Vem por aí: Leonard Cohen

22/09/2016

Leonard Cohen, nome maior da música internacional e aclamado compositor de “Hallelujah”, lança, nos seus joviais 82 anos, um novo álbum de canções evocativas, considerado já pelas poucas pessoas que o puderam ouvir como “obra de arte” e um “clássico Cohen”.

Enquanto aguardamos a chegada de mais um álbum de Cohen desvendamos o alinhamento e o single que dá nome ao álbum “You Want It Darker”. Sem desiludir, pois não faz parte dele, Cohen continua a deslumbrar-nos. Descomprometido e urgente, “You Want It Darker” é o mais recente capítulo no significativo contributo de Leonard Cohen para o pensamento e música contemporâneos. Eis as músicas que fazem parte deste 14.º fascinante novo álbum de estúdio, produzido pelo seu filho Adam Cohen.

© Single “You Want It Darker” (audio).

“You Want It Darker” / Produced by Adam Cohen. Alinhamento:
1. “You Want It Darker” – Hypnotic groove. The surprise of a great synagogue choir. An unflinching exploration of the religious mind.
“Didn’t know I had permission to murder and to maim.”
2. “Treaty” – One of Cohen’s signature melodies. A confession of the selfishness of love and the hope of a correction.
“Only one of us was real—and that was me.”
3. “On the Level” – An old man’s take on desire.
“I was fighting with temptation, but I didn’t want to win”
4. “Leaving the Table” – A slow, relentless, and somehow joyous ballad of letting it all go by. A guitar solo you will remember.
“I’m leaving the table, I’m out of the game.”
5. “If I Didn’t Have Your Love” – A classic Cohen love song: the deep gratitude felt by one heart opening to another.
“That’s how broken it would be,
what the world would seem to me,
if I didn’t have your love to make it real.”
6. “Traveling Light” – A seeker hits the road and finds the joys of solitude.
“I’m traveling light
It’s au revoir
My once so bright
My fallen star”
7. “It Seemed the Better Way” – The feeling of a prayer that’s been there forever, but the spiritual comforts of the past no longer available.
“Lift this glass of blood, try to say the grace.”
8. “Steer Your Way” – A song of courage as the heart moves into the darkness.
“Steer your heart past the pain that is far more real than you.”
9. “String Reprise/ Treaty” – A brilliant reimagining of “Treaty” as a string quartet; a truly glorious moment ending with a few words from Leonard himself.
“I wish there was a treaty we could sign.”

E depois de ouvir o audio… é só aguentar um pouco mais, até 21 de outubro, dia em que este desejado álbum chega às lojas. Sons de excelência para ouvir sem parar. •