In a message dated 10/12/00 7:23:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << i gotta agree with mg here. musically there is probably no comparison, and joni is a true singer, where leonard is more of a stylist, but lyrically? leonard cohen is the songwriter who brought poetry to the pop song! >> Oh! I love it when people agree with me on things, (but, perversely hate it when people agree with the taste of Taylor's Ham, thus cutting into my loot). Seriously, one list member wondered what he missed and Ric's comment that Cohen is the songwriter that brought poetry to pop song is not an understatement. The soundtrack to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" brought Cohen to the forefront of popular music back then, but I think that it was never top 40 stuff. In addition, Cohen seems to have been much more driven by his search for spiritual serenity than marketability. As for what people may have missed, buying the late 70's release, "The Best of Leonard Cohen" is a nice introduction. More than Joni, more than my pet gerbil, more than anything else, some of his songs have pointed me towards a greater understanding of love and its challenges and its longings and its "it." Witness this: You know my love goes with you As your love stays with me, It's just the way it changes Like the shoreline and the sea. If that's not a bedrock, then my name is Wilma. MG np: pencils scratching away at homework....
