Leonard Cohen's final public appearance, speaking at the Canadian consulate in Los Angeles, on October 13, 2016, the day Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
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@dylanchangedeverythingfore13122 жыл бұрын
"Giving Dylan The Nobel Prize is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being highest mountain" -Leonard Cohen Freaking Leonard always had a way with words. It's also clear how much Dylan loved him.
@hank15192 жыл бұрын
Can you please explain what he meant? Thanks!
@funisnumberone12 жыл бұрын
@@hank1519 I think Mr. Cohen was referring to the muse writing the songs and sending them through the vehicle of the songwriter. He says "and Bob knows this better than anyone, that you don't write the songs anyway', and Bob in his interview with Ed Bradley says "I have no idea how I wrote those songs" referring to his prolific writing periods in the 60's and 70's and I think he says something to the effect of "They just came through me. I don't know where they came from." So, I think Mr. Cohen is saying that giving a medal to the vehicle that the muse chose to send the songs through (Bob) is like giving a mountain a medal for just being there among all the mountains and just happening to be the biggest one; i.e. Bob is the most prolific song writer because the muses chose him to be the most prolific writer as the glaciers 'chose" Mount Everest to be the biggest mountain. The could, of course, all be my own novice Bee - Ess, but that's my take on what I think Mr. Cohen meant. I give all the credit to Bob himself though, not his muse, but I'm a medical equipment salesman and not an artist familiar with inspiration or the creative process. I love both these men, with Bob and Mr. John Prine being my Two. Main. Guys. Happy Holidays!
@hank15192 жыл бұрын
@@funisnumberone1 Steve, what you say makes total sense. Thank you so much. Happy Holidays!
@paintedpassport2 жыл бұрын
@@funisnumberone1 A quote Leonard used a lot was: "If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often."
@hank15192 жыл бұрын
@@paintedpassport So funny!
@createtheworld47012 жыл бұрын
I have loved Cohen and Dylan since I was 12, and now I’m 63. Leonard is so beautifully, and painfully honest. He’s got the soul of a monk in an Armani suit, sculpted in timeless elegance and song. He agonizes over a word for weeks, and its purity shows. Creations like these are constantly evolving. Dylan seems to be a mystical conduit of ever-flowing ideas from another time and world. He’s always so intense and passionate. Both of these masters have deep, passionate souls. We won’t know the radiance of their work in our generation alone. “Teach your children well.”
@hookywookywithmalarkyman7042 жыл бұрын
When bob is gone then all thats left is bubble gum CRAP ey ! i met LC way back UK promoting his 1st album & what humble man he was.
@dylanthompson4836 Жыл бұрын
Well said.
@robertmcharg6904 Жыл бұрын
Hear hear
@veronicawoolerton9 ай бұрын
We people hear in liverpool are honoured to have are own Bob Dylan his name is John occonnell!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@veronicawoolerton9 ай бұрын
John is a master of his craft ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😊😊❤❤❤
@kentclark642010 ай бұрын
Leonard was the Canadian Bob Dylan, and it's great to see that they admired each other's works.
@Chapps19417 ай бұрын
Mitchell, Young and Lightfoot are great Canadians of worthy standing with Cohen.
@kentclark64206 ай бұрын
@@kiratsi That is also true. I'm probably seeing it from the American perspective.
@JamesLMason6 ай бұрын
Leonard played 3 hour long shows in his later years and seemed so appreciative of his legions of fans who came to see him. Dylan, around the same time seemed disinterested and was just there to play the music and leave. I haven't got extensive experience of watching Dylan gigs, I can only speak from personal experience.
@mr__fahrenheit8593 ай бұрын
@@JamesLMasonCohen's shows in his later years were truly amazing.
@joanabernethy93072 жыл бұрын
Leonard’s work deserved a Nobel too. His body gave out before the Nobel committee figured that out.
@karencampbell24108 ай бұрын
What a wonderful humble human being Leonard Cohen was - the way he kept the spotlight on Bob Dylan when questioned is testament to that. A true musical genius and legend. I miss him 😢
@HulkmanManhulk Жыл бұрын
I Love Bob. But I miss Leonard so desperately. He was pure poetry and full of heart.
@oughtssought11987 ай бұрын
"pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain" brilliant metaphors are one gift of brilliant songs that quote was a brilliant song writer @play
@MrDonquichotte2 жыл бұрын
It is quite moving to hear him, knowing he would be gone three weeks later...
@conniewolf73002 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize it was that close...
