Leonard cohen - the future. Jools Holland

[mike8jci]

Fuck you Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars, this is what a MAN should sound like. Very few real men left. All turning into pussies.

[1949Jens]

All the HATE, WAR, and ANGRY has got Nothing to do, but ONE THING and ONE THING ONLY..RELIGION..no matter the Name of it..and the name of " GOD "..The one and only reason for all " Evil " Man-made " Religion..any kind of , any name,

Sorry....go back in " History " and you shall find, that the " Only God " was " NATURE " that brought " LIFE " to the People of Earth..and then all and everything did go wrong, as " Religion(s), weapons and " Money " took control.

[fistthatwillbustlips]

jews to the gas

[Dermot2927]

@fistthatwillbustlips What you're doing is actually a criminal offence and you can be traced. Are you totally stupid?

[fistthatwillbustlips]

@Dermot2927 to answer your questions no and no. this song sung by a jew is a testimony to how the jews think and behave so go fuck yourself kike asshole okay what are the jws gonna do come get me fuck u bitch

[realdiamondshow]

I actually think that unlike almost ALL performers ... Leonard Cohen is BETTER now at 75 years old then EVER before... his timing , voice and expression are just masterclass... his humility awesome... his lyrics , forever genious.

[dedee152]

@realdiamondshow Love Leonard Cohen, I have most of his cd's and he will sing forever in my home and in my heart.

[avor]

awesome song!! love the lyrics.

[clearviewmind]

Quality performance from the master.

[KRYTEN451]

This particular performance of "The Future" is a masterpiece

[langsidedrive]

Its almost here! A race of undead, the sons of oil. Time up. Sleep on. Thanks Leonard, a man with eyes,

[an1nha]

simplesmente fantástico

[muzzmatrix]

Wow!!! A song any chump like me could sing. Brilliant!!!!!

[dianalombanastube]

Destroy another fetus now, we dont like children anyhow. I've seen the future, IT IS murder. 

[dianalombanastube]

@leuven80 your private life will suddently explode

[multical100]

@leuven80 Take your hate somewhere else.

[multical100]

@leuven80 I am older for sure. Anal sex is practiced by hetero, yes. People like to be creative in this area. Most people don't know that this is how you get AIDS. It can be transmited to the giver or taker.(See there is small blood vessels that break during anal sex because as you guessed the area was not made for this purpose) In africa is often used as an alternative to birth control and we see the results of that. Among the homosexual males it is, of couse the only way to do it.

[TheBestmusicworld]

Priceless!!!

[onlinelondon]

@leuven80 It sounds that you got it all wrong here!!!! pal..... you have prep school?????

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[trentigalaxy]

You Anthony Bourdain had a band back in the day? O-M-G-!

[originaltbyrd]

i LOVE the guitar player on this! he never overplays, just exactly the correct comment at all times. the violin player is killer as well. the whole band is totally masterful.

[onlinelondon]

@originaltbyrd MASTERFUL!!! Yes!!!

[rovinehoc1]

irobinsong, you are a 2 bit shirt lifter, stop playing with your tiny nob and get a life.

[1robinsong]

The Jew confesses his own sins.

(so-called Jew, that is Khazar, actually).

[l2string]

@VainEldritch........Are you saying that's a bad thing?

[multical100]

For the new generation: Put on protection when having anal sex, or you can get AIDS. That song was writen in the 80s and God knows we saw a lot of people dying painfully.

[Henton43]

First time i heard this i thought wow wot a tune man?

[SuperTruth77]

Look guys, it’s all OK, so STOP WORRYING! I visited the year 8057 last month, & let me tell you it was a wonderful experience.

All human life had become dedicated to pleasure of the body & mind- the two have become blended in an easy-going culture free of prejudice against sex being in any way ‘dirty’ or non-intellectual. Technology does the hard work & has NOT made us its slaves. The environment has altered, but SURPRISE SURPRISE we have successfully adapted to it.

Best weekend break ever!

[VainEldritch]

79 people took crack and tried anal sex.

[CLASHofTHElonders]

@VainEldritch what about the other three people? stupid......

82 people will have tried crack

^ that number will also soon change

[nunofrancogiga]

For a long time this was his most recent live performance available. I watched it countless times thinking I`d never get the chance to see him live. But the planets aligned in a favourable way and I had the chance to see the master live twice, already! So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you heartless-bitch-who-stole-Leon­ard`s-savings for making him tour again, and in the process gaining a whole new following and discovering that the world loved him more than he knew.

