Tsohon Ra'ayoyi

Old Ideas shi ne kundi na goma sha biyu na mawaƙin mawaƙa na Kanada Leonard Cohen, wanda aka saki a watan Janairun 2012. Ita ce fitowar Cohen mafi girma a Amurka, ta kai lamba 3 a kan Billboard 200, shekaru 44 bayan fitowar kundi na farko. Kundin ya hau kan sigogi a kasashe 11, gami da Finland, inda Cohen ya zama, yana da shekaru 77, mafi tsufa a saman ginshiƙi, a lokacin makon farko na kundin. An saki kundin ne a ranar 27 ga Janairu, 2012, a wasu ƙasashe kuma a ranar 31 ga Janairu 2012, a Amurka A ranar 22 ga Janairu kafin a saki shi, NPR ne ya watsa kundin a kan layi kuma a ranar 23 ga Janairu ta The Guardian.

## Tarihi
Yawon shakatawa na kasa da kasa na Cohen na ƙarshen 2000s ya samo asali ne daga gaskiyar cewa tsohon manajansa ya yi amfani da ajiyar rayuwarsa. A ƙarshen su a shekara ta 2009, Cohen ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da aiki kuma ya fara yin kundi na goma sha biyu. Magoya bayan Cohen sun saba da dogon lokaci tsakanin kundin - tsakanin 1979 da 1988 ya saki uku - amma yawon shakatawa ya bayyana don sake ƙarfafa shi, kamar yadda mai ba da labari Sylvie Simmons ya lura a cikin labarin rufe *Mojo* na 2012: "Bayan tsohon manajansa ya taimaka wa kansa ga ajiyarsa, ya bar shi komai don yin ritaya a cikin kundin, Leonard, a cikin shekaru saba'in, ba a kan hanya a cikin shekaru 15, ya fara daya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki, kuma ya yi nasara sosai, yawon shakasi a tarihin kiɗa, ya tafi kai tsaye a gida, ya gama sa'o'i uku da yawa kuma ya gama shi a kowane dare.

## Rubuce-rubuce da abun da ke ciki
An rubuta Old Ideas a Los Angeles a ɗakin studio na Cohen a gidansa da kuma a 7th Street Sound tare da Patrick Leonard da Ed Sanders. Yawancin waƙoƙin suna bincika wasu jigogi da Cohen ya fi so: mutuwa, jima'i, baƙin ciki, da neman soyayya a cikin duniyar apocalyptic. Da yake tattauna waƙar "Amen" a cikin bita na kundin a Uncut, Andy Gill ya lura:

: Har ila yau, tunani ne game da abubuwa masu zurfi, masu duhu da aka bayar a matsayin waƙar soyayya, maimaitawa 'Ka gaya mini cewa kuna ƙaunata, Amen' yana nuna jerin buƙatun 'Ka sake gaya mini...' wanda ke ci gaba da zama mai banƙyama yayin da waƙar ke ci gaba: wane irin waƙar soyayya, alal misali, ya haɗa da layi kamar '...lokacin da aka wanke datti na mai yanka a cikin jinin ɗan rago'? A bayyane yake, wannan game da soyayya ne a kan sikelin da ya fi girma, game da ra'ayoyin ɗabi'a da ɗabi'ar da aka lalata kamar dai ba lallai ba ne ga nan gaba, kamar yadda Cohen ya yarda da wasu ƙyama: '...lokacin da waɗanda abin ya shafa ke raira waƙa kuma an dawo da dokokin nadama.'

Hotunan addini ma sun zama ruwan dare, kuma yawancin waƙoƙin suna nuna Cohen a kan guitar, canji daga kundin da ya yi kwanan nan wanda masu hadawa suka mamaye. Cohen ya yi aiki tare da mai samar da Patrick Leonard, yana rubuta waƙoƙi huɗu tare da shi: wanda ya yi murabus "Going Home," "Show Me the Place," "Anyhow" da "Come Healing". Kamar yadda Cohen ya gaya wa *Mojo* a cikin 2013, ya sadu da mai samarwa lokacin da yake yin kundi tare da ɗan Cohen, mawaƙi Adam Cohen:

: Kuma na san aikin da ya yi tare da Madonna. Ina tsammanin shi mutum ne mai mahimmanci a cikin kiɗa na zamani na Amurka, mai basira sosai. Ina sauraron wasu ayyukan piano na solo, ma. Na haɗu da shi tare da Adam sau da yawa, kuma ta wata hanya mun haɗu kuma waɗannan waƙoƙi huɗu da muka yi tare sun zo da sauri.Pat ya ga kalmomin 'Going Home' kuma ya ce, 'Wannan zai iya zama waƙar kirki,' kuma na ce, 'Ba na tunanin haka.Ya ce, 'Shin zan iya samun damar yin hakan?' Na ce, 'Tabbas.' Ya dawo da kiɗa, ban san ko sa'a mai zuwa ne ko rana mai zuwa ba amma yana da sauri sosai...Mutum ne mai ban mamaki kuma, ina tsammanin, mun kasance cikin kyakkyawan yanayi...

Wata waka, "Crazy to Love You," ita ce sakamakon hadin gwiwa tare da mawaƙin jazz Anjani, wanda ya fara fitar da waƙar a cikin kundi na 2006 na Cohen-produced *Blue Alert* (Cohen kuma ya ba da duk kalmomin don LP). Waƙoƙin "Darkness" da "Lullaby" an gabatar da su ne a kan yawon shakatawa na baya-bayan nan kafin a sanya su cikin tef. Cohen da farko yana so ya kira kundin studio na 2004 Old Ideas amma ya zaɓi Dear Heather a maimakon haka, yana tsoron cewa magoya baya na iya kuskuren shi don kundin tarawa.

## Karɓar baƙi
Kundin ya sami ra'ayoyi masu kyau daga wallafe-wallafen da suka hada da Rolling Stone,  Chicago Tribune,  da *[[The Guardian]]*.  A wani biki na fitar da kundin a watan Janairun 2012, Cohen ya yi magana da mai ba da rahoto na The New York Times Jon Pareles wanda ya bayyana cewa "mortality ya kasance sosai a cikin tunaninsa kuma a cikin waƙoƙinsa [a kan wannan kundin]. " Pareles ya ci gaba da nuna kundin a matsayin "kundin kaka, yana tunani game da abubuwan tunawa da lissafi na ƙarshe, amma kuma yana da wani abu mai ban mamaki a idonsa. Ya sake yin la'akari da batutuwa Mista Cohen ya yi tunani a duk lokacin da aikinsa: soyayya, sha'awa, cikakkiyar sihiri, cikakkiyar sabuntawa, cikakkiyar fassarar, cikakkiyar tauraron, cikakkiyar fasikanci ne. "

An sanya sunan kundin a matsayin wanda aka zaba don Kyautar Kiɗa ta Polaris ta 2012 a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 2012.  An lissafa kundin a # 13 a cikin jerin Rolling Stone na manyan kundin 50 na 2012, yana cewa "Cohen ya saba da wannan shekarun da ba a san shi ba tare da darajar rayuwa ta alheri da basira. "  Rolling Stone kuma ya kira waƙar Going Home waƙar 20th mafi kyau na 2012 .

Bob Dylan, wanda ya kira Cohen "lambar daya", ya ambaci waƙoƙi uku daga "Old Ideas" a cikin jerin waƙoƙin da ya fi so na Cohen: "Going Home", "Show Me the Place" da "Darkness".

## Jerin waƙoƙi
Duk waƙoƙin da Leonard Cohen ya rubuta, sai dai inda aka lura.