Leonard Cohen & Jennifer Warnes -First We Take Manhattan

[sisteruli]

Dieser CoverSong ist fast so gut wie Leonards! Danke kannte ich noch nicht wirklich...das Video! Danke!!!

[lpmqtp2010]

That final shot of Leonard Cohen in the elevator at 3:14 is just EPIC!

[joeycoolable]

wow, awesome.

[TheHighWan]

I feel old.....feels damn good!

[dposess1]

We do realize the guitarist is Stevie Ray, yes?

[tomcat624u]

@dposess1 WHO ELSE?

[ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER]

Good video,excellent lyrics,first rate singer and great guitar solo 10/10!

[contact1araya]

@ZeichenSetzenJetzt you need to get laid!

[ZaizudemCo]

11 9 ?

[joeycoolable]

STILL LOVE-IT

[joeycoolable]

LOVE-IT

[Kuhstreichler]

Oh, what a nice voice from this good looking girl!

I would like to listen to her from morning to night.

[Antipropaganator]

Jews, come and have Berlin before the Jihadis take it!

[tomcat624u]

GREAT SONG WRITER!!!!!!!! GREAT SINGER!!!!!!!! GREAT GITAUR PLAYER!! A WINNING HAND ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!

[berlinstadt1]

Es lebt Berlin, ich liebe dich

[Hanseat60]

Niemals ihr Punks, Berlin bleibt Deutsch!^^

[RideHanna]

This song is better than sex!

[ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER]

@RideHanna Masturbation maybe but sex maybe not lol!

[1949Jens]

@RideHanna

I think that SEX + this song will be a perfect match...<3

Just like the music of " Ravel " .." BOLERO "..ever tried ? I have :))

[RideHanna]

@1949Jens Oh! you are naughty but I like you:)

[cincosystems]

does anyone know the album on which to find this life version

[mickeycrist]

@cincosystems the name of the album is "Famous Blue Raincoat"...around 1987

[paulpellicci]

...very nice and ....Leonard is always cool.....

[sucharadder]

Gwynne Dyer suspects the song refers to the "naivety and narcissism" of the West German Red Army Faction, "...designer terrorism by celebrity terrorists, as much about radical chic as about real politics."[3] (The German-language speech at the beginning and end of Warnes' recording is from a news broadcast about an attack by the Red Army Faction on the German Arab society of West Berlin in 1986.)

[BecaFree]

@sucharadder looks like you know nothing about Leonard Cohen. He is a much deeper and philosophical thinker than what you proposed.  His writings (songs, books and poetry) have much larger significance than what is obviously apparent. His writings encourage you to engage your critical thinking skills.

[sucharadder]

@BecaFree Youre absolutely right but in this case your comments are probably more appropriately addressed to Mr Dwyer. Without a doubt some cultural snobbishishness may exist in his closet as well. Hes not a music or cultural critic on this we can be sure to agree is the truth. Thanks for your comment.

[SFtNYTM12]

this is the original version of the song

Leonard Cohen's version came out number of months later.

[wdcsucks1]

thanks to Dominik Storr and Thorsen Van Geest nothing happened until now!!!

[ersa3100]

(Radio announcer's voice)

Was die Attentäter betrifft, die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben, ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen. Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag...

[astrocomera]

So we take Berlin...

[basraw]

@TheAlienesque They already have for 06-26-2011 in berlin

[jetztundhierwir]

Kein guter Mensch dieser Welt kommt auf solche Sprüche am Anfang seines Musikvideos. Selbst wenn nichts passiert, was alle hoffen, ist dieses Video meiner Meinung nach schon eine Frechheit an sich. Die Produzenten sollten sich was schämen!!! Was habt habt ihr nur genommen einen solchen Dreck zu produzieren.

[wdcsucks1]

"i am guided by the beauty of our weapons"?

why is she also wearing such an absolutely "non sexy" coat? looks like it symbolizes a secrete society.

[wdcsucks1]

0:46 fires? and then people running away? looks familiar...9/11!!!

