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Auburn Annie · 04-08-2003, 07:03 AM

No, he's just one of those folks with a second life posting so-called clever articles, or in his case, "rants" in his "Notes from the Underground", going back to 1997. See www.chromehorse.net for more of his work. For a photo of the scoundrel, see http://www.netsonic.fi/~ja/cohen/blosers2.html

He's a big Leonard Cohen fan.

He may have changed his tune on Gord, though. Last May he posted (on alt.music.leonard-cohen):
"Yes, Celine. We have made her an honorary Vegemite, which is a citizen of Las
Vegas, and refunded her citizenship fee. Holds the record for number of news
conferences at which she announces that she is no longer doing any news
conferences. You can keep Paul Anka too. We want the Bare Naked Ladies back
when you're done with them. You can't have Gordon Lightfoot. Neil Young can
barely remember the words to "Helpless" anyway. Nick Cave can come back here
anytime he wants-- we'll make him an honorary citizen."
And on Top Canadian pop songs (remember the discussion on Cohen's Hallelujah a while back?), he says:

"Astoundingly, Neil Young's "Helpless", which I think is the most emblematic
Ontario song ever, didn't make it, but BTO's "Taking Care of Business" did!
River by Joni Mitchell, all right, and Cockburn's Tokyo. "The Weight", very
good. The Hip -- "Ahead by a Century", yes! But I think Lightfoot's
"Early Morning Rain" and "That's What You Get For Loving Me" should have
been there instead of "Sundown", and "Sh-Boom" deserves a place for
historical reasons, and how could "Four Strong Winds" have possibly been
left off the list?"

So take his 'greatest hits' bit with a large grain of salt, folks. Not to everybody's taste but not worth getting one's knickers in a twist <g>.

[This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited April 08, 2003).]

04-08-2003, 07:03 AM	#3
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	No, he's just one of those folks with a second life posting so-called clever articles, or in his case, "rants" in his "Notes from the Underground", going back to 1997. See www.chromehorse.net for more of his work. For a photo of the scoundrel, see http://www.netsonic.fi/~ja/cohen/blosers2.html He's a big Leonard Cohen fan. He may have changed his tune on Gord, though. Last May he posted (on alt.music.leonard-cohen): "Yes, Celine. We have made her an honorary Vegemite, which is a citizen of Las Vegas, and refunded her citizenship fee. Holds the record for number of news conferences at which she announces that she is no longer doing any news conferences. You can keep Paul Anka too. We want the Bare Naked Ladies back when you're done with them. You can't have Gordon Lightfoot. Neil Young can barely remember the words to "Helpless" anyway. Nick Cave can come back here anytime he wants-- we'll make him an honorary citizen." And on Top Canadian pop songs (remember the discussion on Cohen's Hallelujah a while back?), he says: "Astoundingly, Neil Young's "Helpless", which I think is the most emblematic Ontario song ever, didn't make it, but BTO's "Taking Care of Business" did! River by Joni Mitchell, all right, and Cockburn's Tokyo. "The Weight", very good. The Hip -- "Ahead by a Century", yes! But I think Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" and "That's What You Get For Loving Me" should have been there instead of "Sundown", and "Sh-Boom" deserves a place for historical reasons, and how could "Four Strong Winds" have possibly been left off the list?" So take his 'greatest hits' bit with a large grain of salt, folks. Not to everybody's taste but not worth getting one's knickers in a twist <g>. [This message has been edited by Auburn Annie (edited April 08, 2003).]