Hey, Clay & Dave Mason like Leonard Cohen too! Democracy is a great song, really most everything on The Future is great, & he has great bits in Ten New Songs as well, e.g.,
But O my love, be not afraid;
We are so lightly here.
It is in love that we are made;
In love, we disappear.
Though all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogey Street is for.
My favorite Cohen album though is the rather little known & under appreciated Recent Songs, from '79, I think. It's his last low-key, acoustic effort before his voice bottomed out & he went synth. (I think.) I love this song, which I posted on here before, & which I think is influenced by Christian caballah. Hell, I could have posted it in the mystical poetry thread too.
The Window
Why do you stand by the window,
abandoned to beauty and pride,
The thorn of the night in your bosom,
the spear of the age in your side?
Lost in the rages of fragrance,
lost in the rags of remorse,
lost in the waves of a sickness
that loosens the high silver nerves?
O chosen love
O frozen love
O tangle of matter and ghost
O darling of angels, demons and saints
and the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
And come forth from the cloud of unknowing
and kiss the cheek of the moon
the new Jerusalem glowing
why tarry all night in the ruin?
And speak no word of discomfort
And leave no observer to mourn
But climb on your tears & be silent
Like a rose on its ladder of thorns
O chosen love
O frozen love
O tangle of matter and ghost
O darling of angels, demons & saints
& the whole broken-hearted host
gentle this soul
Then lay your rose on the fire
the fire give up to the sun
The sun give over to splendor
In the arms of the High Holy One
For the Holy One dreams of a letter
dreams of a letter's death
O bless the continuous stutter
of the Word being made into flesh
O chosen love
O frozen love
O tangle of matter & ghost
O darling of angels, demons & saints
& the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
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By the way Clay, along with Itunes do you have the Ipod? If so, could you answer a question for me, I'm wondering what exactly is involved in ripping cds into digital form when you buy the ipod. Does the software come with it, or do you buy that separately as an accessory? I mean, I have windows media player, which can record cds, I know, but I don't think it does it all that well, & I think the tracks degenerate rapidly. I'm just wondering if the Ipod facilitates or elevates the quality of that process.
Chris
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