@thomasthomsen67632 жыл бұрын
❣
@SimonRobeyns2 жыл бұрын
Dylan always knew who to respect the most. Cohen, Harrison, Prine, Mcguinn.. lot of underrated people in my book. Cohen just breathes poetry in every word he speaks though, it's all just so well thought out when he talks
@hayleyanna26258 ай бұрын
All wonderful artists. He also held Tom Waits in high esteem. ✨
@SimonRobeyns8 ай бұрын
Sure thing, I forgot to name countless others. Waits is definitely up there.@@hayleyanna2625
@brucehanke34107 ай бұрын
Jimmie Rodgers would be high on that list, it seems.
@nickedname70488 ай бұрын
Believe it or not, I´m properly discovering Leonard Cohen at age 61. A beautiful injection of oxygen in today´s desolate musical panorama. Never too late, right?
@sherryhoney86546 ай бұрын
Wonderful! ❤
@PhiDeck4 ай бұрын
Welcome to the club, from one who discovered him in 1968, when I was a senior in high school.
@user-zr7hm7we4x4 ай бұрын
Absolutely right
@escepticus3 ай бұрын
NEVER!
@PeterDaltrey Жыл бұрын
Ah, seeing Cohen so old... I was touched by his sincerity and wise words. I still can`t believe he`s gone. I wanted him and Dylan to live forever.........
@danielomalley43948 ай бұрын
Years ago I lived in the same neighbourhood as Leonard Cohen in Montreal. I’d seen him several times at ‘The Main’, a great smoked meat deli, (great rib steaks too). His house faced a tiny urban park, and as I walked by, he was eating a sandwich in the open front door. I said ‘Good day Mr. Cohen’, and he responded with a smile. My only contact with him. The legend was a gentleman. By the way, the street on the opposite side fo the park is Marianne st.
@YogsenForfoth Жыл бұрын
Dear Leonard Cohen. He is right up there with Bob Dylan, as far as how significant and important his music is/was. He is a monolithic figure and will always be fondly remembered. Rest in Peace, Mr. Cohen. ❤
@jeanluc13138 ай бұрын
I prefer Cohen by quite a bit. Beautiful Losers is a challenging but inspiring read.
@YogsenForfoth8 ай бұрын
@@jeanluc1313 Absolutely.
@hayleyanna26258 ай бұрын
I adore Leonard Cohen. One of my great regrets is never seeing this wonderful musician live. Bob and Leonard are exceptional artists. Dylan deserved the Nobel Prize. His lyrics, especially the early works, are remarkable. No one comes close today. Unfortunately it's all about money and celebrity now.
@thehal2 жыл бұрын
The New Yorker article, and the quotes from Dylan are amazing. Bob breaks down Leonard’s songs in a way very few could, and gives real insight into their shared craft.
@griefforest18702 жыл бұрын
His last two albums include some of my favourite Cohen songs. This man has never disappointed me (although I do not hold "Dear Heather" in high regard). I'm glad he reached the blessed age of 82. Such an articulate man.
@PanglossDr2 жыл бұрын
Dear Heather is funny.
@jeffforsythe95145 ай бұрын
check out Buffy Ste Marie singing his God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.
@lemat85582 жыл бұрын
LEGENDS, both. And I feel lucky to have seen and heard them both, live in concerts.
@neilredmond10112 жыл бұрын
Only two singer songwriters could possibly warrant such a honour Dylan and cohen
@Foozlebop4 ай бұрын
There are 10 singer songwriters I could think of to compare. Neil Young, Mickey Newbury, Townes Van Zandt, Gene Clark, Kris Kristofferson, Hank Williams, woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Bernie Taupin.
@neilredmond10114 ай бұрын
@@Foozlebop I know what you mean but none of them are as prolific as Dylan
@humanbeing53009 ай бұрын
I am not as familiar with Leonard’s catalog but what I do know is on par with Dylan. Regarding Cohens comments, there is an interview with Dylan himself who actually admits the same situation where he feels he isn’t as much of a muse as when he was younger. He doesn’t even know how he wrote the early songs he did. They just came to him in a flash of inspiration.
@mr.dirtydan33387 ай бұрын
That's art for you
@sheercerebralpower8 ай бұрын
Drives you to tears, hearing LC talking about BD…..I love both their work dearly
@theelderskatesman44178 ай бұрын
Bob Dylan has indeed said exactly that about his most prodigious period: he didn't make it happen and he doesn't know how to make it happen again. I don't know where we would be if the gift hadn't come to Dylan and Cohen (and Simon and Young).
