I'm in love with this guy, I swear. He has written some beautiful poetry, and some beautiful songs. I love his coarse voice, and his BTDT, Ecclesiastes-like attitude; there is something serene and peaceful about it. </p>
I also like a bit of irony and self-depreciation, "Because of a few songs where I spoke of their mystery, women have been exceptionally kind to my old age." A lesser poet would have probably said that a thousand women have flung themselves onto him because he has praised them in his poetry.</p>
It's funny that I first came across him through a movie Pump Up the Volume, in which the DJ (Christian Slater) would always put on "Everybody Knows." I was immediately smitten without knowing who Leonard Cohen is. And when in the middle of the film the DJ put on "If It Be Your Will," I was completely enamoured. I then kind of forgot about Cohen, when Trent Reznor (my all time favorite musician) resurrected him for me a few years later by producing the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. I can't stop listening to Leonard Cohen since.
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Does anyone else like him?</p>
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