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Leonard Cohen's first single from his first new album in 8 years; produced by Patrick Leonard
Topic Started: Nov 23 2011, 06:55 PM (151 Views)
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Show Me The Place, produced by Patrick Leonard :drama:

http://soundcloud.com/leonardcohen/show-me

so beautiful!
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Listen: 'Show Me the Place' from Leonard Cohen's first new album in 8 years

Need a moment to center yourself before this crazy holiday season takes off? Take a few minutes to listen to “Show Me The Place,” a new song streaming on Leonard Cohen’s website and embedded below.

The tune is our first peek at “Old Ideas,” the legendary singer/songwriter’s first studio album in eight years. Out Jan. 31, the 10-song collection addresses transcendence, love, sexuality, loss and death. A statement from his label, Columbia, heralds it as “arguably the most overtly spiritual” of Cohen’s albums.”

If “Show Me the Place” is any indication, it is a reverential, compassionate examination of faith. In his gravelly, beaten-down baritone, the 77-year old asks Jesus to show him the place “where you want your slave to go.” Bolstered by an elegant, simple piano — and later strings — the song has a feeling of a great gospel tune, although we’re not sure about the background vocals. No matter what your belief, it’s worth listening just to hear his sense of supplication before something greater than himself and intention.

Cohen revealed more about the album early this year when he received a prize in literature in Spain in October: “As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. And the instructions were these...Never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity & beauty."

Patrick Leonard, Anjani Thomas, Ed Sanders and Dino Soldo produced the album, which includes guest vocals from Dana Glover, Sharon Robinson, The Webb Sisters, and Jennifer Warnes.


OLD IDEAS TRACK LISTING:
Going Home
Amen
Show Me The Place
The Darkness
Anyhow
Crazy To Love You
Come Healing
Banjo
Lullaby
Different Sides

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/listen-show-me-the-place-from-leonard-cohens-first-new-album-in-8-years
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I'd like to hear it with a different voice. I don't like the way he sings at all. He can't even hit some of the low notes properly. The actual background melody is lovely, but the vocal arrangement spoils it for me.

Great to see Pat Leonard still working away though!
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His performance is far from perfect of course but his voice alone brings genuine emotion and poetry to the song. I'd take that over any pitch-perfect but stone-cold vocal delivery. Gorgeous melody too!

I hope that silly cow Vadge works w/ Pat Leonard again in the not so distant future.
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For me, I can't bear people singing bum notes on a musical recording. Yes, his voice has so much character, but I'd love to hear a better singer singing this. There's a gorgeous song in there somewhere dying to get out, but that arrangement doesn't do it justice.

As for Madonna, she's about as far away from working with Pat Leonard as she has ever been I reckon. Actually, at this point, I don't think HE would want to work with HER. :chuckle:
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