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2 | [[caption-width-right:230:''"It's coming through a hole in the air..."'']] |
3 | |
4 | ->''Give me back the Berlin wall\ |
5 | Give me Stalin and St. Paul\ |
6 | I've seen the future, brother\ |
7 | It is murder'' |
8 | -->-- "The Future" |
9 | |
10 | ''The Future'' is the ninth studio album by Music/LeonardCohen, released in 1992 through Creator/ColumbiaRecords. All of its songs were written by Cohen--including one, "Waiting for the Miracle", co-written with frequent collaborator Sharon Robinson--apart from "Be for Real" and "Always", which were written by Frederick Knight and Music/IrvingBerlin respectively. |
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12 | ---- |
13 | !! Tracklist: |
14 | # "The Future" (6:41) |
15 | # "Waiting for the Miracle" (7:42) |
16 | # "Be for Real" (4:32) |
17 | # "Closing Time" (6:00) |
18 | # "Anthem" (6:09) |
19 | # "Democracy" (7:13) |
20 | # "Light as the Breeze" (7:14) |
21 | # "Always" (8:04) |
22 | # "Tacoma Trailer" (5:57) |
23 | |
24 | ---- |
25 | !!Tropes associated with this album: |
26 | * AlliterativeTitle: "Tacoma Trailer" |
27 | * CoverVersion: |
28 | ** "Be for Real", written by Frederick Knight and first recorded in 1978 by Marlena Shaw. |
29 | ** "Always", written by Music/IrvingBerlin in 1925 as a wedding present for his wife, Ellin Mackay, and recorded many times since as a standard. Cohen replaces Berlin's introduction with one of his own, then sings the song through three times. |
30 | * EpicRocking: Seven tracks are at least six minutes long; three are longer than seven; "Always", the longest, surpasses eight. An eighth track, "Tacoma Trailer", just barely misses the six-minute mark; "Be for Real", the sole outlier, is a mere 4:32. |
31 | * HellOfAHeaven: "Closing Time" |
32 | --> ''The place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night'' |
33 | * {{Instrumentals}}: "Tacoma Trailer" is a piano piece, the first instrumental to appear on a Cohen album. |
34 | * IsntItIronic: Cohen was reportedly greatly amused by the non-ironic use of "Democracy" (a scathing, wry little statement about American society) as a patriotic ballad. With lyrics like these, it's easy to see why: |
35 | --> ''I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean\ |
36 | I love the country, but I can't stand the scene\ |
37 | And I'm neither left nor right; I'm just staying home tonight\ |
38 | Getting lost in that hopeless little screen.\ |
39 | But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay,\ |
40 | I'm junk, but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet.\ |
41 | Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.'' |
42 | * OneWordTitle: |
43 | ** "Anthem" |
44 | ** "Democracy" |
45 | ** "Always" |
46 | * TitleTrack: "The Future". |
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