#You Want It Darker

[danielgianfranceschi]

Leonard Cohen in black & white

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[probablymoons]

#probablyrambles #my art #id in alt text #playlist #mixtape #mixed media #rookie mag #artists on tumblr #black pumas #bruce springsteen #sunday monday or always #cab calloway #this too shall pass #danny schmidt #leonard cohen #you want it darker #the reverent marigold #MONTERO (call me by your name) #valentines

[the4chambersofmystery]

#you want it darker

[ontheveldt]

magnified, sanctified be the holy name vilified, crucified in the human frame

#music #leonard cohen #you want it darker #Youtube

[mafaldaknows]

Luca knows what he’s doing 🖤🩸🦴✨👌

“Hineni” means “Here I am” in Hebrew

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[itsketush-voyaging]

#black earth rising #leonard cohen #you want it darker #Spotify

[grissomesque]

#ok i hear you guys saying you want joy and fluff but can i interest you in whatever black hole this is instead? #robbie and garrett agreeing that equniox needed levity at the end and i'm just like HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND #equinox my beloved #star trek voyager #janeway/chakotay #j/c #janeway x chakotay #equinox #you want it darker #* #grissomesque edits

[farmerbebop]

Suing Cohen and McGoohan for causing me brain damages

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[archangelscorner]

There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idol claim You want it darker We kill the flame

Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my Lord...

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[winglesswriter]

oooo i thought i was going to ask you about accidental child acquisition (i think that trope is fun) but then i saw "You want it darker" on your list of WIPs and my ears perked up. what can you say about it so far?

First of all, thank you for the ask and taking my mind off my miserable situation 💚

"You want it darker" is a mess of ideas and random scenes rn. It all started when my mom watched a show that took place during ww2 and one of the characters had an affair with one of the bad guys (those who served the really bad guy with a small mustache). The bad guy was played by my favourite actor and I immediately wanted to write a story where the bad guy gets the main hero. I didn't want to place it in ww2, though, so I decided to create a dark distopian world of my own. And there will be magic too. The MC is a cocky smuggler and he falls for his main enemy - the cold-hearted gowernment officer.

#thanks for the ask! #wip ask #you want it darker #sorry for my bad english i'm very tired

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonne soirée 💙 🌟 💙

Leonard Cohen 🎶 Leaving the Table

(You want it Darker)

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[thehermitsacedia]

You want it darker, Leonard Cohen.

A little edit I made cause I’m obsessed by two things at the moment: this song, and Andor (I blame @tovezza for making me connect the two) 

#i've a much longer vid planned with the whole song but for the moment i just managed to do this little snippet #cause i desperately wanted the 'i'm ready my lord' part #but now i need to do the rest #damn i've overthought this song way too much #andor #andoredit #cassian andor #luthen rael #you want it darker #leonard cohen

[worldmusicandcinema]

Crims - Carles Porta (Podcast)

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (BSO)

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[naipan]

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen, Remix by Paul Kalkbrenner

#leonard cohen #paul kalkbrenner #remix #you want it darker #we killed the flame #singer songwriter #poet #Jew #Youtube

[dancing-to-architecture]

38 - Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (2016)

I'm about to show my whole ass here and say the only song that i know by Leonard Cohen is Hallelujah, and that i know that every single Christian cover of that song either changes the words and/or misses the whole fucking point of the song.

Let's get right into it.

You Want It Darker-

Oh shit, that VOICE, THO. Tom Waits with a side of bourbon honey.

This sounds like a dirge for the world and I love it. Slow and tired and doomed.

Treaty-

One of the things I do know about Leonard Cohen was that he has a fairly fraught relationship with religion, and this song is definitely among that idiom.

This is an old man, talking to his apparently-absentee god, scared of all the zealots around him.

On the Level-

Looking back on the couldas and the shouldas, and wondering what could have been, still kinda glad that you didn't, but still also kinda wishing you did.

"i was fighting with temptation

but i didn't wanna win,

A man like me don't wanna see

temptation caving in".

Leaving the Table-

A recurring theme of "getting out of the game", but let's be real, at this point Cohen had been a recording artist for over half a century. The man knew that he couldn't have too much time left and was definitely making his peace with it.

Basically a country song, with a lovely twangy guitar solo, and you can really hear the years in his voice on the last line.

If I Didn't Have Your Love-

I know it's probably not gonna happen, but i really want to hear that soft, gentle pipe organ in the back just open up and let it rip.

Otherwise with the light piano as well, it's a nice, soft song about how bad it feels to not be with someone you love.

Traveling Light-

Another meditation on the end of a long life.

It Seemed The Better Way-

And another meditation on religion and its corruption, how the walk isn't really being walked anymore.

Steer Your Way-

I like the almost bluegrass vibe to this one.

String Reprise/Treaty-

A beautiful continuation of the earlier song, wrapping up the album.

So... yeah, "the last album he ever recorded" might not be the best introduction to the man, kinda feels like starting on Kurt Vonnegut with his last few books: you're mostly getting an old, angry, tired man, looking and thinking back on a long life and all the glories and stumbles and missteps that went along with it.

That said, he has quite the way with words, and I'll absolutely be delving further into his earlier catalogue.

Favorite Track: You Want It Darker is one hell of a song and a great choice for the title.

Least Favorite Track: probably Traveling Light, but they're all very sad and very pretty, and it hurts and it sucks to choose a "least favorite" on an album that's clearly a very personal end of life endeavor, especially when he passed less than a month after it was released.

#1001 albums #dancing to architecture #Leonard Cohen #You Want It Darker

[weirdlookindog]

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

#leonard cohen #you want it darker #Youtube