No "RIP Leonard Cohen" thread?

[Psycho Nulltard]

Let me fix that.

[esteban]

The only good song he did was the one that Christian Slater intentionally played at a slow speed in Pump Up The Volume.

"Everybody knows..."

[esteban]

The only good song he did was the one that Christian Slater intentionally played at a slow speed in Pump Up The Volume.

"Everybody knows..."

But it was so good that it singularly surpasses the entire body of work from some musicians.  Kind of like Barnes and Barnes with Fish Heads.

Yes. Eat them up, yum.

[CGQuarterly]

"Fish Heads" is a great song.  It's no "Bulbous Bouffant" but it's still great in its own right.

I was not familiar with any of Leonard Cohen's work until I looked it up last night.

[esteban]

"Fish Heads" is a great song.  It's no "Bulbous Bouffant" but it's still great in its own right.

I was not familiar with any of Leonard Cohen's work until I looked it up last night.

Shame on you for never watching Pump Up The Volume.

[LostFlunky]

[LostFlunky]

[roflmao]

He's up there with Tom Waits as one of the greatest unknown songwriters. Such sad news. Listening to his most recent album, it sounds like he knew the end was near and was ready to go. RIP.

[dallaspattern]

The entire Future album is a banger.

[ccovell]

In his native Canada, he certainly is not unknown.

I'm not a big fan of his, but his lyrics (basically poems put to song, like Jim Morrison/Doors works were) were clairvoyant.

"Things are gonna slide, slide in all directions.  There won't be nothin' you can measure anymore..."

[esteban]

In his native Canada, he certainly is not unknown.

I'm not a big fan of his, but his lyrics (basically poems put to song, like Jim Morrison/Doors works were) were clairvoyant.

"Things are gonna slide, slide in all directions.  There won't be nothin' you can measure anymore..."

Absolutely...even folks who don't like his music, per se, have appreciated the force of his lyrics.

I will admit, however, that I am a sucker for gravelly voices. His voice, plus his delivery of lyrics, were undeniably part of his appeal.

The fact that he is Canadian will be excused. 

[seieienbu]

[esteban]

First we'll take Manhattan, then we'll take we Barstow.

[Joe Redifer]

I had never heard of him until he began to decompose.

[esteban]

I had never heard of him until he began to decompose.

Has no one seen Pump Up The Volume?

Damn.

[Joe Redifer]

Does Pump Up the Jam from Technotronic count?

[esteban]

Does Pump Up the Jam from Technotronic count?

It counts in terms of multiplying awesomeness.

As in "any experience in life will be *15x more awesome* if accompanied by a song by technotronic"...

(20x more awesome if a bystander sings along)


As far as Pump Up The Volume... it was young, naive suburbia's glimpse of pirate radio stations (a proto-YouTube)...

...funny how quaint it seems now.