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Endless Love by Leonard Cohen

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I’ve always loved Leonard Cohen’s voice and music. This tribute to love is beautiful and poignant.

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  1. My husband and I met taking dance lessons and we continue to dance whenever we can today. I hope we both live long enough so we can dance together well into our 90s… and beyond.

    Such a beautiful song and wonderful visuals. LC is a treasure.

    • Janis, after my divorce and before I met Bill, I took lessons, thinking I didn’t want to be embarrassed if I were asked to dance. I didn’t get good or anything, but I was okay. Then, when Bill invited me to a fancy party right after we met, I was so nervous I got a cold sore. A big creeping thing on my upper lip. But I went, and I was prepared to dance.

      And for what? The guy dances like he’s still in seventh grade. Now we shuffle along the dance floor together, laughing at the memory, and enjoying how dorky we are.

    • Hi Janis,
      My husband and I decided to take ballroom dancing lessons shortly after we were married. Well it was nothing short of a disaster. You see, I was trying to lead and he had two left feet, Yikes! After the second lesson we both got in the car; hardly speaking. We turned to each other and I said , ” are you thinking what I’m thinking ” he nodded and that was the end of our dancing lessons. Fred and Ginger we’re not but we shuffle around the floor when occasions call for it. It’ll be our 36th anniversary tomorrow, so Lynne’s post Is very appropriate. I too hope we can still shuffle at 90!

  3. This reminds me of my parents who were wonderful dancers! I can just see them burling around the kitchen at family house parties back in the fifties! Thanks for posting a real treat!

    • Lynda, that is the saddest thing about my dad’s death, I think. He and Mom used to dance all the time. When “Spanish Eyes” comes on the radio, oh my God. I can’t be anywhere near Mom. She gets tears in her eyes.

      • Oh Lynne, the other day I was listening to “the Big Band era” and they played the song ‘Remember’ I could hardly stop from sobbing. My father used to sing that song when he and Mum danced. Music is wonderful but at times bittersweet.
        It’s a good reminder to savour every minute ….especially with folks you love.

  5. As a fellow Canadian I can say that I have followed Leonard for many years.
    going way back to our “Hippy” days when we were all following his and Rod McKuens poetry.
    They were of a different breed and very new to a lot of us then.
    Luckily I have seen Leonard in readings (and spoken words to music) quite a few times.
    I can recite his words by heart.
    Times were more innocent then, and these great men awakened a lot of feelings in us with their words of honesty..
    It is good to walk into a room where I can see my 40 year old daughter with my old poetry books and reading with intensity. ….and discussing how they impacted me way back then and her now.
    Poetry is being revived now, and for that I am so grateful.

    • Kathleen, yes to all of this, esp. innocence and honesty. And LC’s voice is so distinctive, it’s like hearing the opening notes of the work of a familiar composer.

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