Tour Reviews and Other Memories from
LEONARD COHEN WORLD TOUR Fall 2008
Bucharest, Rumania
Set List - September 21, 2008
First Set
Dance Me To The End Of Love
The Future
Ain't No Cure For Love
Bird On The Wire
Everybody Knows
In My Secret Life
Who By Fire
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Anthem
Second Set
Tower Of Song
Suzanne
Gypsy Wife
The Partisan
Hallelujah
Democracy
I'm Your Man
Take This Waltz
Encores
So Long, Marianne
First We Take Manhattan
Sisters Of Mercy
If It Be Your Will
Closing Time
Famous Blue Raincoat
I Tried to Leave You
Whither Thou Goest
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Everybody knows Cohen: Cronica despre un public fericit
HotNews
- September 21, 2008 by Bety Blagu (Foto: Bety Blagu / HotNews.ro)
Duminica seara, in Bucuresti, zece mii de oameni au petrecut peste trei ore pe un stadion fara sa fluiere, fara sa injure si fara sa arunce cu scaune. Leonard Cohen a reusit sa imblanzeasca publicul desi nu a avut artificii sau jocuri de lumini, nu a cersit aplauze, nu a schimbat nenumarate costume "de designer" si nici nu a uitat ca se afla la Bucuresti. A multumit de fiecare data cand i s-a strigat "La multi ani" si si-a scos de nenumarate ori palaria, la propriu, atat in fata publicului, cat si a colegilor sai de pe scena.
Concertul a inceput cu aproape o jumatate de ora intarziere, dar nu pentru ca artistul nu ajunsese la stadion, ci pentru ca publicul inca statea la cozile de la cele trei intrari. In timpul asta, Leonard Cohen se bucura deja de prima felie de tort aniversar. A ajuns pentru prima data in viata la Bucuresti tocmai in ziua in care a implinit 74 ani. Varsta care nu l-a impiedicat sa mearga topaind spre culise la fiecare pauza.
A aparut pe scena fara semnale sonore, fara jerbe de artificii, fara vreo prezentare pompoasa. A facut o plecaciune cu palaria la piept si, din acel moment, totul a fost magic.
Melodie dupa melodie, vocea, prestanta si modestia lui Cohen au reusit sa ridice tot mai multe cupluri la dans. A zambit, a glumit curtenitor cu cele doua surori Webb (Charley si Hattie) care i-au fost backing vocals. A prezentat pe fiecare dintre cei care-l insoteau pe scena, de fiecare data cand acesta avea o partitura care-l scotea in evidenta.
A spus simplu "Thank you" de fiecare data cand cineva din public i-a strigat "Happy birthday". Din pacate, insa, cele trei incercari de unire a intregului stadion intr-o cantare aniversara au esuat.
Asa cum a esuat si incercarea organizatorilor de a mentine grupurile initiale de spectatori. Dupa nicio jumatatea de ora, publicul din zona gazonului, care platise 79 de lei pe bilet, statea in acelasi rand cu cel de la Tribuna 1 sau din zona Premium, unde accesul fusese si de trei ori mai scump.
Finalul melodiei "Take This Waltz" a adus si ploaia anuntata cu persistenta de meteorologi in cursul saptamanii trecute. Cateva sute de spectatori din zonele neacoperite au navalit spre iesiri, fara sa le pese ca pe scena era un artist care le spunea "vom canta in continuare, daca voi ne vreti".
Marea majoritate a publicului a ramas, insa, precipitatiile nereusind, parese, decat sa o energizeze.
In picioare, acoperiti cu pelerine, haine de fis si chiar umbrele (desi regulile organizatorilor precizau ca e interzisa introducerea acestora in interiorul stadionului), spectatorii au cantat, au aplaudat si au tropait mai abitir ca in prima parte.
La finalul celui de-al treile bis, Cohen s-a autodefinit ca "un om care inca mai munceste pentru a va face sa zambiti" si a multumit celor prezenti pentru ca "ati tinut muzica mea in viata".
A primit pe scena doua torturi, a suflat in lumari, si-a mai scos o data, zambind, palaria, a spus "God bless you" si a iesit de pe scena. Trecusera deja trei ore in care un artist de 74 de ani, care n-a mai fost in turneu din 1993, a cantat live.
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Everybody knows Cohen: Chronicle of a public happy
HotNews
- September 21, 2008 by Bety Blagu (Foto: Bety Blagu / HotNews.ro)
Sunday evening, in Bucharest, ten thousand people have spent over three hours on a stadium without fluiere without cursing and without throwing chairs. Leonard Cohen managed to imblanzeasca although the public had no fireworks or games of lights, not a begging hand, has not changed countless suits "designer" and never forgot that was in Bucharest. A happy every time I was yelling "Happy Birthday" and out of the hat countless times, to own, in front of the public, and to his colleagues on stage.
The concert began with almost a half hour late, but not because the artist is not reached at the stadium, but that the public still sitting in queues at the three entrances. In that time, Leonard Cohen is already enjoying the first slice of birthday cake. He arrived for the first time in my life in Bucharest just the day which has reached 74 years. Age not hindered in its work backstage to bounce every break.
He appeared on stage without a sound, without the sheaf of fireworks without a pompous presentation. He made a bow with the hat on his chest and, from that moment on, everything was magic.
Song after song, voice, service providers and modesty of Cohen managed to raise more and more couples to dance. He smiled, laughing a courteous with the two sisters Webb (Charley and Hattie) who have been backing vocals. He presented each of those who accompany him on stage, every time they have a partitura which it was based on evidence.
He said simply "Thank you" every time someone in the public shouted "Happy birthday". Unfortunately, however, the three tests of the unification of the entire stadium in a cantare Anniversary failed.
As the attempt failed and the organizers to maintain the initial group of spectators. After half an hour any public area gazonului, which pay 79 lei per ticket, was sitting in the same row with the Tribune from 1 or Premium area, where access and was three times more expensive.
End of the song "Take This Waltz" brought rain and announced the persistence of Meteorology in the past week. Several hundred spectators in areas not covered navalit have to go without the care that the scene was an artist who they said "we will continue to play, if you want us".
The vast majority of the public remained, but the rainfall failed, it seems, than to energize.
In feet, covered with Pelerini, clothes and even umbrellas file (although the rules of the organizers mentioned that their introduction is forbidden inside the stadium), spectators have played, they applauded and plod May abitir in the first half.
At the end of the third encore, Cohen was autodefinit as "a man who still works for a will to Smile" and thanked those present for that "you have kept my music alive."
He received on torturi second stage, blew lumari in, and has brought a date, Zambia, hat, said "God Bless you" and walked out on stage. Already passed three hours in which an artist of 74 years, which has been on tour since 1993, played live.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Concertul lui Leonard Cohen - între sublimul muzicii si neglijenta organizarii
MediaFax
- September 22, 2008 by Cristina Mazilu (Imagine: Mediafax Foto / AFP)
Leonard Cohen nu are fani, are adoratori. Cohen este primit cu ovatii înca de când paseste pe scena. Un trubadur al angoaselor, cu o voce parca scaldata în licori tari si hârsâita în fumul a mii de tigari, Cohen a fermecat, duminica seara, publicul de la Bucuresti.
Impozant si în acelasi timp umil, Leonard Cohen a dominat scena. A vindecat suflete cu vocea lui, a chinuit inimi cu versurile sfredelitoare. Îmbracat într-un costum de culoare închisa, cu o palarie trasa peste ochi, pe care si-a dat-o jos cu modestie de fiecare data când primea înca un rând de aplauze, el a aruncat spectatorilor jumatati de zâmbete, stergând nemultumirea miilor de oameni care, veniti la concertul pe care artistul l-a sustinut pe stadionul "Arcul de Triumf" din Capitala, s-au lovit de neglijenta organizatorilor, compania Events.
La ora 19.10, atunci când show-ul a început, câteva mii de spectatori înca mai asteptau la intrare, formând cozi de sute de metri în jurul stadionului, ascultând astfel de dupa gardul terenului piese emblematice ale artistului. Cele doua cai de acces (nepunând-o la socoteala pe cea destinata detinatorilor de bilete VIP) s-au dovedit insuficiente pentru cei aproximativ 10.000 de spectatori care au vrut sa asiste la concertul muzicianului-poet. Astfel, faptul ca spectacolul a început la timp nu a mai fost apreciat de nimeni, în conditiile în care primele câteva piese au însemnat o forfota continua pentru cei care intrau pe stadion, cautându-si locurile. Nici sistemul de plata prin jetoane adoptat de organizatorii evenimentului nu le-a fost de ajutor spectatorilor, acestia având de asteptat la alte cozi. Astfel, unul dintre concertele de neratat de anul acesta a lasat un gust amar celor mai multi.
Cei care au reusit, însa, sa-si ocupe locurile din timp, l-au putut vedea pe Cohen intrând în scena alaturi de trupa sa de muzicieni si dând drumul spectacolului cu piesa "Dance Me To The End Of Love" (1984) si continuând apoi cu "The Future" (1992) si "Ain't No Cure For Love" (1988). "Va multumesc prieteni, e o mare onoare sa cânt pentru voi în aceasta seara", a declarat artistul, care chiar pe scena de la Bucuresti a sarbatorit împlinirea a 74 de ani.
Nu a lipsit din concert nici hitul sau mai recent, "In My Secret Life" (2001), si, dupa o pauza de circa 15 minute, Cohen a reluat show-ul cu o noua serie de piese, printre care si "Suzanne" (1967), "The Gypsy's Wife" (1979), "I'm Your Man" (1988) si "Take This Waltz", înainte de a se retrage de pe scena si - evident - de a fi rechemat de catre public. În final, el a oferit un bis generos, cu trei reveniri în scena, punctate de aplauze rasunatoare, dar si de cântece de "La multi ani" îngânate în cor de catre cei din public. Chiar daca pe final publicul a avut de înfruntat o ploaie marunta si deasa, cei mai multi au ramas neclintiti în fata scenei. "Prieteni, nu stati în ploaie, sa nu raciti. Dumnezeu sa va binecuvânteze", au fost ultimele cuvinte cu care artistul si-a alintat publicul, înainte de a se retrage în culise.
Cohen a cântat la chitara, dar si la orga. Cu degetele sale albe, osoase, fragile tinea strâns microfonul cu care a vrajit publicul timp de peste doua ore si jumatate. În acest timp, a trecut în revista toate etapele carierei sale de peste 40 de ani - poetul seducator, profetul politic, calugarul nebun -, toate reprezentate perfect cu piese alese pe sprânceana.
De asemenea, si din punct de vedere scenografic show-ul a fost prezentat cu mult bun gust - lumini discrete au luminat fundalul scenei, realizat dintr-o pânza alba, ce în bataia vântului parea un voal fin. Totodata, în afara problemelor de la începutul spectacolului, publicul s-a comportat aproape impecabil, ascultând în liniste muzica si izbucnind doar în aplauze
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The concert of Leonard Cohen - AŽntre sublime music and negligence organization
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- September 22, 2008 by Cristina Mazilu (Imagine: Mediafax Foto / AFP)
Leonard Cohen has no fans, are worshipers. Cohen is received with cheers since walks on stage. A troubadour of angoaselor, with a voice like bathing in licor countries and scratch in smoke thousands of cigarettes , Cohen has charmed, Sunday evening, the public in Bucharest.
Taxes and humble at the same time, Leonard Cohen has dominated the scene. A healed souls with his voice, a tormented hearts with lyrics boring. Dressed in a dark suit with a hat held over the eyes, which gave Sia a modestly down every time when receiving yet another round of applause, he threw half the audience smiles, deleting dissatisfaction thousands of people who come in which the artist concert held at the stadium "Arch of Triumph" in the capital were hit by negligence organizers, the company Events.
At 19.10, when the show started, several thousand spectators still waiting at the entrance, forming queues hundreds of meters around the Stadium, listening to such songs as emblematic fence land the artist. The two ways of access (nor a count that for VIP ticket holders) have proven insufficient for the approximately 10,000 spectators who wanted to attend the concert muzicianului-poet. Thus, the fact that the show started on time was not appreciated by anyone, when the first few tracks have meant a fuss continues for those who entered the stadium, c utându and places. No system of payment jetoane adopted by organizers of the event was not helpful spectators, they have expected other tails. Thus, one of the concerts neratat this year left a bitter taste of the many.
Those who have managed, however, and occupy places in time, he could see Cohen entering the stage alongside the band musicians, and giving up the show with the song "Dance Me to the End of Love" (1984) and then continuing with "The Future" (1992) and "Ain't No Cure For Love "(1988). "Thank you friends, it's a great honor to play for you tonight," said the artist, who even on the stage of the Bucharest rbatorit end of 74 years.
Has not missed any of the concert hitul his latest, "In My Secret Life" (2001), and, after a break of about 15 minutes, Cohen echoed show with a new set of tracks, such as "Suzanne" (1967), "The Gypsy's Wife" (1979), "I'm Your Man" (1988) and " Take This Waltz, "before it withdraws from the scene and - obviously - to be called by the public. Finally, he offered a generous, three-staged comebacks, emphasized by resounding applause, but also songs of "Happy Birthday" hum the chorus of those in the audience. Even if the final public had faced a drizzle and deasa, most have remained immovable before the scene. "Friends do not sit in the rain, not cold. God bless you," were the last words with which the artist Target spoiled the public, before it withdraws behind the scenes.
Cohen played guitar, and the organ. With his white fingers, bone fragile cling to the microphone keeping the audience spellbound for over two and a half hours. In the meantime, he reviewed all stages of his career over 40 years - winning poet, political prophet, mad monk - all perfectly represented by the chosen pieces eyebrow.
