LEONARD COHEN - Closing Time

[MarceloZaifrani]

muy buena musica

[pecorellainnocente]

LONG LIFE TO POETRY, LEONARD COHEN PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS!

[AdversusDei]

Brillante,las melodias de Leonard Cohen ya son parte de mi vida y para siempre.

[yanishmakaro]

sounds a wee bit like the pros and cons of hitch hiking a wee bit,anyone agree.i love it.73 and the dude got it all.

[ayrblu]

A true poet and a man who has walked between us in the shadows.....a few of us has seen him though.

[TheHelen61]

Leonard is THE MAN!

[qurifu]

adoro a Leonard Cohen!!!

[big1370]

wow I love this I never have heard of this artist- I love youtube!

[helemable]

Amazing song.

[deeart1]

voice of a true poet/writer...

now 73 i still get the chair de poule!

give me your hand, so softly i will press it against my lips

you are loved

peace

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[busdriverjow]

sublime

[SuchisLifeIA]

"Looks like freedom, feels like death, it's something in between i guess."

[sandradatz]

@SuchisLifeIA si asi parece pero como lo transmite1111111111111

[charlyrow09]

can somebody tell me if that is perla batalla with the black hair singing at his shoulders????

[mintrumpet]

I am hooked -for the first time in my life I have an addiction - to Leonard Cohen- I just want it - again and again

[jasonsaroyan]

awesome!

[cherryberry360]

I feel the same way! :)

[scurvdog84]

welcome to the club

[VercingetorixXIII]

this remining, I like to draw and my sister once asked me, why do you always draw pictures of hard looking women, because, their sadness, their humanity. their beauty is infinitley more intersting than a merely pretty woman...

[duncandenny]

Annie Lieboits (?) is a photografger that took a photo of John Lennon, nude, hugging Yoko Ono. She also took a photo of Whoppie Golberg nude in a bathtub full of milk.

[tweedlededee]

the song, video, and singer are just haunting......never heard anything like it......and must listen to it.....wow!

[Matrix452]

he's got a hauntingly smooth voice

[Dutchr33]

He be DA MAN!!!

[nef00001]

How does he know that all?

Cohen has a unique way of dressing big, composite ideas into the simplest of words.

[walloftalent86]

hes so kinky. leonard rules! :P

[kemman85]

Raunchy sleazy poetic glimpse of what heaven should be.

[lilifyre]

Once more, the man is pure genius!!!

[elmetalico99]

that song man that song is just unexplainable is just make me watch it the whole day and those faces of the ladies at his shoulders they re the most beautiful faces i have seen

[fastfootedone]

one of those songs you liked the first time you heard it

[amalomowna]

super_ fantastic _

[sebmelmoth2003]

upload originator says :"I'm not sure why but I love this song".

it may because l- eonard's a genius?!

[shaisameri]

I was only 14 at that time and I always loved that great song!

Yeah, I grew up listening the greatest artists!

Thanks Mr. Cohen!

[NanosecondFilms]

reminds me of the first song in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd, the rhythm of how he sings the "We're drinking and we're dancing etc"

[amrak63]

I don't plan on dying any time soon, but when it happens, I want this song played at my funeral.

[DixieLover08]

me 2

[knelskehorn]

They ought to hand the night a

ticket.

For speeding,its a crime.

I had so much to tell you,

Yeah,but now its closing time.

[kpimm1918]

awesome, I remember johnny walker. I remember driving under the influence !!!The Barge in passaic New Jersey

so ...... they were the days...... those days are over, Home parties are much better since those days

[valambiguous]

Real so surreal lives the poet in him.

[dantean]

We live in a wonderful time when an authentic poet has MTV-style videos that we can view (and download) with the click of a button.

[megalehellas]

great poet, great novelist, great song writer ...great artis!!!!...

[kpimm1918]

his poetry is amazing. "We're drinking and we're dancing..... that was fun until it got old".... then he says "it's just as dead as heaven on Saturday night". How many of us have reached that point in life? Closing time doesn't have the appeal it did in the beginning. Closing time at home is much better after a while.

[DrummerGrrrl]

As per my other comment: Cohen does it better! Even though I like The Wallflowers, too.