@markozbunjol6258 ай бұрын
if you listen carefully to what Cohen says at the beginning, you will understand that he is talking about the devil and the contract. He knows it very well, as does Dylan kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLSeapWi09aam30.html Jesus is truth!
@Piggy-Oink-Oink7 ай бұрын
I know this..the GIFT comes when the Gift is most NEEDED. It's OUT THERE!
@ToddAndelin2 жыл бұрын
Great to see these amazing musicians respect each other so much...
@alwaysfourfun16719 ай бұрын
They both deserve the love of mankind for many centuries to come. If there is ever a future human civilization and they will ask, what were humans back in the 20th and 21st century, they will learn that from listening to the music of Bob and Leonard and their music will lead the future audience to so many great musicians in the same era.
@augerrusty2 жыл бұрын
Leonard always had the golden tongue
@hjjo-uj9ej2 жыл бұрын
"I was born with the gift of a golden voice"
@UncompressedWAVmusic6 ай бұрын
Bob and Leonard are incredibly gifted and their music helps millions of people. I bought both of their music over the decades. I'm glad that Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize because he definitely changed music and people for the better.
@rb63382 жыл бұрын
So great respect between these two gigantic songwriters!
@jeffforsythe95145 ай бұрын
check out Buffy Ste Marie singing his God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.
@alexi.de.charle10 ай бұрын
That is the greatest complimentary comment anyone one can say and anyone can receive. ❤❤❤❤❤
@peterjonas49712 жыл бұрын
God, we miss you Leonard!
@jeffforsythe95145 ай бұрын
check out Buffy Ste Marie singing his God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.
@FrederickViedge2 жыл бұрын
What a deep and empathetic human being my dad introduced me to him ❤️
@jeffforsythe95145 ай бұрын
check out Buffy Ste Marie singing his God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.
@nancyprohira2571 Жыл бұрын
I love them both , but even my mom loved listening to Cohen. Yet she also laughed when she heard It Ain't Me Babe and she didn't laugh often. I thank you for that Bob.
@mohammadnazimuddin93202 жыл бұрын
He was a saint...a lovely saint. Love you Leonard!❤️❤️❤️
@hookywookywithmalarkyman7042 жыл бұрын
Sounds good to me .
@decencywarrior95982 жыл бұрын
🤣🏅🏔🖤Rest in Peace Leonard.
@tsb79112 жыл бұрын
Both of them deserve everything!
@alexsghostcookie81422 жыл бұрын
The love I feel for Leonard Cohen is endless ❤️
@MrLenoir999 ай бұрын
The moment they decided to give the Nobel to a poet who "also" sang his poems, the prize should have gone to Cohen, hands down. The richness and constantly high quality of his oeuvre (including the novels and poetry books) are peerless. At least the Spaniards saw that, awarding him their highest literary prize in 2011.
@stephenglasse97568 ай бұрын
Dylan's arguably as good even greater and definitely more prolific. Dylan wrote great songs in greater numbers with greater ease.
@adamblackman66602 жыл бұрын
There’s a podcast about Cohen’s long long journey to finish writing Hallelujah, and it featured letters written to Dylan asking for advice. I think it took over 15 years to finish…
@koustubhsharma49632 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the podcast?
@funisnumberone12 жыл бұрын
@@koustubhsharma4963 I think I found it...Adam, this the right one? I haven't listened to it yet but after doodling around this is what. I came up with. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZiFZLVe0LyqqGg.html
@koustubhsharma49632 жыл бұрын
@@funisnumberone1 even if it's not... This looks interesting. Both Dylan and Cohen are my all time favourites
@lesliescott23622 жыл бұрын
I think Dylan would totally agree with this.
@underthetornado2 жыл бұрын
He's right we're just the vehicle that music flows through. Most of my songs I wrote in like 5 minutes. I'm just channelling.
@conniewolf73002 жыл бұрын
Maybe so but you must be willing to be the channel....that takes guts!
@oldmaneric5646Күн бұрын
We are so lucky to have lived in the time of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. I saw Cohen in concert towards the end of his life and it was great of course, but the special surprise was he read some of his poems. Not surprisingly he was a great reader - an art in itself. I always think of the four great singer/songwriters of our time being Dylan, Cohen, Joannie Mitchel, and Tom Waits (and half of these are Canadian! Not bad. Also of course Lennon and McCartney have to be mentioned in this superlative club.
@michaelwilson23402 жыл бұрын
Time for a Cohen biopic. And with a quality director that doesn't give us the Hollywood treatment.