[LennyATwsw]

keine ganze Woche mehr bis zum 26.06.2011! entweder alles wird sich hierzulande ändern oder alles wird sich etwas später ändern! es gibt keine wahl.

think positive ;)

PS: ich wohne 200 KM Luftline von Berlin entfernt... also teu teu teu

[GermaniaVerita]

@LennyATwsw

Ich bin Neuköllner,ich bleib aber ^^

[WHOisFAKElikeUNO]

26.06.2011 Berlin Olympiastadion Eröffnungspiel Staatsterroristischer Anschlag

Macht euch Schlau!! ...oder wartet einfach ab ob wirklich etwas passiert...doch dann ist es zu spät

[ausseratem]

@WHOisFAKElikeUNO

►van-geest de --> Antrag vom 31.5.2011

►26-06-2011 de

[Sarimae23]

@APPENICER :-/ let's hope, this reveals not true, but ....

[strumtek]

take care in berlin

[Sarimae23]

@strumtek the lyrics are...devastating :(

[strumtek]

@Sarimae23 they are indeed ...and the video is disturbing too the people are running away from this bright light wich is also seen at atomic nukes but some women seem to run in its direction.. actually the video is about women and there religous relationship to a in this case godlike leonard cohen.. counting those points together MANHATTEN 911 BERLIN NUKE WOMEN RELIGOUS gets me to a point where i cannot believe in coinsidences relating to the 26.6.11(!) mega ritual.. but hey everything is ok :)

[Sarimae23]

@strumtek knockin on wood, that all this will not happen.

[B2GSpot]

@Sarimae23 it wont happen because the internet is boiling hot because of this topic. And if they really make it, then they are stupid

[dummidumm]

@B2GSpot Maybe you are wrong mate, if we look on the videos views they are very low... and maybe they'll stop any communication after that day... and people who know too much could be send in a new guantanamo. But I have to say that your opinion might be right too ;)

[B2GSpot]

@dummidumm well lets hope im right :) but thank you for your thoughts! Much love!

[DieDicken]

@strumtek hoffen wir das beste, seien wir auf das schlimmste vorbereitet.

[Pitfossil]

@strumtek - L.C. once explained that that´s for all the "pretty & young people" our glitter industry uses and throws away.

"I don´t like what happens to my sister

I don´t like the drugs that keep her slim"

Have you ever had a close look at an ex model when she was 40? Pit

[zakykarya]

TROP 256!

[notpeterhansen]

Great version, but I think the Cohen solo version is better in all due respect. The feeling in Cohen's voice cannot be covered or interpreted respectfully in my opinion

[babistsotsos]

hello...

[paliokalokrasi]

Αυτα είναι

[tanya4809]

good...good...good

[astrocomera]

I don't like those drugs that keep them thin....

[magicwandfour]

jennifer warnes is simply the coolest woman on the planet.when she suggested she make an album of leonard cohen covers they laughed her out of the office.go listen to the result-the album`famous blue raincoat`-and tell me she`s not cool

[rawstarmusic]

@magicwandfour  She is cool. Even if she had done nothing else than Manhattan and Up were we belong. That voice couldn't really be replaced by another, especially not on Up where we belong. Linda Ronstadt might have a go at it but Jennifer voice flip-over is unique

[LadyKatrinaTudor]

@magicwandfour she is cool.



[megsryan]

@Todd Levinson 

[dlourie]

Colaiuta! Mmmmm

[earcandy2008]

...sounds like song of the year for every year to me. Absolute brilliance.

[RayBan4]

Thanx for posting...I didn´t know, that the great Stevy Ray Vaughan played Guitar on this track....Cohen and Vaughan,....the gathering of two masters of music...

[astrocomera]

What better to do to them than reward them....

[ProNorden]

pretty sure that's stevie ray vaughn on guitar. nice rendition.

This is either maybe the worst zionist anthem ever, or one of the best universalist anthems.

[astrocomera]

And now I'm coming now to reward them...

[LennyLeonard85]

stevie is the best there's ever been!

[heartsong007]

Oh, to be able to hear just one more Stevie Ray guitar piece like this one.... pure, unparalled brilliance.

[riesenpimmel69]

Washington is next! :)

[didel123]

Below the translation of the intro... at last i think he mentioned also the words "Discothek La Belle"

[fabiopertile]

Any germans like to translate the into for us??

[didel123]

@fabiopertile

Regarding the assassins of the attack ( in 1986 ) on the german-arabic society

( Berlin ) , the police has done a step forward. Now after the attack …

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile

TEIL 1

Sie haben mich zu 20 Jahren Langeweile verurteilt,

Wegen des Versuchs das System von innen heraus zu ändern.

