4 posts tagged “leonard cohen”

Anne reading from Beautiful Losers

"I am not protected from your agitation of my heart."

Re: Born To Lose

Senior year, the last day of school before Christmas break. I had been giving my close friend CK rides to school. On this ocassion she was not ready on time and for the first time I was invited to her room. Otherwise known as a Hiroshima like explosion of clothes all over the floor. She had just gotten this Elton John album and we listened as she got ready. My elephant memory tells me that on the way to school we discussed the merits of Casablanca as one of the greatest movies ever according to Entertainment Weekly. Also, I made SK listen to a live version of  U2's "Desire". She didn't like Bono's orgasm like moaning performance. 

So this was It. The first time I heard Lenny sing. It would not be until the following April, when Tori covered "Famous Blue Raincoat" and it showed up in bootlegs that I would start my deep interest in L.C. Venturing one day into the vault like (at the time) Fort Worth library to find more of his work. It was there that I got my hands on a first printing of "The Spice-Box of Earth" and photocopied it.

Years later, via Amazon's wish list search, SK found me and I got to go to her company's Christmas Party. Fun times. That was the last Xmas Party I attended. My current work place is fucking lame and they don't have a party.

Re: Why Don't You Try

Originally this post was going to feature a great picture of my beautiful fellow Leonard Cohen enthusiast Anne Marie. It was a picture of her face being held by some fellow's hands. Alas, we both lost the picture.

Over the years this song has applied to more than one girl I have encountered. I'm always watching from far away.

What brings me back to this song? Is it the trace of a valiant attempt against the inevitable. The girl in the song will never leave the other guy and he doesn't really mean that whole marriage bit he sings about.

"You know this life is filled with many sweet companions"
I want to believe master Cohen. I sure want to, but some people are built for singularities and carefull choices.