Leonard Cohen :(

[Tabby]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ ... -1.3846720

This makes me very sad. He's one of the best songwriters of my time. RIP.

[Chisamba]

He was a poetic song writer. Hallelujah was something special

[amygdala]

i am sad that he's gone. his songs kept me company through a lot of my life.
"like a bird on a wire...."

[Moutaineer]

Ah. The sound of my youth.

My clinically depressed flat mate in college used to play "like a bird on a wire" incessantly at the Crack of dawn. It took me a while to learn to love him after that.

[Anne]

We're currently having a pre-dinner Cohen memorial hour, playing his old albums. RIP LC.

[amygdala]

i loved what LC said re: bob dylan's nobel prize for literature:
"like pinning a medal on everest"

[StraightForward]

Ah. The sound of my youth.

My clinically depressed flat mate in college used to play "like a bird on a wire" incessantly at the Crack of dawn. It took me a while to learn to love him after that.

Haha. In the '80's we'd go to my uncle's house and he would play this LC concert video. It was probably like twice, but to my unappreciative 10 year old ears, it seemed like constantly and incessantly. Once I hit college age I started to appreciate him more.

His final album You Want it Darker is available for free streaming right now: http://www.openculture.com/2016/10/leon ... -time.html