Comments on: Leonard Cohen in Dublin

By: DG

DG — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:44:16 +0000

I was there Saturday ( thanks MJ Smyth!) and, through the grace of God (apologies, a la Lenny if that offends any athiests!) I was there on Sunday too. There’s a young man with a little girl dressed in white, had tickets in row G, one spare that he sold me at face value: Thank You - millionfold, millionfold blessings rain on you and your little girl. Saturday night was great, watching the big screen from Row Z but Sunday night, to actually see Leonard Cohen in the flesh…… goosebumps, tears, the works: extraordinary.
In extraordinary circumstances, I missed the gig at the National Stadium, 25 April 1988, a date seared in my memory. So seeing Lenny live was literally indescribable. His voice? Utterly indescribable. And, you know, it did seem to me he was enjoying himself, enjoying the occasion.
And on Sunday night in particular, the Webb Sisters ” If it be you will”. Just astonishing
This was a long way from “Songs from a Room”
(which was where I came in) and the gig wouldn’t really have suited “Stranger Song” which is s touchstone song for me. But he appeared ( I heard he stayed in the Gresham). He was there. I was there. He sang “That don’t make it junk” and with the incomparable Sharon Robinson, did “Boogie Street”. That’s an extreme high on the scale of one to wonderful.

“You came to me this morning,
and you treated me like meat.
You’d have to be a man to know,
how good that feels, how sweet!”

By: Ger

Ger — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:18:10 +0000

We’re just back from the Saturday night gig, still on a high. It was the most amazing and beautiful gig ever ever ever. Just had texts from friends at the Sunday night performance saying that it’s pissing rain. Hope it clears up for them. Now we’re playing the film that I recorded last night, so that we don’t feel left out. (Is this a crime, to film the gig?? No one grabbed my camera to stop me.) Yes, bizarre how many people felt the absolute urge to get food/drink/whatever during a legendary performance by a legendary man, whom we may not get to see again playing on our island. Thank you Mr. Cohen. I can die happy, but not too soon, I hope

By: Bock

Bock — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:32:02 +0000

Yeah. There was a lot of eating on Saturday too. I think they’re the Suzanne people who didn’t realise Lenny had recorded any songs after 1967.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:15:02 +0000

i was at the friday show. it goes without saying that Leonard was amazing. beyond all words.

But the crowd were a disgrace - queuing and requeing and shunting around endlessly for pies and nachos and latte’s and booze.

Have these child-people never seen food before? i think people thought they were at the races and not present at one one of the greatest and profound events ever held in Ireland.

Did anyone else notice this, were the other dublin shows the same? was anyone at all three who could make comparsions?

I wonder was it an Irish thing? or a human thing?

“i heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don’t really care for music, do you”

By: Ger

Ger — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:20:45 +0000

I’m still awake. Your blogsite is keeping me company in the very early hours. WHO ARE YOU? Meet me at Imma tonight. My husband won’t mind. I’ll be the one weeping hyterically with joy. Ooops, so will every other woman.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:09:37 +0000

I have a pair of tickets for sale if anybody’s interested.

For the Saturday night gig (Sat. 14th June), Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin

Face value

E-mail: sean_walsh21@hotmail.com

By: John MC

John MC — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:21:02 +0000

dunno if they showed the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame inductions on TV in Ireland, but Cohen gave a great speech, funny and touching. He finished by reciting Tower of Song, which was so appropriate. You can youtube it.

By: Bock

Bock — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:30:52 +0000

Sam: Lenny’s not playing the US? Shit!!

I hope that means you’ll have to come back to us sooner than anyone thought.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:03:52 +0000

He’s not bloody well playing the US! Shit! I’m on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Most of his dates are in Europe including one at Edinburgh Castle.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:55:16 +0000

Oh God, Bock, that was beautiful with all these old people. It’s made my eyes quite shiny spilly so it has. The violin kills me. That’s one of my favourite Lenny songs, if not the favourite.

You lucky Limerickian. I’m off to see where he’s playing in California.