Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (complete, German TV, February 17, 1988)

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  • Complete video from "Na-Siensie" show.

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  • @petergreen3122
    @petergreen3122 6 років тому +55

    A genius! Fantastically arranged song with dark and complex lyrics...

    • @DidYaServe
      @DidYaServe 2 роки тому

      Love his lyrics. I'd put him ahead of Dylan. Only Robert Hunter, who wrote for Dylan and The Grateful Dead, comes close.

    • @shithead
      @shithead 2 роки тому

      you must be listening to a different song than i am lol

    • @peternorth1721
      @peternorth1721 2 роки тому +3

      The lyrics are not actually very complex. Theyre actually to the point.

    • @suatustel746
      @suatustel746 2 роки тому +1

      @@DidYaServe well originally he was... a poet...... ..

    • @aparisg9734
      @aparisg9734 Рік тому +1

      Lyrics is about spiritual collapsus in the world

  • @powerinvolved-di3vl2yd6q
    @powerinvolved-di3vl2yd6q 2 роки тому +5

    Cohen, the dark poet. Legend. Manhattan is already subdued. Tomorrow we seize Brooklyn!

  • @rhymeandreasoning
    @rhymeandreasoning Рік тому +8

    Those 2 back up singers with him are just models. They are miming to the actual vocalist of the song who is Anjani Thomas. She layered her vocals on the song.

    • @dongdongvu1
      @dongdongvu1 7 місяців тому

      yeah the female vocals do sound like 2 singers

    • @Karstenbiering
      @Karstenbiering 7 місяців тому

      I thought Anjani came into his life much later.

    • @eirinlvskog192
      @eirinlvskog192 5 місяців тому +3

      The backup singer is Jennifer Warnes, she and Cohen were lifelong friends.. It sound like two because of multiple layers of voices on the recording.

  • @joelcuerrier4833
    @joelcuerrier4833 2 місяці тому +1

    You never understand Cohen until you consider him as a Priest. He's a Cohen, he takes this title seriously and he mean everything he says.

  • @IAmEverythang
    @IAmEverythang 10 років тому +32

    This is a kick ass song, he sounds creepy and condescending plus the ladies on vocals are AMAZING. It all blends very well together

    • @idunaasgard1183
      @idunaasgard1183 7 років тому +1

      He *IS* creepy!

    • @theunrealtimemm
      @theunrealtimemm 3 роки тому +1

      more threatening than condescending.

    • @josetheman239
      @josetheman239 2 роки тому +2

      This is lip sync

    • @chouchoue
      @chouchoue 2 роки тому

      @@josetheman239 LOL I know. omg they sound just like on the record!

    • @tsb3093
      @tsb3093 Рік тому +1

      @@chouchoue…😂that’s because they are miming to the recording…

  • @garymcswain6161
    @garymcswain6161 7 років тому +17

    Absolute Perfection, sadly I only discovered him very late in life

  • @MichGins
    @MichGins Рік тому

    Hands up if you're watching this in 2023 and you finally discovered (like me) what you're ACTUALLY looking at...

  • @Codaks
    @Codaks 13 років тому +17

    Two of my friends has always loved Leonard Cohen... Now I know why! He is awesome. The Lyrics the music and the voice like that... freaking awesome!

  • @robertharty6547
    @robertharty6547 8 років тому +9

    great lyrics great singer

  • @TheKonrad1984
    @TheKonrad1984 11 років тому +6

    This is sooo cool song and the music is pure awesomnes right boys and girls :)

  • @ArthurDelaclos
    @ArthurDelaclos Рік тому +2

    I love the complicity of the singers and léonard cohen ❤

  • @Samuel-sg2iv
    @Samuel-sg2iv 8 місяців тому +1

    Did anyone else see, he cried a little while singing. I wonder why, it was just a single tear though.

  • @Monkofmagnesia
    @Monkofmagnesia 6 років тому +9

    This song always cheers me up. I have the feeling Cohen wrote the whole thing with tongue in cheek. This version has better sound than the Vevo one.

  • @nnknkable
    @nnknkable Рік тому +2

    Miss him

  • @petrusdecourtrai
    @petrusdecourtrai 8 років тому +36

    Rest in peace, my friend.

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich 8 років тому +2

      Who says they rest?