Also from the scenographic show has been presented with much good taste - discrete lights were lit background scene, made from a white cloth, which in Yo wind seemed to cut a fine veil. Meanwhile, outside the issues at the top of the show, the audience was almost behaved impeccably, quietly listening to music and just burst into applause
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Leonard Cohen a concertat pentru prima data în România
Muzica si poezie pe Stadionul Arcul de Triumf din Bucuresti duminica seara! Leonard Cohen, unul dintre cei mai originali si controversati muzicieni din ultima vreme a concertat pentru prima data în România.
Omul care a influentat cultura pop, a venit la Bucuresti în cadrul unui turneu mondial, dupa 15 ani de pauza.
Scriitor mai întâi, compozitor si muzician desavârsit, Cohen a inspirat timp de 40 de ani numerosi artisti.
Duminica, în ziua concertului, muzicianul a împlinit 74 de ani. Evenimentul a început la ora 19:00, dar accesul pe stadion s-a facut înca de la ora 17:30.
Spectatorii au fost rugati sa nu fumeze pe stadion, la cererea speciala a artistului canadian.
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Leonard Cohen performed for the first time AŽn Rome ? Romania
Music and poetry on the Arch of Triumph Stadium in Bucharest on Sunday evening! Leonard Cohen, one of the most original and controversial musicians of recent times performed for the first time AŽn Rome ? Romania.
The man who has influenced pop culture, came to Bucharest AŽn part of a world tour after 15 years of break.
May AŽntA ? writer, and composer and musician desavA ? rsit, Cohen has inspired for 40 years many artists.
Sunday, AŽn day of the concert, a musician AŽmplinit 74 years. The event AŽnceput at 19:00, but access to the stadium was made by AŽnca at 17:30.
Spectators were asked to not smoke in the stadium, at the request of a special Canadian artist.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Jos palaria, Leonard Cohen
Adevarul
- September 22, 2008 by Sanziana Boaru
Cei 10.000 de spectatori i-au urat „La multi ani!"
Cohen a multumit publicului coborându-si palaria în fata spectatorilor dupa fiecare piesa interpretata.
Cântaretul a deschis concertul la 19 si un sfert, cu una dintre cele mai îndragite piese ale sale, „Dance Me To The End of Love", în aplauzele furtunoase ale publicului. Aplauzele au continuat si la urmatoarele piese, „The Future", „There Ain’t No Cure For Love" si „Like a Bird On a Wire", la care publicul a reactionat cel mai entuziast.
Cântaretul, care a intrat pe scena alergând, nu parea a fi obosit la cei 74 de ani împliniti ieri. El a cântat acompaniat de trupa sa, îmbracata în aceeasi „uniforma": camasa neagra, pantaloni negri si palarie pe cap. Un public linistit si civilizat s-a strâns pe stadionul Arcul de Triumf pentru a-l asculta pe melancolicul cântaret, de ziua lui, majoritatea celor 10.000 de oameni fiind îmbracata la costum sau în rochie de seara si cu pantofi cu toc. Desi vârsta predominanta a spectatorului era de 30 – 40 de ani, pe stadion se aflau si nenumarati tineri, dar si persoane mai apropiate de vârsta cântaretului.
Vedete fane Cohen
Printre vedetele prezente la concertul legendei muzicale s-au numarat Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea, Adrian Cioroianu, Marius Tuca, Ducu Bertzi, Ioan T. Morar si actrita Oana Pellea, care este fana a cântaretului de mai multi ani. „Ascult Leonard Cohen de când m-am îndragostit a doua oara.
Mi-ar placea sa-i cântam cu totii la multi ani în aceasta seara", a declarat Pellea pentru „Adevarul". Maria (50 de ani) si Petra (18 ani), fiica Mariei, au venit sa vada concertul împreuna. „Astazi e si ziua mea, nu numai a lui Cohen. L-am gasit întâmplator pe YouTube, iar muzica lui m-a consolat într-un moment extrem de dificil pentru mine", a povestit Maria, care asculta Leonard Cohen de un an.
Majoritatea celor din public au respectat dorinta interpretului de a nu fuma, dar câtiva s-au ascuns dupa tribune pentru câteva fumuri furate.
Ascult Leonard Cohen de când m-am îndragostit a doua oara. Mi-ar placea sa-i cântam cu totii la multi ani în aceasta seara.
Oana Pellea, actrita
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Down Pa La Ria, Leonard Cohen
Adevarul
- September 22, 2008 by Sanziana Boaru
The 10,000 spectators him out "Happy birthday!"
Cohen thanked the public coborându and hat in front of spectators after each piece interpreted.
Singer opened the concert on 19 and fourth, with one of the most îndragite parts of its "Dance Me To The End of Love" in the stormy applauses public. applauses and continued the following pieces, "The Future", "There Ain't No Cure For Love" and "Like a Bird On a Wire", to which the public reacted most enthusiastic.
Singer, who entered the stage running, does not seem to be tired in those 74 years yesterday. He sang accompanied by the band, dressed in the same "uniform: black shirt, black pants and the hat on his head. A public quiet and civilized close to the stadium Arch of Triumph to listen to melancolicul singer, the his birthday, most of the 10,000 people being dressed in a suit or evening dress shoes and the heel. Although the predominant age of the spectators was 30 - 40 years, the stadium and there were countless young people, but people close to the age singer.
Fane stars Cohen
Among the stars attending the concert music legend were counted Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea, Adrian Cioroianu, Marius Tuca, Ducu Bertzi, Ioan T. Morar and actress Oana Pella, which is fana a singer for many years. "Listen Leonard Cohen when I love a second time.
I would like to sing and all the many years this evening, "said Pellea for" Adev number. " Maria (50) and Petra (18), daughter Mary, came to see the concert together. "Today is my birthday, not only of Cohen. I accidentally found on YouTube and his music to console me in a very difficult moment for me, "she told Maria, who listens to Leonard Cohen for a year.
Most of the public have respected the desire of the performer not to smoke, but some were hidden by galleries for a few Fumuri stolen.
Listen to Leonard Cohen when I love a second time. I would like to sing and all the many years this evening.
Oana Pella, actress
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Artistul Leonard Cohen si-a sarbatorit ziua de nastere, la Bucuresti, in fata a peste 10.000 de fani
Leonard Cohen, unul dintre cei mai importanti si influenti cantareti si compozitori din ultimii 40 de ani, a concertat duminica seara, in premiera, pe stadionul Arcul de Triumf din Bucuresti, in fata a circa 10.000 de oameni, in cadrul unui turneu mondial, in ziua in care implinea 74 de ani.
Cele mai cunoscute hiturile ale artistului, "In My Secret Life", "I'm Your Man", "Closing Time", "Everybody Knows", "So Long, Marianne", "Hallelujah" sau "First We Take Manhattan" au rasunat pentru prima oara live si la Bucuresti.
Cohen a intrat pe scena la aproximativ zece minute dupa ora oficiala de incepere a spectacolului, 19.00, cand in afara stadionului fanii inca asteptau sa intre si sa-si ocupe locurile. Dupa primul cantec, si-a scos palaria si a salutat publicul.
Cei peste 10.000 de fani l-au rasplatit cu aplauze dupa fiecare melodie, mai ales ca ultimul turneu al artistului s-a petrecut in urma cu 15 ani. Cohen a multumit la randul sau facand reverente publicului, in fata caruia isi dadea des jos palaria si spunea "Multumesc mult, prieteni. E ceva ce nu voi uita".
Concertul nu a avut efecte speciale, dar nici nu ar fi avut nevoie. Fanii au venit sa asculte poezia din versurile sale, si nu un spectacol de acrobatii. Iar Leonard Cohen este un muzician de geniu, un poet a carui muzica nu este, in primul rand, una comerciala.
Dupa primele melodii, oamenii au prins curaj si s-au apropiat de scena, asezandu-se pe jos, pe culoarul din fata scenei.
Evenimentul a fost impartit in doua parti. Dupa prima pauza, toti cei prezenti pe stadion i-au cantat in cor artistului "Multi ani traiasca", spre surprinderea lui Cohen, vizibil emotionat.
La piesa "Take This Waltz", afara a inceput sa ploua, insa nimeni nu a fost deranjat de vremea urata.
Dupa aproape trei ore si zece minute, artistul Leonard Cohen a iesit de pe scena, insa nu inainte de a-si arata recunostinta publicului, pentru ca i-a tinut in viata cantecele atata timp. Luminile s-au stins, iar cei prezenti au parasit stadionul cu sentimentul ca, probabil, nu vor uita niciodata aceasta seara de toamna petrecuta alaturi de Leonard Cohen la Bucuresti.
"In anii 1970, cand unii intelegeau prin Leonard marca de pantofi Leonardo, eu intelegeam Leonard Cohen. Ii stiu toate cantecele pe de rost. E un geniu. El are ce spune. Nu are nevoie de efecte speciale. Este o mirare ca a venit aici. Asemenea monstrii sacri ii vedeai inainte numai in afara tarii. Este fantastic ce se intampla. Un artist atat de dificil a umplut stadionul", a declarat pentru NewsIn scriitorul si realizatorul TV Stelian Tanase, prezent la eveniment.
Spectacolele din cadrul acestui turneu au fost sold-out in toate tarile in care artistul a concertat, inclusiv in Romania, unde bilete au fost epuizate cu mai bine de doua saptamani inaintea evenimentului. Urmatorul concert din cadrul acestui turneu va avea loc miercuri, 24 septembrie, la Viena, in Austria.
Biografia unui artist misterios
Cantaretul, poetul si prozatorul Leonard (Norman) Cohen s-a nascut la 21 septembrie 1934 la Montreal (Canada), intr-o familie de evrei crestinati. Cohen si-a inceput cariera muzicala in New York, la sfarsitul anilor 1960. Cantecele sale vorbesc despre cele mai mari si mai vechi probleme ale lumii: sex, spiritualitate, religie, putere.
Comunitatea evreiasca ii ofera sansa "afirmarii" la varsta de 6 ani, cand va canta la chitara intr-un spectacol de varietati. Tatal lui Leonard Cohen si-a dorit insa ca fiul sau sa duca mai departe traditia de comerciant de textile.
Leonard isi va urma propriul drum, iar la varsta de 22 de ani, in 1956, a publicat primul volum de poezie, cand aparea "Let Us Compare Mythologies". Acesta, impreuna cu volumul de versuri "Flowers For Hitler" (1964) precum si doua romane, "The Favorite Game" (1963) si "Beautiful Losers" (1966) aveau sa-i aduca aprecierea in Canada.
In anii '60, Leonard merge la facultate, unde aprofundeaza filosofia si participa la seminarii pe teme mitologice. Tanarul Cohen abandoneaza insa facultatea pentru a merge la New York, loc unde spera sa-si redefineasca posibilitatile vitale.
Primul sau album muzical, "Songs of Leonard Cohen", a aparut in 1967. Melodia "Suzanne", inclusa pe acest album, a devenit un hit gratie lui Judy Collins, pe care Leonard a convins-o de talentul sau.
Dupa turneul "The Future" din 1994, Cohen s-a retras la Zen Center din Mount Baldy, o manastire din California, langa Los Angeles, pentru a studia filosofia Zen. Doi ani mai tirziu a fost investit cu titulatura de calugar budhist Rinzai Zen, primind numele de Jikhan ("Cel Tacut"), insa a renuntat la viata monahala in 1999. Dupa aceasta experienta, in 2001 avea sa revina spectaculos cu "Ten New Songs" (Zece cantece noi), un album foarte bine primit de critici. De pe acest album a fost extrasa pe single "In My Secret Life".
Intrebat despre consumul de droguri, el a recunoscut: "Le-am incercat pe toate. Le-as promova bucuros, daca acestea ar avea vreun efect".
Interviurile acordate presei de poetul canadian sunt raritati. Intr-un asemenea interviu, Cohen spune ca in spatele fiecarui poem al sau sta o chitara, iar in fata chitaristului odihneste o femeie.
In 1960, Leonard si-a cumparat o casa in insula greceasca Hydra si a trait intermitent in Anglia, in Grecia, la Los Angeles si la New York.
Muzica artistului apare si in coloana sonora a peliculei "Natural Born Killers" a lui Oliver Stone, unde cantece precum "Waiting for a miracle" sau "The future" se potrivesc exact cu vizunea regizorului despre manipularea prin intermediul media.
Potrivit site-ului oficial al artistului, se estimeaza ca melodiile din culegerea de cantece Leonard Cohen au devenit cover-uri de peste 1.330 ori. Dintre muzicienii cunoscuti care i-au preluat si recantat creatiile, sunt U2, REM, Sting, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright si Johnny Cash.
Cohen a intrat in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in luna martie 2008, alaturi de Madonna. Artistii devin eligibili pentru Hall of Fame la 25 de ani dupa ce si-au lansat primul single sau album si sunt reprezentati intr-o expozitie la muzeul Rock and Roll Hall of Fame din Cleveland, Ohio.
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The artist Leonard Cohen and has celebrated birthday in Bucharest, in front of over 10,000 fans
Leonard Cohen, one of the most important and influential singers and composers of the past 40 years, a concert Sunday evening, the first time, the stadium Arch of Triumph in Bucharest, in front of about 10,000 people, in a world tour in day meeting in 74 years.
The best known of the artist's hits, "In My Secret Life," "I'm Your Man," "Closing Time", "Everybody Knows," "So Long, Marianne," "Hallelujah" and "First We Take Manhattan" have rasunat for the first time live in Bucharest.
Cohen entered the scene at about ten minutes after the official starting time of the show, 19.00, while outside the stadium fans still waiting to enter and to fill seats. After the first song, he removed the hat and welcomed the audience.
