Am 10.05.2016 um 19:38 schrieb Stephen:
> On 5/10/2016 4:47 PM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 10.05.2016 um 10:36 schrieb Stephen:
>>
>>> Leonard Cohen's music should be banned on public health grounds. [Hate
>>> Marmite]
>>>
>>> And yes I am up for a flame war. I have principles.
>>
>> And a flame war you can have!
>> (Cue: Who By Fire)
>>
> 
> Gene Kelly - Singin' In The Rain
> or
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291ET6Py6H8

Averted!
Praise be to the GEMA who protected me from whatever song may have been
lurking in the video...

>> Seriously -- I see how one might argue about /some/ of his songs, but
>> let me say just one word:
>>
>> Suzanne.
>>
> 
> You're not a fan of "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers" are you, by any
> chance?

Never read it; I've heard that in a nutshell it's about some suicidal
depressive guy. Not sure what that has to do with "Suzanne" though --
while varous of Cohen's songs do indeed tend towards the dark blue end
of the spectrum, I don't think "Suzanne" falls into that category.

>> Anyone disliking /that/ song must have inhaled too much petrol fumes
>> while working offshore.
> 
> Funnily enough. It was when I was working offshore I gave up listening
> to pop music.

You wouldn't call Cohen's music "pop music", would you?

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