The boxing gloves and stethoscope, accouterments to lyrics from “I’m Your Man” deposited on stage (first documented in the photo posted at Leonard Cohen Equipped To Step Into The Ring And Examine Every Inch Of You), can now be viewed in this video excerpt of that song’s performance at Leonard Cohen’s Colmar Concert.
Cohen, already wearing the boxing gloves (courtesy of Vic & Beck) over his shoulder, can be seen picking up the stethoscope (placed on stage by Christine Geyer, ably backed by her Cohen colleague, Puddingdale).
Next, a monkey & banana can be viewed flying toward the stage (hurled by faithfully) where it is nimbly fielded by the now well-equipped singer/songwriter/poet/boxer/doctor/icon.
Heck Of A Guy is indebted to bridger15 for correcting a misidentification of the monkey & banana in the earlier version of this post.
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (Colmar 16 août 2009)
Yippieeeehhhh!!!! We got it
What a pity you can’t see much of his facial expression in the video. But still it’s ever so wonderful to have this !! It was way too funny when he first put the gloves over his shoulder so heroic and then even played with the stethoscope. The thing was really working so probably that was why he put it down after a while. But he sure looked good wearing it around his neck
“History being made”- you are so right! Watching him catch the monkey is total crack to me.