Over 10,000 fans have rewarded him with applause after each song, especially that of the artist's last tour was spent after 15 years. Cohen thanked in turn making the public esteem in which he dadea front of the hat down and said "Thank you, my friends. It's something I will always remember."
The concert had no special effects, but neither would be needed. Fans came to hear his poetry of the lyrics, and not a spectacle acrobatii. And Leonard Cohen is a musician of genius, a poet whose music is not primarily a commercial.
After the first song, people took courage and were near the scene, asezandu-down on the lane in front of the scene.
The event was divided into two parts. After the first break, all those present on the stadium and they chorus artists "long live", to his surprise Cohen, visibly nervous.
In the song "Take This Waltz", outside began to rain, but nobody was bothered by bad weather.
After nearly three hours and ten minutes, the artist Leonard Cohen went on stage, but not before he shows his gratitude publicly, because the songs kept alive so long. The lights were extinguished, and those present had left the stadium with the feeling that probably will not ever forget this autumn evening spent together with Leonard Cohen in Bucharest.
"In the 1970s, when some means Leonard Leonardo brand of shoes, I understand Leonard Cohen. I know all the songs by heart. It's a genius. He is what he says. It does not need special effects. It is a wonder that came here. Such monsters sacri considered before only outside the country. It is fantastic what happens. An artist so difficult to fill the stadium, "said the writer and creator NewsIn TV Stelian Tanase, present at the event.
The shows of this tour were sold-out in all the countries of artist performed, including in Australia, where tickets were exhausted more than two weeks before the event. The next concert in this tournament will take place Wednesday, September 24, in Vienna, Austria.
Biography of a mysterious artist
Singer, poet and prozatorul Leonard (Norman) Cohen was born on 21 September 1934 in Montreal (Canada), in a family of Hebrew Christians. Cohen began his musical career in New York at the end of the 1960s. His songs talk about the biggest and oldest problems of the world: sex, spirituality, religion, power.
The Jewish community offers a chance "affirmation" at the age of 6 years, when you play the guitar in a vaudeville. Leonard Cohen's father and wanted his son but that lead further the tradition of textile merchant.
Leonard will follow its own road, and at the age of 22 years, in 1956, he published the first volume of poetry, when the show "Let Us Compare Mythologies." This, together with a volume of poems "Flowers For Hitler" (1964) and two novels, "The Favorite Game" (1963) and "Beautiful Losers" (1966) had to bring appreciation in Canada.
In the years'60, Leonard goes to college, where aprofundeaza philosophy and participate in seminars on mythological themes. Cohen abandons young college but to go to New York, where hopes to redefine the possibilities and vital.
His first musical album, "Songs of Leonard Cohen", appeared in 1967. The song "Suzanne", included on this album, became a hit thanks to his Judy Collins, that Leonard convinced her talent or.
After the tour, "The Future" in 1994, Cohen withdrew from Zen Center of Mount Baldy, a monastery in California, near Los Angeles, to study the philosophy of Zen. Two years later was invested with the title of budhist Rinzai Zen monk, named for Jikhan ( "The quiet"), but has dropped the life of monks in 1999. After this experience, in 2001 had to return to the spectacular "Ten New Songs" (Ten songs in November), an album well received by critics. On this album was drawn on the single "In My Secret Life."
When asked about drug use, he admitted: "We tried it all. Promote them as happy if they would have any effect.
Media interviews granted by the Canadian poet are rare. In one such interview, Cohen says that behind every poem of a guitar or sit and rest in front chitaristului a woman.
In 1960, Leonard and bought a house in the Greek island of Hydra and lived intermittently in England, in Greece, to Los Angeles and New York.
Music artist appears in the sound track of the film "Natural Born Killers" by Oliver Stone, where songs like "Waiting for a miracle" or "The future" match exactly vizunea director of media manipulation through.
According to the official website of the artist, it is estimated that the collection of songs by Leonard Cohen songs were cover-driven more than 1330 times. Among well-known musicians who have taken over and recante creations are U2, REM, Sting, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright and Johnny Cash.
Cohen entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008, along with Madonna. The artists become eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after they launched the first single or album and are represented in an exhibition at the Museum of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bucharest, Rumania
Leonard Cohen in concert la Bucuresti
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Cohen a binecuvântat publicul din România
LiterNet
- September 22, 2008
Dupa câteva luni de pregatiri, amânari si emotii, Leonard Cohen a cântat ieri seara pe scena stadionului Arcul de Triumf din Capitala. Cohen a fost punctual, concertul începând la 19.10, la foarte putin timp dupa ora de începere a spectacolului (19.00 - anuntata pe bilete si invitatii), lucru ce a surprins o mare parte a publicului, ce a continuat sa intre pâna spre ora 19.30.
Artistul si-a început spectacolul cu unul dintre cele mai cunoscute cântece ale sale: Dance Me to the End of Love, urmat, curgator, de The Future si o serie dintre cele mai faimoase piese din repertoriul sau. Trei torturi (doua pe scena si unul în culise), 74 de ani (împliniti chiar ieri), 27 piese, aproape 3 ore de magie cu 20 de minute pauza, pentru 10.000 de spectatori si 180 de persoane din staff-ul de organizare - cam asa s-ar traduce, pe scurt, acest eveniment în cifre.
Din spectacol nu au lipsit: In My Secret Life, Who by Fire, Tower of Song, Suzanne, Hallelujah si I'm Your Man, piese pe care publicul le-a primit cu aplauze calduroase, în ciuda gradelor Celsius ce scadeau din ce în ce mai mult. La final, dupa mai bine de doua ore de concert, Leonard Cohen s-a retras de pe scena în acorduri de vals, aplauze si urale... pentru ca sa revina, apoi, pentru un bis ce a durat peste 30 de minute. În acest timp, spectatorii au ramas în picioare, în ciuda ploii ce s-a încapatânat sa apara, totusi, la final si, mai mult, au cântat "Happy Birthday, Mr. Cohen!". Mr. Cohen, rezervat, riguros si... timid, a zâmbit din ochi, vizibil emotionat, dar a continuat sa cânte.
Emotionat a fost Leonard Cohen pe tot parcursul sederii sale în România. Venit cu trei zile înainte de concert, canadianul a tinut sa repete de doua ori, sâmbata si duminica, aproape întreg playlist-ul.
Closing Time - piesa si momentul - au sosit, însa, iar Leonard Cohen si-a terminat spectacolul multumind celor prezenti pentru atentie, asa cum a facut-o, de altfel, pe tot parcursul spectacolului. "Go home, I don't want you to catch a cold!" - a spus putin dupa ora 22.00 Leonard celor care aplaudasera pâna la final, chiar dupa repriza de ploaie ce provocase "exodul" brusc al unora din cei din zona cu locuri pe scaune, care, speriati, probabil, de picaturile razlete, au luat cu asalt portile de iesire chiar înainte de bisuri.
"Ca o RUGACIUNE a fost concertul asta, absolut FABULOS, felicitari si un mare BRAVO!", a spus Marius Tuca, Directorul Jurnalului National, la finalul concertului ce aniverseaza 15 ani de existenta a cotidianului pe care-l conduce. Ultimele cuvinte ale lui Leonard Cohen catre publicul sau din România au fost: "God Bless You!".
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Cohen to bless ntati audience in Rome Romania
LiterNet
- September 22, 2008
After several months of preparations, delays and emotions, Leonard Cohen sang on stage last night stadium Arch of Triumph in the Capital. Cohen was punctual, the concert starting at 19.10, in very shortly after the start of the show (19.00 - announced on tickets and invitations ), Which captured a large part of the public, it continued to come up to the time of 19.30.
Sia artist began the show with one of the most popular songs of his: Dance Me to the End of Love, followed, running, The Future of SiO series of the most famous pieces from the repertoire or. Three torture (the second one on stage and backstage), 74 years (even împliniti yesterday), 27 pieces, about 3 hours of magic 20 minute break ; For 10,000 spectators and 180 persons from the staff of the organization - like it would translate, in short, this event in numbers.
Since the show is not missed: In My Secret Life, Who by Fire, Tower of Song, Suzanne, Hallelujah and I'm Your Man, songs that the audience it received with warm applause in Despite degrees Celsius which falls increasingly more. Finally, after more than two hours of concert, Leonard Cohen withdrew from the scene in agreements waltz, applause and Ural ... in order to recover, then for an encore that lasted over 30 minutes. During this time, spectators were left standing, despite the rain that has dogged to defend, however, the final And, moreover, sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. Cohen." Mr. Cohen, reserved, rigorous and ... shy, he smiled from the eyes, visibly nervous, but continued to play.
Was excited Leonard Cohen throughout his stay in Romania. Came three days before the concert, Canadian held to repeat twice, Saturday and Sunday, nearly the entire play.
Closing Time - the song and when - they arrived, however, and Leonard Cohen Sia over the show thanking those present for your attention, I would , as did, in fact, throughout the show. "Go home, I do not want you to catch a cold!" - Said little after 22.00 Leonard those aplaudasera until the end, even after half the rain that's "exodus" of a sudden some of the area with seats the chairs, which scared, probably by stray drops, took by storm the gates of exit even before bisuri.
"Like a prayer concert that was absolutely Fabulous, congratulations and a big BRAVO!," Said Marius Tuca, director Jurnalul National, at the end of the concert that aniverseaz 15 years of daily existence you lead. His last words of Leonard Cohen to its audience in Romania were: "God Bless You!".
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Leonard Cohen le-a spus romanilor secretul vietii, pe Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Realitatea Romaneasca
- September 22, 2008 by Mireille-Astrid Popa
Aseara, artistul canadian Leonard Cohen a umplut Stadionul "Arcul de Triumf" din Bucuresti, recitalul sau incepand la ora 19.10. Cantaretul, in varsta de 74 de ani, a aparut intr-o tinuta simpla, eleganta: imbracat la costum, fiind acompaniat de cativa muzicieni si de doua fete (backing-vocals). Muzica lui i-a fascinat pe spectatorii romani, care nu au mai avut parte de un asemenea concert adevarat de multa vreme. Cu toate ca Leonard a dorit ca pe stadion sa nu se fumeze, cativa totusi si-au aprins tigara.
Scriitor in anii ´50, interpret folk in anii ´60, "fosta vedeta" in anii ´70, star rock in anii ´80, Cohen a hotarat sa devina calugar. Dupa turneul "The Future, in 1994, el s-a retras la Zen Center din Mount Baldy, langa Los Angeles. Doi ani mai tarziu a fost investit cu titulatura de calugar budhist Rinzai Zen, primind numele de Jikhan ("Tacutul"). A renuntat la viata monahala in 1999 si bine a facut, pentru ca altfel romanii nu l-ar fi putut vedea in carne si oase la Bucuresti, intr-un concert asa de frumos. A fost etichetat drept "poetul coplesit de pesimism", "comerciantul disperarii", nasul umbrelor, "printul zgomotelor". El a stiut ca nimeni altul sa se faca placut de milioanele de oameni care i-au cumparat discurile si chiar sa-i faca sa rada. S-a nascut in anul 1934, cu putin timp inainte de Elvis Presley. Au existat cateva albume care i-au fost dedicate sau coveruri realizate dupa piesele sale, inregistrate de nume sonore precum Bono, REM sau Johnny Cash. Influenta exercitata asupra unor artisti a fost amintita de Nick Cave, Suzanne Vega si Rufus Waynwright, care nu a ezitat sa declare recent ca-l considera pe Cohen cel mai mare poet in viata din lume. La 32 de ani, Leonard Cohen era un cunoscut poet si romancier, dar la varsta respectiva el s-a gandit ca scrieerea textelor unor cantece ar fi fost mai rentabila. Cand si-a prezentat prima data un cantec la New York, agentii de impresariere l-au intrebat daca nu crede ca e cam batran pentru a intra in joc.
"Ca o pasare pe sarma/ Ca un betiv in corul bisericii/ Am incercat mereu sa fiu liber", se defineste Leonard Cohen.
Evenimentul de la Bucuresti a fost organizat de compania Events in colaborare cu ziarul Jurnalul National, care a pus la vanzare CD-uri cu muzica sa si una dintre cartile scrise chiar de Leonard Cohen.
Artistul si-a inceput recitalul de la Bucuresti cu piesele "Dance Me to The End Of Love", "The Future", "Ain´t No Cure For Love", Everybody Knows", "In My Secret Life". Show-ul a fost structurat in doua parti, cu o pauza de 20 de minute intre ele. Timpul a tinut cu publicul si cu artistii prezenti, doar la ultimele piese picurand putin.
In cea de-a doua parte, Leonard a cantat: "Tower Of Song", "Suzanne", "The Gypsy´s Wife", "Boogie Secret", "Hallelujah", "I´m Your Man". Au urmat sapte bis-uri (foarte multe!) oferite spectatorilor bucuresteni: "So Long Marianne", "First We Tak Manhattan", "Sisters Of Mercy" "If It Be Your Will", Closing Time", "I Tried To Leave You", "Whiter Thou Goest". Concertul s-a terminat la ora 22.15. In timpul recitalului, Leonard Cohen i-a intrebat pe spectatori daca vor sa afle raspunsurile privind misterul vietii. Acestia au spus intr-un cor: "da!". Si el le-a zis, glumind, ca secretul vietii consta in ceea ce canta el. Asa si este, pentru ca muzica lui vorbeste despre dragoste, democratie, credinta, adevar. Muzica lui este insasi viata.
La final, romanii i-au cantat "Happy Birthday" artistului, pentru ca exact in aceeasi zi implinea 74 de ani. "Ca o RUGACIUNE a fost concertul asta, absolut FABULOS, felicitari si un mare BRAVO!", a spus Marius Tuca, Directorul Jurnalului National, la finalul concertului ce aniverseaza 15 ani de existenta a cotidianului pe care-l conduce. Ultimele cuvinte ale lui Leonard Cohen catre publicul sau din Romania au fost: "God Bless You!".
