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Musician Leonard Cohen Dies
Canadian musician Leonard Cohen has died at age 82 at his home in Los Angeles, according to Rolling Stone . Another Rolling Stone article is a tribute to Cohen's work.
One of the more well known renditions of "Halllelujah" by Leonard Cohen is from the movie Shrek .
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Songwriter, Musician, and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell Dead at 74
HuffPo reports
Russell's official website confirmed that the musician "passed away in his sleep" in Nashville on Sunday [November 13].
Though an official cause of death has not been released, Russell underwent surgery after suffering a heart attack this past July and was reportedly still in recovery, according to The Associated Press. In 2010, he was also treated for heart failure and underwent surgery for a brain fluid leak.
Songwriter and musician Leonard Cohen was suffering great pain from cancer and a spinal condition when he died November 7 at age 82.
For Baby Boomers who have memories linked to a particular song or concert, 2016 has been a sorrowful year with the loss of a significant number of music makers.
Some had long lives.
Toots Thielemans (94)
Kay Starr (94)
Kitty Kallen (94)
Sonny James (87)
Scotty Moore (84)
Gato Barbieri (83)
J.D. Loudermilk (82)
Jean Shepard (82)
Some got their three score and ten, but it seems too short a stay.
Merle Haggard (79)
Bobby Hutcherson (75)
Paul Kantner (74)
Guy Clark (74)
Otis Clay (73)
Bobby Vee (73)
Keith Emerson (71)
Some were simply cut down before their time.
David Bowie (69)
Glenn Frey (67)
Prince (57)
Candye Kane (54)
Does one of those mentioned stir you to prose or poetry?
Did I omit someone of note to you?
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday November 14 2016, @12:59PM
Boomers are starting to hit retirement and nursing homes already. Going to be interesting to see a unified block of older big band laurance whelk types collide yet again with a semi-unified block of their kids listening to the Dead Kennedys and Black Sabbath and AC/DC and Jimi Hendrix.
Society and the economy will break down and get rebuilt long before todays kids end up in retirement homes (assuming those still exist). Something interesting to think about is we may see the end of music as an industry, or music as an age segregation technology. Under the current regime its not possible, but its ending, so in theory todays kids might live to see no music industry at all, or another strange but technically possible outcome is cross generational music where everyone listens to the same thing. Or if the economy doesn't get rebuilt, which is quite likely, music might be limited to what the local banjo player can strum.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 14 2016, @03:26PM
Paddle faster, I hear banjo music!
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday November 14 2016, @09:36PM
Oh geeze. Wasn't that movie dueling banjos not just banjos?
When tediously smug coasties get too annoying IRL, I start mentioning that movie to scare them. Dumb coasties think its an extreme travel documentary that's all true, like a Bear Grylls reality TV special. I'd enjoy seeing Bear Grylls try to re-enact that movie as some kind of TV special. Heck maybe its already been done.
Its a strange movie from a strange time. I think Sorcerer also came from that era. Sorcerer is ... interesting. No it has nothing to do with DnD. Add trucks and nitroglycerine to that movie and you've got Sorcerer, mostly.