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 A breath of Cohen in a wasteland,. April 30, 2007
Robert J. Donahue (Delphi, IN, USA)
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As I think is, or will be, obvious, to all viewers, we need more of Cohen performing (though his interpretations and song-stories are spellbinding). Still, much of these are "Who's That?" covers of Cohen's holy writ. We are in good company a great deal of the time--there's St. Leonard himself, Bono, the Edge (who dispels any chance of ever playing guitar on stage w/o nerves Thank God almighty that Rufus Wainwright was there to inject the exact amount of sincerity and unhinged spontentaeity in his perfectly delerious reinterpretation of "Everybody Knows". He also does a much more subdued rendition of Cohen's "Hallellujah", which Cohen is very much in favor of--"That's how it's to sound--yes!" he seemed to exclaim, or something to that effect, in his fashion, saddened a bit that his limited vocal range can't pull off his own song, but so so happy to witness it's birth through another troubador. And if you want to know how young Rufus and established Leonard first met, well you'd best pick up a used or new copy.
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