After two weeks of the sort that the potential loss of four years of blogging didn’t make it into the Top Three Traumas of the Month, DrHGuy will, in a few minutes, begin a Rest, Recreation, and Recovery Retreat.
During this period of 10 days or so, posting will be minimal or altogether absent.1
I do have a going-away video for you.
Lian Lunson’s Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man is a stew comprising interviews with performers and individuals connected to Cohen, performances of Cohen’s music by an interesting mix of musicians, including Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Antony, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker (from Pulp), Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Beth Orton, and others, and interviews with Leonard Cohen.
This concoction has won the admiration of some viewers but many others find it off-putting. The participants’ commentary about Cohen (all of which strike me as dead-on) are so complimentary that even Bono, a world-class icon himself, sounds more like a pre-teen girl describing the wonders of the latest boy band to hit the charts than an accomplished musician describing a stellar artist in the same field.
The fundamental problem of Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
is Leonard Cohen.
Watching Leonard Cohen first extrapolate a rationale from an interviewer’s query to justify an exposition on the subject of his choice and then proceed to deliver a thoughtful, witty, well constructed verbal essay, complemented by a sequence of camera-worthy facial expressions and movements is a fascinating experience for the spectator (and usually, although not always, the interrogator). With the possible exception of Madonna, no one strikes a pose during interviews better than Cohen, and, arguably, no one in any profession offers more provocative, revealing, and accessible content. The man gives good interview.
It is my contention that enticing the viewer with packets of raw, uncut, high quality Leonard Cohen and then forcing that same viewer to also accept quantities of necessarily less potent product in the form of praise for Cohen or covers of his songs results, at best, in disappointment and perhaps resentment.
That ambivalent criticism now officially registered, it must be said that some of the covers are intriguing and assuredly worth watching. Almost everyone agrees on that. Almost no one agrees on which songs by which singers are successes and which are failures.
I chose these two videos1 because they surprised me. Antony (of Antony & The Johnsons) is known – and lauded – for a quavering yet full-bodied falsetto that has proved more likely to trigger annoyance and complaints of headaches than my praise. His version of If It Be Your Will was the first time I understood the quality his voice could lend a song. Teddy Thompson was all but unknown to me as was Cohen’s Tonight Will Be Fine; after watching this portion of the film, however, both became unforgettable.
If It Be Your Will – Antony
Tonight Will Be Fine – Teddy Thompson
Leningrad Cowboys (click on graphic to view larger image)
In 1994, the Leningrad Cowboys, a musical group originally formed to play the role of a fictional band1 in Aki Kaurismäki’s 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America, performed, with support from 70 members of the Red Army Choir, the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic Sweet Home Alabama at the 11th annual MTV Music Awards held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. According to Wikipedia, 250 million people worldwide watched the program.
Tragically, I was not among them.2
Thankfully, the Lord of Leisure directed me to a video of this unforgettable show.
Dressed in Eastern Bloc knockoffs of Porter Wagner suits and what their web site identifies as “unicorn hairdos and ½ meter long, sharp-pointed shoes,” the entire troop currently consists of 11 Cowboys and 2 Leningrad Ladies, the latter adorned by megabeehives, the most mini of minidresses, and mesh stockings capable of capturing the heart of any male foolhardy enough to approach them.
The band appeared in two other films, The Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses and The Total Balalaika Show, which features the Cowboys and the full 160-member Red Army Choir.
They perform in English, covering songs such as Those Were The Days, Thru The Wire, Stairway To Heaven, and tunes from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and others as well as performing Russian folk songs and, according to their web site, music referencing “vodka, tractors, rockets, and Genghis Khan.”
A fake Finnish band, each member of which has morphed into an hallucinogenic vision of Elvis, singing, with accompaniment by the Red Army Choir, looking, as we say back in the Ozarks, “just happy to be here,” the Lynyrd Skynyrd masterpiece, Sweet Home Alabama – and with no shouted requests for the band to “Play Free Bird.” Does it get better than this?
