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Feb 12, 2008
You are not my man on this one, Leonard.
I have been listening to people covering Leonard Cohen since I can remember. Well, since Judy Collins started covering them when I was a teenager, anyway. Recently, 30 years later I thought, “Well, the one time I saw the man, himself, on Austin City Limits, I liked him. So – big idea – Buy an album of him singing his songs.”
First I bought Leonard Cohen Live. I just loved it. Listened to it over and over, hearing the subtle intonations from him or from his back-up singers. Hearing the similarities of all the backup for the songs as well as the differences in each.
So, I thought “Well, I usually don’t like live albums as well as I do studio recordings, so let me just see how that sounds.” Well, sisters and brothers, dear; it wasn’t nearly as good to my ear. I have talked to friends and discovered that there IS NO CONSENSUS about what venue is best for a Leonard Cohen recording, studio or concert. In fact, some of them think I am just plain crazy for liking the live album better than the studio album. They have very strong opinions about it, just as I do. It is one of those “we agree to disagree” things, like the discussion of whether Andy McDowell can act or not.
So, you pays your money and you takes your chances.
Specifically, here are the differences I found between the studio album and live recordings and what those differences meant for me.
Something is added to Cohen’s performance by the presence of an audience. He comes alive in a way not reflected in his studio voice.
In concert, he isn’t tempted to do any of those weird, funky additions and embellishments Old Blue Eyes did in his live concerts (I know this is blasphemy to many devotees of the Chairman, but there it is). Those things that seldom fit the scansion of the line but that most singers, nonetheless, find themselves helpless to prevent themselves from adding them in their live performances.
The music in the concerts is provided by an orchestra while the studio is much more highly produced and the music highly synthesized. Sort of like the difference between hearing a tennis ball bounce on a clay court (live) versus the sound a racquetball makes bouncing off of an inside enclosed court at the gym (studio). The racquetball smacks of the psychedelic and so does the studio recording for me. I just abhor psychedelics. If the Sixties were good to you, you might like the studio album better.
In short, the whole sh’bang is better for me in the live album than in the studio one.
Feb 17, 2020
Poor abridgement
The reading is good, but the style of the abridgement is poor, with rapid flights of music that stand in place of good editing. Luckily the reading is enjoyable.
Sep 24, 2019
Lighter gauge Lancet, smaller by far.
I bought a tiny new blood glucose monitor that's Bluetooth. I decided to upgrade to a new Lancet device that's smaller and was happy to find the new lancets were smaller as well. They are very easy to use and the sticking part is almost undetectable. 30 gauge. Who knew such a small change could make such a big difference?