6月11日 back from two Toronto shows

and the white man dancin' 1. "we are both of us beneath our love, both of us above." 开场时, 他奔跑着出来. 还没开唱便是全场起立热烈真挚的长时间鼓掌. 每首歌唱完他都脱帽致谢. "Humble and generous, I think that's his nature." 2. "We love you!!!!!!!!!" "I am very fond of myself." tower of song "i was born like this, i had no choice, i was born with the gift of a golden voice." 3. "I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips, it is because I hear a man climb the stairs and clear his throat outside our door." 我想他是有意的. 他把"I'm your man"这句话唱得那么那么那么那么那么让人着迷. 没有女人可以敌过这样的声音. that was the best part of his singing, to me "If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to if you want another kind of love I'll wear this old mask for you" 4. "I loved you when you opened Like a lily to the heat You see, I'm just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet Who loved you with his frozen love His second hand physique With all he is and all he was A thousand kisses deep" 那一刻. 他是一个完美的诗人. 拿着话筒. 戴着帽子. 低着头. 用他的声音. 彻底赎回了全场的静默. 5. "Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in." live show的意义在于. 每一首歌都是那么完美. 每一次掌声都是那么激烈. 每一句歌词都引起共鸣. 6. I loved you for your beauty but that doesn't make a fool of me: you were in it for your beauty too 有趣的是. 我想. 观众分成两部分. 一部分是视cohen为高雅艺术的上了年纪的人. 衣着正式. 挺胸端坐. "what i don't like is people sing with the performer. why do you come then?" 而还有一部分是. 会在cohen唱closing time的时候, 忘情地跳着舞冲到舞台前面的年轻人. 纵然security扑上去把他们带到场外.他们浑然不顾地亲吻彼此. I swear it happened just like this: a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss. 全场的掌声. 或许. 我们都想那么做. 7. 旁边的白人老头问我. "you look so young. you are also a cohen fan?" "yes, i was here yesterday." "you must like him a lot." 年龄. 宗教. 甚至学历. 一切背景. 是否真的影响听音乐者对音乐的理解. 而那又是否真正重要. 理解是什么. 喜爱是什么. 而对是什么. 错又是什么. 8. If it be your will That I speak no more And my voice be still As it was before I will speak no more I shall abide until I am spoken for If it be your will If it be your will That a voice be true From this broken hill I will sing to you From this broken hill All your praises they shall ring If it be your will To let me sing From this broken hill All your praises they shall ring If it be your will To let me sing 如果感动落泪是肤浅. 我宁愿承认我的无知. 有一刻. 我那么希望他能加唱chelsea hotel #2. "do you know he still lives in L.A.?" 我摇头. then what? 9. "I tried to leave you, I don't deny I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times. I'd wake up every morning by your side. The years go by, you lose your pride. The baby's crying, so you do not go outside, and all your work it's right before your eyes. Goodnight, my darling, I hope you're satisfied, the bed is kind of narrow, but my arms are open wide. And here's a man still working for your smile." see you in Montreal.