Leonard Cohen - “Banjo”
Weird, dark, fog-filled evening here in Ohio. Going to attempt to soundtrack it perfectly with some brand new music from a real live living legend, Mr. Leonard Cohen. His new record, ‘Old Ideas’ comes out later this month. Much respect. And if you know me at all, you realized that I had no choice but to pick this song…it’s title sort of jumped off the page at me.
Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.
- Lester Bangs
