...then we take Berlin!

Da mir heute sowieso schon so musikalisch zumute ist (bin ja hinter Dylans Hut her...) und weil das Video von der hutklauenwollenden Dame so miserable Qualität hat und weil Leonard Cohen nun endlich in die Hall of Fame aufgenommen wurde und weil es in dem Video so ganz bezaubernde und romantische und gemütsbewegende Bilder gibt und weil ich Leonard Cohen so viele Inspirationen verdanke und weil ich tief drinnen eben doch ein Romantiker bin und weil Berlin sowieso die Stadt an und für sich ist (Manhattan kann einpacken!) und überhaupt...

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

P.S.: Die Laudation hielt Lou Reed:

Lou Reed took the podium to offer generous commentary on his old pal. "I first met Leonard Cohen at the Chelsea Hotel," Reed said. "We were talking and - I thought it was sweet of him - he said 'You wrote a song called I'll Be Your Mirror and it made me want to keep writing songs'."
Reed when on to mention Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and Cohen's novel Beautiful Losers, saying "one of them got more attention. I was always surprised by that."
Reed quoted lavishly from the Cohen oeuvre, citing First We Take Manhattan, Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye, Anthem and Cohen's latest work, Book of Longing. It was, appropriately, a most writerly induction one of Canada's most celebrated poets.
Cohen thanked Reed for reminding him that he'd written "a couple of good lines. I inducted you into my own ghostly hall of fame years ago."
Quelle: Ottawa Citizen