[Obelisk2290]

can turn a phrase so elegantly

[ro2sinmas]

Me encanta

[bloodsling]

Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing

but there's nothing really happening

and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night

And my very close companion

gets me fumbling gets me laughing

she's a hundred but she's wearing

something tight

it's brilliant writing

[BobbyFig]

The 2nd verse might be the best lyrics in Rock N Roll..."Ah we're lonely we're romantic and the cider laced with acid, and the Holy Spirit crying..." The meter, the rythym the ryme !!!!!!  SUPERB !

[jburyfall]

1,000 thumbs way up! Lyrics don't get any better than Cohen's.

[BobbyFig]

Listen up ! leonard cohen is a soul that comes along once a century... A poet, a novelist, song writer ... artist .....

[kozorozka]

to je prostě nádhera :)

[Zadalove]

closinnng...time...make his voice sound especially magnetic...

[hhomar27]

Sounds like Mark Knopfler here.

[paisleymartini]

I love the refrain "I swear it happens just like this, a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss."

It's so sexy, and so true. And not just at closing time.

[HippieJimi]

It looks like freedom....but it feels like death...it's something in between I guess... its closing time....WOW MAN!!!

This guy is really cool....and not just because he come from Canada....Jimi...

[angryuspiratus]

someone sleeps in a lot of xenon! anyhow this kicks sooo much arse!

[okiherdu2]

I love this man, love the message. Can't help but bring this up, and there may be a firestorm because of it, but the Eagles' Hotel California" makes me think of this.

[Holworks]

I want to write a song like this someday.

I didn't even know of you until this YouTube thing but I am glad I have the bar set before me. It all makes sense, . .at Closing Time.

[jacksplat]

It's kind of weird, in some shots he looks like Dustin Hoffman, while in others he looks like Ronald Reagan.

[d2olney]

Oh..his voice is so unique...great video! thanks for sharing this talent! He's great! I'm going to check out "dance me to the end of time" I'm glad I have discovered this great singer! 5* D2

[kabjkm7]

Wow, I love Canada - The Band, Leonard Cohen, and Atom Agoyan. What more can a person ask for?

[MrE898]

Talent.

[Cannook]

A True Poet indeed. I seen Leonard at Savoy Theatre 2008 in my unique town of 20 thousand ppl. The theatre is very old but the best in Canada for sound .

[taterfrog]

If I was a writer ( which I am not), this is the guy I would copy. His voice sounds like God to me.

[Keith0112358]

I am a writer, and i do copy him sometimes. He's the best.

[swelldame]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Leonard Cohen. He is 74 and still so sexy! His songs are so provocative, I hear something new every time I listen to them, which is often. My favorite is "Dance Me to the End of Time".

[loverplease]

what a beautiful song!

what a beautiful video!

What a hansome man!

What a magic voice!

[duncandenny]

That's almost a Halmark card. Thanks.

[heuteplumpudding]

magic

[grenthier]

Man,what a song

It's Super

[principesolitario17]

good

[ivanovjd]

I have pondered on the lyrics for a long time now. It can be interpreted on 3 levels: 1.a night at the bar,with the impending hook-ups and the "johnny walker wisdom running high";2.the meaning of life and impending death,finally figuring out that the awful truth "isn't worth a dime" right before the "boss" busts everybody in the blinding lights;3.the ultimate love song: "sigh, cry, hungry kiss" that turns into "sorrow and a sense of overtime". Just an overview, not enough space for in-depth...

[wahwashkesh]

4) Not death but what precedes it: old age.

[theyid]

Just enjoy it man,no need to search too deep

[mclaughlinmike]

dude, i think that interpertation is everything. its about whatever you want it to be about. for me; cocaine. "it seems like heaven but it feels like death". its hell to pay when the fiddler stops"

[lince4u2]

I insist it tastes like an italian song.

[Paky153]

My mom loves this song, although she don't understand a word of english :D

cool tune, but not for my taste

[vaywsusg]

Fijaos en que sale RAPEL tocando el violin por detras.a los 47 segundos jaja.

[CanadaJade3]

awesome song..incredible smokey voice..thank YOU

[sootell]

the best yyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­essss

[smokeyquartz17]

Oh I love his voice. Like the theme voice for every David Lynch movie. Thanks for introducing.

[heniokiller]

just amazing, Cohen is one of the best and background singer Perla Batalla is really hot

[danpiccinini]

Daniel Lanois and Lenoard Cohen Are Toxic...They Make The World Go Round...My 2 Favorite

[drhaldanish]

It's about living, and the end of life.

