Balnéaire #97bis

Claude Gassian, Léonard Cohen, Trouville 1988.

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A Very Merry Unbirthday

Composer and musician Leonard Cohen on the lot of a Nashville used car dealership, 1968. (Photo by Tony Vaccaro/ Getty Images).

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On the set #360 (a Very Merry Unbirthday)

Leonard Cohen playing guitar on the terrace of his house on Hydra. Greece 1982 by Dominique Issermann.

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Selfie #302 (a Very Merry Unbirthday)

Leonard Cohen by Dominique Issermann.

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Thank God (a Very Merry Unbirthday)

Nobody cares if the people
Live or die
And the dealer wants you thinkin'
That it’s either black or white
Thank God it’s not that simple
In my secret life.

 [Leonard Cohen, un an de plus. Avant, clic-clic, pareil.]

Unbirthday 75 (21 septembre 2009)

In 2009, James Rodewald of Gourmet Magazine created the King Cohen as a tribute to Cohen’s 75th birthday. It’s a smokey and bitter tribute to Cohen, based on the King Cole Cocktail featured in The Savoy Cocktail Book. 

King Cohen 

• 2 ounce blended Scotch 
• 1/2 teaspoon simple syrup 
• 1 teaspoon Fernet Branca 

Combine with ice in a rocks glass, stir well and garnish with orange and pineapple slices.  

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82 (a Very Very Merry Unbirthday)

Hineni, hineni

I'm ready my Lord.

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81 (A Very Very Merry Unbirthday)

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin

Dance me through the panic.

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80 (A Very Very Merry Unbirthday)

That's how it goes

Everybody knows.

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Relance de la consommation

L'an dernier, tout le temps clic-clic, Cohen, 79 ans aujourd'hui.

78 (A Very Merry Unbirthday #22+1)

First of all nothing will happen
and a little later
nothing will happen again.

L'affiche est de Jim Dine. Les chansons, c'était l'an dernier clic-clic, The future et l'aller-retour Cohen / Lama / Cohen.

I wonder what they meant (A Very Merry Unbirthday #22)

To say it clear, to say it cold :
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future.

[Leonard Cohen, 77 ans aujourd'hui. Que le choix est difficile, parfois. En bonus, clic-clic une rareté, Cohen par Cohen, via Lama, eh oui.]