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Post by comet on Nov 13, 2016 12:50:22 GMT
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Post by comet on Nov 24, 2016 13:49:53 GMT
I took some photos at Leonard Cohen's concert in the National (Boxing) Stadium in Dublin on the 2nd March 1985. Most of the photos got given away or lost so I went looking for the negatives and did the time consuming job of scanning them on an Epson scanner at 1200 dpi with a film adapter. so I thought it appropriate that it would be on my 4000th post here that I would remember Leonard in this way. These photos have never been seen in public before.  -  -  -  - . |
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Post by comet on Nov 24, 2016 14:38:13 GMT
Leonard Cohen in concert at the National Stadium, South Circular Road. Dublin on the 2nd March 1985  -  - -  -  - |
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Post by comet on Nov 24, 2016 14:52:24 GMT
At one point Leonard gave me a cheeky grin, I suppose he was wondering why none of the security men were stopping me taking photographs. I was wondering the same thing, so I kept on taking photographs.  -  -  -  - The pictures were taken with a Fujica STX1N. |
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Post by martindn on Nov 24, 2016 23:23:16 GMT
Great photos Comet. Cohen was unique, there is no one else anything like him. Wonderfully talented lyricist, with a different outlook on life to most of us (well, me at any rate). But I still play his early albums from time to time. I put Songs of Leonard Cohen on my car stereo the day he died and it is still there. I'd forgotten how powerful those songs are.
Martin D
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Post by comet on Nov 25, 2016 18:06:52 GMT
Oh By the way the lady on the YAMAHA keyboard is none other than Anjani Thomas.   |
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Post by comet on Nov 27, 2016 18:59:01 GMT
Oh yeah ! we were discussing the beautiful Laura Branigan recently.
Dopey me, complete wally plonker.
Laura was one of Leonard Cohen's many backing singers and you were all very polite and said nothing like how could comet not know that ?
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Post by comet on Nov 27, 2016 19:36:36 GMT
Just gotta love YouTube, who needs a telly.
There is a nice bit of John Denver at the end of this one for RM
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Post by martindn on Nov 27, 2016 22:01:17 GMT
Great memories Comet. I played all those through to the end. As you say, you can just pick something on YouTube and see where it leads you. You find some fascinating stuff.
Martin D
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Post by Martin on Nov 28, 2016 7:22:58 GMT
My goodness, I had completely forgotten about Hayley's appearance at Union Chapel with the wonderful Canadian Tenors six years ago. I was there with Mark in the front row, thanks to Steve Abbott.
Martin
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Post by Libby on Nov 29, 2016 3:34:21 GMT
Ah, so therein lies the danger of attending so many Hayley concerts: you start to forget them!   And I would think Hayley would be unforgettable!  |
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Post by Martin on Nov 29, 2016 7:17:28 GMT
Ah, so therein lies the danger of attending so many Hayley concerts: you start to forget them! And I would think Hayley would be unforgettable! It wasn't so much as forgetting the concert Libby as forgetting what Hayley sang! Still unforgiveable I agree particularly when you consider that ageing affects short term rather than long term memory. |
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Post by Libby on Nov 30, 2016 6:02:52 GMT
Well, it wasn't technically a "Hayley concert", so we'll give you a pass.  LOL |
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Post by comet on Jun 23, 2017 15:58:09 GMT
I am still finding it hard to believe there will be no more Leonard Cohen concerts to go to, that this part of my life is over, that there is a gap that cannot be filled. I should have put a link on this forum before to the best Leonard Cohen site there are some complete concerts available on the site to listen to, the above link should bring you to the Montreaux Concert of the 25th June 1976, it features Laura Branigan on backing vocals, you will have to scroll down a little and click the play > button on the photo. the audio quality is great as it may have been broadcast on radio at the time. There are a number of recordings appearing in Tower records and HMV of concerts that were previously only available as bootlegs, I got some of them recently and my favourite one is titled "From the Shadows" Leonard Cohen live at L'Olympia, Paris 5th June 1976. It also features Laura Branigan on backing vocals. Another one is called Upon a smokey evening and is from a radio broadcast from the Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany 3rd December 1979. cohenentric.com |
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Post by comet on Dec 5, 2017 11:44:25 GMT
This video is over an hour long, if you are familiar with the poetry and songs of Leonard Cohen you might find it an hour very well spent.
I am amazed that we can have something as wonderful as this without having to pay for it in some way or another, modern life is weird.
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LOL