Leonard Cohen - Master Song (live 1968)

[ThirdEyeOpen123]

this will be the soundtrack to my winter 2011... oh it's going to be good.

[alvas86]

friggin right!! I'm stronger much stronger than it all! because i have the lord jesus christ by my side. I'm no longer mad. no longer mad

[alvas86]

oh my soo many flashbacks...im not even all that upset..im starting to understand...i hope!

[kateclark85]

this is amazing -- i adore this man and hearing this live in 1968 when it was released is AMAZING! he is such an artist!

a lyrical genius!

[yarduag2008]

La nostalgie , c'est la joie d'être triste comme le dit si bien léonard Cohen .

[greyfiddle]

hallo texprint 1, .... dito. unvergessliche erinnerungen, die nach über 30 jahren wieder erwachen.. .

[cristytovar]

This beautiful and pure. His voice gives me the sensation I'm sitting in front of him. Very intimate.

[scamaali]

@Moonbeamchaos I always listen to the record too.. I love them.. I'm almost 19 but i really love Leonard's songs.. well there are some special memories behind..

[moonbeamchaos]

Oh, my favorite of Leonard's songs. I love this tempo...but...his guitar is out of tune---how sad.

[texprint1]

Das war in den schönsten und besten Jahren meines Lebens mein Evangelium. Thanks to Leonhard Cohen

[stanleysoldman]

haunting!

[Tratilibi]

beautiful picture of leonard ♥

[langleav]

This song is about a 'kept woman' forced to confront the remnants of a love affair- where she had forsaken true love for a life of privilege and comfort. As the song unravels, we see she comes to realise the foolishness of her decision and how painfully empty her life is. "He gave you a German Sheperd to walk, with collar of leather and nails and he never once made you explain or talk about all of the little details. Such as who had a worm and who had a rock and who had you through the mails."

[scamaali]

I'm 18 years old,but when I hear Leonard Cohen (well in the videos when he was younger) I literally melt...it's a pity that his voice changed so much by the years...:(

[jolangjolang]

@scamaali When you're 18 you like his voice when he was young, because you're young. When you're older you'll like the voice of the man he becomes. Wait - you'll see...

[jmccu100]

@jolangjolang i cant wait to see if your right

[moonbeamchaos]

@scamaali ...yes, it's sad. Like everybody, back then, he smoked. And it killed his voice. But it can't kill the words. And thank heaven there will always be the records. I wore out the first albums at least twice! He is the best.

[LeChameur]

just genius!

[yanpotocki]

the essential

[lumierenoire]

every track on the live at the bbc bootleg is magical

[thewordofgord]

thanks messalina for all this early Cohen I didn't know existed. it's wonderful stuff, and one can only hope it will see an official release someday.

wordofgord

[MKFaizi]

@thewordofgord

Good lord. It had an official release.

[messalina79]

@MKFaizi  Not this version though :)

[poniljkka]

cool

[ThisPoetsFan]

Unique. Thank you so much.

[ejcurtis100]

This is truly exceptional. The song is available in full spirit, it comes across as a wintery hymn of the soul's interior! I adore it.

[MKFaizi]

@ejcurtis100

Odd. A few decades ago, I took it literally. Very realistic.

[ethermonkey222]

@ejcurtis100 I was going to ask what does it mean, and as I was listening to it felt that life is driven by dark non-being, an excruciatingly painful non-place where you can't exist at all.

[Eagleray99]

That's excellent :)