Leonard Cohen Bowling Green, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 3, 2010. Very good-excellent audience recording. Leonard Cohen isn’t the kind of performer to get the audience stomping on their feet. His contemplative song-poems are best appreciated in the quiet of the night and this very good to excellent audience recording really brings out the beauty in Cohen’s songs. One can imagine the wry smile on Cohen’s face as he sings, “I was born with the gift of a golden voice”, to which the audience cheerfully applauds. As this recording highlights, Cohen’s voice is gravelly though not as sand-blasted as Dylan’s. Cohen’s fans will agree, his poetry will bring out the poet in his audience. As Wolfgang Dreikorn posted at main-netz.de (by way of Google Translate): “It is one of those rare moments in the concert scene - where the physical distance between the poet from Montreal and his audience dissolves into a cozy togetherness, the soothing melancholy capturing his unique voice… and the setting sun at the start of concert melting even the most hardened… “The concert on Friday night makes it clear: There are two Leonard Cohens. On one side is the dark poet, who draws a nightmare scenario of things to come - as on The Future. On the other side, we enjoy the fun-loving musicians and singers, which leaves open in its mini-dramas a loophole… whose cracks appear light (as on Anthem)… It’s a show and it’s being honest. Again and again Cohen appears humble before his audience - he gets on his knees and pulls his hat. And for such gestures the fans love him.” And here’s to a relaxed Leonard Cohen on stage with his wry humour intact. Set One: 00:00 Dance Me to the End of Love 06:01 The Future 13:38 Ain’t No Cure for Love 18:49 Bird on the Wire 26:05 Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson) 31:45 In My Secret Life (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson) 36:55 Who by Fire 46:24 The Darkness 52:43 Born in Chains 1:00:26 Chelsea Hotel #2 1:04:59 Waiting for the Miracle (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson) 1:13:45 Anthem Set Two: 1:25:21 Tower of Song 1:31:23 Suzanne 1:35:54 Sisters of Mercy 1:41:01 The Gypsy’s Wife 1:47:44 Feels So Good 1:55:15 The Partisan (Anna Marly/Emmanuel d’Astier de la Vigerie/Hy Zaret) 2:01:13 Boogie Street (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson) 2:07:40 Hallelujah 2:15:09 I’m Your Man 2:21:02 Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen after Federico Garcia Lorca) Encore #1: 2:30:46 So Long, Marianne 2:35:35 First We Take Manhattan Encore #2: 2:42:51 Famous Blue Raincoat 2:49:00 If It Be Your Will 2:54:21 Closing Time Encore #3: 3:01:53 I Tried to Leave You 3:10:44 Heart with no Companion Lineup: Leonard Cohen - vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard Javier Mas - bandurria, laud, archilaud, 12-string guitar, electric guitar Dino Soldo - keyboard, saxophone, wind instruments, dobro, background vocals, acoustic guitar Bob Metzger - guitar, steel guitar, background vocals Rafael Bernardo Gayol - drums, percussion Neil Larsen - keyboards, Hammond B3, accordion Sharon Robinson - vocals, shaker Charley Webb - vocals, acoustic guitar Hattie Webb - vocals, harp Roscoe Beck - bass, double bass, background vocals ------------ Thanks to LTB for taping the show and to banalny for sharing the tracks with us. .

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