# Leonard Cohen -- Holy crap!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463 "2008-03-07T17:31:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463/61 "2008-03-22T02:42:33Z")

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Just saw the video of his induction, he would be GREAT as George Clooneys’ dad.

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**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463/62 "2008-03-23T03:12:01Z")

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I just want to say that I think Cohen is transcendent, and after listening to his music everything seems to reek of anticlimax . . . seriously, I am unfortunately not one-tenth as eloquent as he is, so I can’t articulate how I feel about him, but . . . wow

Gestalt.

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**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463/63 "2008-03-23T04:57:53Z")

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My favorite use of _Everybody Knows_ is in the movie [Exotica.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109759/) A stripper in schoolgirl garb peels to it nightly.

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463/64 "2008-03-23T10:01:38Z")

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I’ve nothing to add, but I just had to chime in a thread about Leonard Cohen. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohen-holy-crap/440463/65 "2008-03-23T12:00:46Z")

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Is there anybody here like me who likes Cohen’s lyrics and songwriting, but can’t get through all the 80s-fied synth/bass/cheesy background vocals stuff?

I saw this thread and bought “Songs of Love and Hate” on itunes, which I love. But previewing some of his newer (read: since I’ve been alive) music, I appreciate the songwriting, but can’t keep from dwelling on the terrible music. It’s like all the music I was rebelling against in the early 90s and my teenage self deep down won’t let me like it.

Sorry to threadshit. I really do like Leonard Cohen; I guess there are still a few folky albums from the 60s and 70s I can buy.

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