raggedclaw (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

there is some kind of secret life we lead in which we imagine ourselves changing things, not violently, maybe gracefully, maybe elegantly in a very imaginative way and with the shake of a hand. The song speaks of longing for change, impatience with the way things are, a longing for significance; we deal in the purest burning logic of longing.' Two years later, he referred to the song as a 'demented manifesto'..."

raggedclaw (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Cohen is much more complicated than that. There's a quote in Ira Nadel's biography from an interview Leonard gave in Oslo regarding First We Take Manhattan. "It plays with certain geo-political ideas then in the air, he explained to an Oslo interviewer: extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism. They are all attractive positions because they lack ambiguity;

raggedclaw (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Cohen is a bit more complicated than your average lyricist. There's a quote in Ira Nadel's biography from an interview Leonard gave in Oslo regarding First We Take Manhattan. "It plays with certain geo-political ideas then in the air, he explained to an Oslo interviewer: extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism.

EdiSchwager (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Beautiful song, beautiful voice and last but not least beautiful guitar playing by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

RecordWarped (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Amazing song, amazing songwriter, amazing singer, amazing guitarist ... do you see where I'm going with this?

marriottmad (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

fantastic guitar! thats SRV for ya!

steph5580 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Loved you in Black and White Night with Roy Orbison!

barrywilliamsmb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sentenced to 20 years of boredom? Oy!Great song. Thanks for the video, doramasek2.

wilsparky (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Do you? Thanks.

kevinherbert (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Leorard who...he's incidental to this version.....go Jen !!!!!!!