In a message dated 12/4/2002 7:49:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> No need to apologize, Mags. I didn't think you were being crabby. I actually > love Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and, of course, Joni Mitchell, BECAUSE of > their plain voices. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. I wasn't > slagging them, I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek and self-deprecating. As I > said before, Canadians are the first to poke fun at themselves. Leonard > Cohen once joked at the Juno Awards that Canada is the only place on earth > he'd get an award for "Best Male Vocal Performance." > Leonard Cohen has a plain voice? Sweet Mother of Jesus. This man is a wonderful singer. To say nothing about arranger - but that's not at issue here. He's great singer. Period. And his last recording he's almost at his finest. And right now I'm listening (NP as we like to say) to After the Gold Rush - Neil's voice is far from plain. Of course I think this is one of his finest recordings. But his singing is nothing compared to Leonard.
