Förtrollad av Cohen

I Alpskogen, dag 14. Januari 2012. Foto: Håkan Eklund.

Har tittat, lyssnat, njutit av Leonard Cohen på teve - och är bara så imponerad. Inspelningen var från Royal Albert Hall i London hösten 2008, när herr LC var 74 år.

Och musik är minnen. Under min studietid på forstinstitutet i Ekenäs i början av 1970-talet var hans första album (på C-kassett) musik som jag ofta spelade på min bandspelare; känns som ljusår sen ...

Här lite info från Wikipedia:

Cohen's first album was Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967). Although Hammond was originally supposed to produce the record, he became sick and was replaced by the producer John Simon. Unfortunately, Simon and Cohen clashed over instrumentation and mixing. Cohen wanted the album to have a spare sound, but Simon felt that the songs could benefit from arrangements that included strings and horns. According to biographer Ira Nadel, although Cohen was able to make changes to the mix, some of Simon's additions "couldn't be removed from the four-track master tape. Nevertheless, the album became a cult favorite in the US, as well as in the UK, where it spent over a year on the album charts. Several of the songs on that first album were covered by other popular folk artists, including James Taylor, and Judy Collins. Cohen followed up that first album with Songs from a Room (1969) (featuring the often-recorded "Bird on the Wire") and Songs of Love and Hate (1970). Both of these albums were produced in Nashville by famed producer Bob Johnston, who helped Cohen achieve the sparer sound that he'd been after on his first album; Johnston also joined Cohen on two subsequent live tours, playing organ and piano.

2012-01-15 22:13   Robin Kuusela

Cohen är min största idol, vilken man, musik och inspiration!