Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire (Live 1988) video free download

bostonseeker

A stunning performance; Cohen at his pinnacle.This is a paraphrase of one of the central prayers of the High Holy Day services in the Jewish liturgy, the U'netaneh Kotef. "On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: how many shall leave this world and how many shall be born into it ... who shall perish by fire, who by water ... but repentance, prayer, and righteous acts soften the evil decree."The plot isn't handed to us all finished -- what you and I do fills in what was incomplete. It's not all fate.

JMLiles

Oh that Octapad.

Martis Nevalis

Leonard Cohen

Jonathan S.

Octapad? lol

Ctibor Petrů

Nechapu, ze jsem nasel tuhle pisnicku az ted ...

DrummerBoyJason

I think it is John Bilezikjian.

AraoftheFunk

Does anyone know the name of the oud player?

Samuel Goldring

Thank you for your comment it allowed me to appreciate the song more.

playfulkitty828

@traumwander I know!!! Am I the only one who thinks Cohen sounds and looks like a stereotypical Chicago gangster (I mean fedora + deep husky voice)

car08kennedyr

@traumwander Same! :P and then my R.E teacher showed me it today lol

l2string

Perla Batalia (singer on the right) is sooooooooo beautiful.

xnografikz

Death, the great equalizer. Who, shall I say, is calling? Timeless song.

clairelodge72

Is the same version as the one on the album l. Cohen Live

Jean-Jacques MATHIEU

Léonard Cohen et son équipe de 1988 étaient tout simplement excellents !

traumwander

great song :) I first heard this on the TV show Criminal minds :D

Cat Marie

beautiful

GoodVibesOfficial

♪♫♥ !

iDeist

beautiful.

pinke76

Poet, singer by accident! ;)

smartalek1

Awe-some. Literally. I can't imagine how even the Voice of the Lord Himself could be any more moving. messalina79, thank you SO much for posting this here. But I'd swear I've heard this version -- complete with lute (I mean oud -- thank you seepaert for pointing that out) -- in some other context. Don't think I've ever been on this page before, so... Anyone have any idea where else I might have run across this? Any movie use this as part of the soundtrack?

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