{"id":48232,"date":"2016-11-18T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48232"},"modified":"2016-11-18T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:12:51","slug":"18-00-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=48232","title":{"rendered":"LEONARD COHEN &#8211; The Last Interview (September 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/youtube.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"15%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H4PqY-VgSsI\" target=\"_blank\">LEONARD COHEN &#8211; The Last Interview (September 2016)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/-4F4qDKQG5CI\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAAA\/N9hL322orl8\/s88-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xffffff\/photo.jpg\" width=\"10%\" \/>\u00a0 Paradise Lost Paradise Found<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" content-alignment&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; \">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4PqY-VgSsI\" width=\"680\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDavid Remnick from The New Yorker shared yesterday his last interview with Leonard Cohen on September 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subscribe: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fxVDNN<\/p>\n<p>The New Yorker<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">http:\/\/www.newyorker.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Photographs: Wizard Varnish, Miojo Indie, Alex Belcourt, Lian Lunson, Alexander W. Thomas, Simone Joyner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (For some photos I could not identify the photographer. If someone can help, I&#8217;ll appreciate. Thanks!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Leonard Cohen, who died this week, was one of our greatest songwriters\u2014Bob Dylan told Cohen that he considered him his nearest rival\u2014and is a figure of almost cult-like devotion among fans. He began as a poet in the vein of Allen Ginsberg and Frank O\u2019Hara before releasing his first album, in 1967. Suffering from terrible anxiety, not much tamed by alcohol and drugs, he conquered his fear of performing onstage after decades of Zen practice. David Remnick sat down with Cohen this summer at his home in Los Angeles to discuss his career, spiritual influences, triumphant final tours, and preparing for his end. \u201cI am ready to die,\u201d Cohen said. He was already suffering from a number of health problems. \u201cAt a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It\u2019s a clich\u00e9, but it\u2019s underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remnick\u2019s Profile of Cohen offers a look into the introspection of the musician\u2019s final days:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8220;There is probably no more touring ahead. What is on Cohen\u2019s mind now is family, friends, and the work at hand. \u201cI\u2019ve had a family to support, so there\u2019s no sense of virtue attached to it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out. Now it\u2019s a habit. And there\u2019s the element of time, which is powerful, with its incentive to finish up. Now I haven\u2019t gotten near finishing up. I\u2019ve finished up a few things. I don\u2019t know how many other things I\u2019ll be able to get to, because at this particular stage I experience deep fatigue. . . . There are times when I just have to lie down. I can\u2019t play anymore, and my back goes fast also. Spiritual things, baruch Hashem\u201d\u2014thank God\u2014\u201chave fallen into place, for which I am deeply grateful.\u201d&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Paradise Lost old songs will be revisited. Some of them are very old but memory must be preserved. On the other hand, new music is always present. 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Subscribe: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fxVDNN The New Yorker http:\/\/www.newyorker.com Photographs: Wizard Varnish, Miojo Indie, Alex Belcourt, Lian Lunson, Alexander W. 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