Leonard Cohen RIP

Cathal Murray on radio 1 in bits, he was actually crying announcing it

Reeling in the Years will have to do a special on 2016 alone.

2016 what the hell ??

Was not into his music but he was a very talented man. RIP

Goodbye, and may you find your deserved peace. But mainly, thank you.

My older siblings were crazy about him and I got to listen to him from a very young age ..... one if the first musicians I ever liked ....

Another genius gone ....

Deleted User wrote: »

Very sad news but not overly surprising. Going by the lyrics from his recent album, he knew it was coming soon.

"I'm ready, my Lord"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y

eerily similar to the bowie album:(

Chelsea Yellow Upstairs wrote: »

Got the chance to see him lives in Dublin a few years back, so glad I got to do that- would have been delighted to be there even if he just phoned it in but it was one of the best gigs of my life. I know he had a good innings and all but this is still such a loss, he was crushing it right up to the last album. True musical legend and such a charismatic, highly intelligent man. Lyrically he really was in a league of his own. RIP sir, thank you for the music

Was at that gig as well (in the Point?) twas fantastic, just so heartfelt and so well performed, no mean feat for such an established artist who really could have gotten the numbers in the door regardless of how much effort he put in. It was a moving experience. His voice got deeper and more subtle as he got older too, and he maintained his commitment to his art right to the end. His early songs meant a great deal to me as a teenager, they were brittle, carefully made things. He was also one of the few artists that I could go and see live with my mother and both of us would genuinely enjoy ourselves. He could put literally years of work into a single song, and the sense of some of those songs as near-perfect sculptures carved out of the stone of his life was unbelievable. He was an authentic voice, and he could see the vulnerability and pain of ordinary lives. I know he was a good age, but he was the real deal.

Riddle101 wrote: »

For some reason this scene in The Young Ones popped into my head when I heard about Leonard Cohen. RIP to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbeItR8NTks

I thought of this...

Damn. And I really enjoyed reading this ~ 'Last' ~ interview with him, only recently

Click.

He seemed contented and ready.

I'm not one to get caught up at all in grieving famous deaths, but this hits home very hard. Been a huge fan since my late teens, was lucky enough to see him a couple of times in Dublin and was actually supposed to see him a 3rd time in Austin in 2012/2013 but had to work late. His music and lyrics especially were an empathetic friend through seriously dark times. R.I.P.