NICK CAVE - Leonard Cohen's Suzanne

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2008
  • Nick Cave in Leonard Cohen's song Suzanne
    Suzanne takes you down to her place newer the river
    You can hear the boats go by
    You can spend the night beside her
    And you know that shes half crazy
    But thats why you want to be there
    And she feeds you tea and oranges
    That come all the way from china
    And just when you mean to tell her
    That you have no love to give her
    Then she gets you on her wavelength
    And she lets the river answer
    That youve always been her lover
    And you want to travel with her
    And you want to travel blind
    And you know that she will trust you
    For youve touched her perfect body with your mind.
    And jesus was a sailor
    When he walked upon the water
    And he spent a long time watching
    From his lonely wooden tower
    And when he knew for certain
    Only drowning men could see him
    He said all men will be sailors then
    Until the sea shall free them
    But he himself was broken
    Long before the sky would open
    Forsaken, almost human
    He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
    And you want to travel with him
    And you want to travel blind
    And you think maybe youll trust him
    For hes touched your perfect body with his mind.
    Now suzanne takes you hand
    And she leads you to the river
    She is wearing rags and feathers
    From salvation army counters
    And the sun pours down like honey
    On our lady of the harbour
    And she shows you where to look
    Among the garbage and the flowers
    There are heroes in the seaweed
    There are children in the morning
    They are leaning out for love
    And they will lean that way forever
    While suzanne holds the mirror
    And you want to travel with her
    And you want to travel blind
    And you know that she will trust you
    For shes touched your perfect body with her mind.
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  • @lyndseystonelinzim6798
    @lyndseystonelinzim6798 3 года назад +6

    Im 76 why am I crying?

  • @vivianagozzo5734
    @vivianagozzo5734 Год назад +2

    Balsamo per l'anima in un'epoca in cui l'anima non ha nessun valore e ciò che conta è l'efficienza

  • @minatonic3781
    @minatonic3781 6 лет назад +64

    I simply adore this version of ''Suzanne''. Nick Cave's voice is so beautiful and full of devotion to each song he performs.
    And this song is pure poetry, if you ask me, because each word demands to be felt more than heard or just read, and you need an artist to interpret, to understand and therefore to bring it to the audience in a right way.

  • @teresaribeiro9886
    @teresaribeiro9886 11 месяцев назад +3

    So beautifull. Only now did I hear this by Nick Cave. Very appropriate. ❤❤

  • @pickgee
    @pickgee Год назад +13

    The undeniable genius of Cohen and Cave.

  • @ulrichwill496
    @ulrichwill496 Год назад +2

    Ein Musiker den man immer vergisst. Aber ein ganz, ganz Grosser!!! ❤️❤️🇨🇭

  • @joj5184
    @joj5184 Год назад +2

    Ye gods,,,,I love this. It was part of my young life, sung by Leonard Cohen. But I adore Nick and will see him on September 19 in Asheville, NC!!!!

  • @bjrnarbrathen1563
    @bjrnarbrathen1563 7 лет назад +55

    Nick has this rare ability to form his voice into different styles. I love his music and his voice.

  • @vivianagozzo5734
    @vivianagozzo5734 Год назад +3

    Viva la follia! Se ispira canzoni così belle ...

  • @keep_it_real26
    @keep_it_real26 9 месяцев назад +16

    The way he lags just slightly behind the girls is ecstatically beautiful

  • @raymondstone9636
    @raymondstone9636 3 года назад +9

    Leonard is still 'alive'. Thanks Nick Cave.

  • @roachstj1
    @roachstj1 7 лет назад +515

    Nick sings this song like he's in prayer in the church of Leonard Cohen.

    • @Spignelli
      @Spignelli 5 лет назад +6

      Welcome to you as well

    • @marianacosta7300
      @marianacosta7300 4 года назад +9

      Man! 😳😱 This is the PERFECT comment! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 PERFECT

    • @gargulapower1
      @gargulapower1 4 года назад +4

      I agree completely

    • @carmencaamano9434
      @carmencaamano9434 4 года назад +1

      Well, i allways, always, no, i have any thing to write...

