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- Dictionarydemocracy/dɪˈmɒkrəsi/
noun
- 1. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives: "a system of parliamentary democracy"
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Dec 16, 2009 · After having analyzed "The Future", I'm now stuck with the second stanza on "Democracy". The one that starts with "It's coming through a crack in the wall, on a visionary flood of alcohol;". If any of you has an idea on the meaning of this stanza, perhaps line for line, I'd love it if you shared it with me.
Re: Interpretations of "Democracy" Post by HelenOE » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:43 pm I am only halfway joking when I say that Mr. Cohen's fundamental idea seems to be that democracy is a great idea and he's hoping someone will try it.
Apr 13, 2015 · Topics covered include personal vs political change, the futility of violent revolution, Jung’s political and philosophical views, and a blunt comparison of Russia and the United States that prefigures the notions embedded in Democracy, a song Cohen would release 16 years later.
Feb 26, 2023 · The uncanny-valley yacht rock of “Democracy,” with its Chevrolet motorik pulse and military-march trappings, offered another enigmatic retort to Pax Americana smugness. Between pattering snares and a suspiciously soulful harmonica riff, Cohen rasps the refrain that “democracy is coming to the USA,” but leaves open the question of what system of government has been in place for more ...
Feb 10, 2020 · News; General; ↳ THE FLAME - news and information; ↳ Montreal Memorial Week, November 2017; ↳ Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
And call me thick if you like but I hadn't understood "First We Take Manhattan" so clearly as a satire of jewish conspiracy theory and anti-semitism in terms of the protagonists hypothesised grandiose ambition as a modern Marx/Trotsky-like revolutionary figure/holocaust avenging angel (as well as being self-analysing and self-satirical) until hearing it performed live on the recent tour when ...
Jun 1, 2010 · Does anyone know where to find the video where Leonard says that the "Meaning of Life" is "Da doo dum dum?" In the Live in London video he says, after Tower of Song where Sharon and the Webb Sisters chant "Da doo dum dum dum, da doo dum dum" over and over, that it is the key to all the mysteries.
We 'hear' Jesus speak through the Bible. For "heard him speak" read 'heard the christian message', and it starts to make a bit more sense. My feeling so far is that the poem is saying that christianity looks like a good idea, but doesn't stand up to the rigours of 'real' life, leaving the death and resurrection without meaning in the modern world.
Re: The Hills: “She will be born” Meaning? Post by lschwart » Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:41 pm To put it broadly--and I think that's appropriate in this context--I think the she is the future reader/listener of/to the work.
May 15, 2009 · Cohen began his third encore with "I Tried to Leave You," which took on another meaning in light of the thunderous applause, before ending on "Whither Thou Goest." First set 1. Dance Me to the End of Love 2. The Future 3. Ain't No Cure for Love 4. Bird on the Wire 5. Everybody Knows 6. In My Secret Life 7. Who by Fire 8. Chelsea Hotel #2 9 ...
