Devious Bloggery

I'm Your Man

So there's this documentary about Leonard Cohen:

here i am
And there's the soundtrack that accompanies it that features all sorts of great artists covering Cohen's songs:\

  1. Tower Of Song - Martha Wainwright\
  2. Tonight Will Be Fine - Teddy Thompson\
  3. I'm Your Man - Nick Cave\
  4. Winter Lady - Martha Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle\
  5. Sisters Of Mercy - Beth Orton\
  6. Chelsea Hotel No.2 - Rufus Wainwright\
  7. If It Be Your Will - Antony\
  8. I Can't Forget - Jarvis Cocker\
  9. Famous Blue Raincoat - The Handsome Family\
  10. Bird On A Wire - Perla Batalla\
  11. Everybody Knows - Rufus Wainwright\
  12. The Traitor - Martha Wainwright\
  13. Suzanne - Perla Batalla, Nick Cave & Julie Christensen\
  14. The Future - Teddy Thompson\
  15. Anthem - Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen\
  16. Tower Of Song - Leonard Cohen & U2

And whilst listening to that soundtrack this morning I'm for some reason overtaken by the idea that I'm in the autumnal years of my life. Look:

I imagine I'll live to be about 60. (Having Type 1 diabetes should shave off a number of years from the American male's typical lifespan.) So, given that, and dividing by 4, I'm through the Spring and Summer years, which respectively correlate to 1-15 and 15-30 with Spring given over to the beginning of life and Summer given to adolescence's wanton abandon. Now're the Autumn years, bringing with them a change of color, a slowing-down of the life force and a general feeling of needing to prepare for the Winter still to come.

Why did L. Cohen's words spark this thought? I dunno. But I suggest you get yourself a copy of New Skin for the Old Ceremony and settle into some thoughts of your own. Winter'll be here before you know it.