    • @susana.bravakis1376
      @susana.bravakis1376 4 года назад +3

      He's simply amazing!

  • @2222badger2222
    @2222badger2222 9 лет назад +8

    one great poet ,showing respect to an even greater one

  • @DesertOmaRose
    @DesertOmaRose 14 лет назад +18

    Oh God! This song makes me want to lay down and die happy. I love Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave!

  • @familygirlxx
    @familygirlxx 13 лет назад +30

    I'm stunned by some of the comments here. I LOVE Cohen's version of Suzanne. I remember the first time I heard Cohen, and I fell in love with this song in particular. Singing this Nick isn't trying to compete with Cohen, and I would be almost 100% sure he didn't forget the words, he simply sang it his way, which I happen to think made it very beautiful. It was done as a tribute to a singer Nick has obviously admired for a long time. So why bitch and compare? Just enjoy.

  • @IlGattonero13
    @IlGattonero13 11 месяцев назад +8

    The treatment of the background vocals is unexpected and haunting - as though the echo anticipates the lead voice, or as though he’s being accompanied by the spirits of the water.
    The trick to the art of covering other people’s songs is to make them your own while honoring the vision of the original artist. Nick does that here beautifully.

  • @Kim-pp5ti
    @Kim-pp5ti Год назад +2

    ahhhh perfection ❤❤

  • @taehyunjeoung1334
    @taehyunjeoung1334 Год назад +1

    Your child is with our beautiful mother. I promise. And love you nick.

  • @Kim-pp5ti
    @Kim-pp5ti 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love this, I cry

  • @peterwilliamson4296
    @peterwilliamson4296 4 года назад +15

    What a combination! Nick Cave and the fabulous original Cohen singers keep Leonards song alive. Thanks.

  • @fairdisplay
    @fairdisplay 3 года назад

    Ich höre dieses Lied seit 50 JAHREN !!!!!

  • @gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819
    @gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819 5 лет назад +29

    Nick has always been under the spell of Leonard . Great choice of a mentor and lovely homage to Cohen s legacy

  • @susannefuegos570
    @susannefuegos570 3 года назад +2

    Susanne love you

  • @randallreed9048
    @randallreed9048 3 года назад +13

    True artistry is making the incredibly complex and subtly nuanced look simple and unadorned. Beautiful, Nick, just beautiful.

  • @MrYomomoto
    @MrYomomoto Год назад +3

    Pure poetry and I say it with watery eyes

  • @xtheonlychancex
    @xtheonlychancex 5 лет назад +93

    Nick does a great job singing backup to Julie and Perla.

    • @randallreed9048
      @randallreed9048 3 года назад +4

      That technique is incredibly difficult to do without tripping all over yourself! Excellent!

  • @redcoat4ever323
    @redcoat4ever323 Год назад +10

    Few in the world could pull this off. Such a responsibility to do this masterpiece justice. Well done.

    • @magicbulletdancers
      @magicbulletdancers 11 месяцев назад

      Thank you ❤
      So wonderful this comment
      And unlike any I've heard
      Truth yes, the responsibility

  • @Kim-pp5ti
    @Kim-pp5ti 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh Nick! :( I love this

  • @3357178
    @3357178 8 лет назад +238

    HE HAS THE SPIRIT OF COHEN, I MEAN HE DESSERVES TO SING THIS SONG,

  • @pleiadian13
    @pleiadian13 7 лет назад +19

    I feel he's singing directly to me. What a gift he has. I love you Nicholas.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron 2 года назад

      Yes! What an awesome, truly awesome artist ❤️💯🎵

  • @katharinastoger8276
    @katharinastoger8276 11 месяцев назад +1

    Sie singen dieses Lied wunder wunderschön❤

  • @ljiljanasemenic8929
    @ljiljanasemenic8929 3 года назад +4

    I AGREE HE HAS A SPIRIT OF COHEN!!!

