The "man of energy" and "revolution's pride" that "trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child" is actually Charles Manson, whose followers murdered then-pregnant actress Sharon Tate. It's a common misconception (and an understandable one, particularly after the release of "The Future"), but this, by his own admission, wasn't what Cohen had in mind when writing the song.
@JQT And nor would it be, as it's unlikely given the recording timeline for this album (it took 18 moths to make, so that means that its tenuous that the story about Charles Manson would have been known at the time of the songs writing.
@JQT And nor would it be, as it's unlikely given the recording timeline for this album (it took 18 moths to make, so that means that its tenuous that the story about Charles Manson would have been known at the time of the songs writing.
The "man of energy" and "revolution's pride" that "trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child" is actually Charles Manson, whose followers murdered then-pregnant actress Sharon Tate. It's a common misconception (and an understandable one, particularly after the release of "The Future"), but this, by his own admission, wasn't what Cohen had in mind when writing the song.
@JQT Thanx for the info. Never knew the lines refer to Manson.
@JQT Thanx for the info. Never knew the lines refer to Manson.
@JQT And nor would it be, as it's unlikely given the recording timeline for this album (it took 18 moths to make, so that means that its tenuous that the story about Charles Manson would have been known at the time of the songs writing.
@JQT And nor would it be, as it's unlikely given the recording timeline for this album (it took 18 moths to make, so that means that its tenuous that the story about Charles Manson would have been known at the time of the songs writing.