Fun Music Information -> Leonard Cohen
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Music Quotes:
But now its come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way, to say, goodbye Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free. Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Strange Offspring Names:
- Lorca (daughter) - Named after Federico Garcia Lorca - a Spanish writer, I believe. Submitted by: JANE HOWE
- Lorca - Submitted by: JANE HOWE
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Baby, I'm Gonna Leave You" | "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," Leonard Cohen | Raphael |
| "Goodbye Stranger" | "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," Leonard Cohen | Raphael |
| "Who Knows?" | "Everybody Knows," Leonard Cohen | Captain Irk |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Morning Gory" originally "Morning Glory"
Mayu
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Everybody Snows" originally "Everybody Knows"
rocky
Song Parody Recordings:
A short hymn written by speculators in celebration of the bailout plain. A parody of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Hallelujah" | "Ferris Bueller" | Lee Crowe and Alan Hochbaum |
| "Hallelujah" | "Hallelujah UK X Factor Winner's Version." | Katefox |
| "Everybody Knows" | "The Wild Wind Blows" | MarthaDtox |
| "Hallelujah" | "Nakamura" | Stephen Turner |
| "Hallelujah" | "How'd I Do Ya?" | Bob Konigsberg |
| "Hallelujah" | "Harlot Juliet" | Jake A Ralphing (Luke Brattoni) |
| "Hallelujah" | "Fallujah" | Jiffysquid |
| "I'm Your Man" | "I'm A Jew" | The Jewish doctor |
| "Democracy" | "Democracy (Afghan version)" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "The Partisan" | "The Iraqi Partisan" | Susanna Viljanen |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Night Comes On Leonard Cohen | The Night Comes Down Queen | The Night Comes On Down | Rock Princess |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Field Commander Cohen"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard you threw your oblong into the pool.
Original Lyrics: I heard you threw your lot along with the poor.
| "First We Take Manhattan"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd really like to live inside you, baby.
Original Lyrics: I'd really like to live beside you, baby.
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"Waiting For The Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing left to do when you're begging for a crawl.
Original Lyrics: Nothing left to do when you're begging for a crumb.
| "Closing Time"
Misheard Lyrics: The women tear their blouses off
And then they dance on the polka dots. Original Lyrics: The women tear their blouses off
And the men, they dance on the polka dots. |
| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"First We Take Manhatten"
Better Lyrics:
Ah dont like your west indulgence system
And ah dont like those tapes that sound so thin
Ah dont like what happened to my biscuit
First, we take Trollhatten, then we take New York
And ah dont like those tapes that sound so thin
Ah dont like what happened to my biscuit
First, we take Trollhatten, then we take New York
Original Lyrics:
I don't like your fashon buisness system
And I don't like those drugs that make you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhatten, then we take Berlin
And I don't like those drugs that make you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhatten, then we take Berlin
Submitted by: Jesus
Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Hallelujah"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: But you don't really care for music, do ya?
The baffled king composing hallelujah. Why They're Misrhymed: In every single verse, Cohen rhymes something else with 'hallelujah' - as well as 'do ya?' he manages 'overthrew ya,' 'what's it to ya?' and 'fool ya.' When he sings it, it almost sounds like it rhymes, too!
Submitted by: Red Tim
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Dirty Lyrics:
"Hallelujiah"
The Dirty Lyrics: There was a time you let me know
What's real and going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Why They're Dirty: This verse of the song as stated by many musicians and artists as being referance to that it is homage to the orgasm
Submitted by: JD
| "Light As The Breeze"
The Dirty Lyrics: She stands before you naked, you can see it you can taste it, and she comes to you light as the breeze. Now you can drink it, or you can nurse it, it don't matter how you worship as long as you're down on your knees. So I knelt there at the Delta at the Alpha, the Omega, at the cradle where the river meets the sees, and like a blessing come from heaven for something like a second I was healed and my heart was at ease.
Why They're Dirty: It's about a man giving a woman oral... nay worshiping her pussy... whew... anyone else getting hot?
Submitted by: Rynn
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Waiting for the Miracle"
The Lyrics: There's not much entertainment
and the critics are severe. The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum Who They Mention: Mozart
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "The Future"
The Lyrics: and all the lousy little poets
coming round trying to sound like Charlie Manson. Give me back the Berlin Wall give me Stalin and St. Paul Who They Mention: Charles Manson
Josef Stalin St. Paul Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Democracy"
The Lyrics: from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet: Democracy is coming to the USA Product Brand Name: Chevrolet
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "Closing Time"
The Lyrics: So we're drinking and we're dancing
and the band is really happening and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high Product Brand Name: Johnny Walker (Scotch Whiskey)
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Democracy"
The Song Lyrics: It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay, from the brave, the bold the battered heart of Chevrolet Song They Mention: "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"Death of a Ladies' Man" Length: 9:19
This is probably the only Leonrad Cohen song this long, it is 2 minutes and 59 seconds shorter than Desolation Row by Bob Dylan (one of Leonard Cohen's idols).
Submitted by: Feurzeug
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Bird On A Wire"
1990 film w/ Mel Gibson & Goldie Hawn
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