  • @mariaselas7767
    @mariaselas7767 3 года назад +4

    I can listen to him all day/every day.

  • @robertarisz8464
    @robertarisz8464 2 года назад +7

    When I seen this suggestion come up, I 1000% had to click.
    I knew Nick would do something special with this song.
    When at the start I heard him coming in so late, I wondered if it was a technical issue - no it is Nick's mastery.
    Powerful stuff Nick!

  • @suzannedarroch1149
    @suzannedarroch1149 3 года назад +9

    First time I have heard this done by Nick. Him and Leonard might have made a wonderful duet.

  • @bellamorte7308
    @bellamorte7308 12 лет назад +2

    god,i love you,nick cave.you are a brilliant singer and a beautiful man

  • @TheMadMaven1
    @TheMadMaven1 3 года назад +2

    Nick Cave: amazing, talented, GORGEOUS!

  • @mrsmacca126
    @mrsmacca126 3 года назад +4

    The PERFECT version.

  • @markbradley6602
    @markbradley6602 2 месяца назад

    'Absolutely stunning rendition; beautiful!'

  • @TheJohnnycash007
    @TheJohnnycash007 4 месяца назад

    A brother sends love , years pass and always will, time can mend but sometimes never does , songs will always be sung , but they never truly save , some songs are remembered and not forgotten, always for a reason, cause the truth remains beautiful, broken but still amazing. Life and love for many years, we make ourselves angels.

  • @michaelayliffe7238
    @michaelayliffe7238 4 года назад +2

    When I was 16 in a sea of 80s plastic pop, this song opened a thousand doors to new worlds, There under the sun, a river, high tea, a pritty face. When I'm sad I can go back. Thanks Lennod

  • @tonerdebresse
    @tonerdebresse 3 года назад +1

    Oh god the chorists are these of Leonard Cohen!!

  • @JulesThackway
    @JulesThackway 10 месяцев назад

    We have to press the like button so many times! His soul!

  • @karmenjazbec7743
    @karmenjazbec7743 4 года назад +2

    nick you are the best

  • @viktorkovach8772
    @viktorkovach8772 3 года назад +3

    And the singing girls are in trance just like maestro himself..!

  • @stucumins8511
    @stucumins8511 3 года назад +2

    Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!

  • @margaretrzankowski638
    @margaretrzankowski638 5 лет назад +2

    And with Julie Christensen and Perla Batalla, no less - Leonard’s long time backing singers. Just awesome.

  • @amysmith280
    @amysmith280 6 лет назад +29

    Made even more lovely by the fact that Nick Cave's wife's name is Susie.

    • @sarahcorbo3659
      @sarahcorbo3659 5 лет назад

      I KNOW! I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!

  • @nazor1
    @nazor1 13 лет назад +10

    I can never get enough of this. Best version, I love both Nick and Cohen. This is a match made in heaven. I'd take this over Avalanche any day.

  • @agatamazzone4894
    @agatamazzone4894 3 года назад

    From Canada to Australia..from 21 /9 to 22/9...Greatest!

  • @realg6939
    @realg6939 6 лет назад +20

    One of the best lines in all music: For he's touched your perfect body with his mind

    • @tim90003
      @tim90003 9 месяцев назад

      Yes...

  • @kingsmorri
    @kingsmorri 5 лет назад +9

    Always felt that Nick Cave was the perfect interpreter for Leonard Cohen songs, this songs sort of proves me right

  • @GabrielEkart
    @GabrielEkart 3 года назад +2

    wonderful

  • @999Cinderwolf
    @999Cinderwolf 13 лет назад +3

    Woooooooooowww!!
    Here are a great one singing another greater one!!
    A real jewel, indeed

  • @garymcgrath8246
    @garymcgrath8246 4 года назад +5

    You bloody well nailed it nick

  • @kiwigirlrk55
    @kiwigirlrk55 7 лет назад +7

    Beautiful and Wonderful. Nick Cave has done Justice to Leonard Cohen. x

  • @algayathi
    @algayathi 7 лет назад +73

    Beautiful version of a beautiful song. Love Nick Cave's voice. So rich and full of emotion.

