Leonard Cohen - Coming Back to You (live 1988)

[empkarsi]

Beatiful song..But the singer off the tune..?

[ashburnhouse]

A mile of silence.... Jesus fucking christ!

[sweetgypsywife]

stunning...almost overflowing with emotion...but Leonard just holds it in restraint.Unbelievable song, beautiful poem too

[sweetgypsywife]

mmmmmmmm

[tosh781976]

I love this song.

[joojooferferi]

Was having a walk the other day..Cold sunny autumn day, just how i love it.. with this song in my ipod. Truly wonderful artist.

Thank you for sharing 5*

[keithsmith1948]

Wretched, wretched vocal. Mr. Cohen is not even a bad singer; he's not a singer at all. He has a two-note range and he's not even on the damn beat.

Too bad, because the song is a small masterpiece. Trisha Yearwood's recording of it is great, Jennifer Warnes's is great, but Cohen's is sheer self-indulgence.

[LEWOOF]

you are truely a moron........but you are not alone

[keithsmd1948]

Actually Im fairly intelligent, but thanks for your reply.

[nicck]

If you think Cohen can't sing maybe you should listen to Memories. The fact is,you're just a fan of Warnes who knows nothing about her friend Leonard Cohen.

[keithsmd]

I'm not a particular fan of Ms. Warnes. I like what I've heard well enough, but I couldn't name three of her songs. You're almost right when you say I know nothing about Mr. Cohen, but I do know how he sounds when he tries to sing. At your suggestion I listened to "Memories", or at least the 30-second sample of it on iTunes. I'll keep my 99 cents, but peace and health to you and the artists many other fans.

[nicck]

The whole song is on youtube...

[LexBailey1]

@keithsmd ...

And you've seen all the episodes of American Idol, right?

[tomyt03]

@keithsmd listen to Memories live on the Field Commander Cohen album

[TzsilMahler]

@keithsmith1948 The notion that this category of music emphasizes a singer's vocal abilities is wrong. We have the opera for that- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Callas are true "great singers". Trisha Yearwood and the like are mediocre singers who produce vapid music. It's true that Leonard Cohen is not a good singer, but his vocal abilities are sufficient to convey his genius songwriting and music. It's the same story with Bob Dylan and Vladimir Vysotsky- they are bards, not "Mariah Careys."

[keithsmd1948]

@TzsilMahler

Yearwood's fine when she has a good song to sing, like "Coming Back to You."

When I said Cohen couldn't sing I wasn't using Mariah Carey as the standard. She doesn't know the difference between singing and showing off her voice. I was just thinking of someone who could sing "Happy Birthday" without spoiling your appetite for the cake.

Never heard Mr. Vysotsky but I'll take your word that he's good. I like Bob Dylan but certainly agree that his singing is an acquired taste.

[willysjeep1945]

love you Mr. Cohen!!!!

[Kombajncek]

Whoa, Eddie Vedder on the piano

[ComaRadio]

what are you talking about?

that's not him

[ForeignWindowFrame]

Various Positions is my all-time favourite Cohen album. It is such an overlooked pearl.

[nettanangel8]

@ForeignWindowFrame

yeah my favourite too. I´m going to see him in Lisbon 10 Sept. :D Almost there. :D

[CoucouBidel]

Love this part:

There are many in your life

And many still to be

Since you are a shining light

There's many that you'll see

But I have to deal with envy

When you choose the precious few

Who've left their pride on

the other side of

Coming back to you