True story, bro.

[Stacey73701]

I'm so happy for you :-)

[audiomez]

Prophetic?

Unsuspectedly could it be the poet on that occasion, years prior, fell victim to some "tongue in cheek" channelings from one who now serves as "The Presidential Whisperer"? Well. could be! Things are sliding aren't they?

[GerryBeardSeekingMis]

roughly May 1993. I have this on vhs some where!

[johnmckinlay67]

Happy Birthday Mr Cohen !

[fistthatwillbustlips]

@johnmckinlay67 you jew.

[johnmckinlay67]

@fistthatwillbustlips Not me fuckface. Now why don't you go fuck your redneck brothers and let the good folks here enjoy the song you worthless piece of shit. : )

[fistthatwillbustlips]

@johnmckinlay67 death to juden sieg heil

[sgrho]

This song is addictive. His voice mesmerizes me. Lol

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

@Poltergeist40 Gods Banker,part of the iluminati,was also hung upside down under blackfriars bridge

[Dermot2927]

@PtAltmVansanTarr He wasn't upside down - his pockets were full of bricks.

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

@cyeastwood I know, I didn't put it well. I mean when he says "all your lousy little poets" part,could he have been predicting artists like Marilyn Manson,Trent Reznor,etc?

[Poltergeist40]

You'll see your woman hanging upside down her features covered by her fallen gown etc. is a reference to Clara Petacci Mussolini's mistress. They were both hung upside down after they were killed. In Milan I think.

[Poltergeist40]

Thanks for posting this. I taped it off the tv at the time and played the video so much the tape finally snapped. Not joking here !!!

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Was he referring to Marilyn Manson

[cyeastwood]

@PtAltmVansanTarr He was referring to Charles.......Charlie Manson.

[cyeastwood]

@PtAltmVansanTarr He was referring to Charles.......Charlie Manson.

[weserbaer]

Cohen ist immer sich selbst treu geblieben. Danke.

[websurfin2010]

@OFFENDOR What are you talking about?

[saule683]

If it were up to me he would be an important Nobel Prize in Literature candidate. Along with Atwood, Eco and Kundera

[whole2th]

Reminds of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

ReDiscover911 DOT COM

[Poltergeist40]

@whole2th Love Cohen's music. Particularly the albums the Future & Death of a Ladies Man but I am disappointed that he let his Jewishness influence him to play in fucking Israel which is an apartheid racist state. Similarly Dylan. They should have taken a leaf out of the many Jews who have spoken out against Israel's atrocities. Still love your music and lyrics Messrs Cohen & Dylan. But U should both of U taken a principled stand like Roger Waters, Costello and many others & not played there.

[prtyeys]

How can you not go to sleep with his deep soulful voice in your head!!

He really wan'ts us all to be sleeping safe and sound. Murder Is in. The Blizzard of the World!! Are you going to Repent!! No I don't think so!!

[cicciribicci]

repent!!!!



[prtyeys]

This song is about alot of things!!! Why do you have to disect it! Listen and enjoy! We are not good in all areas... Repent!! or just enjoy a really good sounding song! Otherwise SHUT UP!!

[texasB666]

Cohen is so right. Love IS the only engine of survival. Society is fucked :)

[SmokeBojangles]

Guess some folks do not listen.Ingenious lyrics.

[devilwolv666]

fuck u all this is the shit! u dont like this go listen to justin bieber!

[TheSpankeydmonkey1]

@OFFENDOR- You've been a hostage of ignorance for so long that you're suffering from Stockholm Syndrome!

[digger663]

The fascist New World Order is just around the corner...buy a gun

[ntayomba]

Perspicacious..

[hondaspeed04]

his lyrics are chilling and true I think thats why his music is so apealing he is a great artist!!

[gitanorose]

This is a very talented man. His music is really out there and gives a real true message. JUst listen and get the message.............HIs age has made him better just like a fine wine.......

[tnobbs13]

a modest canadian icon

[paticakoos1]

Repent- to turn to God and to behave righteously

[paticakoos1]

When the wheels of heaven stop- grace falls no more on the hearts of men

[paticakoos1]

The blizzard of the world has overturned the order of the soul and now evil triumphs over love, lies over truth

[waldo2358]

Oh, well.

