I find this album a difficult listen,it's like listening to the last words of a close friend ,the life and vitality is ebbing away and I don't want to let go of his hand.Your video has helped and I will listen with new ears to this album by my favourite artist of all time.thanks.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree with you, this album is a tough listen... But somehow, I feel like both its tone and its message are much more collected and inspiring than "You Want It Darker". To this day, I still struggle listening to that album but I am much better with "Thanks for the Dance". I like to imagine the Cohen singing in this record is a happy and fulfilled Cohen, one that has come to grips with life and its many mysteries and concluded that he's proud of the way he lived and what he left behind. I am very happy I have inspired you to give this beautiful album another chance though, it means a lot. Thanks for watching! 💙

@hookywookywithmalarkyman704

3 жыл бұрын

I met him back around 1973 after his concert Southport UK he was all alone boarding his tour bus .. i was alone too and i i had a bottle of wine & paper cups .. he thanked me so humbly .. i could not believe this happened.

Totally enthralled and very good ending of a Performer a writer a poet who I so much have adored.🙏🏻😇👍

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

A great poet and performer indeed 🎙️. Thanks for watching! 💙

In spite of me having a different reading of the piece than you, I enjoy your video very much! I've always seen the poem in a slightly more optimistic light. To me it talks about Cohen at the end of his days reflecting on his life now that he is so debilitated. Cohen had lived a life full rises and falls, of chasing fame, fortune and other such worldly delights. But only when he was forced to stop by his looming mortality did he finally found what he was looking for, his goal for lack of better terms. By finally admitting defeat, finally accepting his mortality, nature (the rain, the snow), and the divine, Cohen had finally found contentment and unity with the world, from the leaves to the chrome. The final lines to me conveyed his happiness but also a tinge of regret. If only he had known earlier that contentment and unity with the divine can be achieved simply by slowing down and living in the moment. To quote another one of his poems, Cohen had finally, although a bit late, listened to the hummingbird. But then again, I think both of us can agree that Cohen was always preaching a sense of accepting life and all that it encompasses, the beautiful but also the ugly.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for the comment and taking the time to leave your thoughts! 💙🙌 I can see how the interpretation can go both ways, which is part of the reason why I love this poem so much. I don't think it would be this powerful if it weren't for how ambiguous it is. There's just something about how melancholic it is, that's always stuck with me, though. I see a defeated Cohen, tired of finding an excuse to keep pushing and instead giving into his ultimate goal: death. As if it's his only way to achieve peace. Although I do recognise it is a very morbid reading 😅. But ultimately, I think your interpretation is very interesting! A happy and satisfied Cohen saying goodbye definitely sounds more cheerful and it's how I like to imagine he left us... I'm just glad he left these words behind for us to remember him :). Thanks again for sharing! 💙

@dams7744

2 жыл бұрын

I have an optimistic reading of this poem also, especially if we consider the other songs of his 2 last albums. At the end of his life, he took the time to look behind him, and he seems in real harmony with his failures and success, with his "wandering" and "going forward" actions. He seems like he has found a lot of answers (all of them?) about his life. But he doesn't have a trace of bitterness because he has understood that life is short and everyone needs to be very humble because of this. Like he says in "the hills" : he's "not allowed a trace of regret", because he has planted seeds in a lot of souls and his poetry and music will live through the ages long after he's gone. I think his last two albums seem pretty sad to a lot of people because we are losing both a wonderful artist and a humble man. But Leonard Cohen invites us to look further than his aging and his death so we can be inspired by his art and his life in our personnal experiencies.

@philipopruesse4259

2 жыл бұрын

@@dams7744 thanks. All good points.

@deborahriley7355

2 жыл бұрын

He makes it clear in his latter songs that it's Jesus

@philipopruesse4259

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborahriley7355 for me, the older Cohen became, the better his poetry and music became.

Subbed, thank you, I was intrigued with blue rain coat for a long time, that was the one that won my heart and L.Cohen as cantauthor...It is very much interesting how we can pick up the meaning by the vibe itself is the artist wanted so....wow...thank You

Greetings from Durban South Africa. Thank you for your insights into one of the greatest artist and poet that ever existed. Leonard Cohen moves my soul! You have a new sub.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the support 💙💙💙

Great video man! I hope you can more videos about Leonard cohen

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support, bro! 💙💪 I would love to make more videos on Cohen's other works! 🔜

Interesting to see your takes on this, lots of fresh points of view. Thanks for sharing

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed 💙

You'll meet many just like me Upon life's busy street With shoulders stooped and heads bowed low And eyes that stare in defeat Or souls that live within the past Where sorrow plays all parts For a living death is all that's left For men with broken hearts

Cohen created koans. He was a dedicated Zen practitioner as well as a musician and a poet. He was practiced in Shamatha, emptiness and letting go.

