LEONARD COHEN 1970 Isle of Wight Live BIRD ON THE WIRE

[lillucy120]

Of course, there are many great singer-songwriters. It would be a small world if there wasn't. I didn't know I was comparing him to anybody. I was just giving him a compliment .... that's all. I didn't know I stuck my nose up at the radio. Could you explain what I wrote to give you that idea?

[kitschgirl65]

Thank you, DGIG...and I most certainly will give it my best try!

[DaveGilmourIsGod]

This is good stuff, thank you kitschgirl, great video of Leonard. 74 years old now, and truly a legend. What a great memory from the IOW festival. This is the track to play, when the river has been run, and we depart to the great gig in the sky.

Shine on kitschgirl65, shine on... thank you.

[wojiaokatya]

wwwwwwwwwaaaaatttt bibilical references sir??? cool coll cool

[wojiaokatya]

g-d he's hot

[somefreshgarbage]

are we free? what would it mean? I say that we are...for those that say we are not, have expressed 'their' beliefs...freely...yet again there can be no scientific proof that we are not free, for if there were, it was determined to begin with, and hence is not can not be tested in any scientific way...we all but birds...

[legalizethegreen]

i like to think i could ever get this high, brilliant!

[adrianlm]

3:10 for the song

[mikecook6266]

OFF HIS HEAD

[ianinfrance]

I was there!!! How wonderful to be able to relive it.

[AltheaHekate]

Totally love this! Fantastic....

Blessed Be;

Althea

[kitschgirl65]

Pleased that you like....

[somefreshgarbage]

Like a bird on the wire, I stand in awe of this song.

[kitschgirl65]

Oh my! AGREED!

[happyplanet72]

I think Adam Sandler should play Leonard, if there is ever a movie about him!

[X0TangoX0]

Harvey and Bob liked it. They were both, probably happy to get home.

[lillucy120]

His performance won't sound good to many & today's world won't understand but the man is amazing & brilliant. Before he started singing he quoted "It's a large nation but it's still weak, still very weak. It needs to get a lot stronger before it can claim a right to land." That was 1970, doesn't matter what nation, the meaning was deep. He's a very deep thinker, he thinks each word he says or sings. His bio is worth reading. “Hallelujah” is his.

[sevenstarbox]

@lillucy120 Not true.

There are many many great singer-songwriters that you probably don't know about, carrying on the tradition.

Dan Mangan, Jenn Grant, Bonny Prince Billy, Phospherescent, Patrick Watson, Phospherescent, Timbre Timber... so, so many more. It's easy to stick your nose up at the radio, but you're pretty damn wrong.

[roadsiderbr]

what the fuck did this douchebag drink before the show? what a dumb and blasè performance, sorry for this guy...



[matthewdanielsiskin]

@roadsiderbr well, someone needs their art spoon fed to them huh

[davehshs]

What an amazing performance, particularly in light of the circumstances under which he came to the stage at the Isle of Wight, after the 600,000 people there had pretty much rioted and set stuff on fire.

[alcest35]

Beautiful... surpassing beautiful. Thank you for this. Nobody sings his poetry like the man himself.