Well, if there is nothing better, there is at least more. Other Leningrad Cowboys hits available at YouTube follow:
Because of the email I’ve received about the Johnny Cash TV Show DVD featured in Heck of a Guy Recommends Cash – Best of Johnny Cash Show On DVD, today’s post focuses again on this entertainment gem.
1. For the musical gourmands among our guests, we’re offering a pictorial smörgåsbord with screenshots of most of the performances on the DVD arrayed in groups of complementary tastes
2. For the more adventuresome, Chef DrHGuy has prepared a spicy Linda Ronstadt episode, served either with dressing (specially purchased for this dish) or, in an extra zesty version, sans panties with a side of June Carter Cash Remonstration providing a piquant counterpoint
From Left to Right: Top Row: Joni Mitchell & Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Creedence Clearwater Revival; Middle Row: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash; Bottom Row: Kris Kristofferson, Glen Campbell, Ray Price, Stevie Wonder
From Left to Right: Top Row: Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, & Johnny Cash; Carl Perkins;1 Middle Row (Far Right): Neil Young; Bottom Row: Tammy Wynette, James Taylor,2 Pete Seeger
From Left to Right: Top Row: Loretta Lynn, Neil Diamond, Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison; Middle Row: Hank Williams Jr and Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins; Bottom Row: Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys, Tony Joe White and Johnny Cash, Ray Charles
From Left to Right: Top Row: George Jones, Merle Haggard,3 Waylon Jennings4 Bottom Row: Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis5
By Penni Lane, hairstylist on the Johnny Cash Show:
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For those unable to listen to the audio and those who prefer the written word, the crux of the story follows:
“At rehearsal, June [Carter Cash] noticed that Linda didn’t have any panties on, so she came running back to the dressing room, [saying], ‘Somebody get down the street and buy her some bloomers, she’s out there showing herself!’,” Lane claims. “When Linda was told she would have to wear underwear, she was very upset. She said, ‘I sing better bare-butted.’” June’s response at the time? “Not in front of my Johnny!”
Top Row (Left): Penni Lane (hairstylist for the show) narrates; Top Row (Middle): Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash embrace; Top Row (Right): Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash prepare to chat; Bottom Row (Left): Linda Ronstadt, presumably wearing bloomers, cautiously seats herself; Bottom Row (Right): Johnny Cash spells “R-O-N-S-T-A-D-T”
Top Row: Johnny Cash discovers Linda is from Tucson, Arizona, notes that he likes to hunt jackrabbits in that area, and asks Linda if she participates in the same sport; Bottom Row (Left): Linda answers hat she can’t bring herself to pull the trigger (note left hand used as visual aid) ; Bottom Row (Right): In response to Johnny’s explanation that he actually doesn’t like killing the rabbits, just hunting them, Linda observes that it’s all right to kill the bunnies
Top Left: Johnny sings with Linda enthralled (repeat X30); Bottom Left: Johnny administers quasi-chaste kiss to Linda’s cheek; Between Top Left and Bottom Right: Singing in sub-optimal conditions (i.e., not bare-butted), Linda’s musical expressions run gamut from A to B
Two weeks ago, Bill Flanagan of MTV, moonlighting on the CBS Sunday Morning News Music Segment, recommended several DVDs featuring important historical pop performances, including “Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding,” “Smokey Robinson And The Miracles Definitive Performances 1963-1987,” and “Jazz Icons” that presents full concerts by Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordon, Dave Brubeck, Wes Montgomery, and Duke Ellington.
For me, however, the main attraction was Flanagan’s summary of “The Best of Johnny Cash 1969-1971:”
Hustling to Amazon.com, I found that “The Johnny Cash Show: The Best of Johnny Cash 1969-1971″1 (herewith denoted by “The Johnny Cash Show DVDs”) was released September 18, 2007 and is currently out of stock in most outlets. Happily, a quick check showed that Netflix carried the two disk set and a week after the selection was added to my que, both DVDs arrived.
