tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.comments2024-03-16T16:02:27.036+00:00Boogie Streetharry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2791125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-23908531392355019982024-03-16T15:23:16.917+00:002024-03-16T15:23:16.917+00:00I’m heading to Bugis street tonight, with my wife....I’m heading to Bugis street tonight, with my wife. I’d always thought it was where he was singing about, the internet has corrected me again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-39885532284069232592023-12-24T23:25:06.713+00:002023-12-24T23:25:06.713+00:00Good idea, Bill! And the same to you and Mary for ...Good idea, Bill! And the same to you and Mary for Xmas and the New Year!harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-12202052683572559412023-12-24T22:36:41.217+00:002023-12-24T22:36:41.217+00:00Do as my friend Richard Factor does on his blog - ...Do as my friend Richard Factor does on his blog - count each of your faithful fans as a thousand millireaders!<br /><br />All the best to you and Pat for Christmas and the New Year.<br /><br />BillBill Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-33624661713425664942023-07-30T01:08:26.502+01:002023-07-30T01:08:26.502+01:00Great music !Great music !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-60317926255035566992023-07-06T12:53:59.088+01:002023-07-06T12:53:59.088+01:00Thanks for your input and observations.Thanks for your input and observations.harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-89208024748434409862023-07-06T02:41:01.580+01:002023-07-06T02:41:01.580+01:00Long time Leonard fan. Having grown up in Montrea...Long time Leonard fan. Having grown up in Montreal, I'm familiar with 'East of St Lawrence (St Laurent)'. It was famously called The Strip, due to the prostitutes that plied their trade nightly. I believe Leonard's house was 2 blocks east of 'The Strip'. I wouldn't doubt that St. Laurent would be called Boogie Street by those that worked it. And I wouldn't doubt that Leonard knew at least a few of the ladies. If Sharon wrote this, she's calling the same muse that Leonard tapped, and might have come from conversations with him. They were close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-63158500656139248522023-06-11T23:35:21.951+01:002023-06-11T23:35:21.951+01:00So, so interesting Harry! I suppose this is what m...So, so interesting Harry! I suppose this is what makes the world an interesting place, even if it does sound wrong! :-)<br />Thanks for the blog, any of Leonard’s songs are so worthy of dissection and deeper understanding. In my opinion he was without question the best songwriter of the 20th century and quite possibly the 21st too. I live in Australia and grew up in the 70s and 80s hearing his songs via my parents who are both huge fans. Now as an adult I have my own appreciation for his music and as I get older and experience more of the travails of life I hear new meaning in his songs, that I perhaps couldn’t appreciate 10, 20 and 30 years ago. Ten New Songs from 2001 is a real masterpiece in my opinion.<br />All the best to you, wishing you many years of health and happy listening to Leonard!Camelothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824391325142422649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-37093624276698564812023-06-11T13:05:07.797+01:002023-06-11T13:05:07.797+01:00Thanks for that, Camelot. I don’t know where Tara ...Thanks for that, Camelot. I don’t know where Tara Hugo was brought up, but perhaps it was in a part of the UK where the “oo” sound is pronounced “ugh”. As a Geordie, I pronounce the “oo” in, for example, “book”, just as Cohen pronounces it in “Boogie”. In some parts of the country, they pronounce it “buck”. No excuse, though.harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-53066280486196645492023-06-11T12:48:25.507+01:002023-06-11T12:48:25.507+01:00“I'm not too sure I like the treatment (I'...“I'm not too sure I like the treatment (I'll reserve full judgement for now) and I don't like the way Hugo pronounces "Boogie Street". She pronounces it "Buggy" (yes I know the original street is "Bugis"), whereas I, like Leonard himself, pronounce it to rhyme with "Woogie".”<br />Hugo has it wrong as the original Bugis street in Singapore is pronounced in the local vernacular as ‘boogie’, like you say ‘woogie’ just with an ‘s’ at the end. In English we would pronounce it like ‘bug’ with ‘is’ added but with Asian pronunciation it sounds like ‘Boogie’, which it became known as by British serviceman during wartime, due to the salacious evening activities that attracted many over decades. In the late 90s and early 00’s I lived in the area so know from personal experience how Bugis is pronounced by the locals and how it also came to be known as Boogie Street globally.Camelothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824391325142422649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-16191671971753536352023-02-16T11:04:47.188+00:002023-02-16T11:04:47.188+00:00Oh man, for years it was on my mind "what is ...Oh man, for years it was on my mind "what is a boogie street?".