Week of April 30, 2009, Issue #706
MUSIC
VueFinder: Leonard Cohen
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye
Bryan Birtles / bryan@vueweekly.com
In a way that still seems impossible days after the fact, the usually raucous Rexall Place was turned into a cathedral on Saturday, April 25, 2009. In a space that can hold 17 000, the city's largest concert venue also became its most intimate, as 74-year-old Canadian legend Leonard Cohen took the stage as part of his first concert tour in 15 years. Growling out lyrics about God, love and sex with a thrust that would befit a much younger man, Cohen's lively stage presence and sharp wit held up for over three hours as he knelt, skipped, boogied and joked with the crowd. Though the performance itself was awe-inspiring and is nearly impossible to sum up, the most sublime moments of the entire concert were the ones where everyone else stopped existing, where it seemed as though you were alone in a small room, everything was quiet and all you were doing was listening. V
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