[FrowningIke]

Ha "careless sex" Nice save!

[uregobland]

Now THIS is an X factor.

[tbearish]

Casey repent! You will pay bitch!

[cheekyzie]

@tbearish who's casey? just wondering, or maybe it's personal...again just wondering.

[Denorwhat]

It doesn't take a genius to know the future, but it takes a genius to admit it.

[theearr]

the lyrics to this song are amazingly true and prophetic to the times we are livin in. scary shit

[joaharu]

"Your servant clearly has been told to say it clear, say it cold: Its over.It ain´t going any further"

Clearly, this means that Society's growth in population is not going to go any futher.

The servant is the servant of the devil. Since in the next two lines, you hear

the foreshadowing of Grim Reaper's entrance intro to Obliviate billions of people

And now The wheels of heaven stop.

You feel the devil's riding crop

Get ready for the FUTURE

IT IS MURDER

[chickiesgrettagirl]

Class act!! love it

[RideMyBMW]

min 2:26 "Your servant clearly has been told to say it clear, say it cold: Its over.It ain´t going any further"

China is coming for their money dudes....

[RideMyBMW]

what do you guys think Cohens future means? if you were to put it on film...what would it look like?

[joaharu]

@RideMyBMW

murder of billions of people. it's over, it ain't going any further.

[joaharu]

This song is about the future if you listen to the lyrics.

Fukushima, Los Alamos, Austerity, Riots, Fort Calhoun, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan

Pop Culture, Inflation:

Things are gonna slide, slide in all directions

there won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore

the Blizzard of the world will cross the Threshold, It'll overturn the ORDER of the SOUL..

You think he knew something?

[MegaKillermaus]

bei der Nummer krieg ich immer ganz weiche Knie und nicht nur das...

[minakit]

I can see the future of 75 morons...and its is murder...!!!

[minakit]

Legend...!!!

[grandstef]

The last living god of songwriting.

[morvarid69]

@grandstef seriously...and I highly doubt anything greater will come along anytime soon. The music industry is a sham currently

[qalpos]

cool vocales

[nicolalibero93]

Who the fuck disliked this?!?

[angelo3920]

LA VERSIONE MIGLIORE DI QUEST0 TESTO......;-)))))

[multical100]

I think he is just being politicaly correct. Not prude. When he wrote this song it was in the hight of AIDS ,when most people got contaminated through anal sex. People nowdays don't even mention it . It's like all those people that died got bitten by mosquitos or something.

[FatherLucho]

Wow. Further proof that this man, musically speaking, can do no wrong. Period.

[reekashade]

Am I dreaming or did life seem more fun and less hatefull in the 70s.If Im dreaming dont wake me up,If im not take me back their please.

[IIllIllIIIlll]

@JenkeMrSootyIcecream The future is jewish murder.

[aluddite1]

@IIllIllIIIlll that's one of the strangest things I've ever read. so, if you are saying that the future will see the murder of Jews I say, 'be very careful, friend. G-d told the Chosen People that they would never be vanquished. so far, and through so much we yet persevere and thrive -- worldwide. shalom.

[67AlphaDog]

LC ganador del Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras 2011. Por la infuencia de su obra en 3 generaciones de todo el mundo, a través de la creación de un imaginario sentimental en el que la poesía y la música se funden en un valor inalterable.

[MrToonz29]

This fool is deep! Gangster

[MegaBradybunch]

Jew singing about destruction he lusts for

[GwarRulzuMaggots]

Give me crack and careless sex??? WTF why change the original line anal sex? Careless sex dose not have the same shock or feel as, Give me crack and anal sex! There are so many more fucked up lines in this great song. I just don't get sensor ship of sex. Bring back Stalin, your women hangen upside down her features cover'd by her fallen gown, or give me Heroshima. Such a great powerful song why take that part out? Its all ass backwards, no pun intended.

[EuchridEucrow1]

@GwarRulzuMaggots

'cuz he's on TV. 

[GwarRulzuMaggots]

@EuchridEucrow1 Yea thats my whole point why sensor a sexual reference just because its live? There are so many other things he says so much more messed up then anal sex!