    • @petrusdecourtrai
      @petrusdecourtrai 8 років тому +9

      if your body will have worked for 82 years, you'll know the meaning of the word rest, Stefan :-)

  • @danielaragao
    @danielaragao 4 роки тому +7

    He cries in the scene 4:26 This video shows how Cohen was such a great actor

  • @bartolomewjaysimpson2047
    @bartolomewjaysimpson2047 8 років тому +9

    PRECIOSAS VOCES.

  • @TheTsapan
    @TheTsapan 6 років тому +5

    Just look at him. The man doesnt even blink!

    • @Sacha_Kudli
      @Sacha_Kudli 5 років тому

      TheTsapan 😂

    • @S73tub
      @S73tub 11 місяців тому

      Yes jaja 😱

  • @ursulak.7289
    @ursulak.7289 5 місяців тому +1

    Cohen kommt nie wieder. Er war einmalig in Gesang und Text...

  • @zahraohosein1507
    @zahraohosein1507 8 років тому +2

    what coud i say for mister cohen this big poet man I love you mister cohen and god bless you realy after your died we missed you and you left a very empty place
    il ya bcp a dir sur ce grand poéte ce grand chanteur ki a laissé un grand vide je l ai connu petite et je l ai tjrs aimé merci mister cohen pr tous vos poésies et chanssons ki ont et garderont tjrs leur valeur

  • @manuelacosta7838
    @manuelacosta7838 Рік тому +1

    El coro que hacen estas dos chicas tienen unas voces impresionantes, hizo una gran elección Leonard Cohen 👍

  • @abuhtolestaqui931
    @abuhtolestaqui931 11 років тому +4

    Maestro!!

  • @abajaj1510
    @abajaj1510 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful. The german text makes it deliciois.

  • @urbanfryk2878
    @urbanfryk2878 3 роки тому +1

    Leonard Cohen! Just perfect! Need I say more? Cheers from Sweden folks! Happy new year - and take good care! A million thank's for upload Hermitage Prisoner! We are not alone - at all!!! God Bless!

  • @SWISSCONDOR2
    @SWISSCONDOR2 10 років тому +5

    JUST LOVE THISA SONG... AND L. COHEN

  • @agusem1
    @agusem1 8 років тому +7

    Viaja al infinito campeón. Descansa en paz. Jamás te olvidaremos. Todos los días te recordaré con tú música y poesía

  • @slider2417
    @slider2417 4 роки тому +1

    Danke für Deine sehr wichtige Nachricht. Woher sie auch immer kommt. Sie hat mich tief berührt.

  • @evazquezuy
    @evazquezuy 11 років тому +4

    megamáximo un meastro total!!!!!

  • @franciscosanchez3491
    @franciscosanchez3491 4 роки тому +2

    una de mis canciones favoritas...

  • @nivagnoswal
    @nivagnoswal 3 роки тому +1

    one of my favorite cohen songs...the most uranian song he ever wrote...

  • @lawabidinganarchist
    @lawabidinganarchist 12 років тому +5

    That's a better video than the vevo one lol

  • @alicetimu8048
    @alicetimu8048 3 роки тому +1

    vety clever, and informative.

  • @davidcraze1211
    @davidcraze1211 3 роки тому

    beautiful and uplifting

  • @chrisgreene2405
    @chrisgreene2405 8 років тому +2

    Brilliant lyrics

  • @דוידגורכוהל
    @דוידגורכוהל 2 роки тому

    בלי נשים בעולם לא היו יוצרים מוזיקה מעולה!! אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!!

    • @SithStudy
      @SithStudy 6 місяців тому

      Come clean about the conspiracies though, Leonard literally exposes your tribe in this song

    • @דוידגורכוהל
      @דוידגורכוהל 6 місяців тому

      @@SithStudyאין ! אין כמו אימא 💟בעולם!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @SithStudy
      @SithStudy 6 місяців тому

      @@דוידגורכוהל The Goy is aware !!

  • @RafaelSanchez-vg9ky
    @RafaelSanchez-vg9ky 8 років тому +2

    cantante y poeta impresionante

  • @SWISSCONDOR2
    @SWISSCONDOR2 10 років тому +2

    FANTASTICO...