Printre spectatori, i-am zarit in tribuna VIP pe Oana Roman, Mioara Roman, Marius Batu si Vasile Seicaru.
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Leonard Cohen told the Romans secret life, the Arch of Triumph Stadium
Realitatea Romaneasca
- September 22, 2008 by Mireille-Astrid Popa
Last night, Canadian artist Leonard Cohen filled the arena "Arch of Triumph" in Bucharest, or recital starting at 19.10. Singer, aged 74 years, appeared in an outfit simple elegance: dressed in a suit, being accompanied by several musicians and two girls (backing-vocals). Music of the spectators fascinated by the Romans, who have never had such a concert very long time. Although Leonard wished that the stadium not to smoke, and yet few have lit cigarette.
Writer in the 50s, the folk artist in the years'60, "former star" in the 70, rock star in the'80s, Cohen decided to become a monk. After the tour, "The Future, in 1994, he retired to the Zen Center of Mount Baldy, near Los Angeles. Two years later was invested with the title of budhist Rinzai Zen monk, named for Jikhan (" quiet "). A dropped the life of monks in 1999 and well done, because otherwise the Romans he could see in flesh and blood in Bucharest, in a concert so beautiful. It was labeled as "poet weighed down by pessimism, despair dealer "Nose shadows," Prince noise. "He knew nobody else liked to make the millions of people who have bought discs and even to make them laugh. He was born in 1934, shortly before Elvis Presley. There were several albums that have been dedicated and covers parts made by its registered name sound like Bono, REM, or Johnny Cash. Influence exercised over some artists was mentioned by Nick Cave, Suzanne Vega and Rufus Waynwright, who did not hesitate to declare recently that it considered the biggest Cohen poet alive in the world. In 32 years, Leonard Cohen was a known poet and novelist, but at that age he thought scrieerea texts of songs would be been more profitable. When he first presented a song in New York, agencies impresariere asked him if we do not think it's a little old to get in the game.
"Like a bird on the wire / Like a drunk in the church choir / I tried always to be free" is defined Leonard Cohen.
The event in Bucharest was organized by the Events in collaboration with the newspaper Jurnalul National, which has made selling CDs with music and one of the books written even Leonard Cohen.
The artist began recital in Bucharest with songs "Dance Me to the End of Love", "The Future", "Ain't No Cure For Love," Everybody Knows, "" In My Secret Life. "'s Show was structured in two parts, with a break of 20 minutes between them. The time has kept the public and artists present, only the last pieces picurand a bit.
In the second part, Leonard has played "Tower of Song," "Suzanne", "The Gypsy's Wife," "Boogie Secret," "Hallelujah," "I'm Your Man". They followed a seven sites (many!) Provided spectators in Bucharest: "So Long Marianne", "First We Tak Manhattan," "Sisters of Mercy" "If It Be Your Will" Closing Time "," I tried to Leave You, "" Whiter Thou Goest. "Concert ended at 22.15. During the recital, Leonard Cohen asked the audience if you want to know the answers on the mystery of life. They said in a chorus:" Yes! ". And he he said, jesting that the secret of life is what you play in it. That is, because his music speaks about love, democracy, faith, truth.'s music is life itself.
Finally, the Romans had played "Happy Birthday" artist, for exactly the same day involved 74 years. "Like a prayer concert that was absolutely Fabulous, congratulations and a big BRAVO!," Said Marius Tuca, director Jurnalul National, at the end of the concert that aniverseaza 15 years of daily existence you lead. His last words of Leonard Cohen to the public in Romania were: "God Bless You!".
Among the spectators, I saw in the VIP tribune Oana Roman, Mioara Roman, and Vasile Marius Batu Seicaru.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Leonard Cohen: Un concert ca o rugaciune
Jurnalul National
- September 22, 2008 by Alex Revenco
Peste 10.000 de spectatori de toate vârstele au petrecut duminica seara pe stadionul Arcul de Triumf o seara memorabila, cu un artist desavârsit. Fara a fi spectaculos sau dinamic, Leonard Cohen a "îmblînzit" publicul si l-a obligat la meditatie, la visare.
A avut permanent o atitudine calma, parinteasca, de fiecare data a multumit pentru aplauze sau pentru urarile "Happy Birthday To You" si si-a scos de nenumarate ori palaria, la propriu, în fata spectatorilor sau a colegilor din formatie. La întâlnirea avuta cu Mircea Mihaies, înainte de concert, a învatat mai multe cuvinte în limba româna, iar pe parcursul concertului a demonstart ca stie sa pronunte, unul, aproape perfect: Bucuresti. De altfel a "introdus" orasul nostru în textul cîntecelor "Tower of Song" si "Hallelujah". Prima oara a facut o glumita "Aici, în Bucuresti, am descoperit un mare adevar, vreti sa stiti care este? Sunteti nerabdatori sa aflati? Am aflat ce mai ramâne din viata! Stiti ce? doo-dam-dam, doo-dam-dam! iar la "Hallelujah", Bucurestiul a fost "inclus" spre finalul melodiei: "Nu am venit aici în Bucuresti ca sa va mint".
SOUND PERFECT. Cu o sonorizare exceptionala (cum nu prea am auzit pâna acum!) Cohen a fost acompaniat de surorile Webb backing vocals (au facut senzatie... si fara Sharon Robinson), Javier Mason banjo si mandolina (chiar si Cohen a îngenunchiat în fata sa) Dino Soldo saxofon, clarinet, muzicuta, clape si Neil Larsen claviaturi (deosebit de eficienti la "coloratura"), Rafael Gayol tobe si Bob Metzger chitara electrica, ambii, pe cât de discreti, pe atât de utili ansamblului, "dirijat" de un muzician de clasa, Roscoe Beck bass si director muzical. Dupa trei ore petrecute pe scena din Bucuresti, Leonard Cohen a primit trei torturi (doua chiar pe scena) si un mare buchet de flori.
A multumit, a zîmbit, si-a mai scos o data palaria în fata publicului, ne-a spus parinteste "Vedeti sa nu raciti. Dumnezeu sa va binecuvânteze!" (a plouat pentru scurt timp, când Cohen a vrut sa-si încheie show-ul. Ploaia a stat, când Cohen a avut bis-urile – n.r) si a plecat. God bless you, too, Leonard!
PRIVILEGIUL LUI MIHĹIES. Înainte de concert, autorul fascinantului volum "Viata, patimile si cîntecele lui Leonard Cohen" a avut privilegiul de a-l întâlni pe maestru. O întâlnire pentru cinci minute, care pâna la urma a durat doua ore si zece minute! "Am aruncat o mica privire asupra omului, cu teama sa nu întîlnesc un alt om, decît «Leonard Cohen al meu». Dar e la fel cum mi-l închipuiam, de o delicatete, chiar bunatate, iesita din comun... Nu mi-a spus nimic memorabil, a fost o comunicare directa, la obiect, ca si în textele lui. M-a întrebat de Manastirea Casin, de Bucuresti, de România si facea tot timpul paralela cu Grecia. M-a întrebat daca «gypsy tigan» are cumva un sens peiorativ în limba româna... dar i-am dat exemple din literatura, de aparitii pozitive, luminoase... si s-a linistit. A revenit la Casin, o constructie care l-a «sedus» în cele doua zile de repetitii, cînd a avut-o
tot timpul în fata. I-am oferit o sticla de vin «Domeniile Coroanei» de Segarcea... era si fiica lui, Lorca, care parea o fetiscana... M- a impresionat calmul, simplitatea, directetea si, evident, caldura degajata în mod spontan si, desi venise dupa o repetitie obositoare, avea în ochi o luminita de om tânar, care-l facea irezistibil. Mai mult, îti lasa senzatia ca tu i-ai facut o mare onoare ca te-ai întîlnit cu el, când de fapt era viceversa. La plecare, managerul lui mi-a spus: "Acum întelegeti de ce în timpul turneului evitam interviurile si întâlnirile, el e atât de comunicativ (gracious)."
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Leonard Cohen: A concert as a cry ciune
Jurnalul National
- September 22, 2008 by Alex Revenco
Over 10,000 spectators of all ages spent Sunday night on stadium Arch of Triumph a memorable evening with a perfect artist. Without being spectacular or dynamic, Leonard Cohen has "îmblînzit" public and forced to meditation, to dream.
He always had a calm attitude, parental, each time grateful for the applause and wishes for "Happy Birthday To You" and Sia and out of the hat countless times, to own, in front of spectators or colleagues in the band. The meeting considered by Mircea Mihaies before the concert, he learned several words in Romanian, and during a concert that demonstart ; Known to take one, almost perfect: Bucharest. Besides the "introduced" our city in the cîntecelor "Tower of Song" and "Hallelujah". First made a joke "Here in Bucharest, I discovered a great truth, you Titi is? Are eager to learn? We learned more about life! You know what? Doo-dam-dam, dam-doo-do! And the "Hallelujah", Bucharest was "inclusive" towards the end of the song: "I do not have here in Bucharest that you lie. "
SOUND PERFECT. Cu an exceptional sound (as I heard not too far!) Cohen was accompanied by sisters Webb backing vocals (have been feeling .. . And Sharon Robinson), Javier Mason banjo and mandolin (also Cohen kneed in the face of it) Dino Soldo saxophone, clarinet, harmonica, keyboards and keyboard Neil Larsen (particularly effective at "coloratura"), Rafael Gayol drums and guitar Bob Metzger electricity, both on how discreet, so instrumental in all, "directed by a musician of class, Roscoe Beck bass and musical director. After three hours spent on stage in Bucharest, Leonard Cohen to receive three torture (even on the second stage) and a large bouquet of flowers.
A happy, a smile, SIA in May removed once the hat in front of the public told us parintes ; you "do not see a cold. God bless you!" (rained for a short time, when Cohen wanted it to end the show. The rain was when Cohen took a can - no) Sia left. God Bless you, too, Leonard!
Privileges of Mihaies. Before the concert, Volume fascinantului author of "Life, Passion and cîntecele of Leonard Cohen" had the privilege of meeting the master. A meeting for five minutes, which ultimately took us two hours to ten minutes! "I threw a little about the man, not afraid to meet another man, but" Leonard Cohen mine. "But it just as I figured, a delicacy e, even kindness, out of the ordinary ... I said nothing memorable, was a direct communication to object, as in His texts. I asked Monastery Casin, Bucharest, Romania, and was always parallel with Greece. I asked if "Gypsy Gypsy" is a somewhat pejorative sense in Romanian ... but I gave examples of literature, positive impressions, bright .. . And quiet. He returned to Casin, a constructie who "seduced" in the two days of rehearsals, when he had a
always in front. I offered a glass of wine "crown areas" of Segarcea ... and it was his daughter, Lorca, which seemed a teenager ... He impressed calm, simplicity, directetea and, of course, the heat informal and spontaneous, although came after a strenuous rehearsal, he had a light in the eyes of young man that makes him irresistible. Moreover, you leave feeling that you were made a great honor that you met with him, when in fact it was vice versa . On departure, his manager told me: "Now you understand why during the tournament avoid interviews and meetings, he is so expansive (gracious)."
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Muzica sufletelor, lânga Mânastirea Casin
Leonard Cohen i-a fericit pe români. La concertul pe care artistul l-a sustinut duminica seara pe stadionul National de Rugby Arcul de Triumf din Bucuresti au venit fani de-ai sai din mai multe orase ale tarii. O calatorie spirituala, muzica a sufletelor, o voce inconfundabila, guturala, puternica si o visare de aproape trei ore în si cu lumea lui Leonard Cohen, sub un cer de septembrie înnorat, grav precum vocea lui. Cu doua ore înaintea concertului, au început sa vina oamenii la spectacol, în fata intrarilor cu accesul publicului larg formîndu-se doua cozi imense, care s-au întins pe câteva sute de metri.
OAMENI ALESI, PENTRU UN OM ALES. Aproape 10.000 de spectatori l-au vazut si l-au ascultat pe Cohen, si alte câteva sute au urmarit showul de dincolo si chiar de pe gardurile stadionului, iar în prima parte a concertului treptele Mânastirii Casin erau complet ocupate de cei care, nereusind sa-si mai cumpere bilet (nici macar la negru. Se vîndusera cîteva cu 150 RON bucata n.r.) s-au asezat pe sfânta piatra a bisericii de-acolo de unde sunetul muzicii a razbit si pâna la ei, la fel de clar si de puternic precum se auzea în interiorul stadionului.
FĹRĹ VÂRSTĹ. Muzica nu are vîrsta, dovada a cîta oare!? fiind tinerii care au venit la concert si care au constituit majoritatea publicului. Printre spectatori s-au aflat si câtiva copii, cei mai mici dintre ei avînd pâna în doi ani. Un domn vrajitor al mintilor si inimilor sensibile, un domn modest prin prezenta, totodata impozant, un domn în adevaratul sens al cuvântului, care si-a respectat publicul si la mai putin de 8 minute dupa ora 19:00, când fusese anuntat spectacolul, i-a luat de mîna pe români si i-a plimbat în lumea muzicii create de el. A fost punctual! "Va multumesc, prieteni, e o mare onoare sa cânt pentru voi în aceasta seara", a declarat artistul la scurt timp dupa ce a urcat pe scena, scotîndu-si respectuos palaria, de fiecare data când primea înca un rând de aplauze, iar în final spunând: "Nu stati în ploaie, prieteni, sa nu raciti, mergeti acasa. Dumnezeu sa va binecuvânteze". Asa si-a încheiat Leonard Cohen concertul pentru români, duminica, într-o seara de septembrie putin plângacioasa, o seara aniversara. Muzicianul-poet a împlinit 74 de ani de viata. Publicul n-a uitat si i-a cîntat "Happy Birthday".