Even more happily, the performances lived up to and surpassed Mr Flanagan’s laudatory description of it.
I remember the show well enough, but I didn’t recall how many great rock, country, and folk stars were featured. The guests, for example, on the series premiere which aired June 7, 1969 included the actress, Fannie Flagg, Doug Kershaw (AKA the “Ragin Cajun”), Joni Mitchell, and a young, well groomed to the point of non-recognition, Bob Dylan.
Dylan sang I Threw It All Away and was joined by Cash for a duet of Girl From the North Country from Dylan’s Nashville Skyline album.
The latter performance is available from YouTube:
While Cash was sometimes given to moralizing, frequently referencing his Christian faith, he also brought still-controversial Pete Seeger on his show and defied network censors, refusing to drop the word “stoned” from his rendition of Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down.”
The DVDs (especially Disk 1) includes commentary from son John Carter Cash, Kristofferson, Hank Williams, Jr., and others that suffers in comparison to the music. I found myself going to the main menu to use the option of selecting exclusively from the list of songs.
The entire playlist of 66 songs is included below but the standout tracks for me were the Dylan numbers, two performances by Derek and the Dominos (“It’s Too Late” and a version of “Matchbox” featuring Eric Clapton trading verses with Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash, ‘Needle and the Damage Done’ by Neil Young, three songs by an impossibly young Waylon Jennings, and Cash’s duets with Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles.
Watching The Johnny Cash Show DVDs is, I can testify, a wonderful way to spend an afternoon in northern Illinois with 5-6 inches of snow falling. While I haven’t tested these DVDs in the full range of locations and meteorologic postconditions, my working hypothesis is that the recorded performances will have the same effect on viewers in all regions of the US, including, for example, Chapel Hill, Kansas City, Las Angeles, New York, and, yes, even Joplin.
Disc 1
Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire
Bob Dylan – I Threw It All Away
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash – Girl From The North Country
Kris Kristofferson – Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash – Blue Yodel #9
Stevie Wonder – Heaven Help Us All
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Cash – I Will Never Marry
George Jones – Medley (White Lightning with Johnny Cash, She Thinks I Still Care, Love Bug, The Race Is On)
Johnny Cash – Hey Porter
Waylon Jennings – Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line
Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash – The Singing Star’s Queen
Waylon Jennings – Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
Marty Robbins – Medley (Big Iron, Running Gun, El Paso)
Johnny Cash – Come Along And Ride This Train
Johnny Cash – As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
Johnny Cash – Man In Black
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash – Cripple Creek, Worried Man Blues
Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down
Johnny Cash – Old Time Religion
Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and The TennesseeThree – Daddy Sang Bass
Mother Maybelle and The Carter Sisters – Wildwood Flower
Neil Young – The Needle And The Damage Done
Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three – Tennessee Flat Top Box
Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash – The Long Black Veil
Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three with Carl Perkins – Big River
Disc 2
Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
June Carter Cash – A Good Man
Derek And The Dominos – It’s Too Late Derek And The Dominos with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins – Matchbox
Charley Pride – Able Bodied Man
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Loretta Lynn – I Know How
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Johnny Cash – Ride This Train (America The Beautiful, This Land Is Your Land)
The Everly Brothers with Ike Everly and Johnny and Tommy Cash – That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
Ray Charles – Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
Conway Twitty – Hello Darlin’
Mother Maybelle Carter – Black Mountain Rag
Tony Joe White and Johnny Cash – Polk Salad Annie
Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie
Ray Price – For The Good Times
Roy Orbison – Crying
Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash – Oh, Pretty Woman
Johnny Cash – Wanted Man
Chet Atkins and Johnny Cash – Recuerdo De La Alhambra
Chet Atkins – Medley (Country Gentleman, Mister Sandman, Wildwood Flower, Freight Train)
June Carter Cash with Homer And Jethro – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Merle Haggard – No Hard Times
Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash – Sing Me Back Home
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers – The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
Roy Clark – Medley (In The Summertime, 12th Street Rag)
The Statler Brothers – Flowers On The Wall
Johnny Cash – Working Man Blues
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash – Jackson, Turn Around, I Love You Because
Hank Williams Jr. – Medley (You Win Again, Cold Cold Heart, I Can’t Help It If I’m Still In Love With You, Half As Much)
Johnny Cash – A Wonderful Time Up There
Classic that it is, the perpetually post-shaken2 snowstorm simulation (see above graphic) we like to call the One Heck Of A Snowglobe requires no upgrading and is offered again this year by the Heck Of A Guy blog for your viewing pleasure and DrHGuy’s (much deserved) aggrandizement as the perfect companion piece to the never-ending Yule Log simulation.
