Sincerely, L. Cohen

Nu am vrut sa stau prea aproape de scena, de teama ca ma va dizolva, ca ma va desface in sute de mii de particule care mai apoi sa fie examinate de cei din jur. Muzica lui este un fel de parfum a la Suskind, compusa din trairi, framantari, atitudini umane din care se extrage esenta, cea care pulseaza in fiecare dintre noi si ne dicteaza pasii ce se indreapta cu o precizie uimitoare catre mama, Dumnezeu, un barbat, o femeie, un ideal. La concertul de vineri seara, puteai admira procesul: ascultai muzica, dragostea iti patrundea in organism, in sange, si simteai nevoia sa dai si tu, la randul tau, din ce ai primit, fie sotiei din stanga, fie iubitului, prin telefon, fie inapoi spre scena. O simteai prin toti porii.
La ora 20 a inceput concertul cu slabiciunea mea, “Dance me to the end of love”. A promis ca vor canta tot ce au ei mai bun, asa au si facut. Cu o pauza de 10 minute intre cele doua “acte” ale spectacolului si un bis de 5-6 melodii (numararea melodiilor a trecut intr-un plan secund odata ce emotiile au dat buzna), a ajuns sa cante si sa recite poezie timp de 3 ore si un sfert, la sfarsitul carora s-a adresat publicului cu un discurs despre sufletele noastre, ale romanilor, plin de caldura si intelepciune de mi s-a zbarlit parul pe maini. O diferenta de cateva clase intre vorbele lui si morala ieftina pe care ne-a facut-o Madonna.
Orchestra si cantaretele care i-au acompaniat lirismul au avut parte de prezentari pe masura talentului si dexteritatii de care au dat dovada, de asemenea echipa tehnica si managementul au primit multumiri, gest care mi se pare pe cat de corect si de respectuos din partea lui Leonard Cohen, pe atat de rar intalnit la majoritatea artistilor (aici cred ca e vorba de diferenta artist – vedeta, de fapt).
Poezie impartasita cu modestie…
Multumesc, Suzana, pentru cel mai frumos cadou primit fara nicio ocazie.

P.S.: “Trebuie sa-i apreciem cat sunt in viata…”

Leonard Cohen Bucharest 2009 - 2

Leonard Cohen Bucharest 2009-1

Pictures taken by Razvan Leucea.

later edit: setlist – 1) Dance Me To End Of Love
2) The Future
3) Ain’t No Cure For Love
4) Bird On The Wire
5) Everybody Knows
6) In My Secret Life
7) Who By Fire
8) Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
9) Lover Lover Lover
10) Waiting For The Miracle
11) The Flood (poezie)
12) Anthem

(pauza 20 de minute)
13) Tower Of Song
14) Suzanne
15) Sisters Of Mercy
16) The Gipsy’s Wife
17) The Partisan
18) Boogie Street
19) Hallelujah
20) I’m Your Man
21) Take This Waltz

(bis 1)
22) So Long Marianne
23) First We Take Manhattan
24) Famous Blue Raincoat
25) If It Be Your Will
26) Closing Time

(bis 2)
27) I Tried To Leave You
28) Whither Thou Goest

discursul final: “To you friends, who kept my songs alive all these years – my deep gratitude! It is a great honour to play for you. You’ve been through so much, you know so much of the human spirit, where it can thrive and where it can fall. It is an honour to play for heart like your, to be accepted by you. So we don’t know when we will pass this way again, friends. Until then, may you fall on the side of luck, may you be surrounded by friends. And if this is not your luck, may the blessings find you in your solitude. We are deeply greateful for the hospitality that you’ve shown us this evening”.

sursa aici.

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Missing the one

One of the principles which I’ve chosen to guide my evolution is trying not to regret anything that I do or don’t do. This is why I always have to make an agreement between my reason and my heart in order not to upset any of the two by acting in a certain way. Tonight, it seems, my heart has something to cast in my dish. Apparently, when there are plenty of offers and you have a hard time picking, you might just end up with an empty bag. Bucharest Days – museums opened during night, events in the old center, concerts, theater plays, fireworks, projections on the main historical buildings, readings, parades. What did I see from all these? Bryan Adams and some fireworks. Maybe the poorest choices. Names which I dreamt of seeing live in Bucharest: Metallica, Al Di Meola, Leonard Cohen. I’ve ended up missing them all. “Dance me to the end of love” was the first song which gave me physical, nervous, extreme emotional reactions. Connected strongly with its official video, the song became a personal weakness. This was 5 years ago. After discovering his other songs, I declared this man the ideal combination between poetry and its masculine articulation (the feminine one might be Tori Amos’s). Here I am, trying to convince my heart that listening to Cohen’s music is an intimate experience, just as listening to your beloved whispering a poem to your ears.

And you want to travel with him and you want to travel blind

And you think maybe you’ll trust him for he’s touched your perfect body

With his mind.

(Leonard Cohen)

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