Leonard Cohen. Bird on a Wire.

[Whispers5000]

I feel like I have wasted all the 16 years of my life by not knowing of this man's music until a couple of hours ago.

[jocampken]

why is she handing that boy meat? i gotta see this film now. And I have loved Leonard Cohen since my obstetrician played death of a ladies man at my birth.

[tomb613]

Great vid. The movie only adds to the masters music.

[redwhitch17]

beautiful..

[zimmyfan115]

That's a great job!  Thanks. Now I don't have to do it. :-)

Ron

[tgkevano]

@himrawkz, that's messalina79.

[tgkevano]

@himrawkz, just type in search like a bird on the wire in french, it comes under millimiss79.

[himrawkz]

is there a version of this in french somewhere? It was mentioned by Tommy Tiernan on the radio before but I can't seem to find it

[itztheJL]

Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free.

That's goin on my gravestone lol.

[bunghole13]

@itztheJL

Alright then; Kris Kristofferson

[horrormommy]

Leonard is the best songwriter ! His music really touches the soul.

[TheLightedDarkness]

@olio89 lol.

[BarerMender]

Amazing how he can sing your whole life in a few words.

[bigboimxl]

las mejores cosas del mundo. L. Cohen y L. Buñuel

[aTruster]

A song of repentance. Not the sorrow of repentance, but the change of mentality that precedes the sorrow.

[fsechier]

@stonewolf1886 Idiot.

[stonewolf1886]

@fsechier Cunt

[fsechier]

@stonewolf1886 Petite sous-merde... je te pisse a la gueule.

[fsechier]

@stonewolf1886 By the way, "stonewolf"? Little barking poodle.

[stonewolf1886]

@fsechier HOLY FUCKING SHIT! oh you fucking person.  christ that hurt me

[guitaro465]

what the fudge monkeys is handed to the man in the bed on the "i saw a begger leaning on his wodden cruch! line ??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[abstractcollector2]

Suddenly Bunuel makes sense. Good.

[emdob]

just brought this at the record store- I feel very retro but this is so precious to me :)

[wossamaggiga]

Thumbs up if Sons of Anarchy brought you here :D

[pido58]

escuchar a este tipo me deprime....

[rahulkhanna0091]

could someone please provide me with some information about the video uses in the song? It would be kind of you. Thanks.

[LeCramp]

@rahulkhanna0091 I'm assuming that, as stated in the description, it's Luis Buñuel: Los olvidados :)

[rahulkhanna0091]

@LeCramp thanks a lot for the comment. I think you are correct. best wishes

[N2651]

can someone post the link for this song played in the LOST commercial?

[DeedleDeedleDumplin]

Truly a master...a "legend." 

[ValenBenz]

He is a legend...

[MyCoookieRomance]

There is a book, called "One-Two-Three-NOW!". In this book, there's a boy who falls in love with a girl, wich favourite song, is this song. The girl and the boy loves eachother to the sky, but then he finds out, that she has cancer, and she dies... I cried so hard when she died, and I still have a bad feeling in my stomach. This song is so beautiful

[Zigats]

@MyCoookieRomance I searched up this song because i just read that book :)

[UtzChips2009]

Leonard must not have listened to Willie's rendition, otherwise he never would have recorded this.

[molotov314]

buñuel un grande

[ruuuuuuuuuuuuuy]

very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very vey´ry very very very very very goooooooooooooooood !!!!!!!!!!

[berin08]

if you have time listen to my song called all you have

[johnboon49]

Bird on the wire, Who by fire, If it be your will, Take this waltz, etc, etc, etc, ect, ect, ect , ect, ect, ect .....

[Olio89]

I'm only 5 months old and this music really resonates with me.

[cdcme1]

@Olio89 just wait till you hear barney...it'll blow your mind! ;)

[Pele884]

@Olio89 nice that you can spell, in your age

[Chaotica1337]

@Pele884 Haha! Yes, it gives hope for the future of youtube comments.

[TinTinThemighty]

@Olio89 The most beauiful song ever, Cohen is a lyrical master

[nebojsav]

@Olio89 i am not born yet and this music really relax me:D

[frammentonovantadue]

to be free....

[haybee12]

poet

[jimijaket]

Una de mis escenas favoritas, el sueño de Pedro.

Muy buen video!

[markparrgardiner]

this is beauty ' bunuel ' is the master ! ' no one comes close '

chaplin is the only one ! ''

[contactviolet]

The first part where the legless man is pushed off his wagon and his things stolen is that from a movie?

[gzaugg1]

Das erinnert mich an die wilde Zeit in Israel! Its agreat song

[Ada1613]

This song was in that amazing german film Fox and his friends!

[chriskirk1984]

Beautiful.

[onlinelondon]

Profound transcending the modern crap - FUCKING CRAP, that nowadays is hurling out loeadspeakers where ever one turns...

Cohen must suffer hell of pain listen to this crap!!!

