The top 10 songs?

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Gustaf
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Post by Gustaf »

Hello! I'm new here but a Cohen fan since many years.

My favourites are:

1. Take this longing
2. Famous blue raincoat
3. If it be your will
4. Suzanne
5. I'm your man
6. Coming back to you
7. Sisters of mercy
8. The smokey life
9. Take this waltz
10. I can't forget
"I can't forget but I don't remember what"
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Anne-Marie
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Post by Anne-Marie »

1. In My Secret Life
2. The Stranger Song
3. The Smokey Life
4. Chelsea Hotel #2
5. Who By Fire
6. Sisters of Mercy
7. You Have Loved Enough
8. Closing Time
9. Bird on a Wire
10. Take This Longing
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Post by Cohen Kid »

Aslak wrote:1. Last Year's Man
2. Take This Waltz
3. Sing another song, boys
4. Famous Blue Raincoat
5. One of us cannot be wrong
6. Avalanche
7. Dress Rehearsal Rag
8. Suzanne
9. Seems so long ago, Nancy
10. Story of Isaac
I'd agree with you on most songs, but no.1 would be Nancy, and in stead of Avalance and dress rehearsal (don't know those) I would say teachers and marianne
A sip of wine, a cigarette
And then it's time to go
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I tuned the old banjo
-10 new songs, Boogie Street
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Post by Kevin »

This is without looking at the CDs so I'm sure to forget some that I'd otherwise put on - if I could choose which to take off, anyway:

1 Stranger Song
2 Night Comes On
3 Tower of Song
4 Alexandra Leaving
5 A Singer Must Die
6 Stories of the Street
7 oh hell Hallelujah
8 The Window
9 Closing Time
10 The Traitor
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Post by Jim Williams »

Ok, people - taking into account your refreshing reluctance to follow, strictly, the Top 10 Songs rule (Don't Go Home With Your Hard And Fast Rules? :wink: ), your overall Top 10, so far, is:

1. Hallelujah
2. Famous Blue Raincoat
3. Suzanne
4. Anthem
5. Avalanche
6. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
7. If It Be Your Will
8. Everybody Knows
9. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
10. Bird On The Wire
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Jim Williams wrote:Ok, people - taking into account your refreshing reluctance to follow, strictly, the Top 10 Songs rule (Don't Go Home With Your Hard And Fast Rules? :wink: ), your overall Top 10, so far, is:

1. Hallelujah
2. Famous Blue Raincoat
3. Suzanne
4. Anthem
5. Avalanche
6. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
7. If It Be Your Will
8. Everybody Knows
9. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
10. Bird On The Wire

WHERE IS JAZZ POLICE????

I DEMAND A RECOUNT!!!
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He's a lazy banker living in a suit

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Post by Shane »

Well, this changes every few hours or so... But, here goes:

1. Famous Blue Raincoat
2. The Future
3. Sing Another Song, Boys
4. Waiting For A Miracle
5. Dress Rehersal Rag
6. Teachers
7. Love Calls You By Your Name
8. Night Comes On
9. Is This What You Wanted?
10. Here It Is / Thousand Kisses Deep
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Post by linda_lakeside »

You're right, Shane. It changes every few hours. I think we could just put all his songs in a hat (with one or two exceptions), then pick ten everyday, and the result would please just about everyone.

Linda. :D
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Post by lizzytysh »

:lol:
I think we could just put all his songs in a hat (with one or two exceptions), then pick ten everyday
:lol: Best plan I've heard :lol: .

Good to see you here, Linda.

~ Lizzy
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Post by Cohen Kid »

Can we throw Be For Real out of the hat then? :roll: :wink:
Good plan.
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I tidied up the kitchenette
I tuned the old banjo
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Post by linda_lakeside »

Well, we could throw out Be for Real, and I would. However, there is someone around here that loves TNS and thinks Be for Real is a great song. It doesn't matter that Leonard didn't write it. So, we can put Be for Real in the hat every month or two.

Linda. 8)
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Post by lizzytysh »

There you go ~ a rotating few. Luck o' the draw during those months.

Mmmmm. Lemme see ~ perhaps, the dirge "Queen Victoria" could use a little time off :wink: .

~ Lizzy
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Post by linda_lakeside »

Now, that I've already said it, I'll say it again: Give Suzanne a holiday!
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Post by Jim Williams »

linda_lakeside wrote:You're right, Shane. It changes every few hours.
Wow, linda, you must know shane pretty well if you can read his mind like that. I'm guessing you mean that your favourites change every few hours too. :wink:

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Post by linda_lakeside »

Jim Williams wrote:Field Commander Williams of the Syntax Police.
Busted. :(
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