  • @eddiecochran
    @eddiecochran 3 роки тому +2

    Si no he escuchado 1000 veces esta cancion...no la he escuchado nunca.

  • @ruiportugal2763
    @ruiportugal2763 7 років тому +2

    Saudades ! Meu amigo! Descansa em paz!

  • @SMSimas-yz4yo
    @SMSimas-yz4yo 8 років тому +4

    a Great Folk singer...RIP

  • @benirvine2726
    @benirvine2726 Рік тому

    This is great

  • @erichsauter4671
    @erichsauter4671 8 років тому +2

    Super

  • @SoulStylistJukeBox
    @SoulStylistJukeBox 11 років тому +13

    "I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons..."

    • @mongoose2182
      @mongoose2182 8 років тому +1

      I guess you're being sarcastic, but remember, he lived in a tumultuous era also.....terrorism was HUGE back then, as well as it is now.

  • @toothlesscrocodile1355
    @toothlesscrocodile1355 8 років тому +18

    He played this in 88, in 89 the Berlin wall came down. Then we took Berlin. No more walls anywhere.

    • @ALEXANDERDALEZ
      @ALEXANDERDALEZ 8 років тому +6

      WRONG !!! CYPRUS!!!!

    • @mongoose2182
      @mongoose2182 8 років тому +2

      AND soon between the U.S. and Mexico....glad Leonard never had to see this.

    • @johnsullivan186
      @johnsullivan186 7 років тому +3

      Toothless Crocodile We need more walls.

    • @enneaogdoa
      @enneaogdoa 6 років тому

      YOU DIDN'T GET IT, DID YOU?

    • @moondancer9066
      @moondancer9066 5 років тому

      @owen O'Neill What do you mean?

  • @cohen1940
    @cohen1940 8 років тому +2

    Mijn favoriet

  • @gordonm.7387
    @gordonm.7387 8 років тому

    Great great song.

  • @Bogna1
    @Bogna1 11 років тому

    Amazing!!!!!

  • @wleon4068
    @wleon4068 11 років тому +4

    First we take Manhattan, THEN WE TAKE BERLIN!

  • @jellyfishman5465
    @jellyfishman5465 5 місяців тому +1

    playing this in germany is awesome lol

  • @Cimbarius
    @Cimbarius 2 роки тому

    i think i watched this back then in 1987 when it was aired on TV

  • @ManuelGarrocho
    @ManuelGarrocho Рік тому

    Música de mucha calidad e dicho

  • @agentk2465
    @agentk2465 8 років тому +4

    Quite eerie performance to say the least.
    - Cohen acts completely like a chairman of a secret weird lodge with the ladies as 'deputies'
    - Cohen shows '9/11' at 3:01 (the 11 with the arms and the 9 is on the watch)
    - They bring here the version with the 'announcement' (starting at 2:23)
    - The video even features a 'one-eye' (3:48)
    - and some other signalling (for example at the end the way Cohen folds the paper is reminding of a chairman after an important decision)
    Additionally, the Jennifer Warnes version 'predicted' the La Belle attack (German newsspeaker at the beginning) if the first release date January 1986 of this version is correct.

    • @JeroenK
      @JeroenK 8 років тому

      After this week I see him as president Trump in this.

    • @dreamlandnightmare
      @dreamlandnightmare 7 років тому +2

      It's too bad David Lynch never collaborated with Leonard Cohen.

    • @webcom100
      @webcom100 7 років тому

      I had exactly the same thought now with the new TP season.Maybe it was a Little too late for Cohen.

    • @SophiahKoikasWindyQueen
      @SophiahKoikasWindyQueen 2 роки тому

      @@dreamlandnightmare ikr!

    • @professormoosesr6865
      @professormoosesr6865 2 роки тому

      Thought we all knew Leonard Cohen did 9/11. Get past it. It's over now.

  • @JorgeLuiz-cd5df
    @JorgeLuiz-cd5df 3 роки тому +1

    A genial Singer and fantástic showman!

  • @jonathanchalk2507
    @jonathanchalk2507 7 років тому

    Fab.

  • @cosidosvarios9246
    @cosidosvarios9246 Рік тому

    El cantante , que mejor supo cantar hablando. Genio,poeta, narrador etc.