The update for the TV phenomenon, The Yule Log program, featured in last year’s TV’s Yule Log: Hot Or Not? post is courtesy of YouTube.
Of course, the original WPIX repeating-loop Yule Log is available.
In addition, however, a search for “Yule Log” turns up multiple competitors, parodies, take-offs, rip-offs, and some that are just off. A Christmas sampler follows.
The official Heck of a Guy Yule Log Video Recommendation, however, goes to the broodingly hilarious “Yule Log – The Directors Cut”
Posts At DrHGuy Site
Featuring the best video of each of the songs performed during the 2013 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas World Tour
Best Of
2013 Leonard Cohen Tour
Video Setlist
Note: The Best Of 2012 Leonard Cohen Tour Video Setlist is still available.
The Man: Leonard Cohen
The Book: Fifty Shades Of Grey
This Is The Video That Had To Be Made
All posts in this series are listed at 78 Things To Celebrate About Leonard Cohen On His 78th Birthday: The Summary Page
The events of Leonard Cohen's life and career are marked on a timeline accompanied by audio and video recordings of Cohen's songs and poems as well as links to more information.
"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.
As of Dec 19, 2012, the video of the 1976 version of Do I Have To Dance All Night has been viewed 70,152 times.
The 1980 version has been viewed 16,458 times.
See both versions at
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)
Heck Of A Guy offers 3 videos of clips and photos from The Leonard Cohen World Tour:
1. The Original Heck Of A Guy Dear Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Tour. I Hope It Was Good For You, Too. Video Celebration Of The First 14 Months Of The 2008-2009 World Tour can be viewed at
Thanks For The Tour
2. A video, focusing on the Summer 2009 concerts can be seen at Thanks Again For The Tour - The Encore Video
3. The highlight video celebrating the Fall 2009 USA concert series is online at Thanks, Leonard Cohen, For Coming To The USA - Video Celebration
The Cohen Fandemic
Endemic for decades in areas such as Canada, Norway, Poland, and France, Leonard Cohen Fan Syndrome has become a world-wide epidemic in the past 2 years, spread by the Leonard Cohen World Tour and abetted by proselyting carriers despite efforts by authorities to quarantine these individuals at LeonardCohenForum.
Diagnostic Criteria
Based on the observations of DrHGuy, standardized criteria for the pertinent Axis II diagnosis are now available at
Cohenphilic Personality Disorder
Danger Signs
In addition to the formal medical description of this diagnosis, Heck Of A Guy has also compiled a list of the aberrant behaviors which indicate one is at high risk for being a full-fledged fan of Leonard Cohen. These signs and symptoms can be found at
Warning Signs Of Leonard Cohen Fan Syndrome
More Signs That You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan
Signs You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan #3
Signs You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan #4
All You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan If … entries
can be found at the
You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan If … Page
Also See
This video features the first version of the song Leonard Cohen would later revise into "Chelsea Hotel #2" along with images of Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin - whose liaison with Cohen at the Chelsea Hotel led to the creation of the song, the Hotel itself, and other associated people & places.
New Video –
Chelsea Hotel #1 By Leonard Cohen
Viewed over 91,825 times as of April 16, 2013
This composite of Leonard Cohen’s recitations of “A Thousand Kisses Deep” over the years is accompanied by a video montage of drawings by and photos of the Canadian singer-songwriter.