<br />Thank you for your post, cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-63332823807250486632023-02-10T00:00:18.267+00:002023-02-10T00:00:18.267+00:00I don’t know where the video was filmed, I’m afrai...I don’t know where the video was filmed, I’m afraid. You could be right about Rome but I’ve only been there once, almost 60 years ago.harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-63249427322844349992023-02-09T23:43:55.804+00:002023-02-09T23:43:55.804+00:00I'm here because I'm trying to find out wh...I'm here because I'm trying to find out where Boogie Street, the music video was filmed? Is it Rome? The streets look like Rome and the gardens look like Villa d'Este just outside Rome. (Tivoli)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-40268896282952792012023-02-09T23:41:21.454+00:002023-02-09T23:41:21.454+00:00No. Other websites list all the women who were rom...No. Other websites list all the women who were romantic partners of Cohen<br /> Sharon is not one of themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-51168565602081250532022-11-28T19:36:53.353+00:002022-11-28T19:36:53.353+00:00Thanks!!! Priority ....Thanks!!! Priority ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-80971731274950961852022-11-28T19:35:50.447+00:002022-11-28T19:35:50.447+00:00If LC hadnt driven me crazy early on in my life I ...If LC hadnt driven me crazy early on in my life I would have gone insane too ! Harish SAMTANInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-36581300502863814362022-10-30T20:18:55.075+00:002022-10-30T20:18:55.075+00:00And apparently there is still a stream of us. I...And apparently there is still a stream of us. I'm here in 2022, 14 years after this blog post was published.Johannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-27806075987523428422022-02-08T14:22:01.408+00:002022-02-08T14:22:01.408+00:00Cheers, Kev!Cheers, Kev!harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-84855541465326009532022-02-08T14:15:08.049+00:002022-02-08T14:15:08.049+00:00Looks good, Harry. Hope to be up in time to visit ...Looks good, Harry. Hope to be up in time to visit before it closes.<br />KevKevin Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256960919203903914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-20699525849543375462022-01-05T02:07:32.864+00:002022-01-05T02:07:32.864+00:00The poem/lyrics appears in his Book of Longing con...The poem/lyrics appears in his Book of Longing containing works all composed between 1994 and 1999 while he was on My Baldy. The song, unlike the poem, prefaces as well as ends with the final stanza. That refrain is also included as a bridge or chorus if you will in the middle of the song.<br />Thanks to all of you for the wonderful discussion!Jim Snearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02016017630059238929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-62772911863567864822021-11-07T17:36:15.210+00:002021-11-07T17:36:15.210+00:00bello. the doors harebello. the doors harekikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283179132542880937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-72026759784764975022021-11-07T16:43:31.355+00:002021-11-07T16:43:31.355+00:00he picture is sunny. the situation: very dangerous...he picture is sunny. the situation: very dangerouskikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283179132542880937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-42844088537373216892021-11-07T16:40:58.794+00:002021-11-07T16:40:58.794+00:00bellobellokikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283179132542880937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-25197579769394361422021-11-07T16:40:05.797+00:002021-11-07T16:40:05.797+00:00bellobellokikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283179132542880937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-63803741692647977042021-04-23T16:53:02.616+01:002021-04-23T16:53:02.616+01:00Tears and smiles always.Tears and smiles always.thanslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910947062988892615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-74819183292882281592021-03-30T17:45:02.489+01:002021-03-30T17:45:02.489+01:00I am. If there's Dubuffet element, it's en...I am. If there's Dubuffet element, it's entirely down to the guy who painted the jar at Alafajar in Malaga. I can take no credit.harry bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com