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Stranger Songs
Tuesday September 24th, 2024 with Mike Regenstreif
Leonard Cohen at 90

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The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is Leonard Cohen at 90. Leonard was born in Montreal on September 21, 1934 and died in Los Angeles on November 7, 2016 at age 82. He first gained recognition for his poetry in the 1950s, and for two novels in the 1960s, before emerging as one of our greatest songwriters. Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Suzanne
David Clayton-Thomas - Canadiana - Antoinette/ILS Canadian
Les Vieux
Leonard Cohen - Six Montreal Poets - Folkways Canadian
Story of Isaac
Judy Collins - Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy - Elektra/Rhino Canadian
Bird on the Wire
Dave Van Ronk - Van Ronk - Polydor Canadian
Tonight Will Be Fine
Crowes Pasture - Edge of America - Crowes Pasture Canadian
So Long, Marianne
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Dance Me to the End of Love
Annabelle Chvostek - Dance Me to the End of Love – single - Annabelle Chvostek Canadian
Ballad of the Absent Mare
Perla Batalla & David Hidalgo - Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Mechuda Music Canadian
Came So Far for Beauty
Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen – 20th Anniversary Edition - Shout! Factory Canadian
Night Comes On
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions - Columbia Canadian
Hallelujah
SONiA disappear fear - By My Silence - Disappear Canadian
Tower of Song
Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils - Grand Declarations - Rob Corcoran Canadian
Anthem
Rachelle Garniez - Gone to Glory - StorySound Canadian
Di Tsukunft (The Future)
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment - The Building and Other Songs - Oriente Musik Canadian
Alexandra Leaving
Anne Hills - Points of View - Appleseed Canadian
Democracy
Leonard Cohen - Live in London - Columbia Canadian
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer & The Shaar Hashomayim Choir - You Want It Darker - Columbia Canadian
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
Interactive CKCU
Neil & The Dancing Labrador
I have been waiting for you to do a Leonard Tribute, Mike. From his very first album release, I fell in love with this remarkable man's poetry and music. Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this show. So perfect for an autumn day.

10:57 AM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Neil. I've done three other Leonard Cohen shows. You can find them at these links. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/50779.html https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/54885.html https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/595/60720.html

2:31 PM, September 24th, 2024
Neil & DL
Listening to Stranger Song today I actually flashed back to the first time I heard Leonard's first album. I was babysitting for my English teacher and she had the album in her collection. I had never even heard of Leonard Cohen. I was 15 years old. That record changed my life !!

3:43 PM, September 24th, 2024
N & DL
Thanks Mike. I knew you had to have done other special Leonard shows before I discovered you and your show, but now I have the links to journey back in time to enjoy your selection at different times in your life. Thanks for the gift.

3:45 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Neil, I got that album in 1968 when I was 14. It remains one of my all-time favorites. And, of course, the Stranger Songs theme is pulled from it.

3:46 PM, September 24th, 2024
N & DL
So happy you included Tower of Song this installment

3:47 PM, September 24th, 2024
Dad & The Dancing Labrador
It is in my Top Five albums of all time. It has never moved out of the Top Five. Say, I just noticed the version of You Want It Darker !! Incredible and gripping version that left me at a complete loss of words to describe it to myself in thought !

3:51 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks again, Neil.

3:57 PM, September 24th, 2024
Ron Armstrong
I went to see Leonard give a poetry reading at UBC in the spring of 1967. An auditorium full of poetry nerds were surprised to be treated to him playing a guitar and singing. Who knew at that time, before his first album came out, that his poetry would henceforth be mostly in song. My soon to be ex girlfriend, Suzanne, stood me up and missed him singing “her” song. I don’t remember much of those 4 years of studies but have never forgotten that noon hour performance.

4:17 PM, September 24th, 2024
D & DL
Did you pick up a sheet of the Cohen memorial stamp from Canada Post. They are very nice. I almost gifted them twice this year, but just could not part with them. lol..It would be like gifting my Leonard Cohen Live in London cd. I have lost count of how many times I have watched that show!!!!!!

4:22 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
I would have loved to have seen that lunchtime, Ron. The times I saw Leonard perform were in concert halls and arenas.

4:22 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Neil, yes, I do have the stamps.

4:23 PM, September 24th, 2024
D & DL
DVD.........the CD is nice but the DVD is riveting !!!

4:23 PM, September 24th, 2024
D & DL
What a fantastic memory to have and hold onto, Ron !.Like MIke. I would have loved to have been there for that special moment in time.

4:27 PM, September 24th, 2024
Neil & DL
Whoooooooooa. Leonard is dancing to this version with a Big smile on his face. I am sure he would love this Tower of Song !! Thanks for this little gem.

4:30 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Neil, yes, that's a cool version of Tower of Song.

4:32 PM, September 24th, 2024
Irwin Block
Mike, a wonderful selection of LC music. Thanks so much.

6:50 PM, September 24th, 2024
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Irwin.

11:30 PM, September 24th, 2024