Nun komme ich, ich komme, um die zu belohnen.

Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin.

Ich werde von einem himmlischen Signal geleitet,

Ich werde von diesem Muttermal auf meiner Haut geleitet,

Ich werde von der Schönheit unserer Waffen geleitet,

Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin.

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile

TEIL 2

Ich würde es lieben mit dir zu leben, Baby,

Ich liebe deinen Körper und deinen Geist und deine Kleider,

Doch siehst du die Schlange dort, die sich durch die Station bewegt?

Ich hab' dir gesagt, ich hab' dir gesagt, ich war einer von denen.

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile

TEIL 3

Du hast mich als Verlierer geliebt, aber jetzt fürchtest du, dass ich einfach so gewinnen könnte.

Du kennst den Weg, um mich aufzuhalten, allerdings mangelt es an Disziplin.

Wie viele Nächte ich gebetet habe, dass meine Arbeit beginnt.

Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin.

Herr, ich mag ihr Modegeschäft nicht,

Und mir gefallen diese Drogen, die einen dünn halten, nicht.

Mir missfällt es, was meiner Schwester widerfahren ist,

Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin.

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile TEIL 4 Ich würde es lieben mit dir zu leben, Baby... Und ich danke dir für die Dinge, die du mir geschickt hast, Denn Affen und die Sperrholzvioline. Ich hab' jede Nacht geübt, jetzt bin ich bereit. Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin. Ich werde geführt. Erinnert euch an mich, die Musik war mein Leben, Erinnert euch, ich hab' die Einkäufe reingetragen. Naja, heute ist Vatertag und jeder ist verletzt... Erst ist Manhattan dran, dann Berlin.

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile

Just noticed that I got you completely wrong! I though that you wanted the whole lyrics translated into German, and not just the intro~! ;D

Gonna translate the intro now.

[PlunderMaple]

@fabiopertile

INTRO

"Concerning the assassins who committed a terrorist attack on the German-Arab society, police just went one step further: The terrorists who ... after the incident ... "

Well, you know... The last few words got cut off...

[Fredsastro1]

Vastly superior to Lenard Cohens version, a classic.

[Aristosek]

prophet ? ;) /watch?v=JL4Cu-K17vE

[louiseduvee]

Wow! I'd subscribe, but You Tube won't let me. Every time I try, I get this message (and I quote): 'You have too many subscriptions compared to your number of subscribers'. Well, I've been fighting You Tube for years, so I contacted them and asked if they were aware that I kept up with those subscriptions. They replied, 'To add a new subscription, you'll have to drop some old ones.' WTF? I'm literally dying from AS and music is my life! Anal-retentive Nazis... I can't add new favourites either!

[MiZaNtHr0pE]

I'm listening this FULL VOLUME!

God, this is great, Jennifer and Steve.. great combination :)

[mlsmith1964]

Leonard Cohen is without a doubt one of the best writers of our time.

[astrocomera]

Sentenced to 20 years of boredom....

[cali4nia4me]

Stevie Ray Vaughn.... another stroke of genius in this track.

[lancelotdulacful]

deutsch-arabische Gesellschaft  WTF??

[mickeyb1000]

Fuck, even using someone else's guitar you tell it's him straight away what a legend.

[Puibassman]

Yo, that's Stevie Ray Vaughn laying down the smack with those hot guitar licks! Stop it at 0:57 to see.

[tyme4mike]

@Puibassman SRV..one of the top five guitarists to have graced the music world in the last 50 years.

[psibernaut777]

great song - shame about the precipitate ending though !

[pooickickie]

fantastic

[sascha1352]

Owned the LP, than I throw all my LP´s away ("What a fool!!") - Thx a lot !!

[Signedpeach]

love this........thanks :)

[mffan]

Yes, Thanks from me too. I love this song! Annon and the Late show do this. (local band) Check 'em out on you tube.

[therealpaulie]

thanks for this song

[ajaoz1]

Yes, thanks for posting this. Ytube has removed the other video of this (2 now exist) but if you people continue to upload and in numbers hopefully this will beat them.

Thank you for this seductive 80's classic. SRV sure is fantastic.

[WhyteSpectre]

Thanks a bunch for posting this.

+rep