Leonard Cohen: Closing Time

[dillonist1]

Looking forward to the new album

[malboxful]

I love this guy!

[LiveFreeOrDieNow]

Leonard Cohen is the man!

[stanbimi]

R.I.P. Joe Bodolai.

[FirstUsedBooks]

Perfect re-creation of my friday or saturday late nights at the old Grand Union Hotel beerparlour 30 years ago. He must have been there.

[XXXXLBill]

This is my 2011 song in this genre. I love it to bits

[Jaykstyles]

One of my favorite songs of all. I love how he messes the lyrics up, or mixes them up I guess. I loved you since our place got wrecked................. The back ups knew the words. Still a brilliant version and way better than the produced video.

[VeronikRosa]

Awesome...love it...love it...Mr. Cohen you are amazing!

[TheApollopotter]

Laughing Len lettin her Rip!!!

[jeyvr]

amazing song - thank you J.

[shaptula4]

Hmmm... I've known Cohen's work (oeuvre) for 43 years and I agree with what all you guys declare. Cohen to me on an existential level is -'authenticity in action'. It''s just not worth it if it's not real. The tricky slice is the mystery of it all.

Note - with this f-#ing amazing rising of the people this year - 'Arab Spring' . And now (Oct. 2011) 'Occupy Wall Street' (OWS) - you might want to listen to Cohen's apt titled tune 'Demorcracy' penned in 1992 - prescience, I dare say.

[canadiansong]

beautiful beautiful

thanks for a wonderful production

to qualityshows....KEEP IT UP PLEASE!!!

[canadiansong]

beautiful beautiful

thanks for a wonderful production

[Kyra120655]

von dem Mann habe ich mal mit 11 Jahren 10 Mark fürs Müttergenesungswerk bekommen (vor über 40 Jahren)...er musste sich das Geld leihen. Denn die Fotografen standen da. Darum bin zu dem...der konnte nicht "nein" sagen. Witzig er war damals schon älter aber nicht alt genug um ihn nicht attraktiv zu finden (für mich)

[nomejodanya]

Cohen is the man!!!

[linjustpassinby]

it's beyond beautiful!! Multilayers of feeling captured, with such apparent ease!

[teanicolae]

Master,you are my inspiration.

[theearr]

great song. thanks for uploading

[0021Karina]

me encanta, me encanta closing time

[thetimeofday48]

ageless



[MrEyethFilms]

A one of the my very songs on my life. I think thak Hallelujah of the samen man was the best, but, this is really better.

[MrEyethFilms]

A one of the my very songs on my life

[missbrandykitkat]

Awesome song! I haven't heard it before, but boy do I like!

[williamscottwork]

I've enjoyed Leroy's music since the Isle of Lucy days.

[monica68ify]

1 commentaire en français? je découvre enfin cet homme ,je ne trouve pas mes mots,GEANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[writerman242]

genuis is too small a word for this master. he is much more. i bow to him and to all who "get" him. If we ran the world..well it would just run woudn't it?

[XXXXLBill]

The Man is a Legend and an Icon..........

[missladybug007]

I could watch him and listen to him till my closing time.

[hamidradfar]

I love you Leonard :)

[83340]

I love you Mr Cohen

[lola1163]

Great poet and singer, will miss you! Thanks for the good times we've given away

[dcee73]

"We're busted in the blinding lights of CLOSING TIME "

- great line

[neonrailroaduk]

What was going on Lenny.. You and the curly haired girl ???? xxxx

[solskinnify]

Love this song, great version.

[solskinnify]

Love this song, great version.

[DandyLion662]

Great version. I love that line:

Looks like freedom but it feels like death

It's something in between I guess

[maclaf]

Oh ! I love this song so much !

[tolenaars53]

Yep.. Cohen let me wallz,took me to the end of love til closing time!

[CAPECODBUZZ]

f'' n ay just when you thought you loved everything about this guy there's some more treasure to be found never heard the studio version and now I don't want to this was Leonard at his finest thanks for the fine production hats off to you Quality shows and know you are blessed for being a part of a great performance

[CAPECODBUZZ]

f'' n ay  just when you thought you loved everything about this guy there's some more treasure to be found never heard the studio version and now I don't want to this was Leonard at his finest thanks for the fine production hats off to you Quality shows and know you are blessed for being a part of a great performance

[rachelfishfry13]

youre beautiful

[JustICEthx]

Beautiful!!

Brilliant!!!

Thankyou so much.:)

[joeydeadcat]

I still remember this broadcast! Have it on VHS somewhere still.

[ab348]

I keep thinking what a trip it must have been for the backup singer at the end of the line closest to Leonard to have him leering at her while she sang with him. :) Great performance here.

[lazyles26]

@ab348

It doesn't look as if she minds too much, she puts her hand on his back at the start of the performance. He's a sexy guy tho for all he's not young any more.

[MrKillamonkey1]

i wish i got to c his concerts when he was still hangin around but he had to close up shop he was 1 of the greats of canandain singers dude rulz for shoo

[noahtavlin]

Nous l'aimons à montréal :)

[TDAMGIRL]

I saw LC in person 2009 in Boston Ma. fantastic show, 3 hrs. I love his voice and songs and never tire of him, :)

[BushWomanOtter]

I'll take LC on his best or worst day, without complaints...

