Steenamaroo
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I don;t quite get this.
Heh, I'm not in the least surprised.
Cohen was very successful but was not an in-your-face mainstream personality.
When Bowie died and I saw people who only knew him for two or three very obvious songs, I was thinking wtf? How can you not at least be aware that this man had 20-something albums behind him,
not to mention art, film, theatre etc.
With Cohen it's just like....yeah, you know?! The dude who did Hallelujah...No, not Jeff Buckley...the old dude....ah never mind.
I like that there probably won't be a big social media bandwagon for Cohen. It fits.
Edit: If anyone's thinking of finding out a bit more about him, I'd suggest watching him live in later years.
The sheer humility and gratitude of the man is almost overpowering before anything even starts. Renditions (spoken) of 'A Thousand Kisses Deep' are captivating, if you're into that kind of thing.
There always something very personal about the whole thing.