PWoF 2016 - Topic 03 - Sept. 24

[rayheinrich]

Death Of A Ladies Man [1977]*
or Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On


I put some money in the box
and skip to 'I'm Your Man'—
not a very subtle choice,
but subtle ain't the plan.
 
With 70s rock star swagger
and all dials set to Cool,
I walk back to her table then
fall off me fucking stool.




*i think Death of a Ladies Man is unfairly treated. at least it doesn't use that fucking drum machine Cohen seems to have committed himself to for the last 25 years. it was also Leonard Cohen's birthday on wednesday.

    Like the poem.
And hey, it was the 70's, gotta expect a bit of blow-back.

The drum machine seems to be connected to Buddhism in some way. (Or at least that's
what I read somewhere.)   I'm lucky, drum machines don't bother me a lot... or unlucky
cause I don't have the good esthetics to hate them. It's mainly because I've always
been more interested in lyrics than music, so I'll pretty much put up with any music
as long as the lyrics are good... I guess that's why they call it poetry.

I got into Cohen from the poetry (and his novel) end of it. Love his poetry, bought his
books. One day I thought: you know he sings stuff too, probably oughta check that
out.