So I saw Leonard Cohen

He did that in some dates. I would have liked to hear "The Guests"..  :-\

He got SOOO into it on First We Take Manhattan (did anyone else notice?). He sang that part "But you see that line there moving through the station?" (!!!) Then he had a big smile on his face.

And what was the song where he mentioned Merriweather?…

bellenseb wrote:
It's pretty remarkable how well he covered his catalog in these shows. About the only thing I'd have really liked to hear but didn't was "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"…

In Hallelujah he sang "I didn't come to the Merriweather just to fool you"


I have decided I must get the Live in London DVD.

That sucks he didn't play The Partisan in Philly, that was definitely one of my favorite songs of the night.

I wish he could have just played every song he ever wrote.  We could camp out for however long it took.

So. Fucking. Amazing.

Fess up…who cried, and for which songs??

Who By Fire really got me, specially when they projected his giant silhouette on the backdrop. So Long Marianne too.

bellenseb wrote:
Who By Fire really got me, specially when they projected his giant silhouette on the backdrop. So Long Marianne too.

SAME!

i totally cried when they charged me $8 for a beer.

runwhiteyrun06 wrote:
The concert including the 30 minute set break was around 3 hours and 10 minutes long. Here's the setlist.

1.Dance me to the End of Love
2.The Future
3.Ain't no Cure For Love (the only "bad" song of the night IMO.)
4.Bird on the Wire
5.Everybody Knows
6.In my Secret Life
7.Who by Fire-Featured some great solos by Javier Mas
8.Chelsea Hotel #2
9.Waiting for the Miracle-Ended with the first of many Long standing ovations
10.Anthem

Second Set

11. Tower of Song-LC with only Sharon Robinson, the Webb sisters, and the Keyboardists
12.Suzanne
13. The Gypsy's Wife
14. The Partisan (one of the highlights for me)
15. Boogie Street (Robinson did lead vocals with no Cohen, great performance)
16.Hallelujah
17. I'm your Man
18. A Thousand Kisses Deep (Done as Poem, not the song version)
19. Tale This Waltz

First Encore
20. So Long, Marianne
21. First we Take Manhattan (Best song of the night)

Second Encore
22.Famous Blue Raincoat (Also Amazing)
23. If it Be Your Will (Song by the Webb sister w/o the band. One was on acoustic guitar and one played the Harp)
24.Democracy

Final Encore

25. I tried to Leave you (featured final solos by every band member and singer)
26.Whither Thou Goest (brief a cappella performance by the whole band)

Saw the show at Radio City tonight, and it was a really emotional 3 hours and 25 minutes.

Show started promptly at 8pm, ended at 11:25, according to my setlist, the intermission was only for 12 minutes.

1. Dance Me to the End of Love
2. The Future
3. Ain't No Cure for Love
4. Bird on the Wire
5. Everybody Knows
6. In My Secret Life
7. Who By Fire
8. Chelsea Hotel
9. Waiting for the Miracle
10. Anthem

–Intermission–

11. Tower of Song
12. Suzanne
13. Sisters of Mercy
14. Take This Waltz
15. Boogie Street
16. Hallelujah
17. I'm Your Man
18. A Thousand Kisses Deep
19. Democracy

–1st Encore–
20. So Long, Marianne
21. First We Take Manhattan

–2nd Encore–
22. Famous Blue Raincoat
23. If It Be Your Will
24. Closing Time

–3rd Encore–
25. I Tried to Leave You
26. Whither Thou Goest

(He had "There Is a War" on the setlist for the 3rd encore as well, but didn't play it due to time restrictions, I'm guessing.)

Such a great show. Everyone was glowing!!

There is a War? Interesting. That has yet to be played in this tour. BTW, last Monday was the one year anniversary of the tour. Pretty impressive that a 74 year old did a tour that will last a year and a quarter.