tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post7334295342528800227..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: Leonard Cohen in the Southern ValesKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-52681860440304503432009-02-01T13:44:00.000+10:302009-02-01T13:44:00.000+10:30Cheers PC. I bought my mum and stepdad tickets to...Cheers PC. I bought my mum and stepdad tickets to the Leconfield show for Christmas. They had a ball and were completely spellbound by Leonard - but didn't take any photos. Very happy to finally have a visual of the day.<BR/><BR/>Spent an enjoyable few hours yesterday reading Lorca and listening to I'm Your Man. I think I replayed Take This Waltz four or five times :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-65130680510761196992009-01-30T19:40:00.000+10:302009-01-30T19:40:00.000+10:30Cheryl Kernot rang into ABC Sydney radio this morn...Cheryl Kernot rang into ABC Sydney radio this morning and she too cried. We are legion!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-78369380063771828402009-01-30T10:22:00.000+10:302009-01-30T10:22:00.000+10:30Comments crossed there, Peahen. I didn't think you...Comments crossed there, Peahen. I didn't think you were nitpicking -- it's one of the most interesting things about his songs, the way he reworks earlier songs and poems and stories.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-80599765395641163812009-01-30T10:20:00.000+10:302009-01-30T10:20:00.000+10:30Yes, Peahen, like a number of his songs it's based...Yes, Peahen, like a number of his songs it's based on something else. The French he's singing is the original folk(?)song. But the song as written and sung in English is what he's made of it. 'Alexandra Leaving' is a riff on a Cavafy poem which draws on Shakespeare who drew on Plutarch, about Bacchus abandoning Mark Antony in Alexandria the night before a battle. And 'there is a crack in everything' is a quotation from Emerson, but it was Cohen who added the lovely optimistic rider 'That's how the light gets in.' I think he's just one of those writers whose subjects include other writing.<BR/><BR/>Amanda, looking forward v much to your post.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-77665006328121633642009-01-30T10:15:00.000+10:302009-01-30T10:15:00.000+10:30P.S.Fantastic song though. I guess he did do the E...P.S.<BR/>Fantastic song though. I guess he did do the English translation. Sorry for the nitpicking. He was wonderful in Sydney too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-79177532536159517902009-01-30T10:11:00.000+10:302009-01-30T10:11:00.000+10:30The Partisan wasn't actually written by l cohen. I...The Partisan wasn't actually written by l cohen. I think it was a popular French folk song written after the war. I'm pretty sure there are song writing credits for other people on his album notes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-1381195954568484522009-01-29T16:23:00.000+10:302009-01-29T16:23:00.000+10:30I have a data point on this for you, P. I started ...I have a data point on this for you, P. I started crying in the first song and barely stopped.<BR/><BR/>I hope to write it up tomorrow or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-65644985970727895572009-01-29T12:27:00.000+10:302009-01-29T12:27:00.000+10:30Yes, El, I've thought of you and the dear departed...Yes, El, I've thought of you and the dear departed more than once over the last week or so as the blogosphere and the meeja continue ring with praise of 'Leonard'. Great cats never die.<BR/><BR/>I'm interested (btw) to see how many people around the place -- well, women at least -- are reporting sobbing and blubbering. I admit to sobbing and blubbering only once, when he said (clearly part of the standard patter, but fair enough) 'It's a privilege to perform here in this peaceful country.' There was a little silence and then a bit of murmuring and then people started to clap. In his own quiet way, he was saying we don't know how lucky we are.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-88986206715473654522009-01-29T12:15:00.000+10:302009-01-29T12:15:00.000+10:30My heart leapt at the words 'first sighting of Leo...My heart leapt at the words 'first sighting of Leonard', but then I realised it was only LC.Elsewhere007https://www.blogger.com/profile/11123268008264450222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-60747425145057377802009-01-28T19:21:00.000+10:302009-01-28T19:21:00.000+10:30Saw him in Auckland last week. Sublime. I so agree...Saw him in Auckland last week. Sublime. I so agree that the Buddhism really showed. I felt that I learned something, as well as having a damn good time.The Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-13626174393383512742009-01-28T15:39:00.000+10:302009-01-28T15:39:00.000+10:30ah, excellent.Wish I could've been there. Although...ah, excellent.<BR/>Wish I could've been there. Although all I would've done is sob and blubber, which is disrespectful to the time and money such things take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-37087628760632533592009-01-28T10:13:00.000+10:302009-01-28T10:13:00.000+10:30The stage faced more or less west in Healesville, ...The stage faced more or less west in Healesville, too, but tall trees screened out the worst of the sun.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-27526049001253565452009-01-28T10:05:00.000+10:302009-01-28T10:05:00.000+10:30I find myself suddenly wishing for tickets and Leo...I find myself suddenly wishing for tickets and Leonard Cohen's entire back catalogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-39433644029208922662009-01-28T09:28:00.000+10:302009-01-28T09:28:00.000+10:30&D -- I love the sprog thing, it fascinates me...&D -- I love the sprog thing, it fascinates me. I was a fan of the McGarrigles AND Loudon Wainwright III back when Rufus was a baby so watching Martha and Rufus eat up the stage here (on the Cohen tour) a couple of years ago was amazing. And did you know that Cohen's boy Adam and Stephen Stills' boy Chris were in a band together for a while? <BR/><BR/>And yes, Dan Kelly was really good.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-78119849601301090572009-01-28T08:23:00.000+10:302009-01-28T08:23:00.000+10:30That was a fantastic recounting. Boo hiss to the w...That was a fantastic recounting. Boo hiss to the west-facing stage, what idiots!<BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of Dan Kelly, who is a lot like his uncle but different enough to be doing his own excellent things. I have just discovered Ben Taylor, sprog of James & Carly, and he is also spookily similar but excellently different.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-74779381339428751872009-01-28T07:33:00.000+10:302009-01-28T07:33:00.000+10:30Thanks so much. Lovely.Thanks so much. Lovely.M-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-13562356812383620262009-01-27T22:47:00.000+10:302009-01-27T22:47:00.000+10:30haha, I must have been away...no worries.haha, I must have been away...no worries.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-5011094963637023922009-01-27T21:22:00.000+10:302009-01-27T21:22:00.000+10:30Heh! Dunno if you saw the post about the lost blog...Heh! Dunno if you saw the post about the lost blogroll, Fifi, but I am restoring the links one or two at a time. I will put you back as soon as Dokic v Safin is finished ...Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-15798268505960139972009-01-27T21:13:00.000+10:302009-01-27T21:13:00.000+10:30How utterly wonderful!!ps can I be allowed back on...How utterly wonderful!!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>ps can I be allowed back on your blogroll?fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.com