[PeyaLuna]

@GwarRulzuMaggots the censorship of anything sex-related is typical american behavior - 12year olds have free access to the most brutal first-person-shooters + horror movies, but heaven forbid they see an exposed nipple. its insane! they probably wouldn´t have let him sing the song if he hadn´t changed those lines...

[darkmorgado1]

@PeyaLuna

Jools Holland is an english show broadcast by the BBC, so the typical conservative american broadcasting standards don't apply. That said, the BBC are traditionally sensitive about mentions of anything related to homosexual activity, so they may have requested the change for that reason.

[thincow12]

@GwarRulzuMaggots why do you want anal sex your perv. And you don't want it out.

[GwarRulzuMaggots]

@thincow12 Did you even bother reading my comment??? Cohens original lyrics are give me crack and anal sex. I was making a point there a lot of worse things he says in this song that didnt get changed and the fact I hate censorship. What does that have anything 2do with me and when did I say I want Anal sex. You must really be 12. Next time read and at least try 2 understand someones comment b4 you say some dumb ass shit!

[GhostIntoTheFog]

@GwarRulzuMaggots Generally, when a singer performs on a TV show, the network censors review the song and indicate what, if anything, has to be changed or omitted before they'll allow the performance. When Vanessa Carlton released "White Houses," she usually had to omit the verse about her losing her virginity when performing on network TV in the U.S. Ironically, "Later... with Jools Holland" is a British show; English television is usually rife with sex and nudity.

[HeseQ]

@MeinKleinTier

Check out the cover of his first album If that aint a gangster-face i dont know what is ;)

[Pluckyxo]

Not too shabby shaggy !

[FrankOwen73]

I'm in love the short haired backing singer.

[gwranda]

@FrankOwen73

Her name is Julie Christensen, and the lovely brunette lady nearest to Lenny is Perla Batalla. They're both solo artists in their own right, and the best backup singers LC ever toured with.

[MrAjh420]

inefable

[OcarinaSoulFlame2055]

I think "the prophet" saw the future and it's bad , so bad we will wish for all the things we have now...

[barbieworldification]

great

[SeregaCarpoff]

Sir Leonard Cohen, You're the True!!!

Great Thanx to You, Sir, for Your songs!!!

Thanx to You from Siberia. We are fond of Your Poetry, Sir.

----

and for your video, MrGhoti, too...

[vanjacekic]

is it about american politics?

[gifteconomy12]

I am a little BABYLON GIRL and I've seen the past, sistes - it is lier! Ezra and his holy thieves wanted the slavery last! When they said: *SELL your daughter, CHEAT on stranger..". Ididn't wonder what they meant!

The prophets have overturned the order of the soul 3500 years ago!

[EnviroNika]

He is mister .) of voice ♥

[joeysfrank]

Its give me crack and anal sex, common lenny!

[mallducklard]

I'm OLD and I've become obsessed with this guy's music!

[MrByzantin]

which ever song from this fellow montrealer blows me away..je suis français so for me it is always a pleasure to listen to this great poet.Je découvre toujours quelquechose de nouveau. Brel, Gainsbourgh, renaud, et tous....The little smile surprising me at the corner of my mouth...love you leo...

[gifteconomy12]

Il n'est pas un prophète! C'est un homme perdu qui a essayé d'aimer Babylone - c'est tout. Je ne sais pas s'il a réussi, mais il a sûrement reçu un don .. la voix n'est pas mal du tout!

[TheDudefromLebowski]

Thumbs up if Natural Born Killers brought you here!

[sweetgypsywife]

Love's the only engine of survival....

[atjr]

Saw him twice, in Montreal and San Diego.Incredible rapport with the audience.

L. Cohen is an artist and poet without peer. Simply the best.

[zibimark]

complete no talent

[ChapterJack]

@zibimark You're kidding, right?

[carsanookdotcom]

"Repent, repent - I wonder what they meant?"

BangkokJohnnyCohenFan

Royaume de Thailande

[MrMsj113]

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Cohen

[katkal3]

@MrMsj113 i like the simpsons too, but i dont think homer should be in that list.D'oh!

[ankar87]

@MrMsj113 is he Greek too ??

[Avitalstern]

"Careless" sex eh? a PG rated version of the song...lol... Loved the smirk that came with it  :P

[timcb001]

He is the devil

[tlestage]

@timcb001 WTF?

