As with most every Leonard Cohen album, a new record means a new means of musical exploration. With The Future, Cohen adds chiming synthesizers and eerie orchestrations to his brooding anthems about life's darker half. One of the last of Cohen's full-length albums, The Future is definitely one of the most direct. More notable tracks include "The Future" and "Anthem," both of which were featured on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. Closer to spoken word poetry set to music than simply songs, the entire album is one long manifesto calling all to challenge the concepts of righteousness and despair in our modern world. Regardless of the music behind the man, Cohen still manages to bring to The Future what he brought to his earlier recordings: one man against the world with nothing but a gruff voice and a cause.
I love this Song. It reminds me of my wilder (and younger) years when I partied more frequently with friends as we set the world to rights,"and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high",This song is a vivid reminder of those times that I'm sure we've all shared at some point, and just when we were really getting into the swing we,"were busted in blinding lights of closing time".
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I don't often buy souvenirs at concerts, but after Leonard Cohen's concert in Montreal the other night, I joined the crush of people around the merch stand and paid for a tote bag. It's black, has an interlocking-locking hearts logo, and on one side a fragment of the lyric from "Anthem," one of the show's highlights:Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crac...
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You'd have to see my copy of his first LP, possession of my adolescent years, to understand-- the cover barely holding together, the outline of the record worn through. The record player could just keep repeating one side of the album over and over; you could lie on your bed and drift off. ("And then leaning on your window sill he'll say one day you caused his will to weaken with your love and ...
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One of the best true artists out there. What else could be said about this man that hasn't already been said. Well, if Lou Reed puts you in the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters," you probaby are. This is just one of his songs from The Future album.
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I love this Song. It reminds me of my wilder (and younger) years when I partied more frequently with friends as we set the world to rights,"and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high",This song is a vivid reminder of those times that I'm sure we've all shared at some point, and just when we were really getting into the swing we,"were busted in blinding lights of closing time".
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| 1 The Future |
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| 2 Waiting for the Miracle |
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| 3 Be for Real |
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| 4 Closing Time |
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| 5 Anthem |
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| 6 Democracy |
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| 7 Light as the Breeze |
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| 8 Always |
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| 9 Tacoma Trailer |
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