  • @DaveAlbiston
    @DaveAlbiston 10 років тому

    glorious!! :-)

  • @dejayrezme8617
    @dejayrezme8617 7 років тому +2

    Because of the disgusting Syria comment by Williams:
    They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
    For trying to change the system from within
    I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
    I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
    *I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons*
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    Leonard Cohen in an interview in 1993:
    "I felt for sometime that the motivating energy, or the captivating energy, or the engrossing energy available to us today is the energy coming from the extremes. That’s why we have Malcolm X. And somehow it’s only these extremist positions that can compel our attention. And I find in my own mind that I have to resist these extremist positions when I find myself drifting into a mystical fascism in regards to myself."

  • @elministerial
    @elministerial 11 років тому +1

    UNA MARAVILLA. Leonard es Leonard. Unico.

  • @Fbl116
    @Fbl116 Рік тому

    Otrolig

  • @JustieCrustie
    @JustieCrustie 3 роки тому

    4.25 mark..anyone else notice the tear falling from his left eye..Wow!

  • @juanmari1973
    @juanmari1973 3 роки тому +1

    👏👏👏🎼🎼🎼👏👏👏

  • @tbk2010
    @tbk2010 2 роки тому

    Interesting that they subtitled these back then, I can't remember seeing that as a kid. The translation is a bit questionable in some places though. And why put "beauty" in quotation marks? It's like the transistor wanted to distance himself from the content lol.

  • @tamaragurzuff6798
    @tamaragurzuff6798 Рік тому

    прекрасне виконання! і кліп цікавий, незвична делікатна постановка)

  • @chicagofineart9546
    @chicagofineart9546 Рік тому +3

    Too bad he didn't sing this in German. I know he could have. It would have been even creepier!

  • @lloydnns3918
    @lloydnns3918 8 років тому +2

    RIP

  • @FirstUsedBooks
    @FirstUsedBooks 8 років тому +5

    Fucking amazing, despite how you or anyone would like.

  • @nahannisouthern8978
    @nahannisouthern8978 10 років тому +2

    Oh Yeah! !!
    ; ).

  • @josetheman239
    @josetheman239 2 роки тому +1

    The black chick is so pretty I cant keep my eyes off her.

  • @joe98102
    @joe98102 8 років тому +4

    Who are the women singers with Leonard in this video ?

  • @enneaogdoa
    @enneaogdoa 6 років тому

    THE GREAT LEONARD: FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN E THEN WE TAKE THEM ALL

  • @fiorellafenati5395
    @fiorellafenati5395 3 роки тому +1

    fantastic song. and Leonard...so sexy

  • @timbrico
    @timbrico 10 років тому

    Una muy buena cancion, por cierto la pelirroja, es Perla Batalla??

  • @felixber2901
    @felixber2901 6 років тому +3

    I love the redhead girl

    • @joedellamura9015
      @joedellamura9015 3 роки тому

      I love the black girl mmmmm

    • @siggimaier6357
      @siggimaier6357 3 роки тому

      Who was this redhead girl? It must be a grey-redhead granny now...

  • @Ana_crusis
    @Ana_crusis 4 роки тому +1

    very badly cut off at the end. needs re posting

  • @annaliaboero4580
    @annaliaboero4580 Рік тому

    U na voce che graffia

  • @Earthaluigikidcompany
    @Earthaluigikidcompany Рік тому

    2:00 :)😊

    • @Earthaluigikidcompany
      @Earthaluigikidcompany Рік тому

      How I end inuyasha and kangomes story I will put a night of love making with the song witch is this

  • @professormause
    @professormause 4 роки тому

    Why....was there no 'Club Edit' of this......?

  • @joesummer
    @joesummer 10 місяців тому +1

    Comrade cohens orders

  • @oreopagus2476
    @oreopagus2476 5 років тому +1

    I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
    First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin
    Trump: "Representing the Air Force you will soon see beautiful brand new F-22 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia,
    and one magnificent B-2 Stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.” (July 4, 7:05 pm ET)

  • @ЯнМыльный
    @ЯнМыльный 10 років тому +3

    Он даже слезу пустил, когда пел про скрипку =3

  • @ovieimoni5832
    @ovieimoni5832 9 років тому +28

    I'd love to see Putin perform this

    • @duewhit310
      @duewhit310 6 років тому +2

      Ovie Imoni it'd make a great SNL skit.