@patriciakimber43127 ай бұрын
Eloquent as always , clever beautiful man ❤️
@david8157 Жыл бұрын
I think Cohen and Dylan are equal contenders...
@craigdedini99087 ай бұрын
I love both Dylan and Cohen, both have changed my life. As we know, Dylan said of himself - in that cryptic half-joking way of his - that he is a song and dance man - but really he is. But Cohen is a poet. The world lost something precious when it lost Leonard Cohen.
@longtalljay2 жыл бұрын
And Gord looked down and smiled :-)
@jeffforsythe95145 ай бұрын
check out Buffy Ste Marie singing his God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot.
@gonzoexpress98852 жыл бұрын
Leonard, Bob, Joni, Jackson, Neil: The Muse. What an epoch!
@svenswwis4362 жыл бұрын
RIP Leonard Cohen
@brendantannam4992 жыл бұрын
A wise man keeping the jackals at bay.
@blondiesaband2 жыл бұрын
i miss you more than anyone or anything leonard
@stupidbaby28582 жыл бұрын
I'm feelin it too. Time to get the young people hip to what's hip, in a single word: Dylan. Sad to think this great poet is there alive and our chance to get a piece of him in real time, what I'd give to shake his hand, to meet him, I'd probably fall to pieces and cry and almost embarrass him if he wasn't flattered by that. I'm a musician, I got a song, one song, that can rival at least one title of his: It takes a Lot to Laugh, a Train to Cry. Not gonna reveal my title, but let me say this, if I got a title that captured the Freight Train Experience it's only because I paid dearly for it: ten years of riding the rails. My soul is in that song. And when young people hear it they'll love me and think I'm something, but I'll use that attention just to let them know something Emerson wrote, society is always a little ahead of itself, and needs to turn back the clock just a few decades... Just a bad paraphrase, but you get it. I got one song, Dylan has a zillion! Hey that rhymes, am I a poet but don't know it?
@heartwithnocompanion2 жыл бұрын
Magnificent!
@KinoCrote2 жыл бұрын
Господи, вот это голос. Это восхитительно
@robertmcharg6904 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if you can get the Nobel prize posthumously, if you can, leonard cohen, is your man, and an apology, for not giving him it, when he was with us, r i p leonard ❤
@paintedpassport Жыл бұрын
You can't get it posthumously, unfortunately.
@crystalbelle23492 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much for sharing this interview. Just subscribed today after finding you on Mr.Woolhall’s channel. Wow! Came for a visit, but subscribed automatically upon seeing the pic of Leonard. GBU. CKCO ~
@paintedpassport2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words. I assume everybody who has subscribed to my channel has done so because I post about Bob Dylan, so I'm usually hesitant to share material on here that isn't related to Dylan. I love Leonard Cohen, though, and I post about him all the time in other places. For instance, I don't know if you're on Twitter, but last yr I did a 21-day video series on Leonard: twitter.com/harryhew/status/1311687411114573826 I've been thinking about sharing more Leonard stuff on this channel, so I appreciate the encouragement. Thanks again for the kind words. :)
@crystalbelle23492 жыл бұрын
@@paintedpassport I would sure enjoy anything on Leonard here, but haven’t been on Twitter in around ten years. This is the closest I get to Social Media now due to my distaste for drama, but I’ll always love music. I understand that it’s difficult to get too many irons in the fire though. It’s a common problem many share now, so I appreciate people who specialize on one or two things and master them instead of trying to be jacks of all while mastering none. Thank you for all of your professional work btw :)
@nozecone2 жыл бұрын
@@crystalbelle2349 Ten years??!!! Man, I AM getting old - I thought Twitter was still some new thing the kids were all talking about .....
@crystalbelle23492 жыл бұрын
@@jacobdejong3200 mine either. Mine is actually the plaque hanging on my door of my favorite old poem. When I was young and the Internet was too, my pic was on my page everywhere. In the late nineties I removed it encouraging youth to do the same, and obtain anonymous names for public use for their security. At that time, Internet was free but more dangerous than it is now. Have a nice weekend. :)
@conniewolf73002 жыл бұрын
@@nozecone 😂
@JerzyBorowski-ot3ie Жыл бұрын
LEONARD COHEN GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ na zawsze dziękuję BOGU za wszystko dziękuję BARDZO
@NisseOhlsen6 ай бұрын
I love Leonard.
