review of Leonard Cohen

The Various Positions of Lenard Cohen from 1984 could be considered one of his best albums. There are nine poems –songs which are wonderfully written and music written by someone who lives in a distant place a long time ago. The record starts with the song "Dance Me To The End Of Love,"
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violinDance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely inLift me like an olive branch and be my homeward doveDance me to the end of loveDance me to the end of love

The music of this song has it roots in the Mediterranean area where they is “an olive branch” and the climate is warm and pleasant for the heart and an ear. The soul of the listener of that record wants to travel to those magical, powerful, and secret places known for where western civilization was born.
The second song is in a Jewish style, which captures the imagination. "Hallelujah" brings the listener to the times of King David and invokes spiritual feelings but also loneliness and longing for love of other men.
Now I've heard there was a secret chordThat David played, and it pleased the Lord

The other songs are good as well as those which I already mentioned; "If It Be Your Will", "The Captain", "Hunter's Lullaby" and "Heart With No Companion" are written and sung with great passion in ballad. Cohen knows how to please his audiences and the harmonic and background vocals of Anjani Thomas and Jennifer Warnes make a major contribution to his record.

Blowin in the Wind - Assignment 2

Bob Dylan’s ballad “Blowin’ in the Wind” is a poem set to music. It is a story about a man told through song. It has sound and rhyme, which makes my heart beat faster and faster. I would not call this ballad as important to me as bread or water, but I have discovered the sound and words are refreshing, like cool rain. I want to say that Bob Dylan is a pivotal figure in my life and a frequent source of inspiration to my work.

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

The title, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” is a metaphor for something very big and very important. But what could it be? I really did not know what the metaphor was when I first heard the song. There is also the refrain, which I really liked because its stays in my ear for a very long time.

“Blowing in the Wind” means something is blowing in your face and you cannot do much about it. It could be something very pleasant blowing in your face, which could give you some kind of relaxation after working hard in a hot day. The wind could be very brutal and metaphorical; someone could be telling you something very important to your face and you still do not believe it. I would like to catch this wind and examine and touch every word of it. It could be sweet or it could taste like sweat.I could feel the wind because each time I thought about it, I had a shiver of happiness and joy.

This is a sculpture by Witold Sliwinski