Leonard Cohen died three years ago. Before his death I knew some of his music but I would not have recognized his name. Since then I continually come across him. Music. On television. A film. BookBud offered a biography, I’M YOUR MAN, which I bought but have yet to read.
I have bought several of his albums. YOU WANT IT DARKER, released only days before his death, is one of my favorites.
Last week I learned that his son has assembled and just released a posthumous album, THANKS FOR THE DANCE. I bought it from iTunes on Friday and have listened to it a few times.
One of the songs, ‘Puppets’, may be as profound a song as he or anyone else has ever written.
Here is a link to a review of the album.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/22/leonard-cohen-thanks-for-the-dance-review-columbia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Here a link to a video of ‘Puppets’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UjnVJA4L8
Here a link to the lyrics
https://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-puppets-lyrics
My virus rallied on Saturday and, though I am improved, is still hanging on. I do not admire its perseverance,
I can no longer make changes to the main site, www.inthepresentsea.com, which is now frozen in time, as I will be myself soon enough. Anything more will be added here. The contact at the main site has become unreliable, so I have created a new email address and can be reached at webbchiles@yahoo.com. The Yellowbrick tracking page for GANNET when I am at sea is: https://my.yb.tl/gannet