A Special Composite Presentation Of “A Thousand Kisses Deep” By Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen recites the "God Is Alive; Magic Is Afoot" passage from "Beautiful Losers" which was later popularized by Buffy Sainte-Marie. Cohen's performance took place in 1967.
Heck Of A Guy offers, with assistance from Randy Newman and Etta James, the writer and performer, respectively, of "You Can Leave Your Hat On," a look at Leonard Cohen As Hunk.
Photos of or related to Leonard Cohen that fall into specific themes have been among the ongoing features at DrHGuy, HOAG's sibling site. Galleries displaying collected images of 3 of these themes are now available at
Signs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen posters, ads, marquees, banners, ...
L Cohen – Smokey Life
Images associated with Leonard Cohen’s history of smoking
Shades Of Leonard Cohen
Shots of Leonard Cohen and his musicians with sunglasses
Leonard Cohen On Tattoos
Tattoos inspired by Leonard Cohen
Kissing CohenLeonard Cohen kissing and being kissed
All Cohen photo categories are listed at The Leonard Cohen Photo Categories Page
In 1966 Joni Mitchell wrote and sang a song called "Winter Lady." In 1967, the year Mitchell and Cohen had their romantic fling, Leonard Cohen wrote and sang a different song that was also called "Winter Lady."
A comparison of these 2 songs as well as a video that includes each artist performing his or her version of "Winter Lady" can be found at
“Winter Lady” By Joni Mitchell & “Winter Lady” By Leonard Cohen
L Cohen In A Parallel, Funnier Universe
Great Performances
Easily Missed Songs
CBC Interviews
Biographical Items
At The Movies & On TV
Other
Cohen Reference Pages
Also see Leonard Cohen Search, a Leonard Cohen-focused Custom Search Engine & Reference Index
Tactics & Strategies
Weddings & Such
Mom
Funny As A Broken Hip
Download this hitherto unknown private taping of 14 songs and a poem performed by Leonard Cohen on Dec 15. 1979 at the Dome Theatre in Brighton.
The last time Leonard Cohen sang "The Guests" was 1985
- until Oct 5, 2012 in Madrid
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Leonard Cohen's Favorite Songs By Other Artists
Over 35 tunes performed by Dylan, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, The Platters, Joni Mitchell, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Jay-Z, and other musicians.
Read what Cohen said about them and listen to the music at
NEW: Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox Video Playlists
Composed of tracks from Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox, the Jukebox Playlists are an alternative to listening to the songs one at a time
Watch Leonard Cohen's "How I Got My Song" speech with no Spanish overdubbing whatsoever and read a direct English transcript of the talk:
Upgraded Video Of Leonard Cohen’s Prince of Asturias Awards Speech
For an in-depth perspective on this monumental speech, see
Dissecting The Sublime: Annotating Leonard Cohen’s Prince Of Asturias Awards Speech
Photos, Videos, & More
See photos of Leonard Cohen's arrival in Oviedo, the opening of Leonard Cohen: The B-Side - Drawings And Engravings Of A Multidisciplinary Artist, his speech and press conference, his tribute conference, the lost and found Famous Blue Sharpie, and more at:
Leonard Cohen Prince of Asturias Events: HeckOfAGuy
Leonard Cohen Prince Of Asturias Events: DrHGuy
Note: Almost all HeckOfAGuy and DrHGuy posts contain different content.
... I never had a chance. I was - and this is the only word that fits - smitten. I still am.
She was smart and quick-witted, although it would take me 3 years to recognize that she was, in fact, much smarter than me, and then another 2 years to forgive her for that. She was also good-looking and unabashedly sexy.
And, we fell madly, irredeemably, unflinchingly in love.
Complementing the unlikely story of how Julie and I met, fell in love, and - 9 years, 2 husbands, 1 wife, and 2 careers later - got together to spend an outrageously wonderful 20 years together before her death, a video, set to the poignant "In My Secret Life" by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson, is now available that evokes the role Julie, who died 10 years ago, continues to play in my life.
