Leonard Cohen is one of the finest singer-songwriters of the past half century, and the 2006 documentary I'M YOUR MAN pays tribute to his genius. The soundtrack to the film is a collection of live performances taken from Hal Willner's concert ...
2nd Only to the Movie Great songwriter. Talented artists. Superb album. Enjoy! Submitted by jackofarabia (Seattle, WA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
$14.09 Detlef ZooYour name is Uldis Dirnens and you live in Latvia, but at times it seems your life has already been experienced by thousands all over the world. Your first guitar is a wreck scavenged from underneath a tank and is fastened to a clothes hanger and filled with stones. But suddenly it seems to you that something might have a purpose in this life. You might be living like so many others, but there are songs only you can write. And then you find yourself once again without a job, money, girlfriend or shelter – nothing to lose... And without much thought you apply for a phenomenally popular reality show on TV. When they ask for a nickname, for everyone has one, you say you'll be Detlef, like that guy from the teenage-heroin-junkie bestselling novel We, Children from Bahnhof Zoo set in Berlin in the 70’s. Now you have a roof above your head and a TV camera in your face, but you quickly realize that this is not your reality. You are back on the street, but you feel like leaving a prison. But the prison also teaches something – at least that your reality is your guitar and your band. And once again you are together with the guys. 2004 has just begun and your first radio single --etras Sienas (Four Walls) is at number one on radio SWH chart - the biggest radio in Latvia. And five weeks later it is still there... Damn, who would have believed all of this?! Next the going gets even rougher. The first mega hit Cetras sienas (Four Walls) is followed by the equally successful Stils nevainigs (Style Innocent), Blind Actor and The Time Has Come. Together with 9 other self-composed songs these make up the band's debut album Tu izliecies par sevi (You Pretend to be Yourself, 2004, MicRec). Many consider this album the most ...