"I'm Your Man" - Interview with Leonard Cohen, 1988
Channel: chemento
Date: 11/11/2016

I was deeply saddened when I heard the news of Leonard Cohen's passing. 

I uploaded this piece in memoriam of Leonard Cohen. 

When Leonard Cohen was on a tour through Europe in early 1988 promoting his latest  LP „I’m Your Man“  - with the hit single „First We Take Manhattan“ - I got the chance to talk to him in Munich. 

He had just released a third (!) video for this song, recorded in Normandie/France by Dominique Issermann. 

When I asked him, if he knew a joke, he first said no, he wouldn’t like jokes, but then… See for yourself.

And yes, I do find it strange that he died one day after somebody with an orange face and yellow hair trumped up, splitting a nation and he really did take not only Manhattan. 

And next the strange guy will take…