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Leonard Cohen — Dance Me to the End of Love
Album: Various Positions
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6.4

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Total ratings: 271









Released: 1984
Length: 4:34
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I can’t help but feel that those who reduced the overall rating of this gem to 6.2 are missing something
Posted 1 year ago by fredhatman    [ Reply ]
Already going from 5.8 to 5.9, let the dead idol upping begin. {#Wink}
Posted 8 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
Who says Leonard never sang... Enjoying all the tributes over the last 2 days...
Posted 8 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
RIP Leonard.   What a Canadian Treasure hew will always be !!!
Posted 8 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Ah, St. Leonard...thanks for your soul and spirit.
Posted 8 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
 
very interesting too, the cover of this song* (performing live in spanish) carried out for singer and composer Perla Batalla...from Los Angeles, CA; shes apear too in a movie "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" (2005), as well as other notables artists, as Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, The Handsome Family, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Linda Thompson, Antony, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Bono, Laurie Anderson, Julie Christensen.

* Bird On The Wire: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (2005)



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Interesting review: https://www.steynonline.com/content/view/2203/28/
Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
it's one of the best lovesongs ever! romantic ,it's one of my wife's favourite,she says it's a story about two people that still love eachother after a lifetime.
Posted 18 years ago by pauloprean    [ Reply ]
ksb wrote:
I suddendly feel like I'm at a wedding, someone's uncle has grabbed the mic, and it is now time to go outside.
I'd rather hear that same uncle sing the Hokey Pokey instead of this.
Posted 19 years ago by theo    [ Reply ]
brenternow wrote:
Cohen is a poet like Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young...he doesn't have to sound pretty...the words are all the expression necessary...the music is just a color backgound for the words he paints. You probably wouldn't dance to Cohen but he throws out some neat imagery.
It's not that I dislike Cohen (or the others you mentioned) as an artist. I simply do not care for this song/this version. Period.
Posted 19 years ago by silver_deuce    [ Reply ]
Sublime. Peggy Lee's Is That All There Is would be a perfect follow up!
Posted 19 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
Speaking of good old Leonard.............. Just returned from Toronto Canada and there's a bit of a buzz about this guy who sounds quite a bit like Leonard Cohen but has his own distinct style. Catman Cohen https://www.cdbaby.com/catmancohen Nobody seems to know much about the guy since he kind of came out of nowhere and refuses to provide pictures to the Media. He writes in metaphor like Leonard and has a voice deeper than anything you've ever heard before. One producer friend told me he'd heard the guy is actually a good looking, 16 year old, music prodigy/tech whiz-kid pretending to be an older man.
Posted 19 years ago by canadian_music_groupie    [ Reply ]
Exactly so. brenternow wrote:
Cohen is a poet like Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young...he doesn't have to sound pretty...the words are all the expression necessary...the music is just a color backgound for the words he paints. You probably wouldn't dance to Cohen but he throws out some neat imagery.
Posted 19 years ago by NikkD    [ Reply ]
Cohen is a poet like Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young...he doesn't have to sound pretty...the words are all the expression necessary...the music is just a color backgound for the words he paints. You probably wouldn't dance to Cohen but he throws out some neat imagery. silver_deuce wrote:
Amen!
Posted 19 years ago by brenternow    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Come on. Admit it. This is just a big insider RP joke, right?
I've always felt this way about Radiohead. And a second to Madeleine Peyroux. She has a great CD out there right now.
Posted 19 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
silver_deuce wrote:
Amen!
Yea, but if you could follow it with Madeline Peyroux's version.. it'd melt your socks off! :D/
Posted 19 years ago by DJac    [ Reply ]
I don't get it :|
Posted 19 years ago by Ichthyologist    [ Reply ]
AARRGGHHHH.... horrible. I am turning off RP!
Posted 19 years ago by ralphcanoe    [ Reply ]
Ear pain!!! Ear pain!!!
Posted 19 years ago by melissab    [ Reply ]
Pearls before........??
Posted 19 years ago by nuggler    [ Reply ]
BooKitty wrote:
Damn, this is some tedious shit.
Amen!
Posted 19 years ago by silver_deuce    [ Reply ]
I'd like to hear a William Shatner cover of this one... Actually, now that I say that, Doesn't Leonard Cohen actually look and sound a little like Leonard Nimoy? Weird.
Posted 19 years ago by sici    [ Reply ]
Ok. Really now. This whole "Leonard Cohen thing" is just a big joke, right? He isn't really universally loved by all eclectic RP fans, is he? Is this just an inside joke, like: "Ok, everyone. Here is how we will really fool those outsiders who think that they are cool. We will put up these stinky artists like Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, and we will all rave about them on the song forums when they are played, but only WE will know the truth that they really suck!!" Come on. Admit it. This is just a big insider RP joke, right?
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
My sentiments exactly....what the hell is that supposed to be? punky wrote:
I don't care if this is Leonard Cohen. It Sucks!
Posted 19 years ago by mcklein18    [ Reply ]
One of the most overrated artists of all time? Possibly.
Posted 19 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
I don't understand not liking this or any other Leonard Cohen song I gave it a 10 Cohen is a genius
Posted 19 years ago by trixie    [ Reply ]
I don't care if this is Leonard Cohen. It Sucks!
Posted 19 years ago by punky    [ Reply ]
I'm seeing a bouncing ball over the lyrics.
