Cohen

Zawsze najtrudniej zacząć, a już najtrudniej zacząć od początku, jak twierdził pewien kat-emeryt, z którym usiłowałem przed laty przeprowadzić wesoły wywiad dla radia. Zdecydowałem się na tytuł "Mój Cohen" nie dlatego, że od dziesięciu lat tłumaczę i śpiewam jego ballady. Nie uważam bynajmniej, żebym z tego powodu zdobył sobie jakieś szczególne prawo własności. Po prostu lubię Cohena i to wystarczy, bo należy on do wszystkich, którzy go lubią - i do mnie i do ciebie, więc na pewno jest to także twój Cohen. Jeden z jego wierszy kończy się takim zdaniem:

WSZYSTKIE TE PIOSENKI NAPISAŁEM DLA CIEBIE

Nie wiem w jakich okolicznościach po raz pierwszy się z nim spotkałeś, ale na pewno doskonale pamiętasz tę chwilę, choćbyś nawet był wtedy po bardzo dużej wódce, czy jeszcze większej fajce. Ja byłem wtedy zakochany, a mimo to pamiętam...

Maciej Zembaty "Mój Cohen" 1988

LEONARD COHEN 1934 - 2016

UTWORY

A BUNCH OF LONESOME HEROES 13
A SINGER MUST DIE 40
A STREET 125
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP 89
AIN'T NO CURE FOR LOVE 73
ALEXANDRA LEAVING 94
ALMOST LIKE THE BLUES 123
ALWAYS 87
AMEN 113
ANTHEM 84
ANYHOW 116
AVALANCHE 21
BALLAD OF THE ABSENT MARE 62
BANJO 119
BE FOR REAL 82
BECAUSE OF 100
BIRD ON THE WIRE 3,11
BLUE ALERT 140
BOOGIE STREET 96
BORN IN CHAINS 129
BY THE RIVERS DARK 93
CAME SO FAR FOR BEAUTY 56
CHELSEA HOTEL NO.2 35
CLOSING TIME 83
COME HEALING 118
COMING BACK TO YOU 64
CRAZY TO LOVE YOU 117,148
DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE 63
DARKNESS 115
DEAR HEATHER 107
DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN 52
DEMOCRACY 85
DIAMONDS IN THE MINE 24
DID I EVER LOVE YOU 126
DIFFERENT SIDES 121
DON'T GO HOME WITH YOUR HARD ON 50
DRESS REHEARSAL RAG 23
EVERYBODY KNOWS 74
FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT 26
FIELD COMMANDER COHEN 37
FINGERPRINTS 51
FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN 72
GO NO MORE A-ROVING 99
GOING HOME 112
HALF THE PERFECT WORLD 143
HALLELUJAH 67
HEART WITH NO COMPANION 70
HERE IT IS 91
HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE 7
HUMBLED IN LOVE 54
HUNTER'S LULLABY 69
I CAN'T FORGET 78
I LEFT A WOMAN WAITING 49
I'M YOUR MAN 75
I TRIED TO LEAVE YOU 41
IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOUR LOVE 135
IF IT BE YOUR WIIL 71
IN MY SECRET LIFE 88
INNERMOST DOOR 141
IODINE 46
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED 34
IT SEEMED THE BETTER WAY 137
JAZZ POLICE 77
JOAN OF ARC 28
LADY MIDNIGHT 19
LAST YEARS MAN 22
LEAVING GREEN SLEEVES 44
LEAVING THE TABLE 134
LIGHT AS THE BREEZE 86
LOVE CALLS YOU BY YOUR NAME 25
LOVE ITSELF 92
LOVER, LOVER, LOVER 36
LULLABY 120
MASTER SONG 121
MEMORIES 48
MINUTE PROLOGUE 29
MORNING GLORY 103
MY OH MY 127
NEVER GOT TO LOVE YOU 146
NEVERMIND 128
NIGHTINGALE 108,144
NO ONE AFTER YOU 145
ON THAT DAY 104
ON THE LEVEL 133
ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG 10
OUR LADY OF SOLITUDE 59
PAPER THIN HOTEL 47
PASSING THRU 30
PLEASE DON'T PASS ME BY 32
QUEEN VICTORIA 33
SAMSON IN NEW ORLEANS 124
SEEMS SO LONG AGO, NANCY 15
SHOW ME THE PLACE 114
SING ANOTHER SONG, BOYS 27
SISTERS OF MERCY 5
SLOW 122
SO LONG MARIANNE 6
STEER YOUR WAY 138
STORIES OF THE STREET 8
STORY OF ISAAC 12
STRING REPRISE 139
SUZANNE 1
TACOMA TRAILER 88
TAKE THIS LONGING 43
TAKE THIS WALTZ 76
TEACHERS 9
TENNESSEE WALTZ 111
THANKS FOR THE DANCE 149
THAT DON’T MAKE IT JUNK 90
THE BUTCHER 17
THE CAPTAIN 68
THE FAITH 110
THE FUTURE 80
THE GOLDEN GATE 142
THE GUESTS 53
THE GYPSY'S WIFE 60
THE LAND OF PLENTY 98
THE LAW 65
THE LETTERS 101
THE LOST CANADIAN 57
THE MIST 147
THE NIGHT COMES ON 66
THE OLD REVOLUTION 16
THE PARTISAN 14
THE SMOKEY LIFE 61
THE STRANGER SONG 4
THE TRAITOR 58
THE WINDOW 55
THERE FOR YOU 106
THERE IS A WAR 39
TO A TEACHER 109
TONIGHT WILL BE FINE 20
TOWER OF SONG 79
TRAVELING LIGHT 136
TRUE LOVE LEAVES NO TRACES 45
TRAVELING LIGHT - 136
TREATY 132
UNDERTOW 102
VILLANELLE FOR OUR TIME 105
WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE 81
WHITHER THOU GOEST I WILL GO 111
WHO BY FIRE 42
WHY DON'T YOU TRY 38
WINTER LADY 3
YOU GOT ME SINGING 130
YOU HAVE LOVED ENOUGH 95
YOU KNOW WHO I AM 18
YOU WANT IT DARKER 131

