Avalanche (song)

Avalanche (song)

"Avalanche" is a song by Leonard Cohen. It appears on his third album, "Songs of Love and Hate", released in 1971.

The lyrics are based on a poem he had previously written. The music is notoriously difficult to play on the guitar. Cohen went on record saying "Every guitarist has one chop, and I used mine on Avalanche". He acknowledged in a 1992 interview with Paul Zollo that his "chop", his unique pattern of playing, is behind many of his early songs. [cite book
last = Zollo
first = Paul
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Songwriters on Songwriting (expanded edition)
publisher = Da Capo Press
date = 1997
chapter = Interview with Leonard Cohen, Los Angeles, 1992
location =
pages =
url = http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/zollo.html
doi =
id =
isbn = 0306807777]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds recorded a version of the song for their 1984 album "From Her to Eternity".

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Avalanche (disambiguation) — An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include:Phenomena: *Rock avalanche *Avalanche breakdown, an electrical process *Avalanche effect, aka bit avalanche , a desirable property… …   Wikipedia

  • Avalanche City — is a folk music band from Auckland, New Zealand. The group was originally a solo project of Dave Baxter;[1] however, after he released his first album Our New Life Above The Ground he assembled a group of musicians,[2] namely Ben Duncan on drums; …   Wikipedia

  • Avalanche (Matthew Good album) — Infobox Album | Name = Avalanche Type = Album Artist = Matthew Good Released = March 4, 2003 Recorded = Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada except track 2 at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Genre =… …   Wikipedia

  • Avalanche (Echo & the Bunnymen EP) — Infobox Album Name = Avalanche Type = ep Artist = Echo the Bunnymen Released = October 2000 Recorded = Genre = Post punk Length = 20:29 Label = Gimme Music Producer = Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant Reviews = Last album = Get in the Car (1999) This… …   Wikipedia

  • Avalanche (Leonard Cohen) — Songs of Love and Hate Songs of Love and Hate Album par Leonard Cohen Sortie mars 1971 Enregistrement mars novembre 1970 Durée 44min 21 s Genre(s) Folk Producteur(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Avalanche IV — Songs of Love and Hate Songs of Love and Hate Album par Leonard Cohen Sortie mars 1971 Enregistrement mars novembre 1970 Durée 44min 21 s Genre(s) Folk Producteur(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Avalanche (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Avalanche Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = flagicon|Norway Genre = Disco, Dance Years active = 1987 1991 Label = Virgin Associated acts = URL = Current members = Kjetil… …   Wikipedia

  • Chicago (Sufjan Stevens song) — Chicago Song by Sufjan Stevens from the album Illinois Released July 5, 2005 (2005 07 05) Genre Indie rock …   Wikipedia

  • Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 — Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Country  Norway National selection Selection process Melodi Grand Prix 2 …   Wikipedia

  • Hey Baby (DJ Ötzi song) — Infobox Single Name = Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah) Artist = DJ Ötzi from Album = Released = 2001 Format = CD Single Recorded = Genre = Schlager, Pop, Dance Length = Label = UMVD EMI(rerelease) Writer = Producer = Certification = Platinum (BPI) Chart… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”