[rockmats]

what a great artis and he does this live

[parkany31]

Nagyszerű dal és milyen jó előadás!Cohen papa itt volt fénykorában!

[ryaktr]

Is it my imagination or did he change the words to the song?

[jmdetom]

He is so great!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kc768]

Canada's answer to Dylan. The words, the words!

[HTAjana]

This is a great performance! I agree the live version is much better than the recorded one. Leonard Cohen loves women, and that's obvious here. I like the energy of the crowd. Usually his live performances are rather somber, but this one is full of life. You really got the best out of him here. (Sorry if this is a duplicate -- I tried to post something earlier and wasn't sure what happened.)

[apacolipps]

She's a hundred, but she's wearing something tight.

[DanaSchi3]

My parents raised me on this music. It is just simply amazing live. One of the greatest songs ever made.

[louiseduvee]

I love the way he plays around with the song with his back-up singers here, thank you:)

[mjbrabers]

Ik hou van deze man op zo`n leeftijd nog zingen met een pracht lied '' Closing Time ".

Dank je Leonard ik geniet weer eens van u volop ,blijf maar nog heel lang onderons.

Veel liefs van Marie-José Brabers uit een mooi en schoon Noord-Brabant/Nederland/Hollan­d

[sheim1]

She's a hundred, but she's wearing something tight!

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

always a great live act...

love this song on the CD, also.

[weonfiya]

i hear ya, the live version is awesome!!!! luving it!

[sweetgypsywife]

Love this ...cheeky man that he is....such a sense of fun

[drdisks]

Loved this! What year was this produced?

[HippieJimi]

Leonard Cohen touched the hearts of 1 Billion people,living+dead...

And I'm damn glad to be 1 in a Billion.....Thanx a million Leonard... :-)

[AbbbasGirl]

Just can't get this out of my head .. L.C. shows more emotion in this vid.

[tracklock]

Canadien Poet, Lift my hat to U sir

[bp45424]

The only guy who could ever remember all those fabulous lyrics has to be the guy who wrote them. Cohen is totally awesome. That band and those singers are fabulous.

[kc768]

The live version is much more riviting. Also more raw and more alive.

[qualityshows]

Yes, I agree. I think this is one of the highlights of this series I produced. Thank you.

[sturgess66]

Wonderful!  Did he perform any other songs - any more video? I hope, I hope? :)

[georgegmlol]

@qualityshows why do you block it in romania?

[georgegmlol]

@qualityshows why do you block the new upload in romania?

[njpmr]

from the man who gave us hallelujah...guys awesome

[AnalDan]

sweet tune!

[kc768]

Would you say that he's Canada's answer to Bob Dylan? Quite close I would say.

[dabluz1125]

There was a Rolling Thunder Revue show in Toronto (I believe) that Dylan dedicated the song "Isis" to Cohen...

[BushWomanOtter]

How did I miss this??????

[etglover]

I mixed the band's monitors for this show.

Nice to see it again after all these years.

[veryhotgirl]

i listen to this music a 10000 times. this song rulz

[lonnerridder]

hes even better now!!! can you belive it

[tjk247]

This is a excellent live version of my favorite Leonard Cohen song.

Thanks to qualityshows for sharing.

[markjr29]

whos playing the congo in the backround in the song

[Ghostorchid2]

One of my favorites of LC, being from the UK, cannot get the official video;( anymore on yt! This is better imo...

Thanks for posting!

[ivanovjd]

Can't get enough of this song...only one man can describe a lifetime in 6 and a half minutes...Thank you, Mr. Cohen!!!

[qualityshows]

I love when you guys comment, positive or negative, but a1000kissesdeep is a great example of the kind of comment I love even more! He/she may think they're unrehearsed while I love that, because we're watching them creating the finished product, which, to be quite frank, isn't as good on the CD as it is on my show -- which is LIVE TO AIR! No retakes like lameass American shows. No net. Leonard Cohen is a genius and knows risks and rose to the occasion.

[a1000kissesdeep]

They're still bit unrehearsed as this show happened few months before the 1993 tour :)) The song has up and downs in the rhythm. Later, the song and band sounded much softer and fluid, that guitar riff wasn't used anymore, and of course, Cohen's voice was better and prepared for the tour.

Excellent atmosphere and the sight-seeing of Leonard - thank you very much, had this for years on CDR but never saw the actual clip.

[a1000kissesdeep]

Now I wonder - except from his band, there are some other people (show's musicians?) on the stage. Maybe that's the reason for the "improvisational" sound, but nevertheless, super live version, real jam.

[qualityshows]

Hey thanks for your insight and experience. I still prefer my show's version to the recorded one. He played to the girls and the audience and the reality of the moment of live to air TV is the musical equivalent of SNL (which I also worked on).

[edelweiss1001]

@qualityshows

june 2012, still finish a nights whiskey (malt) with this track..............charge your glasses kind sirs

[kjledoux]

There is a little Tom Waits groove in Leonard Cohen. Joe B does a great job of capturing that smoky club ambience - great sound in this video. Good work Joe B.

[kjledoux]

I like this guy so much that I am going to look for his music on iTunes to add to my collection. Thanks for the turn on Joe B.

XO

[qualityshows]

I love you.

[crickettttt]

WHERE IS THIS AT!? CONNIE

[crickettttt]

I LIKE THEM BOTH!!!  CONNIE