PŁYTY

THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN - 1967

1. Suzanne
2. Master song
3. Winter Lady
4. The stranger song
5. Sisters of mercy
6. So long Mariannę
7. Hey, that's no way to say goodbye
8. Stories of the street
9. Teachers
10. One of us cannot be wrong

SONGS FROM A ROOM - 1969

11. Bird on the wire
12. Story of Isaac
13. A bunch of lonesome heroes
14. The partisan
15. Seems so long ago, Nancy
16. The old revolution
17. The butcher
18. You know who I am
19. Lady Midnight
20. Tonight will be fine

SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE - 1971

21. Avalanche
22. Last years man
23. Dress rehearsal rag
24. Diamonds in the mine
25. Love calls you by your name
26. Famous blue raincoat
27. Sing another song, boys
28. Joan of Arc

LIVE SONGS - 1973

29. Minute prologue
30. Passing thru
31. Bird on the wire
32. Please don't pass me by
33. Queen Victoria

NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY - 1974

34. Is this what you wanted
35. Chelsea Hotel No.2
36. Lover, Lover, Lover
37. Field Commander Cohen
38. Why don't you try
39. There is a war
40. A singer must die
41. I tried to leave you
42. Who by fire
43. Take this longing
44. Leaving green sleeves

DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN- 1977

45. True love leaves no traces
46. Iodine
47. Paper thin hotel
48. Memories
49. I left a woman waiting
50. Don't go home with your hard on
51. Fingerprints
52. Death of a ladies' man

RECENT SONGS - 1979

53. The guests
54. Humbled in love
55. The window
56. Came so far for beauty
57. The lost Canadian
58. The traitor
59. Our lady of solitude
60. The gypsy's wife
61. The smokey life
62. Ballad of the absent mare

VARIOUS POSITIONS - 1984

63. Dance me to the end of love
64. Coming back to you
65. The law
66. The night comes on
67. Hallelujah
68. The captain
69. Hunter's lullaby
70. Heart with no companion
71. If it be your will

I'M YOUR MAN - 1988

72. First we take Manhattan
73. Ain't no cure for love
74. Everybody knows
75. I'm your man
76. Take this waltz
77. Jazz police
78. I can't forget
79. Tower of song

THE FUTURE - 1992

80. The future
81. Waiting for the miracle
82. Be for real
83. Closing time
84. Anthem
85. Democracy
86. Light as the breeze
87. Always
88. Tacoma trailer (b.t.)

TEN NEW SONGS – 2001

89. In My Secret Life
90. A Thousand Kisses Deep
91. That Don't Make It Junk
92.  Here It Is
93. Love Itself"
94. By the Rivers Dark
95. Alexandra Leaving
96. You Have Loved Enough
97. Boogie Street
98. The Land of Plenty

DEAR HEATHER – 2004

 99. Go No More A-Roving  (ze słowami wiersza Lorda Byrona) 
100. Because Of
101. The Letters" 
102. Undertow
103. Morning Glory
104. On That Day
105. Villanelle for Our Time
106. There for You
107. Dear Heather
108. Nightingale
109. To a Teacher
110. The Faith  (na bazie folkowej piosenki z Quebecu "Un Canadien errant") 
111. Tennessee Waltz  (live track) 

OLD IDEAS – 2012

112. Going Home
113. Amen
114. Show Me the Place  (Cohen, Patrick Leonard)
115. Darkness
116. Anyhow
117. Crazy to Love You  (Cohen, Anjani Thomas)
118. Come Healing
119. Banjo
120. Lullaby
121. Different Sides

POPULAR PROBLEMS - 2014

122. Slow
123. Almost Like the Blues
124. Samson in New Orleans
125. A Street
126. Did I Ever Love You
127. My Oh My
128. Nevermind
129. Born In Chains
130. You Got Me Singing

YOU WANT IT DARKER - 2016

131. You Want It Darker
132. Treaty
133. On the Level
134. Leaving the Table
135. If I Didn't Have Your Love
136. Traveling Light
137. It Seemed the Better Way
138. Steer Your Way
139. String Reprise / Treaty

BLUE ALERT  (ANJANI)

140. Blue Alert
141. Innermost Door
142. The Golden Gate
143. Half the Perfect World
144. Nightingale
145. No One After You
146. Never Got to Love You
147. The Mist
148. Crazy to Love You
149. Thanks for the Dance