Leonard Cohen To Perform At Montreux, Switzerland Jazz Festival – July 4 and 5, 2013

I’ve received official confirmation that the following dates will be added to the 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour:

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL - Switzerland - 4 and 5 July, 2013

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 19, at 10am CET.  The Forum presale is now underway.

Video: First 2013 Leonard Cohen Performance Of Different Sides – St John, NB

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2013 Best Videos: The best available video of each of the songs performed during the 2013 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas World Tour, including this one, can be found at the Best Of 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour Video Setlist

Leonard Cohen – Different Sides
St John: April 15, 2013
Visual Quality: Good-High ; Audio Quality: High
Video by cohenadmirer1

Audio Recording: 2013 Premiere Leonard Cohen Performance Of Different Sides – Saint John, NB

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Leonard Cohen – Different Sides

Different Sides, a song from the Old Ideas album, made its 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour debut at the St John concert.  It was sporadically played during the 2013 Tour.

Best 2013 Tour Videos: The best available video of each of the songs performed during the 2013 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas World Tour can be found at the Best Of 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour Video Setlist

Saint John, NB: April 15, 2013
By cohenadmirer

Credit Due Department: I discovered this recording from a LeonardCohenForum post. The arresting photo of Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson performing at the St John concert was taken by Leif Bodnarchuk, who posted it at Apr 15: St John, Harbour Station (Old Ideas: April 16,  2013)

Audio Recording: 2013 Saint John Leonard Cohen Concert: The Future With Introduction

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Leonard Cohen – The Future With Introduction

Introduction Notes:

  1. “Thank you for climbing to the high places” was addressed to the audience members in the balcony.  “Thank you for paying for the low places” was addressed, of course, to those in the orchestra seating, who paid, one presumes, a higher price for their tickets than those in the balcony.
  2. Cohen’s promise is, as always, “We’ll give ya everything we got” – not “We’ll give you everything we’ve got.”1

Best 2013 Tour Videos: The best available video of each of the songs performed during the 2013 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas World Tour can be found at the Best Of 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour Video Setlist

Saint John, NB: April 15, 2013
By cohenadmirer

Credit Due Department: I discovered this recording from a LeonardCohenForum post. The April 13, 2013 Leonard Cohen Halifax concert photo was taken and posted by Joey Carenza at Notes From The Road

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  1. This is my personal crusade to beat back the grammar bowdlerizers. []

Evocative Video Of I’m Your Man From 2013 Leonard Cohen Radio City Music Hall Concert

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Although this recording misses the first half-dozen lines of lyrics and it has a few rough camera movements, it effectively captures Leonard Cohen’s sexy, salacious take on his classic song, I’m Your Man.

Note: The best available video of each of the songs performed during the 2013 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas World Tour can be found at the Best Of 2013 Leonard Cohen Tour Video Setlist

Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
Visual Quality: Good-High; Audio Quality: High
New York: April 6 or 7, 2013
Video by Rosetta Kromer

DrHGuy Is Thinking Outside The Blog

Posting at 1HeckOfAGuy.com and DrHGuy.com will be on hold while DrHGuy follows Douglas Adams’ admonition in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency:

Let’s think the unthinkable, let’s do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.