@Myrtone Also, you realize there is much more tan this on youtube that is copyrighted right? And...well...I'm pretty sure Leonard won't miss the few cents that this song would cost to buy. Just saying.
@Myrtone True. but they dont really need an excuse as you put it. You seemed to be acting like it was some sort of bad thing to post it. itll either be removed or it wont. personally I hope it wont. but it probly will eventually. I just dont see it as a big deal.
Love the Mayan calender factoid below. But artistically, I think the robot voice hints at the fact that we lose out humanity when we try to make the world perfect, when we try to fix everything instead of accepting the fact that there is a "crack in everything" as he says in the song 'Anthem.'
Does anyone know that the predicted Mayan end time is 12 december 2012? And if anyone checked that date against a calendar its on a Wednesday? And Wednesday happens after the sun goes down on tuesday? Sorry for all the questions but i found all this facts interesting.
It's amaizing, so unexpected and different from cohen's artistic work. This remind me Arthur C. Clarke and his A Space Odyssey. Ave Majesty of Poetry.
To me this song is about a conscious effort for a person, or possibly the whole human race, to try to end the self-perpetuating suffering of the human condition. The Moonlight Sonata is a very dour and melancholy piece of music, and when I listen to it, it makes me think of the way that suffering is perpetuated largely by an unconscious decision to not end it. I feel like the insane, "desaturated" birds mentioned at the end are lost souls, waylaid by suffering or melancholy.
The piece is recited by a robot voice which is made to sound like a human, and the "uncanny valley" effect accentuates the air of something not quite being as human as it once was. Cohen's voice coming in for the final lines underscores the humanity to be found in the "majesty of creation".
This song was the reason why I bought Leonard Cohen's CD, and actually he has a great singing voice.
ESUTERURE 2 weeks ago
The more best of is no longer listed in iTunes I went there to purchase it only because the great event is on it. Where can I get it? Legally...
1979MrMajestic 1 month ago
@Myrtone Also, you realize there is much more tan this on youtube that is copyrighted right? And...well...I'm pretty sure Leonard won't miss the few cents that this song would cost to buy. Just saying.
chumon1992 3 months ago
@chumon1992 Yes there is but that's no excuse either, all those other things are equally likely to be removed.
Myrtone 3 months ago
@Myrtone True. but they dont really need an excuse as you put it. You seemed to be acting like it was some sort of bad thing to post it. itll either be removed or it wont. personally I hope it wont. but it probly will eventually. I just dont see it as a big deal.
chumon1992 3 months ago
microsoft samantha :D
SuperNateclark 1 year ago
Love the Mayan calender factoid below. But artistically, I think the robot voice hints at the fact that we lose out humanity when we try to make the world perfect, when we try to fix everything instead of accepting the fact that there is a "crack in everything" as he says in the song 'Anthem.'
muchomuse 1 year ago
Does anyone know that the predicted Mayan end time is 12 december 2012? And if anyone checked that date against a calendar its on a Wednesday? And Wednesday happens after the sun goes down on tuesday? Sorry for all the questions but i found all this facts interesting.
MrTheStrangeOne 1 year ago 2
Thank you for posting
billdietrich1 1 year ago
sure theres nothing to it but anyone notice 9/11 happened on a tuesday
Ccaven 1 year ago 2
Wonderful. I feel so depressed every time I hear it but in a way it's sort of an uplifting depression if that makes any sense.
RedLightBulbs 2 years ago 6
It's amaizing, so unexpected and different from cohen's artistic work. This remind me Arthur C. Clarke and his A Space Odyssey. Ave Majesty of Poetry.
Natalie79 2 years ago 2
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what does this "song" mean anyway i dont get it?
woolfdevile 2 years ago
To me this song is about a conscious effort for a person, or possibly the whole human race, to try to end the self-perpetuating suffering of the human condition. The Moonlight Sonata is a very dour and melancholy piece of music, and when I listen to it, it makes me think of the way that suffering is perpetuated largely by an unconscious decision to not end it. I feel like the insane, "desaturated" birds mentioned at the end are lost souls, waylaid by suffering or melancholy.
rointo 2 years ago 13
The piece is recited by a robot voice which is made to sound like a human, and the "uncanny valley" effect accentuates the air of something not quite being as human as it once was. Cohen's voice coming in for the final lines underscores the humanity to be found in the "majesty of creation".
rointo 2 years ago 13
thankś. I was looking for it soooo long :)
Zhonzhooo 2 years ago 5
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uh...ok then
SpinnTehWheel 3 years ago
Didn't really get it, but if go on some crazed mission tomorrow with a madness inspired crime I am so going to blame you.
If however, I wake up and I begin to live a life beyond myself, being an all round better person then I will bear you in mind.
:-P
1982Geoff1982 3 years ago 5
this is freacky man :/
RobotButton 3 years ago
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uhh wow this video has 2 be one of the Silliest and sexiest vids online. just like me!
im depressed G5
23milk23 3 years ago