{"id":9689,"date":"2023-11-22T18:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/?p=9689"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:05:56","slug":"review-on-the-leonard-cohen-concert-dublin-15-sept-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.webhostlabs.net\/synergy\/2023\/11\/22\/review-on-the-leonard-cohen-concert-dublin-15-sept-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Review on the Leonard Cohen Concert Dublin 15 Sept 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u2018old bastard\u2019 still has you spellbound after 44 years on the road<\/em><\/h1>\n

On Saturday 15th<\/sup>\u00a0September Loreto (my wife) and I went to the Leonard Cohen concert in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (RHK). It was the fourth of four concerts, 10,000 people per concert.\u00a0 He was only due to play three but the demand was so great that he had to put on a fourth and it was sold out.<\/p>\n

You can see all 31 songs from the concert here in this article. About half of them have actually been taken by people in RHK. Many thanks to Albert Noonan.<\/p>\n

I was never at a LC concert before, so I didn\u2019t know what to expect.\u00a0I\u2019ve written about him before on this website<\/a>\u00a0and have listened to his music for the past 40 years.\u00a0 Catherine, my sister always played his music, so over the years I had no choice but to listen to him.<\/p>\n

The gates opened at 4pm and the show was due to start at 7.15pm and finish at 10.45pm. I figured that a 78 year old man can\u2019t sing for that long, so there must be support before him.\u00a0 Therefore we were in no rush to get to the venue on time.\u00a0 In saying that, we entered the gates of the RHK around 7pm and got to the concert entrance a few minutes that.<\/p>\n

We were very impressed with all the food stands and picnic tables and started to look around.\u00a0 Next thing, at 7.15 on the button Leonard Cohen started singing.\u00a0 We rushed to find our seats. It was cool but not raining.\u00a0 The friendly ushers got us to our seats which were brilliant, centre stage around 30 rows back.\u00a0 \u20ac211.20 for two tickets!<\/p>\n

As soon as LC started singing, I forget about the cold. You are mesmerised by the maestro.\u00a0 He sang\u00a0Dance me to the end of Love<\/em>.\u00a0 An old favourite, it got everyone going.\u00a0 Then he sang\u00a0The Future<\/em>.\u00a0 Before he sang\u00a0Bird on a Wire<\/em>, he spoke for the first time and asked why he was asked to sing outside.\u00a0 He sincerely thanked the audience for coming out on a cold night to hear an old man sing his \u2018melancholy ditties\u2019.\u00a0 The night moved on. Song after song after song was brilliant.\u00a0 We were captivated by his smooth, dignified voice that was in perfect tune.\u00a0 He came across as a gentle soul.\u00a0 He wore his usual grey suit and hat.\u00a0 Every time one of his ten piece band played a solo he took off his hat and looked at them as a mark of respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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