What will I be when you are gone, mummy, sings the Swedish Marie Fredriksson, but what will we without Leonard C.

[prezydent2025]

RIP Lost (2004-2010)

[desdeasH]

Could someone upload Jennifer Warnes version of Bird on a Wire? I love that one too.

[carlotta306]

great video,thanks

[mrbonker1233]

this song is slower than a snail

[sootybambam]

@mrbonker1233

r u going somewhere????

[finn94]

@mrbonker1233 and you're dumber than one

[zelligrubiv]

two geniuses united by youtube, leonard cohen and Luis Buñuel

[apple7stranger]

to the 14 year old...Leonard saved me when I was 14...your on the rite track

[RosieRebel]

I wish Leonard Cohen could come over my house and whisper in my ear.

[MrDazvid]

I'm gonna miss all this when I'm gone.

[usefulideot]

@MrDazvid then don't go

[holdencaulfield3]

the  greatest music to suicide by...

[scurvdog84]

@holdencaulfield3 

[Winnas]

If you had not heard of Leonard Cohen before you watched your shit TV show I pity you.

[mcconnc]

First heard this beauty in Achill Island in about 1985 and loved it ever since.

[schiele09]

No one here seems to give a shit about Luis Bunuel's masterpiece!! FUCK YOU ALL!!!! :D

[markparrgardiner]

@schiele09 I do' , luis bunuel, was' and is' a master of cinema' eveyone should be made to watch " verdiana" be for their first communion!.

[markparrgardiner]

@schiele09

[BookMadTJ]

I first heard this song becasue of a amazing TV show.... not lost; i can not stand that show.

Queer as Folk.

A friend said this song sounds like it's about Brian Kinney from the show; I agree.

[tiny789]

joe bonamassa has just done a good version of this on his new album (black rock)

[Jbauerfan08]

Wow, such a good song. If I never saw that preview to LOST, probably never would have discovered it

[Ricardoprettyboy]

Never heard of Lost, but have known the song for years, yes I'm old!

[hesmon]

Just listened to Joe Bonamassa's rendition and thought I'd check this version out. I suggest you do the same. It's not bad at all.

[Stickyswede]

Cohen again in the spotlight of another great modern movie/television show. I hope you all remember Natural Born Killers! Anyways, for all you LOST fans (like me) Cohen wrote this song while on a greek island called Hydra, and it was finished in an apartment in Los Angeles. All for his love. Enough said!

[PerhapsPossibly]

Thank you Lost! I only knew Cohen for Hallelujuah before this, but now I want to listen to more of his songs.

[TeresaPoirot]

LOST! <3

[grattend310]

Seriously, all these people pretty much just listening to this song because of Lost. Great episode last night, can't wait til next week!!! Richards back story!! Finally we get some real answers!!!!

[Astral665]

LOST.

[ardo1]

This is the saddest song I ever heard in my entire life!

[Boonanny10]

everyone is listening to this song because of lost?......... me too

[beaner8990]

had it not being for LOST i would of never discovered such a great song...

[Lovegood44]

and such a great artist....

[jhabawack]

@beaner8990

well

SHAME ON YOU!!!!

[jhabawack]

@beaner8990 well shame on you dickhead

[BigBlackTranny94]

@beaner8990 I was just about to comment the same thing. I realized I was singing this song and had no idea what it was. I typed in the only lines I could remember and found it after seeing it in the Lost promo for Recon.

[TTHEBLACKR0CK]

@beaner8990 yeah, it was on the promo from the recon (i thing) xD

[svenlittlecross]

@beaner8990

hadnt it been for a kris kristofersons tombstone, i would never figure it out :S

[Zenfreek76]

Joan sang this song sitting on my futon in Las Vegas the night I fell in love with her.

[amirschwartz]

Lost !!!

[eiroight]

i dont watch lost but only cause i heard the song in the commercial i wanted to find it cause its sounds nice.

[alshathri]

LOST LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[alshathri]

LOST!!!!! LOOOOOOOL

[dharmaluvsu]

Ha ha I was wondering how many LOST viewers would go on youtube and look for this song...

[Angarxrx]

LOST 6x08 Recon ;))

[GeoSaysHi]

LOST

[rfish54]

if i have been unkind, i hope you can let it go by....but i swear by this song, and by all that i have done wrong, i will make it up all to thee, "why not ask for more." Great song Leonard Cohen.

[RamoSFTT]

LOST !!

[ardo1]

SAWWER DRUNK, LIKE ME NOW

[duhasroux]

interesante el efecto LOST, la pelicula muy triste.

[GameSheriff]

God, these old country songs just bring me to tears... :')

[simmo303]

@GameSheriff Try Esther Ofarim's version!

[MadFatRat]

LOST ^_^

Beautiful song

[belgiin]

Ahahah all Lost watchers on here ((=

Namaste! ;)

[elrenzot]

si LOST

[max30stm]

LOST

[tcpma]

recon

[czibidani]

✭ L O S T ✭

[laolaz]

i saw the LOST promo too

[justinxaz]

lost

[SiL588]

lol i saw the promo too :D

[alisonisthebomb]

lost, indeed!

