I'm Your Man

SYLVIE SIMMONS is one of the best-known names in rock journalism. She has written for Q, Rolling Stone, Sounds, Kerrang!, Tracks, Blender, and Creem, among others. She writes for MOJO, in which she has a monthly American column and has had cover stories about Neil Young, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys , AC/DC, and Johnny Cash. She also writes for British newspapers including Times, the Sunday Sport, and the Guardian. In the US, she writes for the San Francisco Chronicle.

出版者:HarperCollins

作者:Sylvie Simmons

页数:576

出版时间:2012-9-18

价格:USD 27.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780061994982

图书标签:LeonardCohen传记音乐英文原版人物传记我爱这个男人。加拿大艺术与音乐

The definitive biography of one of the most emigmatic, beloved, and celebrated artists of our time.

Leonard Cohen's extensive and successful recent worldwide tour has demonstrated that his popularity across generations and borders has never been greater. Cohen's life is one of singular mystique. This major in-depth biography is the book Cohen's fans have been waiting for. Acclaimed writer/journalist Sylvie Simmons has interviewed more than 100 figures from Cohen's life and work, including his main muses; the women in his life -- from Suzanne and Marianne to Rebecca de Mornay and Anjani Thomas; artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, David Crosby, Judy Collins, and Philip Glass; his record producers; his closest friends, from childhood to adulthood; and many of the spiritual figures who have influenced his life.

Cohen, notoriously private, has granted interviews himself. Thoroughly researched and thoughtful, penetrating and lively, fascinating and revealing of stories and facts never read before, I'm Your Man offers new perspectives on Cohen and his life. It will be one of the most talked-about books of the season, and for years to come.

读后感

2008年，在大不列颠规模最大、最受欢迎的摇滚音乐节上，面对着漫山遍野10万人潮，当落日余晖洒向大地，74岁的莱昂纳德唱起来了《哈利路亚》（Hallelujah）。 “人们的魂儿出窍了。”许多年轻人一边跟着大合唱一边疑惑，“这个酷老头儿怎么想到唱杰夫·巴克利的歌？怎么想到唱这...  

2020看的第八本书——《我是你的男人：莱昂纳德·科恩传记》（I’m Your Man:The Life of Leonard Cohen) 如果说一本书或者一类书适不适合自己只有亲自看了才知道答案，那么这本书一定不会是我喜欢的类型。四百多页看了将近一个月才看完，要不是李健推荐我可能这辈子也不会买这...  

为他，专门办了网易云的会员，被这个old gentleman 的低沉烟嗓深深迷醉。 这个集情圣、诗人、老僧、歌者于一身的男人，注定是一个传奇，如一坛陈年老酒，苦涩后慢慢回甘；他是这世上最后的吟游诗人，他的吟诵有滴水穿石的魔力，一旦浸淫其中，你将无法自拔。 他自怜、愤世，他...  

用户评价

赶在演唱会之前看完了这本厚厚的传记（这个78岁老头的演唱会几乎是完美的）。觉得是部写得很好传记，在详细的事实和soul searching的诠释之间平衡的恰到好处，把他一生都在写和唱的那些诗的主题，爱，欲望，焦虑，生死，背后他的处境和想法写得挺透彻。所以是LC粉丝的一定要看这本书。然后你能看到大半个辈子都在用力生活所以无比焦虑的他，和到一个几乎在退休年龄时分才和自己的各种矛盾体和欲望和解了的他。他那一半虔诚的信徒一半老不正经的模样，他那“lazy bastard living in suit“，他那种种冷嘲热讽挖苦浪荡都只是为了伪装那个生活得太严肃的小老头儿。

15年幸得原版，断断续续当作床头读物看完了。 情感、体验和艺术品从来不会源自隔岸观火，也没有所谓的感同身受； 世人罕有如此：以严肃的态度甘心投身桎梏、迷惘、欲求、毒药等实打实的精神波动之中， 且在半生以后与所有矛盾和解。 这还仅仅是LC作为诗人的牛逼。

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赶在演唱会之前看完了这本厚厚的传记（这个78岁老头的演唱会几乎是完美的）。觉得是部写得很好传记，在详细的事实和soul searching的诠释之间平衡的恰到好处，把他一生都在写和唱的那些诗的主题，爱，欲望，焦虑，生死，背后他的处境和想法写得挺透彻。所以是LC粉丝的一定要看这本书。然后你能看到大半个辈子都在用力生活所以无比焦虑的他，和到一个几乎在退休年龄时分才和自己的各种矛盾体和欲望和解了的他。他那一半虔诚的信徒一半老不正经的模样，他那“lazy bastard living in suit“，他那种种冷嘲热讽挖苦浪荡都只是为了伪装那个生活得太严肃的小老头儿。

All about Leonard Cohen. A long read of things that you want to and don’t have to know about him.