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Music souls, the na nga ho in full Cal
Leonard Cohen I was happy to Romanian. At that concert artist held Sunday evening at the stadium National Rugby Arch of Triumph in Bucharest fans came from its May many cities of the country. A spiritual journey, music souls, an unmistakeable voice, throaty, powerful SiO dream of almost three hours &with the world of Leonard Cohen, under a cloudy sky of September, seriously as his voice. Two hours before the concert began to blame the people at the show, in front entries with access public forms is the second huge tails, which They stretched on a few hundred meters.
PEOPLE ELECTED, for a man ALES. Nearly 10,000 spectators saw him and heard him on Cohen, and several hundred others have followed the show and even beyond the fences stadium and in the first part of the concert steps Mânastirii Casin were fully occupied by those who failed to even buy a ticket (not me the black car. vîndusera is some 150 USD No piece) were placed on the holy stone of the church from where the sound of music and defeat to them as clear and strong as it is heard inside the stadium.
WITHOUT VÂRSTĹ. Muzica has no age, proof of the quote it? the young people who came to the concert and that most were public. Among the spectators were few and children, most of them having little to two years. A gentleman magician's minds and hearts, a gentleman by the modest presence, while imposing a gentleman in the true meaning of word, which Sia respected public and less than 8 minutes after 19:00, when the show was announced, it took the hand the Romanian and walked into the world of music created by him. He was punctual! "Thank you, my friends, it's a great honor to play for you tonight," said the artist shortly after he climbed on stage Scotland and respectful hat, each time receiving yet another round of applause, and finally saying: "Do not sit in the rain, friends, not cold, go home. God bless you. " So Sia concluded Leonard Cohen concert for the Romanian, Sunday, in an evening of Sept. least whiner, a night birthday. Musician-poet has reached 74 years of age. The public has forgotten and the play "Happy Birthday".
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Ma înclin în fata lui Cohen!
Muzica lui Leonard Cohen a dizolvat eticheta de VIP. Gândurile acelora cu care am vorbit despre cântaretul filozof sunt, cu siguranta, la fel ca ale celor multi care îl admira.
Toti cei prezenti duminca seara pe stadionul "Arcul de Triumf" au respirat versurile maestrului, picurate în suflete o data cu stropii de ploaie. La pauza concertului, actrita Carmen Tanase era atât de emotionata de prezenta artistului, încât singurele cuvinte prin care si-a declarat întreaga emotie au fost: "Ma înclin în fata lui Leonard Cohen!". Printre cei 10.000 de spectatori s-au regasit nume ca Oana Pellea, Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea, Stelian Tanase, Mihai Tatulici, Diana Lascarescu si Dan Sucu, Ducu Bertzi, Vasile Seicaru, Maria Marinescu, Adrian Cioroianu, Adrian Paduraru, Berti Barbera, Andrei Partos, Radu Naum, Bogdan Olteanu si multi altii. Cu totii i-au cântat "Happy Birthday" artistului si au aplaudat fiecare piesa interpretata de Cohen. Reactiile nu au întârziat sa apara. Gabriela Vrînceanu Firea, venita la concertul-eveniment împreuna cu sotul, ne-a povestit cum l-a descoperit si îndragit pe cântaret. "Concertul a fost mult mai minunat decât ma asteptam. Stiam ca azi împlineste 74 de ani si nu ma asteptam la atâta energie. Am sentimentul ca si-a pastrat toata forta pentru întâlnirea cu publicul din România. Sotul meu este cel care mi l-a «prezentat» pe Leonard Cohen. El are toate albumele, i-a urmarit întreaga cariera si a fost extrem de trist atunci când Cohen s-a autoexliat pentru o vreme. Retragerea lui ar fi fost o pierdere imensa pentru iubitorii de muzica buna din toata lumea. Iar acum, ca a ajuns la noi, dupa 15 ani de pauza, exact la împlinirea a 15 ani de Jurnalul National, e cu atât mai interesant si mai important. Sa-i dea Dumnezeu cât mai multi ani înainte, ca sa ne putem bucura de el si mai departe."
Singurul meu prieten
Mihai Tatulici si-a încheiat ziua de duminica în cel mai frumos mod cu putinta: ascultându-si prietenul cântând, si asta la numai câteva ore dupa ce pusese punct unei emisiuni în care s-a discutat despre manele si manelisti. "Leonard Cohen este un prieten de-al meu de peste 40 de ani. E poate singurul. L-am cunoscut la New York. O întâmplare fericita petrecuta la Monkey Bar, un club al vedetelor din muzica. Am nimerit la o seara cu Bruce Springsteen, cu Marcel Avram, cu Leonard Cohen si cu femeiea aia batrâna si celebra care înca mai cânta, Tina Turner adica. Toti într-o seara! Îmi aduc aminte ca am sunat-o pe nevasta-mea pe la doua noaptea si i-am spus: «Sunt într-o alta lume!». Când am aflat ca Jurnalul National îsi sarbatoreste 15 ani cu Leonard nu am putut lipsi. Este singurul concert pe stadion la care eu am venit în ultimii 20 de ani. Eu mor numai sa vorbesc despre Leonard Cohen, daramite sa-l si ascult! Exista în muzica si în versurile lui o întrepatrundere aproape totala cu viata mea si cu visurile mele. E o imagine super reusita a ceea ce as fi vrut sa fiu."
Un vis împlinit
Bogdan Olteanu a gasit, de asemenea, ragazul de a ne povesti cum a "dat" peste muzica lui Cohen. "L-am descoperit înainte de ’89 pe o caseta video cu un film de actiune, pe care era înregistrat si un concert de-al lui Cohen. Dupa ’90 am avut ocazia sa-i cumpar albumele, dar nu speram sa-l vad si într-un concert". Si fostul ministru de Externe Adrian Cioroianu a fost impresionat de prezenta cântaretului: "Sunt fascinat de fragilitatea pe care Leonard Cohen o emana, de modestia lui. Muzica lui îmi aduce aminte de anii studentiei, la Quebec. Am si o piesa preferata, care îmi aduce aminte de Canada: «Closing Time»."
Pentru Vasile Seicaru concertul a fost ca un vis frumos care s-a împlinit: "Cohen a facut totul cu un respect extraodinar. Ma bucur foarte mult ca Jurnalul National a avut aceasta initiativa".
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I AŽnclin AŽn Cohen's fall!
Leonard Cohen's music label has dissolved the VIP. Those thoughts that I talked about singer philosopher are, certainly, as many of those they admire.
All those present in the stadium Sunday night "Arch of Triumph" lyrics were breathing maestro, dripping in soul with a stropii of rain. To break the concert, actress Carmen Tanase was so excited by the presence of the artist, that the only words that Sia said the whole emotion Board were: "I Tilt in front of Leonard Cohen." Among the 10,000 spectators were retrieved name as Oana Pella, Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea, Stelian Tanase, Mihai Tatulici, Diana and Dan Lascarescu ucu, Ducu Bertzi, Vasile Seicaru, Maria Marinescu, Adrian Cioroianu, Adrian Paduraru, Berti Barbera, Andrei parties, Radu Naum, Bogdan Olteanu, and many and others. We all sang him "Happy Birthday" artist and applauded each piece interpreted by Cohen. Have delayed reactions may occur. Gabriela Vrînceanu Firea, came to the concert-event with her husband, he told how to find love and the singer. "The concert was more beautiful than I expected. I knew that today reaches 74 years and I would not teptam to that energy. I feel like Sia kept all power to meet the public in Romania. My husband is the one that he "presented" by Leonard Cohen. He has all the albums, watched the whole career Sia was very sad when Cohen was autoexliat for a while.'s Withdrawal would be a huge loss for lovers good music from around the world. And now, that has reached us, after 15 years of break, just to end 15 years of Official Nat ; national, is the more interesting and more important. Let God give him as many years before, so we can enjoy it and far. "
My only friend
Michael Tatulici Sia concluded Sunday afternoon in the nicest way possible: listening to and singing friend, and that only a few hours after, which put a point on which issues discussed manele and manelisti. "Leonard Cohen is a friend of mine for over 40 years. It may only. I met in New York. A fortune spent at Monkey Bar, a club of stars in music ;. We got a night with Bruce Springsteen, with Marcel Avram, with Leonard Cohen and Women's that old and still famous , May sing, that is Tina Turner. All in a night! I remember I called her my wife on two ; Night and I told him: "I'm in another world!". When I found out that his Serbian National Official ; toreste 15 years with Leonard we could not miss. It is the only concert at the stadium that I came in the last 20 years. I just dying to talk about Leonard Cohen, knock it down it and listen! Exists in the music and lyrics of an almost total interpenetration of my life and dreams My. It's a great success of what I wanted to be. "
A dream fulfilled
Bogdan Olteanu found, also respite to our stories as a "given" in Cohen's music. "I discovered before'89 on a videotape with an action movie, which was recorded and a concert of his Cohen. After 90 am had the opportunity to buy her albums, but we hope to see him in a concert. " And former Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu was impressed by the singer: "I am fascinated by the fragility of an originating Leonard Cohen, for his modesty. Music it reminds me of the student at Quebec. I SiO favorite piece, which reminds me of Canada: "Closing Time". "
For Basil Seicaru concert was like a dream that beautiful accompli, "Cohen did everything with respect extraodinar. I am really glad that the Official National had this ; Initiative. "
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Leonard Cohen la Bucuresti: predica despre iubire
Gandul
- September 23, 2008 by Diana Popescu
Distins ca un aristocrat caruia eleganta îi e la fel de naturala ca respiratia. Relaxat ca un sihastru care are acces la întelesurile lumii. Mândru ca un detinator al celei mai înalte distinctii din Canada si al unui loc în Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, asa cum si este. Umil ca un vagabond, care, strângându-si palaria la piept, nu îndrazneste sa ceara. Cohen n-are nevoie sa ceara. De mai bine de patru decenii, e obisnuit sa daruiasca. Duminica seara, si-a daruit ziua de nastere admiratorilor români, într-un concert care va ramâne o amintire de pretuit.
Martorii spectacolului de la Bucuresti au fost rasfatati cu hit-urile care emotioneaza planeta din ’67 încoace. De la „batrânele” Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy, Famous Blue Raincoat ori So Long, Marianne, trecând prin „loviturile” anilor ’80 - Hallelujah, Dance Me to the End of Love, Everybody Knows, Take This Waltz, I’m Your Man, First We Take Manhattan - si ajungând la succesele lui mai recente precum The Future, Democracy, Closing Time sau In My Secret Life, Cohen a facut o încântatoare întoarcere în timp. „Va multumesc ca ati pastrat vii cântecele mele atâtia ani”, i-a facut pe români partasi la faima sa.
Doua ore si jumatate era programat sa dureze show-ul. Cum ora începerii - 19 - a fost respectata cum de putine ori se întâmpla în România, fanii au crezut ca stiu la ce sa se astepte: un spectacol ale carui ultime acorduri vor rasuna la 21.30. Ca doar pentru atât a semnat Cohen contractul, si-apoi are si el o vârsta. Si unde mai pui ca si-a împlinit cei 74 de ani chiar în ziua cântarii, era firesc sa simta si nevoia unei sarbatoriri departe de multime. În plus, urma sa plece din Capitala imediat dupa concert, asa ca toate datele problemei duceau catre deznodamântul intuit. Într-adevar, dupa ce a cântat un ceas, pâna la ora 20, si a luat o pauza de jumatate de ora, starul si-a încheiat reprezentatia la 21.25. Tocmai când deasupra stadionului Arcul de Triumf a început sa cada ploaia.
Audienta, aplaudând frenetic, spera la un bis cât de mic. Ceea ce a urmat au fost înca 45 de minute de cântec, actorie si dialog cu multimea, la care nici cei mai optimisti dintre fani n-au îndraznit sa spere. Pofta cu care a jucat toate personajele cântecelor lui, generozitatea cu care s-a oferit pe sine celor 10.000 de români au fost coplesitoare. A dansat, a coborât în genunchi, a glumit, a iesit de pe scena sarind ca un pusti, le-a multumit de nenumarate ori celor pe care i-a numit în permanenta „prieteni”. Cei 10.000 de prieteni i-au cântat „Happy Birthday” si au avut, de-a lungul întregii seri, reactii entuziaste, de initiati. Leonard Cohen îsi iubeste cu adevarat sustinatorii, iar concertul a fost, pâna la urma, predica lui despre iubire. S-a declarat onorat de primirea facuta de publicul de la Bucuresti. Spectatorii au fost onorati de faptul ca un asemenea titan le-a pronuntat impecabil numele orasului si, mai ales, ca a acceptat sa-i faca, vreme de trei ceasuri, fericiti.
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Leonard Cohen to Bucurel you: preach about love
Gandul
- September 23, 2008 by Diana Popescu
Distinguished as an aristocrat whose style it is as natural as breathing. Relaxed as a recluse who has access to the world meanings. Proud as a holder of the highest awards in Canada and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and as is. Humbly as a bum, which strângându and hat to his chest, do not dare you ask. Cohen never needs to ask. For more than four decades, is accustomed to daruiasca. Sunday night, SIA gave birth day admiratorilor Romanian, in a concert that will remain a memory pricing.
Witnesses show in Bucharest have been spoiled with hits that emotioneaza planet here in'67. From the "old" Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy, Famous Blue raincoat or So Long, Marianne, through "hits" of the'80 - Hallelujah, Dance Me to the End of Love, Everybody Knows, Take This Waltz, I'm Your Man, First We Take Manhattan - and reaching his most recent successes such as The Future, Democracy, or Closing Time In My Secret Life, Cohen has made a lovely home in the meantime. "Thank you my songs kept alive all these years, led by Romanian accomplice to fame was.