@sebastianalegria3401 Жыл бұрын
Godard is to the movies like Dylan is to the music, the fact of winning a Nobel prize made his figure as a musician bigger. I'm not saying that he's greater than The Beatles, but he's influenced over The Beatles or even, The Rolling Stones. I think Dylan must've felt flattered by what Leonard said.
@PreacherAtArrakeen8 ай бұрын
Hometown boy made good! I lived about a mile from him when he lived in Westmount. Love his mural on Crescent St.! Though my favourite band, by far, is The Beatles, I think Dylan, Joni, and Leonard were the best lyric writers of my generation.
@patriciathewisher23152 жыл бұрын
Wonderful man
@SawZaag2 жыл бұрын
Dear Leonard. A genius and beautiful man.
@reinhardweise97552 жыл бұрын
most nostalgic, enjoyable though....drew me in to spending time here.....just another universal soldier
@annemariediepeveen63382 жыл бұрын
what a wise man: like pinning a medal on mr everest.
@david-pb4bi7 ай бұрын
Leonard Cohen was brilliant, but Dylan was genius, they would never have thought of giving a Nobel Prize to any singer it was only because he was that good they didn’t have a choice.
"which, to me, is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain". Exact
@nateb3352 жыл бұрын
RIP MR.COHEN we miss ya
@yussepig6629 Жыл бұрын
What many musicians know is that the notes and the cords and the rules which make them go together exist already in nature . Musicians ‘discover’ them rather than invent them. That’s why many feel like they are not really writing the song.
@stashuk74502 жыл бұрын
I once heard Graham Nash comment on 'modern' music saying, "There's Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix and ... who else?"
@HulkmanManhulk Жыл бұрын
Leonard!
@riverIl07192 жыл бұрын
Where can I watch the full interview? Thanks.
@paintedpassport2 жыл бұрын
The press conference ran for about 22 minutes. The complete audio can be found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ip2ipZd6p9C9Z58.html The Leonard Cohen Facebook page released five video clips from the press conference, which together run a little over 9 minutes. You can find them compiled here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMmZgqafxLTRmGQ.html I would presume there is video for the remainder of the press conference, but those 9 minutes are all that has been released to date.
@riverIl07192 жыл бұрын
@@paintedpassport 🙏
@R.A.D.G594 ай бұрын
Dylan is the greatest song writer to ever walk the earth.
@maluawho37326 ай бұрын
❤ Always loved Leonard Cohen‘s work. I inhaled it. It resonated. Maybe we have some genes in common. Thank you so much, old boy!
@brunositbon9392 жыл бұрын
Repose en paix merveilleux personnages
@gregknipe8772 Жыл бұрын
bob felt the same way. how many of us know full well that what people think about us has NOTHING to do with WHO we ARE. *don't follow leaders. pay the parking meters*
@uptoti812 жыл бұрын
Eloquence.
@soldtobediers Жыл бұрын
''Your body will never be familiar.'' ~L.C.
@kymbrenton2 жыл бұрын
Yes true but Dylan read many award winning books to form the words in his songs so you have to know the words before they can be written but I definitely agree it’s like a lightness witch comes over him and other writers and they are only holding the pencil or pushing the typewriter. I is a bit odd how Bob Dylan wrote more than most ⭐️
@enminghee2926 Жыл бұрын
It's so sad to think he would be gone little over a fortnight later.
@messenger82797 ай бұрын
Cohen and many others, and I include genius scientists, and the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. They receive these gifts of knowledge and music like a radio picking up a frequency. Nikola Tesla also acknowledged this as did Albert Einstein. If you are able to tune into this knowledge the most amazing music and scientific knowledge will be gifted. We all love Leonards music and it's Cleary very deep.
@mjrotondi50862 жыл бұрын
Why do we have to idolize talented people instead of recognizing the talent in us and nature it?
@shadowbear662 жыл бұрын
I don't idolize talented people but I am certainly inspired by many of them while also nurturing my own gifts and talents. It is very possible to do both!
@tarp11z2 жыл бұрын
Well for one, most of us aren't that talented.
@sebastientanguay48662 жыл бұрын
Very rare to read that kind of comment but so true.
@mikearchibald7448 ай бұрын
I think Mount Everest SHOULD get a medal. All those other mountains suck. But its true, not enough attention gets paid to the music in Cohens songs, even as far back as his first album the acoustic guitar work is just incredibly melodic and unique. On his nineties stuff its both current and yet also historical with traces of all kinds of world music. I could go into detail but readers mostly know this.
@MDOurMD2 жыл бұрын
Dylan launched a thousand other ships including Cohen, Lennon, Waits, and many more.