[gnomo62]

FANTASTIC....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:O)

[nosconde]

"I'm not sure why but I love this song.Enjoy!".

same to me. i do.

thanks. you have created a beautiful video.

thx kurdtss

[eaks52]

Looks like freedom, but it feels like death.....It's somthing in between I guess.

[Baszczu2316]

Cohen really Is very fantastic songs and is very amazing and wonderful :)

[ScreamingZonker]

i looked on my space to put the song on my profile couldnt find it and hints?

[martini095]

a shooting star.. glancing and prancing in outer space...take me there !!!

[unclefast]

I want this played at my funeral/memorial service.

[Supermercado]

Love this song. Even after six minutes I want more.

[jtdrye]

Why is this on TheAmazingAtheist's Playlist?????

[tommyspigeonhole]

Very very cool.. nice to see him smiling and cheeky.. which he often is, but ususally its a little more hidden

[pacman5698]

Fantastic timeless gorgeous song. Cohen is peerless.

[DustinThomasMusic]

Cohen? Really?

If you're a fan of Cohen I suggest "songs from a room". It's a great album. One of my favorites.

[duncandenny]

Listen to 'Songs of Love and Hate'. It came with a small plastic pair of handcuffs. Really.

[MrFilmreel]

Amazing...

[rationalogic]

this is one of my favorite songs..one of the best. Leonard Cohen is sexy and great

[manicalhippieboy]

He's like 65. 0-o

He's good, but I wouldn't call him sexy. :S

[bobrofmad]

one of the best music-video on You Tube

[PUREPLAYPOKER]

one of his best songs.........nice.

[denismcdougall]

reminds me of last call in montreal

[CritiCalli]

He has the ultimate timing

[dobtoronto]

There are some articles / interviews with Cohen on Shambhala Sun ... they're actually pretty nuts, his life has been so varied and so incredible

Beautiful Losers is an amazing novel

[LardInATubeSock]

Cohen is not our Dylan, he is our Yeats.

[parkdale420]

This was shot at the Matador in Toronto. :)

[RhinoGen]

When this song came out, i was 17 in still in high school. i loved Cohen's story-telling and observations; we played this one all summer long.

[shanghaigonzomedia]

I am an American living in Copenhagen. Cohen just played here a couple weeks ago and the papers said it was the best show since Elvis was here (I assume they mean b4 he supposedly died :) ). Compare that to the review of KISS a month ago calling them painted corpses...

[Onlydreamin1959]

Actually, I think from international blogs I've been on that Cohen is internationally recognized. This song is brilliant and came about fairly late in his carrer, which i don't believe is over yet.

[RMAmkg]

Its much harder for Canadian musicians to be recognized. Leonard is our Dylan yet nowhere near the recognition.

So many worthy up and coming Canadians too.

James Parker is Canadian who nowbody seams to know about. Great lyrics in his songs. The Angry Young Man video great although obviously produced independantly.

[ThinGypsyThief]

I've got to say, I'd take Leonard Cohen over Dylan any day of the week.

[babou272727]

He gives quite the show. I never saw one as good as his. He's the best.

[atjr]

He sure captures the night scene. What a poet!

I'm sure he never left the club alone.

Backup singers are Perla Batalla(sp) & Julie

Christensen. He now uses Sharon Robinson &

the Webb sisters. Long live Leonard!

[itspev]

Oh yes, he's genius. I love this song, his voice goes straight under my skin! And - wow, he looks so sexy in this video! I love it, love it, love it...

[waynewin]

Leonard Cohen - another extraordinarily talented Canadian.

[apolo734]

another extraordinarily Talented Universal...

[doritsaphotos]

LOVE IT!!!Thanks Pete:))

[gardinmanden]

I F****** LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[strawwoodclaw]

i don't think there are many Artist left like Leonard Cohen the guy's genius but i thought it sucked how he refused to get filmed at Glastonbury. It's like when Dylan refuses to put the big screens on at his shows when he's probably gettin half a million for a show. Im sure it would be different if they had not made it so easly

[LEANLION]

hI ..STUNNING ART ..WHO ARE THE BACK UP WOMEN ..STUNNING  ..AND CREATIVE

[Beatlemaniacmom]

This is a fantastic video and a great Cohen song. I've loved Leonard most of my life. He is a treasure and I'm so glad he is ours. He looks like he's having so much fun in this video. Beautiful voice. Hell to pay when the fiddler stops? Indeed! :-}

[grr8d8b8]

never mind him, look at the back up singers......"awsome beauty"

[ShutTheFreudUp]

yep ... I think we're all busted in the blinding light. Poet of my heart

[gentlerhino]

He does his magic on contrasts. Bitter-sweet feeling. Lovely melody, but sad face. Gorgeous women, but not timeless. It's lust and sex and Gates Of Love - all you long for - ready and ripe for you, but "Where's the beef?" Is your body really you? No. "You" must be much bigger. Your body is too small and insignificant to really contain YOU. Cohen sees it, feels it, he's blinded by the lights of Closing Time. Yet he's powerless in his submission to the Awful Truth. Just like we all... True poet.

