To cap off a full month of a whole lot of rock shows, I had the distinct pleasure of finally, after many years of a spiritual connection to his music, seeing Leonard Cohen play live. Pre-show, we enjoyed a dinner at Third & Hollywood with my South Carolina buddy Beau and his dad, who were in town for business. Always good ...We got to the show to find a long line for will call and ended up walking in as Mr. Cohen, looking dapper as usual, playing the first song, "Dance Me to the End of Love." The worst part of the evening was that the ushers were not letting people walk to their seats while a song was being played - super-aggravating. But we finally got to our seats, and what a show ...
You can see the setlist below, but it was an intense selection of songs. He played guitar a good bit throughout the second set and the many, many encores, and the show lasted over 3 hours (!!!). People, this man is over 70 years old. Unreal. His voice has grown into such an incredible baritone, too. Fantastic.
Highlights, if I had to choose some, would include "Bird on a Wire," "Suzanne," "I'm Your Man" and "A Thousand Kisses Deep." Great way to end Rock-tober ...
First Set
• Dance Me To The End Of Love
• The Future
• Ain't No Cure For Love
• Bird On The Wire
• Everybody Knows
• In My Secret Life
• Who By Fire
• Chelsea Hotel #2
• Waiting For The Miracle
• Anthem (with introductions of band members)
Second Set
• Tower Of Song
• Suzanne
• Sisters Of Mercy
• The Gypsy’s Wife
• The Partisan
• Boogie Street
• Hallelujah
• I'm Your Man
• A Thousand Kisses Deep (spoken)
• Take This Waltz (with band reintroduction)
First Encores
• So Long, Marianne
• First We Take Manhattan
Second Encores
• Famous Blue Raincoat
• If It Be Your Will (spoken)
• Closing Time
Final Encore
• I Tried To Leave You
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