[lydia12078]

I think the Jew comment was just challenging religion as a whole. This song is about the desensitization of society.

Leonard Cohen is beyond a singer/songwriter, he is a prophet for modern day society...like Dylan in the 60-70s, but on a more encompassing level.

[drsick2727]

@lydia12078 Great comment!

[multical100]

I think what he is saying is if you think things are bad now, just wait... He saw the future and it is so bad we will want our bad things back. So repent! (I think in the Christian way because he says "they say".

[Cool32Vic]

This only demonstrates how arrogant Jews are. They actually sing out confessions, that not only go over the "Stupid Goyim's" heads, but they actually applaud and sing along. Talk about rubbing Gentile noses in it and tempting fate... Jews seem to be pushing for their 110th expulsion.

[SandorLevente]

@Cool32Vic If, after listening to this song your first reaction is hatred, and picking on Jews then you don't understand a word from Cohen's music and message....

[davidorbachmusic]

I am the little Jew who wrote the Bible. Jerusalem needs more little Jews who wrote the Bible. I see only far left suicidal writers or journalists who want the Hebrew people to commit suicide. When they say repent, in Hebrew, it means to become an Orthodox Jew. And really I saw our Holy Master Leonard Cohen the last time he was in Israel. And he wore a hat like a Jewish Rabbi!!!!

[smitdogski]

He is a prophet!

[gifteconomy12]

@smitdogski Moses was the first freemason - all prophets are the criminels - they don't want us enjoy GIFT ECONOMY AND PERSONAL SOVEREIGNTY - we have just to lie down - that's un order

[normalil]

I want this song, (this version,) playing at my funeral!

[gifteconomy12]

@normalil this is already the case - dead song for dead people who understand nothing from nothing ... so sad

[ibookboyuk]

This reminds me how good this guy is, and how good music can be.

[MrPonteleev]

замечательная песня! можно слушать много раз подряд без остановки!

[tanya4809]

@gifteconomy12 I assume, you understand russian since you reply to MrPonteleev whose post was in russian.

also i suppose you are not big fan of Cohen, but it's your problem

[gifteconomy12]

@tanya4809 It's about essential TRUTH - it's not about being fan/fun - he sings as he were holy... and the rest of the world was Babylon (the greatest insult in judaism)! A non-jew is an animal according to his "holy talmud"! non-jews are only good for babylon sex, drugs, be abused financialy, pay mortages ... that's sad ... NO he is not prophet but a poor man lost in schizophrenic mosianic commadments - I suppose that he tried to love the Babylon... that's his problem!I wonder if he achieved

[vanjacekic]

@gifteconomy12

interesting point of view... altough, just dont kill the messenger. the message is simple, but unfortunatly for us certain. in this life, at least. regards, vanja

[MrPonteleev]

@tanya4809 i can traslate my post for you "great song! You can listen to a lot of time without stopping!"

[THORREN1]

Brilliant!!!!!!

[tanya4809]

madsketcher , not only you....

watch what will happened to you listening to his love lyrics. just amazing....

[dagogare]

@Poldru He made the same swap live in St. Louis in Nov '09, the only pimple on a perfect night.

[NowIamheretoo]

@dagogare : Ironic that short after he sings "and stuff it up the hole in your culture", that can be regarded as ooIo towards the critics. He didn't change lyrics in the European gigs I visited.

[THORREN1]

Holy shit! What a song.......gotta learn it for a gig the 18th......can't friggin' wait!!!

[Poldru]

He changed "Anal sex" for "Careless Sex"? Tsk tsk tsk...

[MrBoolyman]

@Poldru any talk of the hershey highway or poo pirates is still taboo in polite society

[Poldru]

@MrBoolyman That much I understood, but an artist of his magnitude should never compromise. I have a feeling he would not be so accommodating today ;)

[lovegoodmusicz]

@Poldru I don't like it either, but it's better than a beep

[originaltbyrd]

i wish some musical genius would transcribe this killer bassline.

[Spacer3101]

The Future is here.

[OleZob]

love from Estonia :)

[CLASHofTHElonders]

he has seen the future!!!!!

[madsketcher]

I just had an orgasm.

[Pilotpatty1]

@madsketcher When Don't I get one when listening to Leonard Cohen? He is a human aphrodisiac!