[Adlerfreund1991]

It was played while the ne abc lost promo, was it?

[SiL588]

yep

[alisonisthebomb]

I do believe it was.

[FaeVorite]

I love this song...did you play it fur me, Wally??

[swinewarrior]

some movie man

[janeismyname100]

Leonard Cohen is great artist!!

[grootdrink]

Saw him in LOndon! Great!!

Check out Hallelujah by Quinten Broid, also very good!

[MrHeslopian]

One of the most beautiful modern songs I have ever heard. His conveyance of the hopelessness which writhes within the souls of so many is almost perfect, his similes like daggers poised over the heart, and as the song progresses the singer's fingers close around the handle and plunge it deep, deep down inside that red muscle. This transcends beauty.

[LLove2010]

Beautifully interesting and combination of the Los Olvidados scenes with Leonard's song, How sad that the boy's real self was taken from him.

[Malleck1]

Timeless, beyong ages. Thank you for all these poems-songs. Thank you so much as well for your HONESTY, Mister Cohen. And I swear by this song. A Masterstroke.

[EPITAPH31]

LEONARD COHEN. one of kind song ever he is always the best in five hundred years this song still always like a new album *****

[reinadegrillos]

Gran canción. Buen video!

[KDZigZag]

Bird On The Wire .. not ... Bird On A Wire

[Scorpian16]

What an underrated song writer, this Cohen compares to Bob Dylan.

[Honideath]

Yeah we freaking get it, good music transcends all physical limits, congratulations.

[jramon9]

Thank you very much. " We meet "

[lounginaddict]

i'm only 3 months old and i love this song, jesus christ, no one cares!

[jinal007]

i couldn't agree more.

[ObsessionTML]

I'm only 14 and I really love Leonard Cohen's music. He has an amazing voice, too.

[umovelikehoney]

love him and im 20 ;)

[spinalfluidontap]

I am 43 and this is one of my all time favourites.

psI'm a Pink Floyd fan

[U2luvU2]

This sounds like an age competition. Stop it.

[AngelofMusic2006]

Thank god for teens like you. Seriously. Keep it up. We need more fourteen year-olds with your level of intelligence in this world.

[Mbede77]

@ObsessionTML i

i was about that age when i first got into him, i'm now 33 haha, and saw him live a while back, amazing. he certainly stays with you

[zeldagoblin]

This is the first song I ever learnt on guitar when I was 7. I could never quite get the bridge bit (if I have been unkind...not sure if thats the right word for it. Even now that bit is harder lol...Loved the song then and now

[Pacificdreamgirl]

I love the combination of the song and the film. It adds even more drama to both.

[jramon9]

Thank you very much. We meet.

[SongsforLinda]

I have saved all my ribbons for thee ♫

[rezodesobediente]

Estimado jramon9 ¿no crees conveniente poner los subtítulos en español?

[revsteele]

Que cancion, que pelicula... ajuntos... tan triste

[bluescommander]

Es un artista magnifico.

[bluescommander]

Leonard Cohen no es un cantante muy bueno, pero me gusta mucho.

[juliette0411]

What a fabulous video clip! Which Bunuel film is it from?

[jramon9]

Of the movie: The forgotten ones.

[rezodesobediente]

In spanish "Los Olvidados", de 1950

[jramon9]

Así es.

[rezodesobediente]

Podemos ver dos poemas aquí: la película Los Olvidados es en sí misma un poema, con tres escenas que rasgan el corazón como los sueños de Pedro y el Jaibo, y la muerte de Pedro; así mismo lo es la canción de Cohen. El propio Bob Dylan cuando le preguntaron qué otro personaje le hubiera gustado ser, dijo que Leonard Cohen, y su director de cine favorito es el mismo Luis Buñuel.

[Honideath]

Por cierto, Los Olvidados en ingles se llama The Young and The Damned, no literalmente "The Forgotten Ones"

[nangersbuffness]

really depressingg tbh.

[claudiochofer]

me gusta

[jramon9]

Gracias y saludos.

[Aligreta]

muy buena la canción, y como se nota el ingles canadiense jeje.

[nuefraizza]

grande leonard

[animaldan]

"Obra de arte", si... Muchas gracias.

[meikokajix]

JODERRRR ME ENCANTA!

[jramon9]

La película es de Luis Buñuel y se titula "Los olvidados"

[meikokajix]

Enhorabuena! muy chulo

[evildark619]

Magistral hermano una obra de arte

[jramon9]

Gracias y hasta pronto

[sardonicblues25]

very moving

[jramon9]

The movie belongs to Luis Buñuel and one titles " The forgotten ". Luis Buñuel was the great director of surrealistic cinema.

[kayla613]

very good, but sad:(

[jramon9]

Thanks ;(