  • @alicetimu8048
    @alicetimu8048 3 роки тому

    wery sarcastic and nice.

  • @Thekamelspath
    @Thekamelspath 2 роки тому +1

    This is obviously a song about the nwo right? Obviously.

    • @christlneubauer7298
      @christlneubauer7298 Рік тому

      Wer sind deine "NEUEN" .. meine NEUEN heißen "WHITE HATS" 🕊

  • @Angee-d1g
    @Angee-d1g Місяць тому

    It would be great if some musicians had lyrics like this??
    Some lyrics are really bad

  • @naskhes
    @naskhes 11 років тому +2

    At 3:42 he places a handkerchief on his eye, so he can fake a tear at 4:27!

  • @markuse9018
    @markuse9018 4 роки тому +2

    i see adam sandler

  • @eddiecochran
    @eddiecochran 3 роки тому

    Cancion prohibida despues del atentado del 11 S. Toda una premonición.

  • @peterroman4874
    @peterroman4874 10 років тому +1

    Great song--,average to poor translation,Really authentic crummy 1980,s video style....I hated everything about the 80,s as far as fashion, hairstyles and most of popular music at the time is concerned....so there!! hate me if you want to..lol

    • @Ana_crusis
      @Ana_crusis 10 років тому +3

      Peter Roman you clearly don't understand the imagery of the song. The whole bimbo image is part of the fun.

    • @mattheweichenlaub78
      @mattheweichenlaub78 9 років тому

      +Peter Roman I even hate the thought of the 80's. I still hate the fucking 80's - let me tell you how I really feel: I hate the fucking 80's!!!

    • @peterroman4874
      @peterroman4874 9 років тому

      +kha sab Learn to read properly."authentic" was the word I used.If you were a real fan of Cohen you would know what he said about that time and this video in particular.

  • @LolliPop2000
    @LolliPop2000 2 роки тому

    Zerlensky is epic!

  • @DidYaServe
    @DidYaServe 2 роки тому

    Lenny 4 prez

  • @Bogna1
    @Bogna1 11 років тому

    I am just different than you baby...I am an introvert...aquarius....I am one of them...and it's an issue...

  • @KIVALTERI
    @KIVALTERI 8 років тому +2

    No one recognizes these women?

    • @MarkMark-zw6tk
      @MarkMark-zw6tk 4 роки тому

      Nobody know them.... unfortunately....

    • @eddiecochran
      @eddiecochran 3 роки тому +2

      Zeta Aurigae...creo que una es China Forbes, la otra no se quien es. Creo que es Perla Batalla.

  • @reginakniprode246
    @reginakniprode246 4 роки тому

    you never got Berlin

  • @idunaasgard1183
    @idunaasgard1183 7 років тому +1

    This sounds like what the terrorists bombing Europe would be listening to in their trucks.

  • @Perom6696
    @Perom6696 7 років тому +1

    What a lost :(

  • @eddiepoole
    @eddiepoole 3 роки тому

    i like your body, your spirit and your klöten.

  • @joelturner6260
    @joelturner6260 8 років тому +6

    hiliary loves donald as a loser but now she's worried he just might win ... she knew the ways to stop him but she never had the discipline lol ... r.i.p Mr Cohen you'll be greatly missed xx

    • @FirstUsedBooks
      @FirstUsedBooks 8 років тому +1

      Please stop poetizing.

    • @agentk2465
      @agentk2465 8 років тому +1

      It is really funny that many people REALLY seem to think that Trump is not 'establishment'. And the many people who don't like Trump find a lot to be criticized about him and his behaviour, but really nobody with a clear mind can call him a 'loser'!

    • @skullguy8504
      @skullguy8504 7 років тому

      Agent K 2 LOL right? Trump is pro FISA, Goldman Sachs, and Saudi Arabia.

    • @shithead
      @shithead 2 роки тому

      ha

  • @Plejaden1971
    @Plejaden1971 8 років тому +2

    Mein Beileid Berlin und fuck you illuminati ----

  • @Chooseaname74
    @Chooseaname74 11 років тому +3

    First we take Crimea!! Then we take Trans-Dniester!! GO PUTIN!!

  • @optimistx4187
    @optimistx4187 5 місяців тому

    Bad taste!