Posted 19 years ago by Old_Pool_Skunk    [ Reply ]
OK....... Leonard's vocals are......unique. Check out another unique vocal approach to this song by Madeleine Peyroux. It's much more.....musical.
Posted 19 years ago by Opus_two    [ Reply ]
this is "formative" leonard cohen. the coolest stuff is what he's done in the last ten years. now that he's older, he sounds more mature and less cornball! :daisy.gif: :propeller.gif: :sunny.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
coding_to_music wrote:
I'm seeing Hogan's Heroes' Col Hogan and Klink's secretary, at that little Paris cafe... Ah, we'll always have Paraee...
1.Put DOWN the remote. 2.Go outside. 3.Inhale deeply. 4.Repeat.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I'm seeing Hogan's Heroes' Col Hogan and Klink's secretary, at that little Paris cafe... Ah, we'll always have Paraee...
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
What an odd smattering of negativity. That one was quite good.
Posted 20 years ago by truk77    [ Reply ]
This is soooo boring. And a little flat. I came on to rate it a 1, but I guess I already did that the last time RP played it. Ugh
Posted 20 years ago by betterdaze    [ Reply ]
Why would such a fine readio station wish to play this music without merit?
Posted 20 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
Damn, this is some tedious shit.
Posted 20 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
ksb wrote:
I suddendly feel like I'm at a wedding, someone's uncle has grabbed the mic, and it is now time to go outside.
(wipes tears)..... Boy, I needed that......
Posted 20 years ago by Mark1970    [ Reply ]
Blech....... It is rare for me to actively dislike something I hear on RP, but I can't stand this. I like Edith Piaf, but this is no Piaf. :-p
Posted 20 years ago by betterdaze    [ Reply ]
A 45 played at 33 1/3.
Posted 20 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
Ow ow ow ow ow!
Posted 20 years ago by Veritas    [ Reply ]
What is this dreck?
Posted 20 years ago by TeddiB    [ Reply ]
I just watched the music video of this song. Someone posted it in a forum. The video is starring Quentin Tarantino. It is nicely done.
Posted 20 years ago by Alanur    [ Reply ]
Boris Karloff's Greatest Polka hits!
Posted 20 years ago by mig7    [ Reply ]
Dear God, please don't play this ever again.
Posted 20 years ago by Radical347    [ Reply ]
There's a cover of this on the Strange Days soundtrack. I don't remember the artist, but it's not bad. A little FYI tidbit...
Posted 20 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
Very funny! LOL
I was just thinking the same thing. Time for a smoke! Grab my beer honey.. let's go outside!
Posted 20 years ago by netstv    [ Reply ]
yes. i love leonard cohen; there's some great stuff going on here.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
ksb wrote:
I suddendly feel like I'm at a wedding, someone's uncle has grabbed the mic, and it is now time to go outside.
Very funny! LOL
Posted 20 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
I suddendly feel like I'm at a wedding, someone's uncle has grabbed the mic, and it is now time to go outside.
Posted 20 years ago by ksb    [ Reply ]
betsy wrote:
Thank you for playing such an obscure beauty.
Ditto. Makes one drop everything and simply listen.
Posted 20 years ago by charlesryder    [ Reply ]
I love love love this song! "Dance me to the children who are asking to be born" . . . yes, Famous Blue Raincoat is heartbreaking, but so is this. Thank you for playing such an obscure beauty.
Posted 20 years ago by betsy    [ Reply ]
cataloger wrote:
You can hear the Jewish influence heavily in this song. Very "Cohen"-esqe
..and you can hear Jennifer Warnes backing LC, too.
Posted 20 years ago by GaryG    [ Reply ]
You can hear the Jewish influence heavily in this song. Very "Cohen"-esqe
Posted 20 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
Talalala wrote:
I wouldn't describe Cohen's voice as weak...it is a genre of torch song singing in the vein of Edith Piaf or Serge Gainsbourg...
Though I'm not familiar with Serge Gainsbourg, I agree with the comparison to Edith Piaf. Very good call Talalala!
Posted 20 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
I wouldn't describe Cohen's voice as weak...it is a genre of torch song singing in the vein of Edith Piaf or Serge Gainsbourg... I find this song romantic, yet melancholy... I imagine drunk friends leaning against each other smoking and singing loudly.... I'd recommend his poetry....it is very imaginative, touching, yet sometimes edgy..
Posted 20 years ago by Talalala    [ Reply ]
stubbsz wrote:
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I'm number 7. His music just doesn't do a thing for me. His singing is pretty weak (but there are other weak singers I like) and the music is rather mundane (but there is other mundane music I like). Dunno why, but Leonard's combination of the above just doesn't speak to me. For some reason this particular song reminds me of Mitch Miller on Quaaludes.
Posted 20 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
Not within several miles of his best.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
I'm not a big fan either, but enjoy hearing this so I have perspective when others rave. This sounds like it could be found on a Sid & Marty Krofft soundtrack.
Posted 20 years ago by snarf    [ Reply ]
stubbsz wrote:
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He's all about the songwriting.
Posted 20 years ago by grelch    [ Reply ]
phineas wrote:
I'm one of those who doesn't like Leonard Cohen (seems there are 5 of us now) ---> find his vocals are droning and monotonous. But then, of course, music is fascinating ---> Tom Waits was played a few tracks ago, and I love his voice, but others would say the same thing about Waits' voice as I've said about Cohen's. Go figure. I guess the moral to the story is: "Long live Radio Paradise!"
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Posted 20 years ago by stubbsz    [ Reply ]
I'm one of those who doesn't like Leonard Cohen (seems there are 5 of us now) ---> find his vocals are droning and monotonous. But then, of course, music is fascinating ---> Tom Waits was played a few tracks ago, and I love his voice, but others would say the same thing about Waits' voice as I've said about Cohen's. Go figure. I guess the moral to the story is: "Long live Radio Paradise!"
Posted 20 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]