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During the Leonard Cohen World Tour, 3 songs were played for the 1st time: Feels So Good (AKA The Other Blues Song), The Darkness, and Lullaby. While each was sung only a few times, multiple versions exist with different lyrics and arrangements.

A summary of each song's performances and lyrics with videos and mp3s for downloading are now available at these posts:

• “Lullaby”
• “The Darkness”
• “Feels So Good”

In celebration of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday, September 21, 2009, Heck Of A Guy offers a video pastiche of favorite scenes featuring the singer-songwriter, poet, and icon.

Leonard Cohen at 75 Birthday Video

Leonard Cohen Dedicates Concert To Yasmine

• Leonard Cohen
• Anjani Thomas
• Anjani & DrHGuy FAQ
• Julie Showalter
• Julie's Writings
• Allan Truax

Answer: Displaying One's Erection As Part Of A Lecture At A Scientific Meeting

Question: What Happens In Vegas That Doesn't Stay In Vegas?

Giles Brindley
Extreme Show & Tell

Note: This link is to a post on AlignMap.com, my treatment adherence site, but an appreciation of Professor Brindley's presentation requires no medical expertise.

• 10 Unbelievable Secrets About Leonard Cohen
• How To Tell If You're At A Cohen Or A Springsteen Concert
• New & Improved Leonard Cohen Lyrics
• New & Improved Leonard Cohen Concerts
• Leonard Cohen Finds Love - Quiescently Frozen On A Stick
• Leonard Cohen World Tour ON ICE – New Marketing Strategy For Florida Shows
• The Miracle Of The Holy Cohen Breadroll
• Throwing In The Leonard Cohen (Beach) Towel
• Anjani CD Remains Blue – But Is It Still Alert?

• Elvis’s Rolls Royce
• Two Very Raw, Unreleased Leonard Cohen Songs "Puppets" And "Book Of Longing"
• Complete Version Of "The Darkness" – The New Leonard Cohen Song – Now Available
• Baby, Baby, Baby – Leonard Cohen & Anjani Sing The Blues In Norway
• Leonard Cohen’s Austin Audition Of “Lullaby”

• The 2008 Leonard Cohen Field Guide
• Leonard Cohen’s List Of Pharmaceuticals Joke & His Not At All Funny Depression
• Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, and The Woman Who Knew Exactly What She Wanted
• The Do-se-do Guy In Leonard Cohen's First Band

• Women Disrobe While Leonard Cohen Music Plays – Yet, Something Feels Wrong
• Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah – Mood Music For Watchmen SuperHeroic Sex Scene
• Leonard Cohen, Miami Vice Guest Star

• Why Is Leonard Cohen Smiling – And Who's Lenny?

Now that the Fall 2009 USA concert series has been completed, The Leonard Cohen World Tour is on hiatus until March 2010.

Heck Of A Guy offers two videos of clips and photos from the Tour:

The Original
Heck Of A Guy
Dear Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Tour. I Hope It Was Good
For You, Too.
Commemorative Video Celebration Of The First 14 Months Of The 2008-2009 World Tour

can be viewed at
Thanks For The Tour

A 2nd video, focusing on the Summer 2009 concerts can now be seen at Thanks Again For The Tour – The Encore Video

Bonus: The World Tour That Might Have Been

Heck Of A Guy offers exclusive videos of the Alternative Leonard Cohen World Tour, our version of how the final US concerts could be given a special, venue-specific twist:

• Leonard Cohen World Tour ON ICE – New Marketing Strategy For Florida Shows
• Leonard Cohen Rehearsal Video – New Finale For Last New York Concert
• Line Dancing to The Future
• First We Take Manhattan, Then We Go Vegas – The Leonard Cohen Girls! Girls! Girls! Las Vegas Revue

... I never had a chance. I was – and this is the only word that fits – smitten. She was overwhelmingly intelligent and quick-witted, although it took three more years for me to recognize that she was, in fact, much smarter than me, and then another two years to forgive her for that. And, she was surpassingly good-looking, with an unmistakable aura of sexiness.

The unlikely story of how Julie and I fell in love and - 2 husbands, 1 wife, and 2 careers later - spent an outrageously wonderful 20 years together is unlike anything else you will find in this blog, and perhaps anywhere else.

The story starts, appropriately, at This Is How A Love Story Began

"Do I Have To Dance All Night" was performed many times in concerts but was never released in the US.

As part of my crusade to popularize this song, I've cobbled together 2 videos - one for the semi-funky 1976 version with Laura Branigan and one for the 1980 more gypsy, less disco version - that kinda sorta fit the music.

• 1976 Do I Have To Dance All Night Video
• 1980 Do I Have To Dance All Night Video

Both videos include links to keys to the sources of the clips and the identities of the backup singers and others who are featured.

The complete story of "Do I Have To Dance All Night" is available at The Best Leonard Cohen Song You've Never Heard (Probably)

Special Photos, Music, Videos, Events, Oddities, & Insights From The Leonard Cohen 2008-2009 World Tour

Unreleased music from Anjani's performances in Warsaw, Poland and Joe's Pub, New York.

• Whither Thou Goest (Warsaw Concert)
• Never Got To Love You (Warsaw Concert)
• Leonard Cohen and Anjani Duets Video (Joe's Pub, NY)

The Anjani Birthday Montage includes selections of favorites, especially songs from the Blue Alert album.

The review of Anjani's Blue Alert album is found at Blue Alert – A Recommendation That Will Make You Want To Kiss Me

Other important Anjani links:

• Anjani & DrHGuy FAQ
• Anjani Thomas Category
• Anjani Chronicles

Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen had a fling in the 1960s that, for unspecified reasons, was short-lived, with Cohen instigating the parting.

It was then and is now a complex connection. In 1988, Cohen said, “I’m still very friendly with Joni - I had dinner with her before the tour, and I have the same admiration for her as you do. But I think it was Noel Harrison who came up to me in the LA Troubadour and said ‘How d’you like living with Beethoven?’”

The full story is at Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell: Just One Of Those Things

• A Leonard Cohen Primer
• L Cohen Article - Mojo 9/94
• Leonard Cohen Nicknames
• Leonard Cohen Lookalikes
• L Cohen Lyrics - Word Trees
• L Cohen Lyrics - Tag Cloud
• L Cohen Lyrics - Wordle

Cohen interviews on CBC