...And Then We Take Berlin.

People love Leonard Cohen's early work, and I do too. But the one album which really grabbed me was 'I'm Your Man' (1988). I think the slick 80s production and almost sleazy, crooner thing suited him miles better than the folky singer-songwriter one. My dad is a huge Leonard Cohen fan and this the album I remember being played around the house most when growing up. This is undoubtedly my favourite from that album but it's all more or less flawless. It's a brooding, monochrome and heavily politicised song but one hell of a tune because of that. These two verses are my favourite...

'They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin......

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin'

Leonard Cohen - First we take Manhattan
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J.B.