From Grammys Award Leonard Cohen 30 Seconds Of Faint Praise For Lifetime Of Superb Achievement
I confess that the headline, “Grammys Award Leonard Cohen 30 Seconds Of Faint Praise For Lifetime Of Spectacular Achievement,” is misleadingly exaggerated.
If one subtracts the time consumed by applause, the official commendation of Leonard Cohen at the 2010 Grammy Awards Show was efficiently and fully executed in 19 seconds.
In making that 19 second announcement of Leonard Cohen’s Lifetime Achievement Award, however, Seal invoked the full majesty, authority, and prestige of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States with an impressively vapid, cliched, and immediately forgettable acknowledgment of Leonard Cohen’s extraordinary forty year career as a singer-songwriter. … more at the link
Because of the brevity of this event, the video has been set to loop four times. Nonetheless, viewers are well-advised to prepare themselves prior to clicking on the video’s start button and to steadfastly maintain focus once the screening begins. And, whatever you do - Don’t Blink. Video from arlenedick15
