“We’ve reached that time in our relationship – like any relationship – when I feel comfortable enough with you to perform a Leonard Cohen song” Alex Turner Covers & Is Covered By Leonard Cohen (Song & T-shirt, Respectively)

Allan Showalter

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Alex Turner of Last Shadow Puppets (and frontman of the Arctic Monkeys) is shown in the image above sporting his Leonard Cohen Songs Of Love And Hate t-shirt. He and his mates. as it turns out, perform some of the most striking covers of Leonard’s work.

 

Alex Turner & The Last Shadow Puppets
Is This What You Wanted by Leonard Cohen

 

Alex Turner & The Last Shadow Puppets
Memories by Leonard Cohen
Electric Proms: 2008

I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted May 7, 2018.

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