Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan: Two Jewish Bards

Leonard Cohen: giving Nobel to Bob Dylan like 'pinning medal on Everest' The Guardian‎ - 13 hours ago Mr. Leonard Cohen has a mind of his own. It is quite musically as well as intellectually ample. His forbears were prominent members of a Montreal Temple ( Though In Litvak English that might rhyme perhaps I should try a bit harder next time) in an upper middle class neighborhood of Montreal but going into their dress business didn't suit him all. So he wound up a mixed up libertine and ascetic writing great songs both poignant and dramatic ( i apologize again!) and I'm sure he will go on singing until his last breath even if in his latest album he seems to contemplate death. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Cohen just turned 82. You should listen ... - The Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/...leonard-cohen.../story.htmlThe Boston Globe Sep 21, 2016 - ... Tweet Share. By Devra First Globe Staff September 21, 2016 ... Leonard Cohenturned 82 on Wednesday, and he released a new song. In the news Inline image 1 Leonard Cohen: 'I am ready to die.' - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe‎ - 2 days ago FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images/ file. Cohen in 2013. Leonard Cohen, the seminal ... Leonard Cohen's Montreal: a refuge, an escape, an inspiration The Globe and Mail‎ - 13 hours ago More news for globe: leonard cohen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Dylan, once Robert Allen Zimmerman, is also a Jew in fact, of half Litvak plus half Ladino stock too But back in Duluth and Hibbing Minnesota for serious folk singers there was no quota and this young man, inspired by dylan '/thomas and woody guthrie took himself quite quite seriously. despite less than obvious talent and a voice rather flat and musicianship that wasn't as good as that of many others, including Joan Baez, his one-time flame. who sang so beautifully under her own name. . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During his Dinkytown days, Zimmerman began introducing himself as "Bob Dylan".[19][a 1] In his memoir, Dylan acknowledged that he had been influenced by the poetry of Dylan Thomas.[20] Explaining his change of name in a 2004 interview, Dylan remarked, "You're born, you know, the wrong names, wrong parents. I mean, that happens. You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free."[21] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Dylan - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Wikipedia Bob Dylan is an American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer. He has been influential in ... Backed by a changing lineup of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed his never ending Tour. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't say his career started with a bang and I never ever really liked the way he sang and even though his words,are undoubtedly gifted to me they sound somehow as if from others lifted, Still there's very little to despise in adding a Nobel Prize with its attendant ultra-honorable rank to the 80 mill you have already in the bank. HzL 10/15/16