Leonard Cohen 1970 Isle of Wight

I didn't know that trisher. My husband will be very interested too. I have not heard of Cavafy.

I found Cavafy when I was about 18 and read (well got obsessed with) Lawrence Durrell's Alexandrian Quartet May7. It's funny how things come around isn't it? Not sure the books would wear as well as both Cohen and Cavafy though. I loved the song you posted and it brought the poetry back for me. Thanks so much.

Thanks Dawn at GN. Old music system was fixed with the aid of cotton wool buds and an elastic band in the tape deck. It's been fun listening to old stuff. I hadn't even heard of LC in 1970 and just got to know his music in late 70s.

trisher thanks for the link.
That's the cleverness of Cohen isnt it that he can turn a poem about one subject and weave it through his songs so that it can be interpreted by the listener. Having my own Cohen fest this morning sitting in the sunshine

May7

youtu.be/ELGaHaZzwjU

My favourite Leonard Cohen song with the indomitable Sharon Robinson.. just gives me goosebumbs

Love that song and the original poem it was based on by Cavafy. "The God abandons Anthony" dailypoetry.me/c-p-cavafy/god-abandons-antony/
Never made it to the I of W.

This is a fun number which makes me laugh.

youtu.be/ORdK3YGZQ3c

I went to both.

wot

I went to both.

Only 1970 for me- but Cohen was just amazing.

Beautiful
there is a crack in everything thats how the light gets in
So true

I'm glad you got to see him May7. I went through an obsessed phase of listening to his music and interviews every free minute.
I have two books - Book of Longing and Let us Compare Mythologies. I must revisit. I haven't read for a long time.

I love this although it's not Leonard singing. Great words.
youtu.be/b4bYDxbVIKE

Nadateturbe I discovered him late too. Luckily saw him live in concert before he died. Now pretty well obsessed with his music and poetry. Thank Goodness for Spotify

Sounds like a fun evening Fairfraise! ?

Just listening to First we take Manhattan right now. We've been fixing an old music system of 1 AC whic has gathered dust and was on the verge of being thrown out. But DH has got it going and its great music quality compared to other stuff round the house. Now we've found an old Rod Stewart, freebie once I think.

Great memories Fran49

May7

youtu.be/ELGaHaZzwjU

My favourite Leonard Cohen song with the indomitable Sharon Robinson.. just gives me goosebumbs

I too love this one.

I am so jealous of you folk who saw Leonard Cohen at IOW. I too have a dvd of him at the festival. Brilliant!
I didn't know him at that time. My second husband introduced me to his music in 1997. Since then I saw him in Belfast Sligo and Dublin. Best concerts I have been to. Sorry you never got to see him Maggiemaybe.
Closing Time..great song ...I still get emotional when I watch it on youtube as he does that little dance off stage.
For me there will never be anyone to equal Leonard Cohen.
Its difficult to choose a favourite. .Closing Time, Anthem, Alexandra Leaving.....

Leonard Cohen.... such a clever and good looking man.

I really wanted to go to the IOW Festival, but a tad too young, I did a lot of one day festivals around that time and saw some big names. Leonard Cohen didn't resonate with me until a few years after that time.

There's a place on the IOW called Dimbola Lodge which is or should I say was open to the public. When I went it had a great photographic exhibition of that 1970s concert. Although browsing the pictures I found my more mature self pondering the state of the toilet facilities, I can remember missing whole acts during the queueing for those when I went to open air concerts at the Oval and Crystal Palace. Sigh! heady days, that IOW concert was the concert to end all concerts I imagine, unless of course you happened to go to Woodstock!

I went to both.

I went to the 1969 festival. I was 20 and traveled down from Newcastle with 11 other friends in the back of a coal truck. We had tarpaulins underneath us and over us. It was quite comfy too. We had chicken legs. Cheese and French loaves to eat and a crate of Newcastle brown to drink. (I had taken a flask of tea, cos I didn't drink. Lol.) 3 of the group played guitars and so we sang all night. It was fantastic. My brother-in-law worked there as a steward so got to meet some of the bands but my mother met some of my friends and put the kibosh on it because they were hippies. I only got to go one of the days. It was at Wooton if I remember rightly and the pubs had run out of beer. Ha ha. It was a long time ago. I remember Donovan was there. X

youtu.be/ELGaHaZzwjU

My favourite Leonard Cohen song with the indomitable Sharon Robinson.. just gives me goosebumbs

DH had a ticket for the Isle of Wight festival (he still has it). He was in the Royal Navy and had to stay on the ship over that weekend. He was not happy!

I was too young, love his music and wish I could have seen him live.

Saw a programme about him recently. Didn’t realise he started out as a poet.