You ever been to any of his live gigs, Alan? The one I went to in Oslo in '84 had them dancing in the aisles and screaming for more...he did the first half solo then brought on a full band and really rocked it up. No-one stayed sitting down!

Perhaps you're as unfamiliar with the non-stereotypical Cohen as you appear to be with the viccissitudes of Irish house-building excesses?