tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post9210017327139808939..comments2023-03-29T06:43:20.551-06:00Comments on A LEAPING ELEPHANT : LEONARD COHEN CAME HERE (after Alexandra Leaving)S.E.Ingrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-85778186114387116502013-02-17T08:42:16.175-07:002013-02-17T08:42:16.175-07:00More than any others, these three lines had me com...More than any others, these three lines had me completely hooked:<br /><br />Bathed completely by words and sound and spirit of a kind<br /> When on stage, the seeming apparition, the prince of poetry<br /> He played to all of us with inexhaustible verve and brilliance of mindDave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-30302976512478813092013-02-17T01:41:55.486-07:002013-02-17T01:41:55.486-07:00way cool to see him live...sounds like an awesome ...way cool to see him live...sounds like an awesome experience and that magic when everyone in the room thinks he's singing just for and to them alone...coolClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-85101965326853813982013-02-17T01:31:59.408-07:002013-02-17T01:31:59.408-07:00he does sing with feeling =)he does sing with feeling =)lucychilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519163424062626658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-89857881553710800462013-02-16T18:00:19.179-07:002013-02-16T18:00:19.179-07:00Sharon- He was singing just for you... and that...Sharon- He was singing just for you... and that's what makes him such a legend, the fact he makes his fans feel that way. I had the same experience with Michael Bolton.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-32233975354445693942013-02-16T17:32:04.014-07:002013-02-16T17:32:04.014-07:00Sharon, you feel about Leonard Cohen as I do. And...Sharon, you feel about Leonard Cohen as I do. And I know exactly what you mean when you say you think he is singing directly to you. He has that way...and, yes, I am sure many feel that way. He is doing a concert here in March. Sigh. I doubt I will see him, but I would love to. There truly are few people I would REALLY like to see in concert; but he is one of them. He is my poetry and singerMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-89629285156263729122013-02-16T17:25:01.506-07:002013-02-16T17:25:01.506-07:00Man - you are fast off the draw Brian! And yes, it...Man - you are fast off the draw Brian! And yes, it was spiritual for sure ... I know what you mean about U2 ... I'm not even a huge fan of theirs but worked the concession a Commonwealth stadium (fundraising so my kid could go on a fieldtrip to Europe - she was 12, I think) - anyhow, I took a break and sat in with 62,000 fans and never went back to work! They were so awesome live, I became a S.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897637389101917071.post-14118307677537411032013-02-16T17:16:55.317-07:002013-02-16T17:16:55.317-07:00It was not magic, it was not imagination, it was r...It was not magic, it was not imagination, it was real....receiving communion without commiting the original sin...ha...you make it so magical...makes me think of seeing U2 and how that was a spiritual experience for me...<br /><br /><br />would be so cool to see him in concert...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com