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hydriot wrote:I was under the impression that in 1973 Leonard played only to the troops, so this is very interesting. Do you know the exact date of this performance? It seems to have been in front of a very small group of people.

AvidCohenFan wrote:How do we watch all of Bird on a Wire?

sue7 wrote:

AvidCohenFan wrote:How do we watch all of Bird on a Wire?

Hi AvidCohenFan,
Here is the link to the 1st of 10 clips on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNvRyzUPm-Y
It's a bit tricky, but here's one way to do it: Go to the link above. This was posted by messalina79. Click on her name in the top right (NOT where it says "More from Messalina79"). Then you'll be at all her videos (and by the way I just saw that she has some other amazing-looking footage from 1985 which she has recently uploaded). You can search her videos, and if you search for "1972" you'll get the Bird on a Wire clips, but not in order. However, messalina79 has kindly put the number of each clearly in the notes, so you can see where you are.
I wonder if messalina79 is a member of the forum: she's done an amazing job.
I hope this works for you.
Sue

AvidCohenFan wrote: I'm not sure whether or not the ten videos are the whole Bird on a Wire movie.

yourih wrote:http://www.road90.com/watch.php?id=u5kgHL4IGJ

seadove wrote:
I remember there was a fight in the arena and Leonard Cohen joined the fight. I was amazed. He was protecting his audience.

I have not uploaded the entire Bird on a Wire doc as it stands - I originally meant to put only a couple of clips of my favourite scenes, but then people asked for more as it is a rare film, so I went through and picked parts that worked as 'stand alone' clips but I'm afraid I haven't done it in a very organised way! There are scenes of him playing Chelsea Hotel #1 and Avalanche that I haven't put up as they are on YouTube already. Other bits I haven't put up are linking scenes of concert footage, brief snippets of interviews, or the band travelling, etc, as they didn't work as clips in their own right - though I have put up one such montage as it was set to Passing Through.

I understand from the Forum that Tony Palmer says that the version circulating isn't even the entire film, and he doesn't have a copy of it at all, which is a shame, I'd love to see it restored to all its glory!