I’m often reminded of how varied people’s exposure to music can be. Twenty years is an eternity in the music industry. Those same years make a gap in musical generations that most people don’t bother to cross.
I don’t follow what I refer to as ‘pop culture”, so I don’t really know who most of the artists are on Billboard’s Top 40. I figure that ten years from now most people won’t remember most of those artists either, so it’s easier for me not to bother in the first place.
There are countless numbers of people who aren’t familiar with Leonard Cohen. He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Lou Reed has described Cohen as belonging to the “highest and most influential echelon of songwriters”. I won’t even bother to delve into who Lou Reed is, for those of you who might be at a loss.
On February 19, 2009, Cohen played his first American concert in fifteen years at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. He’s 75 years old now, and continues to write and perform wonderful music. Here is Democracy, from his 1992 album The Future. Truly great music never goes out of style.
Judith
Maynard James Keenan has explained that this song is about his mother, Judith Marie Keenan, who was restricted to a wheelchair for the rest of her life after suffering a stroke. I appreciate the sentiments expressed in the lyrics. I can only hope that as time goes by, more Christians will examine some of the questions they raise.
This is Judith by A Perfect Circle.
http://www.dailymotion.com/videox8g077Lyrics below the fold.
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