What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



What better way to get back to listening to my own music than with a Cohen album. Hope he don't sound like Weezer. Nope, still Leonard. Lovin' this one too, though not as much as previous outings. Still trying to figure out wtf that Jazz Police was all about. Cringe when I hear that. Leadoff of First We Take Manhattan, really like it, but the disco beat makes it not enough to love it. Can't get by that. The last two are just good songs, but with only 8 tracks on here, and 4 that I love, this comes out high enough. Always good to hear Jennifer Warnes backing Leonard on about half of these. Album was completely overlooked in most places, but hey, it got a #1 in Norway, and a #48 with the brits. Go Leonard!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Jazz Police

Best Track - I'm Your Man

If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man

If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man

Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man

And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man

If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you

1) First We Take Manhattan - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnCR8kSSmqw
2) Ain't No Cure For Love - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJ-gQVJkek
3) Everybody Knows - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh9AC0jCGjY
4) I'm Your Man - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97WoBfMAqMA
5) Take This Waltz - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sZzJAxfD-4
6) Jazz Police - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6asMGoX2DY
7) I Can't Forget - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezArEOuTN58
8) Tower Of Song - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJf4J7VBaY

3's - 4
2's - 3
1's - 1

Grade - 2.4