[duncandenny]

Read his book, not poetry, called Beautiful Losers. One part of the book called Magic is Afoot, God is Alive was put to music by Buffy St Marie and it's beautiful. After all. It's Leonard.

[tumrangsan]

need drink..

[atjr]

Please,LC, make sure Julie and Perla

perform with you in Montreal...

[anubabs]

One of the most amazing numbers by Leonard Cohen...a timeless classic....It has a line that says...I raise my hands to the awful truth, which I can't reveal to the ears of youth, except to say it ain't worth a dime....

[ianpmoss]

Innocent youth on my CD

[Craig496]

Best video for a Leonard Cohen song.

[grrdconroy]

Who needs drink,just pop your ears.

[WBA1965]

He's so cool. I wanna be him when I get to his age. (Hope it means I get my hair back)....

[W0AHK4LY]

This is a capsule of life- one of the best songs videos ever!

[Slicksuite]

Sublime. Does it get any better than this??

[pacman5698]

great great song ... the future a true classic ... timeless

[leonardoanestesia06]

he is so pop, and so world music...unique....

[doramouse1]

so world music,mmmm you got me there. You mean its nothing like world music? Oh yeah now I got you. Your being ironic? Got to go its clooooooosing time

[garycalgary]

strange song strange man

[jacda59]

LEO TU ES MON DIEU.........

[pollyjumpsuit]

this is wost video evere

[eaks52]

Polly Polly Polly watch it again....then again and again ...until you get it.  LOL

[leonardoanestesia06]

i agree with you,,,i am from brazil and i love leonard cohen , i met him once in berlin,,,,it was great..in august 98

[dispatches67]

Cohen, Read this positive press from those that appreciate you, you great poet - from as you came from montreal, canada - how about you, you great recluse, get off of the mountain and talk to the people, we love your fun of life... from one mensch to to another (actually Irish background) but, ...Lzloon

[upiinsmoke]

he would make a good raper

[fastnickride]

he is an artist!!!what can i say.....!!!!!

[Yerdua2]

I think that it's very simple actually: great lyrics and a great music make a great song. As simple as that!

[ghostgrabber]

i LOVE this song so much..such fantastic imagery

[runnerpucci]

its so rare that you get a song with such amazing lyrics and a great melody... I love this song till it hurts...

[lucinda2005]

Oh yeah, dikes. slant eyed , negroes, welsh irish slave. All slaves have to fight for their right 2 pr tee

[lucinda2005]

Saturdays with acid these words are in this song. greeks loved drgs

[gvbezoff]

Saturdays with acid? LOL! The lyrics are "the cider's laced with acid".

[myunclesnephew]

Leonard Cohen...The Coolest Jew

[Wasphead]

Not only a great song, also one of the BEST music videos ever. No wonder they never play it on TV. Jerks! The two women singing are beautiful. Compare them to the cheap half-naked sluts dancing in hip hop videos. See the difference?

[billiever]

why so many negative response?

[malfaz67]

playing on the jukebox at the green dolphin drinking beer and smoking weed.

[Firennan]

Jude just loves this

[ambervisions]

closing time.....thats when the fun really starts! LOL Di:)

[sept6bday]

Does he ever tour the United States? I see his new tour has Canadian and European dates.

[tapadhleat]

Saw him perform this one live tonight ... 16 years later his voice is wonderfully better -- hard to believe but totally true!!

[radiojoellehead]

I actually agree with you!

[GeniusSloth]

Empty as Heaven on a Saturday night

;-P

[Siruiel]

oh my god, see that chick on 12 th second

[nitakate10]

The one on 17 seconds is the sexiest and better looking!!!!

[sailorsam8]

loved it for years. Think I`ll have it played at my funeral.

[TlR6]

Love the background singers.

[Siruiel]

I would eat them in a whole. Especially that black haired... damn it. :)