Dance Me to the End of Love” by Leonard Cohen is a song rich with layers of meaning. While it might sound like a simple love song, it actually has deeper, more poignant undertones.

The song was inspired by the Holocaust. Cohen mentioned that the image of musicians playing in concentration camps as their fellow prisoners were led to their deaths influenced the song.

The lyrics, such as “Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin,” evoke a sense of finding beauty and love even in the darkest times.

At the same time, the song also speaks to the enduring nature of love and the desire to be connected with a partner through all of life’s experiences, right up to the end. It’s a blend of sorrow and hope, capturing the resilience of the human spirit.

 

 

Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Oh dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

 

“Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin”

 

Dance me to the wedding now, oh dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We’re both of us beneath our love, we’re both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

 

 

 

 

Song & Video Info

Song

Vocalist 🎤: Leonard Cohen

Album: “Various Positions
Released: December 1984

“Various Positions” is Leonard Cohen’s seventh studio album, released in December 1984 (and February 1985 in some regions). This album marked a significant point in Cohen’s career, as it included some of his most enduring songs, such as “Dance Me to the End of Love” and “Hallelujah”.

The album was recorded at Quadrasonic Sound in New York and released under the Columbia label. Despite initial reluctance from his record company, which doubted its commercial potential, “Various Positions” has since been recognized as a critical work in Cohen’s discography.

 
Video

Movie 🎬: A Matador’s Mistress (2008)
Manolete (2008)

Actors:📌Adrien Brody
             📌 Penélope Cruz

A Matador’s Mistress”, also known as “Manolete”,  is a 2008 biographical drama directed by Menno Meyjes. The film stars Adrien Brody as the legendary Spanish bullfighter Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, better known as Manolete, and Penélope Cruz as his lover, Lupe Sino.

Set in the 1940s, the movie explores the passionate and tumultuous relationship between Manolete and Lupe Sino, against the backdrop of Manolete’s rise to fame and his eventual tragic death in the bullring.

The film delves into themes of love, fame, and the personal struggles of a man who became a national hero in Spain.

 

 

  1. De très belles vidéos bien construites, montées avec intelligence et brio où la musique et l’image s’harmonisent en une synchronisation…

  2. Une superbe vidéo réalisée avec talent par votre équipe. Les personnages sont solaires, lumineux, la musique est sublime. Un pur…

  3. My Baby You. Marc Anthony. Une merveilleuse vidéo où les deux personnages sont solaires. Une video qui fait du bien,…

  4. Que hermoso ! Las imágenes y la hermosa canción que acompaña, te hace soñar . Bellísima 💝 . Siempre vuelvo…

  5. Dear engelbert the song ( how do I stop loving you) so so beautiful 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

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