagination and how much of it is taken from real life situations?

Cohen: “I’d say it’s all from real situations. The experience is real but one tries to treat the experience imaginatively.”

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Beetle: Do you try to express more than one emotion in a song?
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