Cohen’s constantly calling out the names of his soloists, even after he’s introduced them five times. Sometimes the humility can be overwhelming. It’s just the first of numerous contradictions that the live document spanning four decades of music musters up. You get the feeling Cohen could fade completely into oblivion tomorrow and he’d die happy a recent Globe and Mail profile described him as a Canadian icon who “dances in our heads mostly unseen, like a beautiful idea.” And this humble opening comes just before “The Future,” a song of immeasurable cruelty. “It’s wonderful to be gathered here on just the other side of intimacy,” he opens, as if this was just the warm-up for the after-show. The 74-year old grins throughout like a child, constantly taking his hat off and bowing like a beggar being offered a hot meal and a place to sleep. For starters, rather than listening to the CD you should just go out and buy the DVD.
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