Christof Graf & Nick Mason in London, in Nick Masons Haus

Christof Graf & Nick Mason in London, in Nick Masons Haus
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Feb 1986. Cohen is playing François Zolan, a senior executive in the French Secret Service. His part was severely cut after filming.
Promotional video clip for tribute LP „Poets In New York“ (1986). Leonard Cohen performs Take This Waltz, his song based on his own translation of Garcia Lorca’s Pequeño vals vienés. The The video was filmed in Spain, in the city of Granada, famous for the Alhambra Castle. Leonard Cohen is shown in the house of Federico Garcia Lorca. 6 min, color.“ Note: This is 1986 version of the song, produced for the Spanish tribute album „Poets In New York“. Later, Cohen released the same track on his 1988 album I’m Your Man, adding Raffi Hakopian’s violin and Jennifer Warnes‘ vocals in overlayers. So don’t be disappointed, if you don’t hear Warnes‘ duetting on some verses and no violin at all. According to some sources, this wasn’t real video clip, but promotional clip which originally was the part of TV programme accompanying „Poets in New York“ LP. Strangely enough, there’s another version at YouTube, recorded from TV Espana, two minutes longer, re-edited and re-cut – some extra shots show Cohen playing the piano, walking through Garcia Lorca’s house museum etc. This version is 4 minutes, while some internet sources says it should be six minutes. Nevertheless, this version is obviously also complete clip, which is from a press kit, sent by the record company to journalists, those days.
SOURCES: YOUTUBE, LEONARD COHEN FILES and COHENPEDIA.DE
Federico García Lorca (* 5. Juni 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, Provinz Granada; † 19. August 1936 in Víznar nahe Granada), war ein spanischer Lyriker und Dramatiker. Er gehört zu den führenden Gestalten der Generación del 27, zu der Dichter wie Vicente Aleixandre, Dámaso Alonso, Rafael Alberti, Pedro Salinas, Jorge Guillén oder Gerardo Diego zählen. Zusammen mit Ramón del Valle-Inclán erneuerte er das spanische Theater, das in spätromantischen Formeln und in einem flachen Naturalismus erstarrt war.
More Infos about Leonard Cohen and Federico Garcia Lorca :
https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/20973
Walking through London, visiting one Of those Cohen Places worth to visit: KING WILLIAM IV – Pub in Hampsted/ London/ UK.
The pub near Leonard Cohen’s accommodation in London, when he lived for about three months in the winter of 1959/1960 in Mrs. Stella Pullman’s boarding house in London/ UK, which was only about 50 meters away. It was in the pub at 77 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1RE where he wrote poetry and received friends from Montreal, such as Nancy Bacal, who came to visit him. The pub still exists today.
Das Pub in der Nähe von Leonard Cohens Unterkunft in London, als er im Winter 1959/ 1960 im gerade mal ca. 50 Meter entfernten Boarding House von Mrs. Stella Pullman für etwa drei Monate wohnte. In dem Pub, in 77 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1RE schrieb er Gedichte und empfing Freunde aus Montreal, wie z.B. Nancy Bacal, die ihn besuchten. Das Pub gibt es heute noch.