    • @d.l.thompson1556
      @d.l.thompson1556 7 лет назад +4

      Too bad it's drowned out by the back-up singers. At least, that's all I'm hearing on my pc. This by Cohen is my favorite song of all time.....but?? Nick just doesn't come through the background well enough

    • @marcuspfand6929
      @marcuspfand6929 7 лет назад

      yes

  • @cockneys78
    @cockneys78 11 лет назад +18

    pure poetry. well done Leonard, fine work Nick!!!!

  • @Heritage1829
    @Heritage1829 11 лет назад +12

    Those are two of the best backup singers around.

  • @user-dg4ux9tg3f
    @user-dg4ux9tg3f 10 лет назад

    incredibelmente bello!!! bello come bello tutto quello che e' sincero. nick cave come sempre e' migliore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! e' grande. sia la canzione che Nick

  • @liliakamenova
    @liliakamenova 6 лет назад +3

    Jesus, I can listen to this song all life....

  • @TJ1415
    @TJ1415 6 лет назад +7

    Great rendition from a poet to another

  • @tonyjackasssnbrown5209
    @tonyjackasssnbrown5209 Год назад +1

    Wow Nick cave is so talented

  • @tunahanbulut1971
    @tunahanbulut1971 5 лет назад +2

    Mr. Cave really adores Cohen. A really hardore listener. Love 'em both. I'm feeling close to their poetic soul.

  • @JanaKralova-dd8vq
    @JanaKralova-dd8vq 22 часа назад +1

    Perfekt.❤

  • @justherebarely
    @justherebarely 12 лет назад +1

    He tends to sing a beat behind the back up singers in a lot ot his songs and it appears to be a stylistic thing. The women singers are Julie Christensen and Perla Battalia, aqccording to the dvd I'm Your Man, a tribute to Leonard Cohen.

  • @crazy4chaldrons
    @crazy4chaldrons 13 лет назад +38

    (continued) I liked what he liked, followed him like a sheep. Leonard Cohen was the first one I discovered by myself. He is the symbol of my musical independence. I remember these other guys that came to my friend's house that thought Songs of Love and Hate was too depressing. I've realized that this 'depression' theory was ridiculous. The sadness of Cohen was inspirer, it gave me a lot of energy. I always remember all this when someone says that my records are morbid or depressing."

    • @KyOlsen
      @KyOlsen 3 года назад +2

      What a beautiful statement :-)

  • @derekmatthew2921
    @derekmatthew2921 4 года назад +3

    Nick cave one of the best nearly as good as Leonard Cohen

  • @davidmitchell1959
    @davidmitchell1959 3 года назад +1

    That is just bloody Wonderful!

  • @marcotesti6393
    @marcotesti6393 18 дней назад

    Class, soul, energy.

  • @MilenaMilenkovic0911
    @MilenaMilenkovic0911 8 лет назад +12

    i can listen this over and over again

  • @MSYNGWIE12
    @MSYNGWIE12 5 месяцев назад +3

    AMEN. God Bless Nick, Julie and Perla. You got me in tears... and I know Leonard can hear...Namaste. Peace be upon this "forsaken" world this holiday season- 2023...Love from a fan in Ontario (L. never knew it but he wrote that song for me...)

    • @anneschertl5129
      @anneschertl5129 3 месяца назад

      MANIFIQUE MANIFIQUE MANIFIQUE SUBLIME

  • @suzanneh2679
    @suzanneh2679 7 лет назад +59

    ...and now the torch passes from the Maestro to his disciple....keep his flame burning, Saint Nick!!