Two and a half hours was scheduled to take the show. As at the beginning - 19 - was observed how few times it happens in Romania, fans thought they know what to d ; tepte: a show whose final agreements would resonate at 21.30. So that only Cohen has signed the contract, and then he has aged. And where you put sia reached the 74 years cântarii even on the day, it was natural to feel the need to rbatoriri away from the crowd. In addition, would leave the capital immediately after the concert, so all the data problem deznodamântul led by Intuit. Indeed, after having played an hour, till 20, Sia took a break of half an hour, star Sia closed at 21.25 performance. Just above the stadium when the Arch of Triumph of rain began to fall.
Audience, aplaudând wild, a hope for a little while. What followed were still 45 minutes of song, acting and dialogue with the crowd, which neither the most optimistic of fans have never dared to hope. Lust that played all the characters songs, the generosity with which offered himself to the 10,000 Romanian were overwhelming. He danced, dropped to his knees, a joke, he went on stage jump as a kid, he thanked several or those who constantly called "friends". The 10,000 friends and they sang "Happy Birthday" and had, throughout the whole evening, enthusiastic reactions, the initiate. Leonard Cohen really loves his supporters, and the concert was, ultimately, preach about his love. Was honored by the welcome given to the public in Bucharest. Spectators were honored that such a titanium-pronounced impeccably name of the city and, especially, he agreed to I do, while three hours, happy.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
10.000 de fani l-au aplaudat pe artist, la primul sau concert în România.
Evenimentul
- September 23, 2008 by Diana Evantia Barca (Photos: Cosmin Marinescu)
„And Jesus was a sailor... When he walked upon the water“... vocea mata a lui Leonard Cohen a rasunat, duminica seara, pe Stadionul Arcul de Triumf din Bucuresti, articulând cu o claritate demna de o înregistrare în studio refrenele pieselor „dragoste si ura“, nenuma rate usi pe care artistul canadian le deschide cu aceeasi atentie, asa cum spunea, nu demult, pentru a fi sigur ca ceea ce se ascunde în spatele lor nu ramâne inaccesibil. „If you want a boxer… I will step into the ring for you“...
Împins pe scena fie de spectrul falimentului, fie de fascinatia de a mai simti o data adoratia publicului, Leonard Cohen a plecat în turneu dupa 14 ani de pauza, redefinit si „vindecat“, dar fara sa-si piarda acel ceva atât de personal, care i-a facut pe unii sa simta lacrimi pe obraji înca de la primele acorduri ale pieselor sale. „Barbatul care iubea femeile si pe care îl iubeau femeile“, provocatorul, muzicianul, poetul a aparut în fata publicului asa cum probabil fiecare si-l imaginase, amintind doar prin zâmbet de cinism sau depresie, îmbogatit de siguranta celui care a depasit emotiile consacra- rii. „Orice muzician viseaza la asta. Sa apari în fata publicului si sa nu mai fii nevoit sa dovedesti nimanui nimic, sa te poti cufunda în caldura acestuia. Si asta produce ceva teama, aceea de a nu dezamagi, de a te ridica la înaltimea propriilor pretentii“, spunea Cohen înaintea acestui turneu.
În ciuda îndoielilor care l-au macinat atâta vreme, scena s-a dovedit a fi în continuare locul pe care „înaltul poet al melancoliei“ îl stapâneste cel mai bine, iar piesele sale au ramas aceleasi calatorii rascolitoare în „universul bizar si magic“, guvernat de poezie si tristete, al unul cantauror care a împlinit ieri 74 de ani.
„Este o onoare sa va cânt“
„Este o onoare sa va cânt în seara asta“, a spus Leonard Cohen, înainte de a prezenta, una dupa alta, vreme de mai bine de doua ore, aproape toate piesele sale clasice, de la „Suzanne“ sau „I’m your Man“, pâna la „Ain’t No Cure For Love“ sau „Take This Waltz“.
Roscoe Beck, seful trupei de noua muzicieni care-l însotesc pe Cohen în acest turneu, a pus cu maiestrie în scena repertoriul artistului canadian, reorchestrând si dând noi sensuri multora dintre piesele arhicunoscute. Trista „The Future“ sau melancolica „The Gypsy’s Wife“ au renascut pe scena, punctate de orga lui Neil Larsen si chitara bandurria a lui Javier Mas, care a introdus magistral, printre altele, si bine primita „Who By Fire“, transformata, pe alocuri, într-un excelent flamenco.
„Bird On Fire“, îmbogatita de cel de-al doilea chiatrist, Bob Metzger, cu elemente blues, a primit aplauze, înainte ca orchestra sa se transforme dintr-o combo-pop a anilor ’80 pentru „Ain’t No Cure For Love“ sau într-o orchestra vieneza, pentru piesa „Take The Waltz“.
ELEGANT
Un profesionist
„la patru ace“ În aplauzele a celor câtorva mii de adoratori adunati la stadion, Leonard Cohen a aparut pe scena la sapte fix, îmbracat într-un costum gri si purtând pe cap o palarie, accesoriu definitoriu pentru acest turneu, pe care artistul îl prefera „de la o vreme“.
În urma cu ceva ani, Cohen purta o fedora, pe care o înlocuise, dupa tragedia de la 11 septembrie 2001, cu o sapca. „Am palaria asta dintr-o pravalie din Los Angeles, care se afla vizavi de magazinul de antichitati al fiicei mele. Am purtat mereu palarie, o palarie fedora, doar ca nu apaream cu ea pe scena. Pe 21 septembrie 2001 am înlocuit fedora cu o sapca. Mi s-a parut atunci ca o sapca se potriveste mai bine situatiei, ca fedora e prea „curata“ pentru o asemenea ocazie tragica. Nu voiam sa arat de parca m-as fi pus la patru ace“, spunea Leonard Cohen într-un recent interviu.
Într-un show cu o productie eleganta, cu minimum de decor si complet lipsit de efecte speciale sau alte elemente de spectacol specifice show-urilor rock sau pop, palaria lui Cohen a devenit unul dintre cele mai importante elemente, punctând fiecare dintre momentele esentiale ale concertului.
Impozant si totodata modest, Leonard Cohen si-a dat jos palaria de fiecare data când primea înca un rând de aplauze sau când murmurul general îl anunta ca primele acorduri ale unei piesei se transmit ca o unda în multime.
„Dumnezeu sa va binecuvânteze!“
A fost evident ca Leonard Cohen savura scena, cochetând cu vârsta sa, ceva mai dinamic decât în concertele de odinioara, fie ca a dat interpretarilor o tenta ironica sau ca a iesit în pas strengaresc, fie ca s-a îngrijit ca instrumentistii sai sa-si primeasca binemeritatele aplauze dupa fiecare solo. „Muzicienii cu care am plecat în turneu au atâta ritm încât nu am încotro, trebuie sa ma misc mai mult“, le explica Leonard Cohen ziaristilor de la „Rolling Stone“ dupa primele spectacole din acest turneu.
La celelalte concerte a avut alaturi si o dansatoare, pe mai vechea sa colaboratoare Sharon Robinson, „care pe vremuri a dansat pentru Ann Margaret“ si care a compus alaturi de el câteva piese, dar aceasta nu a ajuns si la spectacolul de la Bucuresti „din motive personale“, potrivit organizatorilor. Daca primele acorduri ale piesei de început, „Dance Me To The End Of Love“, i-a prins pe multi asteptând înca la cozile interminabile de la intrarea în stadion, urmatoarele, „The Future“ sau „Ain’t No Cure For Love“ au primit aplauze adevarate.
„Va multumesc, prieteni, pentru primirea pe care ne-ati facut-o în seara asta! Suntem bucurosi sa fim împreuna într-un loc asa de linistit, când o parte din lume se afla în dezastre si haos“, a spus Leonard Cohen înainte de piesa „Anthem“.
Despartire în ploaie
Spre final, publicul, un urias cor însufletit de emotie, i-a cântat „La multi ani!“ artistului care sarbatorea împlinirea a 74 de ani chiar pe scena din România. Chiar daca pe final publicul a avut de înfruntat o ploaie marunta si deasa, cei mai multi au ramas neclintit i în fata scenei pâna la ultimele acorduri. „Prieteni, nu stati în ploaie, sa nu raciti! Dumnezeu sa va binecuvânteze!“, au fost cuvintele cu care artistul si-a salutat publicul înainte de a se retrage în culise.
Cu versurile „Goodnight, my lover, I hope you are satisfied“ si cu piesa „I Tried To Leave You“, Leonard Cohen, care a iesit la nu mai putin de patru bisuri, si-a luat ramas-bun de la bucuresteni si a parasit scena. Nimeni nu stie daca, la 74 de ani - dintre care ultimii 14 ani petrecuti departe de scena, va fi tentat vreodata sa se mai întoarca.
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10,000 fans applauded him for the artist at his first concert u AŽn Rome ? Romania.
Evenimentul
- September 23, 2008 by Diana Evantia Barca (Photos: Cosmin Marinescu)
"And Jesus was a sailor ... When he walked upon the water ... obscure the voice of Leonard Cohen to resonate, Sunday evening, the Arch of Triumph Stadium in Bucharest, articulând with a clarity worthy of a recording studio refrenele parts " love and hate, "nenuma rates doors that open to Canadian artist with the same attention as said, not long ago , To be sure that what hides behind their remains inaccessible. "If you want a fighter ... I will step into the ring for you ...
Pushed on stage or bankruptcy of the spectrum, or the fascination of more reverence given simtio public, Leonard Cohen went on tour after 14 years break, redefined and "healed" but not to lose that something so personal, who do cut some feel the tears obraji since the first agreement of its parts. "The man who loved women and women who loved him," Provocatorul, musician, poet appearing before the public as probably every time ; the picture, reminding smile just by cynicism or depression, enriched by the security that exceeded emotions enshrines - country. "Every musician dreams about it. To appear before the public and should no longer be a need to prove anything to anybody, you can and heat sink in it. And it produces some anxiety, not to disappoint, to get up at the height of their claims, "Cohen said before this tournament .
Despite the doubts which have worn so long, the stage proved to continue to be the place that "melancoliei high poet of" rule is best, and its parts have remained the same journey in disturbing "and the bizarre world of magic, poetry and governed by sadness, the cantauror one who reached the last 74 years.
"It is an honor to sing"
"It is an honor to play tonight," said Leonard Cohen, prior to this, one after another, while more than two hours, almost all of its parts classical, from "Suzanne" or "I'm Your Man" to "Ain't No Cure For Love" or "Take This Waltz."
Roscoe Beck, the head band of nine musicians who accompany him on Cohen in this tournament, has masterly stage repertoire Canadian artist, and of reorchestrând , and by November meanings of many of famous songs. Trista "The Future" or melancholy "The Gypsy's Wife" were revived on stage, emphasized by Neil Larsen's organ and guitar bandurria's Javier Mas, who entered the bus, including others, and well received "Who By Fire" transformed, in some respects, in a great flamenco.
"Bird On Fire", enriched by the second chiatrist, Bob Metzger, with blues elements, received applause, before the orchestra to transform from a combo a-pop for the'80 'Ain't No Cure For Love "or in a Viennese orchestra, for the song" Take The Waltz. "
ELEGANT
A professional
"These four" In the applauses of the several thousands of worshipers gathered at the stadium, Leonard Cohen appeared on stage seven fixed, dressed in a gray suit and wearing a hat on my head, defining accessory for this tournament, which the artist you prefer "in a while."
In some years ago, Cohen wore a fedora, which it replaced after the tragedy of 11 September 2001, with a cap. "I have this hat from a store in Los Angeles, which is opposite the antiques shop for my daughter . I always wore the hat, a fedora hat, but I do not appear on stage with her. On September 21 2001 I replaced fedora with a cap. I found that if a cap fits better situation, that fedora is too "clean" for a Also tragic occasion. Do not want to look like I would be four needles, "said Leonard Cohen in a recent interview.
In a show with an elegant production, with minimal decor and completely devoid of special effects or other elements of specific performance show rock or pop, paddle ; Ria's Cohen became one of the most important elements, punctând each of the key moments of the concert.
Taxes and while modest, Leonard Cohen Sia gave hats off each time receiving yet another round of applause or grumble when general it announced that the first agreements of a song is transmitted as a wave to the crowd.
"God bless you!"
It was clear that Leonard Cohen enjoy the scene, cochetând age to something more dynamic than in the past concerts, or interpretations that gave a tinge ironica or that a step out in roguish, whether to care for its instrumentistii to inspect binemeritatele and receive applause after every solo. "Musicians with whom I left in the tournament as they beat that we have not helped, I need to move more," they explain Leonard Cohen journalists from "Rolling Stone" after first performances in this tournament.
On the other concerts took together dancer SiO, the oldest working on family farms to Sharon Robinson, who once danced for the Ann Margaret "and a compound next to him several pieces, but not enough to show in Bucharest "for personal reasons", according to organizers. If the first part of the agreements of the top, "Dance Me to the End of Love", it takes many still waiting in endless queues at the entrance to the stadium, behind ; following, "The Future" or "Ain't No Cure For Love" received applause true.
"Thank you, my friends, for the reception that we've done it tonight! We are happy to be together in a place so quiet, when a part of the world is in chaos and disaster " , Said before the Leonard Cohen song "Anthem".
How in the rain
Towards the end, the audience, a huge chorus of spirited emotion, he sang "Happy Birthday!" Artists celebrating the end of 74 even years on stage in Romania. Even if the final public had faced a drizzle and deasa, most have remained steady and before the scene until the last agreements. "Friends do not sit in the rain, not cold! God bless you! "Were the words with which the artist Sia welcomed the audience before it withdraws behind the scenes.
