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I'm Your Man

Posted on Wed, 2006-08-16 11:04 by sarahfelicity
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No no no, not me. *I'm* not your man. 

But I went last night to see Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man, and spent the movie heaving sighs of wonder, gratitude, and a whole spectrum of other emotions. I fell in love with this man who is now 72, with his amazing velvet voice, and his song-writing, and his humour and humility.

Other highlights were performances by Rufus Wainwright... all three were great but "Everybody Knows" *really* took the cake. Oh my.

Also great was "I'm Your Man" performed with U2, where The Edge does a wee solo that you'd know was The Edge even if you'd had your eyes closed for the rest of the show. (What is it about that guy?) The contrast of old Leonard in a suit next to Bono and the boys, on a totally glittery stage, was pretty entertaining, I thought.

Highly recommended for an evening of hauntingly beautiful vocals and poetry.

(The first CD that the Pullman family ever owned was actually "I'm Your Man", so there was certainly a comforting familiarity about the whole thing for me, which I'm sure many others would share. Actually, the whole thing made me want to move to Montreal and be an artiste, rather than spending all my cycles thinking about the internet and other such new-fangled bullshit, but that's another story. ;))

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The man's a genuis...

Wed, 2006-08-16 12:15 — Darren (not verified)

And a poor genius, which is why this movie was made. I haven't watched the film because I've heard reports that everybody other than Bono and Cohen sound offkey and awful. Certainly that's true of Beth Orton and the, uh, McGarrigle sisters, after checking out those songs on iTunes.

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Hmmm

Wed, 2006-08-16 14:53 — sarahfelicity

Well as I said, I dug Rufus. The other performances were interesting. I didn't love them all but I wouldn't avoid seeing the movie over it. And I kinda liked Beth Orton's piece...?

So Leonard's poor, eh. I wonder how much of my iTunes gift certificate would end up in his pocket if I went and bought one of his albums?

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follow your bliss?

Wed, 2006-08-16 14:20 — Thomas (not verified)

Why don't you move half-way to Montreal and integrate your inner artiste with your outer geeke? I look forward to seeing the Cohen film.

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Anthem

Mon, 2006-08-21 13:58 — T. (not verified)

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

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