Vivido: Muerte de Leonard Cohen

Conocí la música de Leonard Cohen en julio del 1992, cuando oí compulsivamente su disco "I'm your man", y dos de sus canciones me han acompañado a lo largo de mi vida: First We Take Manhattan y Ain't No Cure for Love (oir el inicio de ambas y ponerse la piel de gallina).  Y desde hace unos años "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

Fuente: musica.com

Quien se puede resistir a esta letra. 

Me gusta Leonard Cohen, por su melancolía, por su tranquilidad, por sus canciones llenas de metaforas, de ideas, de sentimientos.

Me ha gustado los artículos publicados en prensa con frases suyas como el de El País: 

Leonard Cohen en 10 citas y versos ó "Aleluya" y otras 9 canciones inolvidables del poeta y compositor canadiense Leonard Cohen

Poner lo de RIP me parece excesivo, ya que mientras lo escuchemos no morirá.