With the lyrics "Goodnight, my lover, I hope you are satisfied" with the song "I tried to Leave You", Leonard Cohen, who has come to no less than four bisuri , SIA took the left-right from Bucharest Sia left the scene. Nobody knows if, in 74 years - of which the last 14 years away from the scene will ever be tempted to return in May ;.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Leonard Cohen, "jos palaria!"
Romania libera
- September 23, 2008 by Adrian Schiop
Cel mai asteptat concert al toamnei a sfarsit in apoteoza unui bis de mai mult de o jumatate de ora.
Capacitatea de 10.000 de locuri a Stadionului "Arcul de Triumf" s-a dovedit nesatisfacatoare pentru fanii artistului canadian, iar biletele s-au epuizat cu doua saptamani inainte de concert, ceea ce a facut ca pretul acestora, la negru, sa se tripleze – oferta pentru un bilet pe gazon de 79 de lei a ajuns sa coste 250 lei "la prima strigare" si 150 lei dupa negociere. Scena a fost amenajata sobru, cu draperii care unduiau in spate si lumini discrete care isi schimbau culoarea in functie de atmosfera piesei. Concertul a inceput neasteptat de repede, la 19.10, luand prin surprindere publicul si, presupun, organizarea. Pe durata primelor 3-4 piese publicul a continuat sa se stranga pe stadion.
Leonard Cohen a aparut imbracat intr-un costum retro, la doua randuri de nasturi, si cu o palarie cu boruri scurte. Intreaga orchestra era imbracata similar, costum negru cu vesta, palarie sau basca muncitoreasca – o vestimentatie inadins saracacioasa, sugerand o trupa interbelica evreiasca de cantareti, in perfecta consonanta cu armoniile melancolice ale lui Cohen. Intampinat de un ropot de aplauze, artistul a raspuns simplu, scotandu-si palaria: "Multumesc mult". De altfel, dupa fiecare ropot de aplauze, artistul si-a scos palaria si a multumit, iar pe "Everybody Knows" a adaugat: "E o mare onoare sa cant pentru voi in seara asta". Artistul a parut mai degraba timid si defensiv decat macho si sigur pe el, jucand tot timpul modestia si zambind melancolic. Mai degraba decat spectaculos, show-ul a fost de atmosfera, invitand la apropiere, iar publicul a reactionat neasteptat de adecvat. Aplauzele si efuziunile nu au devenit isterice, ci au ramas la un nivel decent, in acord cu muzica atat de personala a artistului.
"Cald" e cel mai bun cuvant pentru a denumi genul de comunicare ce s-a stabilit intre artist si public. Publicul nu a respectat insa dorinta lui Cohen de a nu se fuma. La inceput, au facut-o oamenii din spate; spre sfarsitul concertului, am vazut cativa indrazneti care si-au aprins tigara chiar in fata scenei, ignorand atentionarile repetate ale organizatorilor. Dupa "Everybody knows" a urmat "In my Secret Life" (succesul de pe ultimul album al lui Cohen, "Ten new songs") si "Who by Fire", poate cea mai misterioasa piesa a artistului. Versiunea de concert a acestei melodii din 1974 a fost imbunatatita cu un intro orchestral si cu o improvizatie de orga. Cum in fata scenei se aflau locurile VIP, cu scaune si spatii de acces largi intre ele, iar in spate erau locurile ieftine de pe gazon, publicul de aici s-a strecurat in spatiile VIP, astfel incat culoarele dintre scaune si spatiul din fata scenei au inceput, pe nesimtite, sa se umple de fete tineresti. "Prea multe locuri Premium si VIP", s-a plans Andrei, unul din cei care au reusit sa se strecoare in fata, "iar stadionul e prea mic".
Prima parte a concertului a luat sfarsit cu "Anthem", una dintre putinele piese cu mesaj politic ale lui Cohen, un artist preocupat mai mult de probleme personale si conturarea unui spatiu privat. Pe aceasta piesa a vorbit mai mult, parafrazandu-si versurile din propria piesa, "Ring the bells that still can ring"/"Loviti clopotele care mai pot inca suna", si plangandu-se de "aceasta dezordine adanca si haos in care traim", pentru ca la sfarsit sa multumeasca orchestrei sale. Partea a doua a concertului a inceput cu un "La multi ani!", pe care publicului i l-a cantat lui Cohen care, pe 21 septembrie, in ziua concertului, a implinit 74 de ani. Vizibil emotionat, artistul a multumit din nou publicului ("Multumesc prieteni. E ceva ce nu voi uita") si a inceput sa cante "Tower of Song". A urmat "Suzanne", "The Gypsy’s Wife, "Boogie Street", "Hallelujah" si "Democracy", a doua piesa cantata de pe "The Future", singurul album "politic" al lui Cohen.
Dupa tonurile de revolta si sarcasm din "Democracy", a urmat melancolia pura din "I’m Your Man" si "Take This Waltz". Pe aceasta piesa, care a incheiat concertul, a inceput sa ploua, dar nimeni nu a plecat acasa. Bisul a durat mai bine de o jumatate de ora, Cohen cantand, printre altele, "So Long, Marianne", "First We Take Manhattan", "Sisters of Mercy". A mai cantat, desi nu era prevazut in programul bisurilor, "Famous Blue Raincoat", la cererea publicului.
La randul sau, publicul i-a mai cantat un "La multi ani!". "Prieteni, nu stati in ploaie, o sa raciti", au fost ultimele cuvinte ale artistului inainte de a parasi scena.
De la stadion, artistul a plecat la hotel, unde a luat parte la un cocktail de o ora, impreuna cu organizatorii si staff-ul sau – a fost singura data cand artistul a iesit in public. Pe toata perioada sederii in Romania, artistul a evitat sa iasa in afara spatiului social protector asigurat de staff-ul sau, izolandu-se in hotel sau repetand cu formatia sa; in ziua concertului a repetat de la ora 15.00 pana aproape de inceperea concertului. Din Romania, artistul a plecat la Viena.
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Leonard Cohen, "hat off!"
Romania libera
- September 23, 2008 by Adrian Schiop
The most awaited concert of the autumn over in an apotheosis of a more than a half hour.
The capacity of 10,000 seats to Stadionului "Arch of Triumph" has proven unsatisfactory for fans of Canadian artists, and tickets were exhausted two weeks before the concert, which made their price, from black to triple - to offer a ticket on the lawn of 79 lei came to cost 250 lei at the first auction and 150 lei after negotiation. The scene was arranged sober, with curtains that float back and discreet lighting that changes color depending on the atmosphere of song. The concert began unexpectedly fast, at 19.10, taking by surprise the public and, I suppose, the organization. During the first 3-4 parts of the public continued to gather on the stadium.
Leonard Cohen appeared dressed in a casual suit, in two rows of buttons and a hat with boruri short. The whole orchestra was wearing similar black suit jacket, hat or Basque Workers - a vestimentatie deliberately poor, suggesting a band of Jewish intellectuals and singers in perfect harmony consonance with Cohen's melancholy. Greeted by a burst of applause, the artist replied simply, scotandu his hat: "Thank you very much." In fact, after each round of applause, the artist and a hat and pulled out a happy, and on "Everybody Knows" added: "It's a great honor to play for you tonight." The artist was rather shy and defensive than macho and secure him, playing all the time zambind modesty and melancholy. Rather than spectacular, the show was the atmosphere, inviting the neighborhood, and the public react to unexpected appropriate. Applauses and efuziunile not become hysterical, but remained at a decent level, in agreement with the music so personal to the artist.
"Warm" is the best word to name the type of communication that has been established between artist and audience. The public has not complied, but Cohen's desire to not smoke. At first, they did a people in the back, towards the end of the concert, I saw some daring who lit cigarette right in front of the scene, ignoring repeated warnings of the organizers. After "Everybody knows" followed "In My Secret Life" (success of the last album of Cohen, "Ten new songs") and "Who by Fire", perhaps the most mysterious piece of the artist. Concert version of this song since 1974 has been enhanced with an orchestral intro with an impromptu organ. How to face the scene were the VIP seats, with seats and access large spaces between them, and in the cheap seats were back on turf, the public here has slipped in the VIP spaces, so the corridors of seats and space in front of the scenes have started , Imperceptibly, to fill young girls. "Too many seats and VIP Premium," complained Andrew, one of those who managed to sneak in front, "and the stadium is too small."
The first part of the concert was over with "Anthem", one of the few pieces with his political message of Cohen, an artist more concerned about the personal problems and shaping of a private space. On this song spoke more lyrics and parafrazandu own song, "Ring the bells that still can ring '/' bells hit that can still call", and is complaining of "the deep disarray and chaos we live in ", Because in the end to thank his orchestra. The second part of the concert began with a "Happy Birthday!", Which played at the public's Cohen, on September 21, the day of the concert, has reached 74 years. Visibly nervous, the artist thanked the audience ( "Thank you my friends. It's something I will always remember") and began to sing "Tower of Song". He followed "Suzanne", "The Gypsy's Wife," Boogie Street, "" Hallelujah "and" Democracy ", the second song played on" The Future ", the only album" political "'s Cohen.
After the revolt tones and sarcasm of "Democracy", followed pure melancholy of "I'm Your Man" and "Take This Waltz." On this track, which closed the concert, started to rain, but nobody went home. Bisul lasted more than a half hour, singing Cohen, among others, "So Long, Marianne," "First We Take Manhattan," "Sisters of Mercy." He played, although it was not stipulated in the bisurilor, "Famous Blue raincoat, at the request of the public.
In turn, the public in May played a "Happy Birthday!". "Friends, do not wait in the rain, I raciti" were the last words of the artist before leaving the scene.
From the stadium, the artist went to the hotel, where he took part in a cocktail for an hour, along with organizers and staff or - was the only time the artist came out in public. Throughout the stay in Romania, the artist has avoided to go outside the social protection provided by the staff or, izolandu the hotel or rehearsing with his band, in concert repeated the day from 15:00 until almost the start of the concert. Romania, the artist went to Vienna.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Legenda si spectacol: Leonard Cohen
Compact Bucuresti
- September 23, 2008 by Elena Nedelcu
Duminica seara a avut loc cel mai asteptat si cel mai spectaculos concert al toamnei. Artistul Leonard Cohen a incantat miile de fani care, dupa o asteptare de 15 ani, au fost rasplatiti cu un spectacol de lumini, muzica si sentimente.
SHOW - Dupa luni de pregatiri, amanari si emotii, Leonard Cohen a cantat, in sfarsit, pe scena Stadionului "Arcul de Triumf" din Capitala. Mai punctual decat alti artisti si surprinzandu-i chiar si pe organizatori, cantaretul si-a facut aparitia pe scena la ora 19.10, moment in care cateva mii de fani inca mai asteptau la intrare.
Spectatorii au avut parte de un Cohen imbracat intr-un costum de culoare inchisa, cu o palarie trasa peste ochi, care, alaturi de trupa sa de muzicieni, a cantat melodii care au devenit, in timp, legende. Astfel, publicul vrajit a fredonat alaturi de artist cantece precum "Dance Me To The End Of Love", "Ain't No Cure For Love", "In My Secret Life" sau "Suzanne".
In finalul concertului, care a durat peste doua ore si jumatate, el a oferit un bis generos punctat de aplauze rasunatoare, de cantece de "La Multi Ani!" din partea publicului si de trei torturi, doua pe scena si unul in culise. Singurul lucru care a umbrit marele eveniment a fost proasta organizare de la intrarea pe stadion.
Va multumesc prieteni, e o mare onoare sa cant pentru voi in aceasta seara --
Leonard Cohen
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Legend and show: Leonard Cohen
Compact Bucuresti
- September 23, 2008 by Elena Nedelcu
Sunday night was the most waited and most spectacular concert of autumn. The artist Leonard Cohen has delighted thousands of fans who, after waiting for 15 years, were rewarded with a spectacle of lights, music and feelings.
SHOW - After months of preparations, delays and emotions, Leonard Cohen played, finally, on stage Stadionului "Arch of Triumph" in the Capital. May punctual than other artists and surprinzandu him even on the organizers, and the singer has made the appearance on stage at 19.10, in which time thousands of fans still waiting at the entrance.
Spectators were part of a Cohen dressed in a dark suit with a hat pulled over your eyes, which, along with the band of musicians, played songs that have become, in time, the legends. Thus, the audience spellbound to croon along with artist songs such as "Dance Me To The End Of Love," "Ain't No Cure For Love," "In My Secret Life" and "Suzanne."
At the end of the concert, which lasted over two and a half hours, he offered a generous scored a resounding applause by, the songs of "Happy New Year!" from the public and torture of three, two and one on the scene backstage. The only thing that shady big event was the poor organization of the entrance to the stadium.
Thank you friends, it's a great honor to play for you tonight --
Leonard Cohen
Bucharest, Rumania
Leonard Cohen concert – a moment of genuine Beauty
Nine o'Clock
- September 23, 2008 by Rodica Pricop
Bucharest – What could someone say after a Leonard Cohen concert? That it was a unique moment in one’s life? That the legend and the fame that preceded him is pale comparing with the live experience of his ‘Golden’ voice and mesmerizing presence? That you ran out of words because the most beautiful and important have all been told on the stage? On Sunday night, in Bucharest, Leonard Cohen, one of the most authentic creative spirits of the world of music and poetry exceeded all expectations from this magical encounter.
