Songs of Love And Hate with Leonard Cohen

Seems I keep returning to this every november, to get a real grip of my bitter emotions and bring them up to something spiritual. Leonard sings more intense and flaming aggressive on this third album (1971) than the more melancholic and dark frostiness he use to possess.

Even though I've not dived really close into Cohen's lyrics, as should be extra necessary for this masterpiece, I feel the deep of the deep of the deep. Longing for very much snow this year!



most Loving song: (And the rain falls down on) LAST YEAR'S MAN

most growing Strong song: DRESS REHEARSAL RAG (Wasn't it a strange way down?)

most Strange song: FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT

most Smart song: LOVE CALLS YOU BY YOUR NAME (people you became)
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most Sexy song: AVALANCHE

most Beautiful song: JOAN OF ARC

most Amusing song: (There are no) DIAMONDS IN THE MINE



Overall Album

7 compositions

3 instrumentations

7 playin' feeling /singin' feeling

7 philosophy

4 timeline (order of tracks)

5 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 40


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 X 7 = 49 never exist(?)










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