Brilliant video.Leonard must be proud of you.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! 💙 I really hope I did him some justice, looking forward to analyzing more of his work...

Thank you🖤

@brainlights5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed 💙

Great man! can you do ,,puppets,, by L.C.it is on the same album

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💙 That's a great suggestion, that's another of the many songs I would like to talk about in future videos :)

cohen was always aware of the invincible defeat. How one accept the sense of defeat at the end, however successful or meagre you are. first verse of thousand kisses deep.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, Cohen's relationship with death was very interesting throughout his whole career. I didn't make this specific link when I made the video, but it's another great example of it! Thank you for watching and leaving your thoughts! 💙

@guitargigs

3 жыл бұрын

@@brainlights5975 Cohen had once said in an interview that when something comes out of the heart it can have varied implications and meanings for the people who read it, and that is the beauty of creation. it is really good that some people like you are interested in this topics, reflecting on it and talking about it. indeed becoming rare in this fast paced world. Keep doing it for the world needs more people like you.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words, I will 💙

death is a part of life. death is not any sensitive subject.

It's not about suicide it's about old age,..and the defeat that we are not in control of our destiny as he arrives at the inevitable DESTINATION/ the goal/the end.He is not suicidal just reflecting on the meaning of life in a material world. Cohen is a Christian, he is devaluing the material world and the fall/ refers to the original sin/and to old age/ He is looking back over life and realises as did Solomon in Ecclesiastes...that life is vapor.

@brainlights5975

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! I think I explained this in the video but I just called it acceptance, he knew the time had come and he was ready to embrace it. I don't think this mentality classifies as suicidal (at least I wouldn't call it that). Sorry if I didn't g t my point across as well as I could have. But anyways, thanks for watching! 💙

@questioneverything8876

2 жыл бұрын

@@brainlights5975 I really enjoyed your interpretation and appreciate your insight. Your a deep soul.

@brainlights5975

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 💙

@philipopruesse4259

2 жыл бұрын

From his songs, it appeared to me that LC was a Christian, but insofar as he was born into a Jewish family, it was not completely clear. Thanks for confirming this.

@Jane-xt4lu

2 жыл бұрын

Cohen was raised Jewish, he found meaning in the symbolism of Christianity, he also ordained as a Zen Buddhist monk. He was a spiritual seeker and I believe many of his songs reflect that.

Paid in full is what Yahshua did for Him. The fall: is also Adam's original sin Leonard Cohen returned to God. The whole album You Want It Darker is about the real meaning, or lack thereof, depending on your faith in YHVH or lack there of...

@philipopruesse4259

2 жыл бұрын

Cohen found meaning of life in the midst of defeat. Accepting his fatality freed him from the burden of trying to justify his own existence.

@deborahriley7355

2 жыл бұрын

There is no meaning without knowing the Creator and being in relationship with Him. Our sin separates us from the Holy One. God must judge sin. But He put all the judgment on His Son, Jesus. He paid the penalty that we deserved. Read Isaiah 53. Read John 3 We need to acknowledge that we've sinned and to turn from sin and put our trust in Him: surrender our lives to His Lordship.

@philipopruesse4259

2 жыл бұрын

Amen. Selah. Blessed be His Name.

The biblical fall?

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, that's a really interesting interpretation! I guess he could be referring to the Original Sin and the Fall of Man, when he says that it "began long ago". It would make sense to follow that up with the rain and the snow, as it contrasts with the Christian image of paradise. Really cool suggestion, I would've never made that link 😅

I'm leaving the table.............I'm out of the game.....THX

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 💙

Bobdylan 2018 nobel price maybe lenord cohen happy in the heaven .

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I like Cohen and his music, there is no denying that they both deserved the Nobel Prize. These two men consistently put out some of the best and most influential songs (at least lyrically) in recent memory. I am happy for Dylan and I'm sure Cohen felt the same. Regardless of the awards they won while they were here, they will both go on to be remembered as some of the best songwriters of all time.

@rightleftmiddle4776

3 жыл бұрын

@@brainlights5975 thank you i agree your argue . From south korea.

@brainlights5975

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for leaving your thoughts :). Hope you enjoyed 💙

i find it quite annoying when people make intepretations of leonard Cohen.Listen to him and draw your own conclusions.This is almost as annoying as listening to donkey's telling you what god is.