The written account of the story (think When Harry Met Sally meets Waiting For Godot) starts, appropriately, at This Is How A Love Story Began
The video can be found at And We’re Still Making Love In My Secret Life - A Video For Julie
Clicking on Taste of LC - Heck Of A Guy and Taste of LC - DrHGuy finds posts from those sites that feature Leonard Cohen's choices in furniture, clothing (including suits, fedoras, caps, berets, other hats, boots and other footwear, swimsuits, and in at least one case cut-offs), art, jewelry, food, books, magazines, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, ... - all of which offer a different perspective on Leonard Cohen.
These posts may also be pertinent to style:
See Uncut Reviews The Other Leonard Cohen Album
The Other
Leonard Cohen Album
This Heck Of A Guy compilation includes unreleased Leonard Cohen performances over a 30+ year period.
Track List: Vol 1
1. Feels So Good (The Other Blues Song)
2. Book Of Longing
3. The Darkness
4. Puppets
5. Lullaby
6. Do I Have to Dance All Night (1976)
7. Blues By The Jews
Track List: Vol 2
1. Red River Valley
2. Never Got To Love You (Duet with Anjani)
3. Can't Help Falling In Love
4. Ride Around
5. The Union Makes Us Strong
6. We Shall Not Be Moved
7. To Love Somebody
8. The Hypnotist (Poem)
9. Chelsea Hotel #1
10. There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me
11. Streets Of Laredo
12. Do I Have To Dance All Night (1980)
More information and MP3 downloads are available at Now Available - The Other Leonard Cohen Album
Another Other
Leonard Cohen Album
Now, Another Other Leonard Cohen Album, the second collection of unreleased Leonard Cohen songs joins the popular The Other Leonard Cohen Album to offer fans of the iconic singer-songwriter a total of 3 CDs of musical treats. Another Other Leonard Cohen Album includes the following tracks plus liner notes by Sylvie Simmons.
1. Je Veux Vivre Tout Seul
2. Kevin Barry
3. Die Gedanken Sind Frei
4. Store Room
5. As Time Goes By
6. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-on
7. Blessed is the Memory
8. Silent Night
9. Dead Song
10. Another Saturday Night
11. Ballad of the Absent Mare
12. Guerrero
13. The Butcher
14. Un As Der Rebbe Singt
15. Song to the Machines
16. If It Be Your Will
17. Thirsty for the Kiss
18. A Thousand Kisses Deep
19. I Tried To Leave You
20. Whither Thou Goest
21. Mr Cohen Must Be Going
More information and MP3 downloads are available at Presenting Another Other Leonard Cohen Album
Heck Of A Guy celebrates Leonard Cohen’s 77th birthday (September 21, 2011) with a video of scenes from Leonard Cohen’s life and photos of fans expressing their affection for Mr. Cohen, all set to “I Love Leonard Cohen” by Robin Grey.
Previous Leonard Cohen Birthday Videos
Leonard Cohen at 75 Birthday Video
The video begins with Jennifer Warnes singing the gorgeous but routinely overlooked "Way Down Deep," which is followed by Leonard Cohen's recitation of "A Thousand Kisses Deep" in Dublin to juxtapose the earliest performed precursor of Cohen's now classic "A Thousand Kisses Deep" with the most recent version.
Video Back Online – Jennifer Warnes’ Way Down Deep &
Leonard Cohen’s A Thousand Kisses Deep
For instructions for making the original Chocolodka as well as information about and recipes using Chocolodka, see
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 do you like living with Beethoven?"
The full story is at Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell: Just One Of Those Things
That's right - the entire 2008-2010 Leonard Cohen World Tour, including the events that triggered the Tour, have been compressed into one 60 second video.
Don't blink.
Unreleased music from Anjani's performances in Warsaw, Poland and Joe's Pub, New York.
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:
