More videos from the Leonard Cohen concert in Las Vegas and even one from the Kansas City show have completed the sometimes hazardous journey from memory cards to YouTube in the past few days. Heck Of A Guy offers this sampling of the Las Vegas and Kansas City performances because (1) they are enjoyable watching and (2) it’s a long time until March 1, 2010 when the Leonard Cohen World Tour starts touring again.
Leonard Cohen, Closing Time (Las Vegas, 11/12/2009)
Of special note in this video is bass guitarist and Tour Musical Director, Roscoe Beck, who, sans spectacles and displaying a nicely tailored suit as well as a (by all accounts) dashing new haircut (a transition in coiffures which has not gone unnoticed by a growing cadre of female fans), puts out a refreshingly animated rockabilly vibe, a la Carl Perkins, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Young Elvis Presley, … . For comparison, see “Closing Time,” the first video of Leonard Cohen Goes Crazy Twice In Belgrade, in which the then pony-tailed Beck is somber and significantly less expressive performing the same song only 10 weeks earlier. According to the LeonardCohenForum post by bridger15,1
At the Las Vegas concert, where Roscoe first appeared with his new sexy haircut, [Leonard Cohen] introduced him at the end of “Anthem” as: “Roscoe, The Kid is Back, Beck.”
Video from arlenedick15
Leonard Cohen, Thousand Kisses Deep (Las Vegas, 11/12/2009)
Video from albertnoonan
Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat (Las Vegas, 11/12/2009)
Video from albertnoonan
Leonard Cohen, Tried To Leave You, Final Words (Las Vegas, 11/12/2009)
Viewers possessed of perceptibilities so pristine that they are vulnerable to skin eruptions or seizures when confronted with imperfections in videos should up their dosage of the appropriate medications before exposing themselves to the final third of the following recording, which is interrupted by the videographer’s coughing. Hardier sorts, however, will find the benefits of watching outweigh the risks.
Video from arlenedick15
Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man (Las Vegas, 11/12/2009)
Video from albertnoonan
Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire (Kansas City, 11/9/2009)
Video from arlenedick15
- bridger15 at LeonardCohenForum is also known as arlenedick15 and as bridgebud on YouTube. [↩]
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