Leonard Cohen Anybody?

[RingOfFire]

[slatyb]

I love many of his songs including "Suzanne"

[Drewtate]

" I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel

You were talking so brave and so sweet

Givin' me head on the unmade bed"

[RingOfFire]

That was about Janis Joplin.

[Drewtate]

Halalujah is a great song. For some reason people think it's a hym.

[RingOfFire]

It is an amazing song. I think a contender for one of the most beautiful ever written. And I never thought I would hear a version better than Cohen himself singing it. But I think this is one of those super rare covers that is even better than the original. Just heard this about a year ago and was blown away...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLk9pzmaFHY

[Drewtate]

Over produced. No context. Lacks the rawness of Cohen or Buckley.

[RingOfFire]

I try to separate the song itself from the video. When I do that I see this as a masterpiece. Sure it has a completely different flavor than the original. But beautiful and moving nonetheless.

[RingOfFire]

I wasn't a big Leonard Cohen fan back in the 60s/70s and didn't really appreciate his music until recent years. With one or two exceptions... I always liked Suzanne and one or two others. But the rest of it wasn't too appealing to me until fairly recent adulthood. I knew a lot of people who were crazy about him back then though.

[FunkyMonkee]

BOOOOOORRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!