Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site boulder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!nbires!boulder!jon From: jon@boulder.UUCP (Jonathan Corbet) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Leonard Cohen -- Various Positions Message-ID: <386@boulder.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 23:37:37 EDT Article-I.D.: boulder.386 Posted: Tue Jul 9 23:37:37 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 07:21:13 EDT Distribution: net Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 24 ["I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one"] While looking through the CD selection at Listen Up in Boulder, I ran across an interesting disc -- A new Leonard Cohen release! I had never heard of it before, and I have never seen it on vinyl, but there it was on CD...does anybody know if this work (which has a very Cohen-ish title...) exists at all on other media, or if it is some sort of import? Being an avid LC fan, I bought the disc on the spot. I was not very surprised to find that it does not live up to his older stuff, but it is an improvement over "Recent Songs," which I don't like much at all. I'm glad to have purchased it. For those of you who don't know about LC -- he is a folk singer/ songwriter in a class of his own. His music ranges from quiet, very intelligent music with lots of intricate guitar work to rowdy barroom-type songs. His closest brush with fame are the songs he wrote that were covered by Judy Collins, including "Suzanne" ("...takes you down/to her house by the river..."), and "Dress Rehearsal Rag." He is definately worth listing to, especially the "Live Songs" album, if you can get your hands on it. jon -- Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility {seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon (Thanks to CU CS department)