Walking slowly but with a stunning clarity. Leonard Cohen published his thirteenth labor a week before his eightieth birthday and does so in great shape. The short duration of ‘People Problems’, just 36 minutes, does not detract one iota of intensity to the excellent work of the Canadian musician, who left the press during his audition for journalists’ could make faces “in his absence, by listening to Canada House in London. A job that is born, like most of the lyric Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, the fight against defeat. “The most important is to live with defeat knowing that all beings suffer and struggle for respect themselves. So my struggle is like that of all men; It is the first step, “he confessed. So the album is called so. “The next one will title ‘Unpopular Solutions’” said mockingly.
But the sense of humor is great wisdom behind the Montreal poet. While her figure becomes a cultural institution, it is dwarfed. “What if I feel like an institution? In any case, as a mental hospital, “he said to provoke laughter from the international press. Also when asked by politics: “Over time I have been concerned to build a political position that nobody can decipher,” he said, and asked about his Canadian origin, he added, “living on the edge of America, we look at the American women and men: very carefully. ” He dodged the question of nationalism asked by the Scottish referendum: “I do not feel I can take sides. I think everyone works with the best intentions and people try to give meaning and elevate their lives and some are in politics “
For the record speaks in the present.” I’m slowing down, I never liked it fast, you want to end soon, I want to take, “sings on ‘Slow’, the opening track on the job, as if it were a page of your daily life and also an erotic allusion studs. On the possibility of a challenging tour at age 81, was not unequivocal: “I like the road because I feel like I was part of a gang of bikers,” he said. But of the renewed vigor of the author of “Suzanne” no doubt already working on the next album with Patrick Leonard, whose previous collaboration in this work and praised bluntly: “With him things go surprisingly fast. It’s hard to explain, but it’s not something that has happened to me before. There comes an age in which the greatest joy is to finish something, “said the musician, who said his office” is the only thing I do other than washing dishes. “
2014 Letters will feel Cohen almost as well as his stubborn short brim fedora: Canadian songs never hide his face but help him cope gracefully defeats life. “I used to be your favorite / good drunk for a more laughs / but we were unlucky / that’s the only thing we never had / And you wear a uniform / The Civil War / You You looked so good that I did not care / the side in which you fought. “
” Old Ideas “, the previous LP, led to a world tour that served the Canadian to alleviate their dire financial situation. Before that tour, Cohen had 15 years away from the stage and returned from his retreat, breaking the spell of Buddhism professed, against their will. Kelley Lynch, representative and with which Cohen admitted to having a relationship, you “it misled” five million dollars worth a quiet retirement, and the Prince of Asturias Arts had to climb back into the van. Almost everyone thought it would bounce, but who knows if the eightieth is a good age to do things again. As smoking. “I think about it, really. Right now, for example. He left 15 years ago, but it’s something I love, “released her grin. Surely the brilliant renaissance musician in the previous tour (and good commercial result of the disc) has encouraged him to record again, just three years later, without having to face only two demons in the creative process “addiction perfectionism and pure laziness. ” The overall result is excellent and that was the perception that he met the press yesterday in London for a meeting with the troubadour that lasted longer than anticipated and met in the Canadian House of journalists from 25 countries.
As Cohen remains is the usual interpretation. His voice sounds darker, more guttural than whispered in a low to sound, austere least penitents and mystical themes. The air of intimacy that has the disc returns to the foreground to Cohen’s “folkie” or “bluesy” and his most intimate and confessional tone (“Did I Ever Love You”), but also has time to become social song ( “Almost Like The Blues”) or bring up his religious concerns or the wounds of heartbreak. It remained to know one thing: how to celebrate the 80? “Can I light a cigarette ‘
►” The Songs of Leonard Cohen “(1968). His debut was 33 years and the result It was awesome. Had appeared a truly original songwriter with gems like “Suzanne,” “So Long Marianne” or “The stranger song”
► ‘Songs of love and hate “(1971). Few albums have spoken of Love from as broad facets. Here Cohen connects the physical (“Last year’s man”), emotions (“Famous ble raincoat”) and spirituality (“Joan of Arc”).
► “New skin for the old ceremony ‘( 1974): Perfect for beginners Cohen’s music for his musicality and richness of arrangements. To the front is beset “Chelsea Hotel No. 2,” his ode to Janis Joplin, an absolutely perfect song
► “Various Positions” (1985). Always be known to contain the song “Hallelujah,” a larger than the Himalaya composition. Cohen’s voice will accuse the passage of time and abuse, and gains in depth
► “I’m Your Man” (1988).’s Not just Cohen’s masterpiece, but a of the best albums of all time. Is disc “First we take Manhattan,” “Is not no cure for love”, “Everybody knows” …
Cohen is one of the most significant musicians of fireproof geniuses who, despite his advanced age, still laying down the law with each new job generation. At the top, along with Cohen, essential names as Bob Dylan (73 years), The Rolling Stones (aged between 73 and 70 years), Paul McCartney (72), Tom Jones (74) or Eric Clapton are located (69 ). Younger, but also bear traces on stage until well after the age of retirement are Tom Waits (64) and Bruce Springsteen (64).
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