Apparently, only Rolling Stone has an obit up right now.
I remember DJing on the college AM station when staffing was otherwise low, and playing Cohen's take on Irving Berlin when I needed a bathroom break:
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For those not familiar with Cohen let me suggest the Live in London CD and DVD.
Great songs , great band and back up singers and of course Leonard....RIP
RIP.....
Closing Time
Leonard Cohen
Lyrics
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
And the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
She's the angel of compassion
She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her
The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
All the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
(Closing time)
Yeah the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time