Saturday, June 21, 2008

Leonard Cohen.

For those who believe that the 'man' is just the squeaky, broken-voiced, high pitched misery guts of the late 60s and early 70s - you could not be more wrong.


Manchester last night was simply the best concert that my wife and I have ever been to.



The voice now is close to double bass, pure, perfectly phrased and genuinely melodic. The voice has as many layers as the songs.



Two and three quarter hours of sublime pleasure. At about 74 the voice just gets better and better; the humour was dry and the accompanying musicians, superb.



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