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D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:03 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37946654

He wrote some amazing songs.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:10 am

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:13 am

So many greats gone in 2016.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:25 am

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:29 am

Terrible news.

annode · Post by **annode** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:41 am

I remember "Songs From a Room" being in the rotation at the time when I first heard his music...especially "Suzanne". That one grabbed me. I never became anymore interested in him. Hell there were so many groups putting out incredible music then and I was too young to be depressed. R.I.P.

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 6:02 am

my mothers favorite poet (she was also a writer).

she conducted an interview with him for wbai pacifica radio when i was young. my mother passed away some years ago, listening to his music always gives me a bittersweet sense of connection to her. for some inexplicable reason...that connection will feel a little more tenuous knowing hes not here anymore either.

sad.

kelvyn · Post by **kelvyn** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:14 am

"I've been listening to Leonard Cohen and now I feel like a bird on the wire..."

RIP

The girls I knew, some of them I loved, listening to Leonard Cohen on mono record players in their bedrooms, smoking cugarettes and dreaming of melancholy lovers.
Thank you Mr Cohen.

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:37 am

A long career in 6 decades - great voice, formidable lyrics & song. Many women, gurus and ideas, drugs and other joys. Not a bad life.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:46 am

Wow that was unexpected. RIP - what a great musician and poet! Major loss!

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:29 am

Very sad, maybe the first artist I *really* listened to as a mopey teen (as opposed to just bouncing around to their music).

Went out on top though, just weeks since his last, well received album (five stars in the guardian I think).

fluffy_little_something · Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:39 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Wow that was unexpected. RIP - what a great musician and poet! Major loss!

Sorry, but what is unexpected about dying at 82?

Anyway, his music was always a bit too gloomy and dark for my taste. When you are already struggling and fighting depression, that kind of music doesn't help

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:54 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:
aMUSEd wrote:Wow that was unexpected. RIP - what a great musician and poet! Major loss!
Sorry, but what is unexpected about dying at 82?

Plus, there's this touching line from his recent letter to his muse Marianne Ihlen who died this summer: ‘it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.’

fluffy_little_something · Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:16 pm

Yes, it's touching, realizing the inevitable is right on your doorsteps and trying to give it some sense and dignity, maybe even hope for some sort of afterlife.

When you are over 80, either you already suffer from health problems or you run the risk of dying anytime without any obvious reasons, simply of old age.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:21 pm

A great loss. IMO, greater than when we lost Prince or David Bowie. Cohen lived away from the star system, and was a truly singer/songwriter, and a poet/writer also. A unique author, a great artist and a great soul. RIP. You will always be remembered.

RIP Leonard Cohen