Accompanied by a group of nine fabulous musicians, all of them successful solo performers, Leonard Cohen charmed his audience from the very first notes of the “Dance Me to The End Of Love” until the “Closing Time”… and to his wonderful farewell words told with the most gentle of voices: “Dear Friends, thank you for keeping alive my songs all these years”. Because Leonard Cohen speaks as he sings: with a profound baritone voice, with a sense of both solemnity and humility. The concert, sold-out as most of the shows included in this magnificent world tour (that, Chapeau M. Cohen! includes over 80 dates), started a few minutes after 7 pm, taking aback part of the Romanian public. For the non-initiated in the local show-business, the ‘custom’ contradicts the start of the show on time, because, well we are in the Balkans after all…
For a true gentleman like Leonard Cohen, starting on time is natural, and so was the entire show. For over two hours, divided in small breaks, the public experienced a moment of musical ‘stillness’ filled with profound emotions like a long breath of purity, briefly, the aesthetic of the music in its most refined form. The outstanding performance of the Canadian artist and of his fellow musicians Roscoe Beck - bass, background vocals, Neil Larsen - keyboard, accordion, brass instruments, Bob Metzger - guitar, steel guitar & vocal, Javier Mas - bandurria, laud, archilaud and 12 string guitar, Rafael Gayol - drums & percussion, Dino Soldo - keyboard, saxophone, wind instruments and vocals, and the wonderful Webb sisters, Charley and Hattie Webb – was not only a remarkable musical experience but also a lesson of respect, humbleness for the Art, for the work well done and for the public.
The “Worker in Songs”, bathed in a purple light most of the time, holding the microphone with one hand and his mala beads in the other, softly took the audience in a fabulous musical journey through his artist life (‘Tower Of Songs’), his love stories (‘Suzanne’), desperation moments (‘I Am Your Man’), disillusions and hopes (‘Democracy’) and spiritual search (‘If It Be Your Will’)... One could say that listening to Leonard Cohen songs is similar to making an in-depth check of the state of his/her being, with the memories, emotions and feelings associated, and sometimes you are surprised to discover new sensations as the music digs profoundly in the most hidden corners of the soul…
On the “I Am Your Man” tribute DVD, Rufus Wainwright, another great Canadian musician from the younger generation tells about the aura of legend built around Leonard Cohen’s house in Montreal. “His neighbourhood, his house, it was like Leonard Cohen Land”. The same magic we felt here, in Bucharest, where he brought a little bit not of his land, but of his inner universe. On Sunday, Leonard Cohen turned 74, an anniversary celebrated on stage, with music and an adoring public, a few thousands who left only after the stage went completely empty and silent.
Even if during his lifetime the musician was spoiled with numerous and exceptional accolades, the ‘Happy Birthday’ song sang by his devoted Romanian public at the end of the concert accompanied by the white birthday cake and flowers, visibly touched him. Taking off his impeccable hat, Leonard Cohen told the public good night and: “God Bless You”. Farewell for now Mr. Cohen, Many Returns of the Day and indeed God Bless YOU!
Thanks to Jarkko of The Leonard Cohen Files for providing the link.
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
„Thanks, friends!“ - În ziua în care a împlinit 74 de ani, Cohen a concertat la Bucuresti
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"Thanks, friends!" - On the day that has reached 74, Cohen performed in Bucharest
Bucharest, Rumania
ENGLISH VERSION.
Vocea din turnul cîntecului - Leonard Cohen la Bucuresti
LiterNet
- September 2008 by Razvan Braileanu
10.000 de oameni sunt pe un stadion si nu huiduie, nu înjura, nu manînca seminte. Toti sunt mesmerizati de o voce unica si de o prezenta masiva spiritual, dar atît de umila fizic: Leonard Cohen a venit, în sfîrsit, în România!
Are 74 de ani împliniti chiar în ziua aceea. Este un barbat elegant, degajînd calm si întelepciune, dar si profesionismul artistului care are la activ sute de concerte, unele mici, în cluburi pline de fum, altele gigantice, pe arene arhipline. Nu face apel la lumini spectaculoase, la efecte pirotehnice sau la decoruri somptuoase, ci se adreseaza direct sufletului auditoriului. Pe 21 septembrie 2008, pe Stadionul Arcul de Triumf din Bucuresti nu au existat învinsi si învingatori, ci mii de prieteni pe gazon si în tribune si, pe scena, cîtiva muzicieni si un fenomen: Leonard Cohen.
Poet si romancier cunoscut în Canada, Leonard Cohen s-a lansat tîrziu în muzica, la 33 de ani, cu albumul Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), care i-a adus un succes financiar moderat, dar l-a propulsat în rîndurile folkistilor respectati. Stilul muzical minimalist si versurile sale despre dragoste, religie, sex, depresie, politica l-au impus ca pe o figura-cult a scenei folk de la sfîrsitul anilor '60 si începutul anilor '70. Odata cu albumul Death of a Ladies' Man (1977), se întrevede o schimbare de abordare muzicala, cu orchestratii ceva mai complexe. Anii '80 marcheaza cotitura stilului lui Leonard Cohen, care se îndreapta spre un pop curat, în care sintetizatoarele si acompaniamentul însotesc vocea din ce în ce mai grava a cantautorului. Piese ca Dance Me to the End of Love (1984) sau First We Take Manhattan si I'm Your Man (1988) ajung hituri internationale si deschid drumul pentru The Future (1992), cel mai de succes album al lui Leonard Cohen. Dupa turneul de promovare, Cohen se retrage, în 1994, într-o manastire budista, unde devine calugar Zen. Absenta din viata publica dureaza pîna în 1999 si este urmata de lansarea albumelor Ten New Songs (2001) si Dear Heather (2005), care reflecta un optimism rezultat, probabil, în urma experientei monahale. Însa optimismul nu dureaza prea mult, fiindca Leonard Cohen este bagat în faliment de fostul sau manager si pierde peste 5 milioane de dolari, pe care nu-i mai recîstiga niciodata.
În 2008, milioane de fani primesc vestea noului turneu international al lui Leonard Cohen, dupa 15 ani de absenta a acestuia de pe marile scene. Turneul a început pe 11 mai 2008 în Canada si a continuat în Europa, marcînd cîteva dintre marile festivaluri ale verii: Big Chill (Tara Galilor), Glastonbury (Anglia) si Montreux Jazz Festival (Elvetia).
Concertul de la Bucuresti, organizat de Events si de Jurnalul National, a deschis turneul european de toamna al lui Leonard Cohen, care mai cuprinde spectacole în Austria, Cehia, Polonia, Germania, Finlanda, Suedia, Danemarca, Belgia, Italia, Elvetia, Olanda, Franta (3 seri la rînd la Paris, cu biletele deja vîndute cu luni bune înainte!) si se va încheia la Manchester, pe 30 noiembrie 2008. Zvonurile despre venirea lui Cohen în România au început sa circule înca din primavara, culminînd cu anuntarea concertului pe situl artistului, urmata de anularea lui fara nici o explicatie, ceea ce i-a disperat pe cei care doreau sa-l vada la Bucuresti. Asta pîna în iulie, de cînd concertul de pe Stadionul Arcul de Triumf a devenit o certitudine. Interesul deosebit al publicului pentru acest eveniment a facut ca, înainte de concert cu o saptamîna, toate biletele sa fie vîndute.
Leonard Cohen a urcat pe scena la cîteva minute dupa ora anuntata pe afis, ceea ce i-a luat prin surprindere pe multi dintre posesorii de bilete, care înca mai stateau la coada la intrarea în stadion. (Dupa obiceiul ca spectacolele de orice fel din România sa înceapa mai tîrziu decît au fost programate si publicul si-a pierdut obisnuinta de a fi punctual. Am auzit chiar oameni nemultumiti ca a început concertul la ora la care trebuia sa înceapa...) Din punctul meu de vedere, primele piese din concert (Dance Me to the End of Love si The Future) au fost stricate de vînzoleala (mai ales a VIP-urilor autohtone) care îsi cautau locurile sau pur si simplu socializau ca la un simplu eveniment monden. Ceea ce a urmat însa dupa ce lucrurile s-au mai calmat a fost o experienta unica, atît din punct de vedere muzical, cît si spiritual. Vlad Arghir, un mare fan Leonard Cohen si autorul mini-albumului Fotografii dintr-un concert (cu imagini dintr-un spectacol al lui Cohen de la Berlin, în 1993), care l-a vazut pe artist si la Amsterdam anul acesta, mi-a spus ca show-ul din Bucuresti "este unul dintre cele mai bune concerte ale lui". Tower of Song, Suzanne, Halleluja, Famous Blue Raincoat sunt doar cîteva dintre momentele de vîrf ale concertului, rasplatite de public cu aplauze îndelungate. Leonard Cohen a cîntat magnific, a recitat sublim si s-a jucat la chitara si la clape, a supus 10.000 de oameni cu puterea cîntecului si apoi s-a înclinat, modest, în fata aceleiasi multimi, care i-a cîntat, sub ploaia rece, Happy Birthday.
Dupa 3 bisuri si o ultima piesa, Whither Thou Goest, cîntata a capella împreuna cu toti muzicienii care l-au acompaniat, Leonard Cohen a multumit publicului, si-a luat ramas bun si a parasit scena, nu înainte de a spune "God Bless you!". Nu stiu daca cineva, acolo, sus, l-a auzit si s-a conformat, dar eu unul m-am simtit binecuvîntat.
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Voice of the tower cîntecului - Leonard Cohen in Bucharest
LiterNet
- September 2008 by Razvan Braileanu
10,000 people are on a stadium and not Huidu not swear, I do not eat seeds. All mesmerizati a single voice and presence of a massive spiritual, but so humble physically: Leonard Cohen came in last in Romania!
He has 74 years even in the day. It is an elegant man, breezy and cool wisdom, and professionalism of artists who are active in hundreds of concerts, some small clubs filled with smoke, other giant, the arene overcrowded. Do not call on the spectacular lights, the pyrotechnic effects or Decors somptuoase, but made directly to the soul audience. On September 21 2008, the Arch of Triumph Stadium in Bucharest there were no winners and losers, but thousands of friends on the lawn and in galleries and on stage, several musicians and a phenomenon: Leonard Cohen.
Poet and novelist known in Canada, Leonard Cohen was launched late in music, to 33 years, with the album Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), which brought a moderate financial success, but among propelled folkistilor respected. Minimalist musical style and his lyrics about love, religion, sex, depression, politics made him as a figure of cult-folk scene at the end of the years'60 and early'70. With the album Death of a Ladies' Man (1977), loom a change of approach music with orchestratii something more complex. The 80 mark turning style of Leonard Cohen, who is heading towards a pop up, the sintetizatoarele and acompaniamentul accompanying voice increasingly serious cantautorului. Songs like Dance Me to the End of Love (1984) or First We Take Manhattan and I'm Your Man (1988) reach international hits and open the way for the future (1992), the most successful album of Leonard Cohen. After the promotional tour, Cohen retire in 1994, in a Buddhist monastery, which became Zen monk. The absence of public life lasts until 1999 and is followed by the launch album Ten New Songs (2001) and Dear Heather (2005), reflecting an optimism result, perhaps, the experience monachal. But the optimism did not last too long, because Leonard Cohen is involved in the bankruptcy of its former manager and lost more than $ 5 million, which no longer recîstiga ever.
In 2008, millions of fans hear new international tour of Leonard Cohen, after 15 years of absence from the big scene. The tour began on May 11 in Canada in 2008 and continued in Europe, marked some of the major festivals of the summer: Big Chill (Wales), Glastonbury (England) and Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland).
The concert in Bucharest, organized by Events and National Official, opened the European autumn tour of Leonard Cohen, which includes performances in Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands , France (3 nights in row in Paris, with tickets already sold months before good!) And will end at Manchester, on 30 November 2008. Rumors about Cohen's arrival in Romania began to move since the spring, culminating with the announcement of the concert on the artist, followed by the cancellation of without any explanation, which the desperate people who wanted to see in Bucharest. That until July, when the Stadium concert on the Arch of Triumph has become a certainty. Particularly the public interest for this event as he did before the concert a week, all tickets are sold.
Leonard Cohen climbed on stage at a few minutes after the time announced the bill, which has taken by surprise on many holders of tickets, which are still standing in line at the entrance to the stadium. (After that habit of shows any kind in Romania to start later than was scheduled and the public to have lost the habit to be punctual. I even heard people complain that began at the concert that was supposed to start ...) From my point of view, the first piece of the concert (Dance Me to the End of Love and The Future) have been damaged by vînzoleala (especially VIP local) seeking their seats or simply socialize as a simple event fashion. What followed, however, after things were cool was a unique experience, both in terms of music, and spiritual. Vlad Arghir, a big fan Leonard Cohen and the mini-album photos from a concert (with pictures of a show's Cohen in Berlin in 1993), which saw the artist and Amsterdam this year, he said the show of Bucharest "is one of the best concerts of his." Tower of Song, Suzanne, Halleluja, Famous Blue raincoat are just some of the peak moments of the concert, audience rewarded with lengthy applause. Leonard Cohen to play great, a sublime recital and played the guitar and keyboards, has put 10,000 people with power cîntecului and was then titled, modest, before the same crowd, who play under the cold rain, Happy Birthday.
After 3 bisuri and a final piece, Whither Thou Goest, sings a Capella with all the musicians who accompanied him, Leonard Cohen thanked the public, and has remained good and left the scene, not before saying "God Bless you! ". I do not know if anyone there, upstairs, heard and complied with, but one I felt I was blessed.
Bucharest, Rumania
Blogs, Videos and Other Fan Reports
A report of the concert and some photos on the Metalhead site.
Video on RockTube -- From Morrison "Closing Time" and "Whither Thou Goest" and from Morgothia a TV news report from Antena 3.
Blog - The User by Alyna - "Leonard Cohen in concert"
...He was brilliant, at 74 years old, he is really impressing. He sang for 2 and a half hours and has put a memorable show. ...
Discuss the tour and read fan reviews on The Leonard Cohen Forum and in French on the Leonard Cohen Forum (French site).
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