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01. In Leonard Cohen Makes it Darker, in the 02. October 17, 2016 edition of The New Yorker, 03. David Remnick provides a succinct history- 04. by-anecdote of the Canadian singer- 05. songwriter´s impending album, You Want It 06. Darker, an intriguing section devoted to Bob 07. Dylan’s take on Cohen, and a witty 08. perspective on the old icon. 09. Remnick suggests that there are deep 10. connections between the two old bards when 11. he quotes Dylan: ―When people talk about 12. Leonard, they fail to mention his melodies, 13. which to me, along with his lyrics, are his 14. greatest genius. […] Even the counterpoint 15. lines—they give a celestial character and 16. melodic lift to every one of his songs. As far 17. as I know, no one else comes close to this in 18. modern music. [..] His gift or genius is in 19. connection to the music of the spheres. In 20. Sisters of Mercy, for instance, the verses are 21. four elemental lines which change and move 22. at predictable intervals . . . but the tune is 23. anything but predictable. The song just 24. comes in and states a fact. And after that 25. anything can happen and it does, and 26. Leonard allows it to happen. His tone is far 27. from condescending or mocking. He is a 28. tough-minded lover who doesn’t recognize 29. the brush-off. Leonard’s always above it all. 30. Sisters of Mercy is in perfect meter, with no 31. chorus, quivering with drama. This is an 32. example of a deceptively unusual musical 33. theme, with or without lyrics. But it’s so 34. subtle a listener doesn’t realize he’s been 35. taken on a musical journey and dropped off 36. somewhere, with or without lyrics.‖ 37. And it is Cohen who says that ―Dylan has 38. lines, hundreds of great lines, that have the 39. feel of unhewn stone. But they really fit in 40. there. But they’re not smoothed out. They’re 41. inspired but not polished. That is not to say 42. he doesn’t have lyrics of great polish. That 43. kind of genius can manifest all the forms and 44. all the styles.‖ 45. For some odd reason, Cohen also says: ―I 46. have all my marbles, so far. I have many 47. resources, some cultivated on a personal 48. level, but circumstantial, too: my children 49. and grandchildren live nearby. So I am 50. extremely blessed. At a certain point, if you 51. still have your marbles and are not faced 52. with serious financial challenges, you have a UFRGS – CV/2017 – ING 53. chance to put your house in order. It’s a 54. cliché, but it’s underestimated as an 55. analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in 56. order, if you can do it, is one of the most 57. comforting activities and the benefits of it are 58. incalculable.‖ 59. When asked about the devotional tones of 60. his verses Cohen declares: ―I start with 61. artistic dedication. I know that if the spirit is 62. on you, it will touch on to the other human 63. receptors. But I dare not begin from the 64. other side. It’s like pronouncing the holy 65. name—you don’t do it. But if you are lucky, 66. and you are graced, and the audience is in a 67. particular salutary condition, then these 68. deeper responses will be produced.‖ REMNICK, D. Leonard Cohen makes it Darker. Available at: www.TAGARCHIVES: Leonard Cohen – Bob Dylan Interface. Accessed on Nov. 9th, 2016.