Uploaded by mj2150 on Nov 22, 2007
Personal version for Alexandra Leaving. Alexandra Leaving is a song by L. Cohen inspired on a Kavafis poem written when the latter was leaving the city of Alexandria (Egypt). When we accept a loss, a goodbye, then you gain that back,... you have it with all its extension..
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jako lijep link :-)
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The poem is "'The God Abandons Antony' (also known as "The God Forsakes Antony") is a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy, published in 1911. The poem refers to Plutarch's story of how Antony, besieged in Alexandria by Octavian, heard the sounds of instruments and voices of a procession making its way through the city, and then passed out; the god Bacchus (Dionysus), Antony's protector, was deserting him.' from Wikipedia.
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@heiland2012 ...surrounded by sesion muscians, how could he be anything less than sublime...ah slept between her satin btw
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This is hauntingly beautiful. I am glad that I saved another version of this because I found the video annoying--it makes me think that the chick is full of herself, and that is the opposite of Cohen. I see him as gracious & modest--which contributes to the redemptive quality of his writing. He's that rare genius--a class act, even when younger.
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what is the name of the poem? i love this song as well. i also love love itself and in my secret life. both of them are classics.
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@liamardo007 "You're all wrong! It's all about sex, disguised by metaphors" - please share the ones you see - I love the Cohen metaphors...
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You're all wrong! It's all about sex, disguised by metaphors.
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To use Leonard's 'ultimate' word...this song is 'sublime'...
2 years ago 2
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I believe that he is saying good bye to her but more pressingly he is saying good bye to having to say good bye to her again.
In not saying good bye to her it would negate the loss and it would be fruitless to say good bye to the loss of her. After all, all things part from us in life but ,shall be made anew again.
I recall the line in Tower of Song where he writes " I feel so close to everything that that we've lost that we'll never have to lose it again"
2 years ago 2
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love this song
2 years ago 3
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One of the best songs ever written, in a wonderful interpretation by both Sharon and Leonard. Lines like "you who had the honour of her evening" is one of the verses that make you cry. It's not about juvenile losses, not a song of falling in love for the first time, as so many others. Alexandra does not have to be introduced - she has always been there. And now she's going. So say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. And say goodbye to Alexandra lost.
heiland2012 3 years ago 10
I´ve been faithful to Leonard since he released his first album. I felt impressed when I heard "So long Marianne" on the radio. Alexandra leaving is a song that I listen over and over. There´s something mesmerizing in it, like in Dylan´s "Desolation row" that keeps me enjoying that wonderful masterpiece . Thank you, keygain for your information. And thank you, Leonard for being my best friend in times of distress.
xaminGV 4 years ago 7