Who By Fire

Leonard Cohen performs his classic song with a mind-blowing assist from saxophone giant Sonny Rollins.

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[Janileigh Cohen]

I love how he uses soft female backing to a company his haunting Voice, he is an amazing man in every single way i feel honoured to share his last name. I am only 19 and have been listening to cohen for only a year now and he has truly inspired me. I wish more people grasped the beauty within his music, his words and his presence. God bless you L. Cohen.

[King Pleasure]

The "Sax guy" as you call him, is Sonny Rollins, one of the greatest Jazz musicians in the world. He's been famous since the early 1950's & is still playing at age 83. It's a sad commentary that he's more known in Europe & Japan than in his native US, where people are mostly ignorant of America's greatest musical creation, Jazz. It is a sad commentary on our culture that foreigners know more about American Music and Art than Americans do & the only referent someone can have is "The Muppets".

[klynb]

Sweet Pea Atkinson, lead singer of Was (Not Was). Sir Harry Bowens, the other lead singer, is on the right. Not sure who the female bg vox are.

[DrummerBoyJason]

As great as Cohen and Rollins, what always gets me is that little bass slide at 2:34 and 2:37.

[rochardrik]

That's DOn Was, producer and lead in the band The The

[kedvesaladdin]

53 people have no clue who is by the fire

[GlennElliottKeller]

2:28 That guy really wants to know!

[TORTUROUS VISION]

In this case,by my own hand...Center Stage/Spotlight Hugger,isn't for me....

[cobulike]

Bloody marvelous

[donny19801980]

The other saxophonist looks like he's thinking about jumping in a taxi.