@reaganwiles_art9 ай бұрын
I would love to see the song lyrics of John Squire and Ian George Brown added to the next Oxford Book of English Verse or of Lyric Poetry. Look up "Waterfall" for instance (or any song's lyrics from among the earliest songs before The Stone Roses' first disbanding) and read, then listen; wonder what they mean and marvel at the open inconclusivity of their mysteries-so much in so little. Real magic there, not mere verse but poetry. So much more jouissance there than in the profduce of our withering academic vineyards.
@zachgates74917 ай бұрын
In reality Cohen must have laughed when Dylan got the prize. One of his favorite poets Cavafy was never considered for it and Tolstoy, Ezra Pound, Borges, and Nabokov didn’t get it either. The Scandinavian judges wanted to freshen up their image by giving it to Dylan.
@dylanchangedeverythingfore13127 ай бұрын
Telling us you're an ignorant nancyboycakeboy friendof Dorothy ignoring the well-known fact that Leonard considers Dylan the gold standard revealing yourself to be so ignorant by calling Leonard a liar and that Leonard would bear false witness against himself
@badmen15507 ай бұрын
They would never have given it to Pound, lol.
@zachgates74917 ай бұрын
@@badmen1550 Knut Hamsun got it in 1920 and Pound emerged as a literary figure in that same decade. Plus T.S. Eliot got it later and he also held anti-Semitic views.
@birtlee20788 ай бұрын
Leonard knows - Dylan is the king as Noel Gallagher said!
@georgelemos52882 жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@Nobody290692 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥a pin on a mountain
@SagaLarton3 ай бұрын
Giving Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize for Literature is like giving Mike Tyson the Nobel Prize for Ballet Dancing
@plusfour19 ай бұрын
Leonard was too busy trying to figure out where he was residing in the tower of song.
@magnus91657 ай бұрын
One month before he died.
@arealamericanamerican32048 ай бұрын
Dylan certainly deserved the Nobel Prize in Literature. My personal preference would have been Cohen.
@stevenferguson37642 жыл бұрын
God bless Patty.
@bsnf-52 жыл бұрын
Dylan did deserve the Nobel Prize, end of question. Anyone who says any different is delusional or simply jealous.
@marriedkiwi2 жыл бұрын
This is why the middle East tradition is to give the tribe leadership to the poet. Even in old England the King kept them very close sometimes under house arrest
@vargaso2 жыл бұрын
Are there subtitles?
@paintedpassport2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the subtitles are part of the video itself. KZfaq's auto-generated subtitles are good but not always on the mark, so I sometimes add captions manually. Particularly if an upload is short and partly composed of still imagery
@KingMinosxxvi7 ай бұрын
I dont partciulary care for that other fella but I do love this man
@Newfoundmike5 ай бұрын
Story goes Dylan and John Lennon smoked a funny cigarette and Dylan told Lennon the Beatles Song had great melodies but they had nothing To Say , and that is when started writing so of the deepest most meaningful Songs ever Written, Check out Mind Games for Instance 🥁
@alanvallazza97812 жыл бұрын
I wish Cohen had stuck to comedy as well as singing. Watch his 1965 special before one album was released and he was doing jokes. He was working on his debut album.
@hounddig2 жыл бұрын
I thought Cohen crossed into babylon??
@stuartparker68382 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for bob he would be my favourite..lucky enough to see them both but unlike bob who could disappoint you in a a concert Cohen never did.
@ajcarr19652 жыл бұрын
Having seen both in concert numerous times-- 100% True!
@stuartparker68382 жыл бұрын
@@ajcarr1965 still my favourite concert was seeing bob for the first time and to tell you the truth I can't even remember if he was good or bad the excitement was enough for me if you know what I mean.
@ajcarr19652 жыл бұрын
@@stuartparker6838 Indeed I do!
@hermanhandbrush4402 Жыл бұрын
Do any of you people who swear Dylan deserved the Nobel prize for literature actually read any literature? Do you know anything at all about the other contenders? I mean, even if Dylan were as great as you say, do you know enough about the literary competition for this literary award that you can say with confidence this song writer is the better poet? What poets have you read that might also have been in the running? From the comments I see below, it looks like folks are thinking the Nobel Prize should be a popularity contest.
@stephenlee175611 ай бұрын
I have read the greatest (in English at least). People should remember that Shakespeare wrote plays, and that the poetry is in those plays, and needs that context. Dyln wrote songs, and the poetry is in the songs and needs that context. Both were creating for performance, which is very different from writing for the page.