lazarus57 - You Want It Darker
lazarus57
Jul 07, 2025 09:20am
<p>LEONARD COHEN FOR MY SNACK BUDDY</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://orangecountyedm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Leonard-Cohen-You-Want-It-Darker-Satori-Remix.jpg" alt="Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Satori Remix) - Orange County EDM"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>You Want It Darker</strong>" is a song by Canadian poet and musician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Leonard Cohen</a>, released on September 21, 2016, Cohen's 82nd birthday.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a> It is the title track from Cohen's album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>You Want It Darker</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-petridis-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a> The song earned the artist a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Award</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Rock Performance</a> and features the vocals of Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Shaar_Hashomayim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Shaar Hashomayim</a> Choir.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[3]</sup></a><span class="ql-cursor"></span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Petridis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Alexis Petridis</a> describes the song as "a menacing critique of religion" that "flips from anger to resigned acceptance and back again".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-petridis-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Out_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Far Out</em></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Songwriter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>American Songwriter</em></a> ranked the song number seven and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Leonard Cohen songs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[4]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[5]</sup></a></p><p>The song was recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_Pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Iggy Pop</a> for the 2022 tribute album <em>Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen</em>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Want_It_Darker_(song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[6]</sup></a></p>