  • @ronjarovardotter1745
    @ronjarovardotter1745 7 лет назад +1

    My favourite artist singing my favourite song from my other favourite artist. Can't get any better.

  • @9Jeremy3
    @9Jeremy3 13 лет назад +3

    Fantastic. Nice Cave is an all time great ... a living legend.

  • @rnorvegicus
    @rnorvegicus 9 лет назад +11

    Tears in my eyes. Just beautiful.

  • @user-mn1ti1nb7y
    @user-mn1ti1nb7y 11 месяцев назад +1

    Эта песня наполняет теплом мою душу

  • @JoseSantos-xh9mp
    @JoseSantos-xh9mp Месяц назад

    I went to a Nick Cave show in São Paulo Brazil 1980 and someting... It was of of the best shows in my life.

  • @295terry1
    @295terry1 11 лет назад +1

    one of the most important artist of our era.....his talent is extraordinary ..not to mention the variety of his work ..solo and with his band and other artist....since 1979 has given us ..songs , soundtracks, novels ,creating a world that makes you not to want to escape....

  • @guflab
    @guflab 12 лет назад

    the BEST rendition EVER. nick cave is soooooo smoochy and luvly

  • @kwiltlvr
    @kwiltlvr 2 года назад

    It's a special favor from time to live in the age of musical poets, Nick C, Leonard C, Tom W, Bob D, and Jim M.
    Heart touchers all of them

  • @stefaanneyrinck1520
    @stefaanneyrinck1520 Год назад

    Just perfect, I love the delays

  • @uzidabach
    @uzidabach 13 лет назад +1

    its great to see such a successful musician doing a gesture for another musician who influenced him

  • @kathleenphillips6445
    @kathleenphillips6445 8 лет назад +67

    The lag of singers makes it seem like a dream or a memory. Long time ago 60's Suzanne.

    • @johnnoonan4987
      @johnnoonan4987 6 лет назад +4

      so right Kathleen ..I
      dream of Lenny, suzanne, i live for dreams; so lets lag this life. Thanks

  • @otithesesy
    @otithesesy 12 лет назад +9

    and you want to travel with her
    and you want to travel blind..
    I love the lyrics

  • @1967Mila
    @1967Mila 14 лет назад +2

    what a voice. I love that man

  • @sarahcorbo3659
    @sarahcorbo3659 5 лет назад +1

    His voice is mesmerising...

    • @jpcpm1340
      @jpcpm1340 5 лет назад

      I have followed Nick Cave for quite some time. I first knew of him when the Birthday Party made a splash. Leonard Cohen has always been an influential artist, though I must say that I am not a big fan of his musical recordings.
      Nick Cave often has an amazingly charismatic presence. This is not one of them. I find this song very bland.

  • @KeesKouwenberg
    @KeesKouwenberg 3 года назад +4

    Saying 'Better than the original' would kill me from lightning beams from above, and I would deserve that, so I won't say it. But holy fuck this is so good. And what an AMAZING timing.

  • @sharonazar1
    @sharonazar1 13 лет назад +4

    breathtaking Nick!! what a beautiful heart, mind and voice like liquid velvet.

  • @gorjanapetrovic5383
    @gorjanapetrovic5383 3 года назад +1

    Great,as many songs Nick sings.

  • @invisilvia9235
    @invisilvia9235 3 года назад +2

    God, what a talent!!♥️🙏

  • @dalewagner54
    @dalewagner54 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you

  • @vv247
    @vv247 5 лет назад +15

    really amazing version..Nick nails the emotion in this.

  • @g33fer94
    @g33fer94 8 лет назад +2

    F'ing marvelous.

  • @bellchildish
    @bellchildish 12 лет назад +25

    I love this song and now my two of my favorites Nick and Nina(Simone) sing it! Love love love!!!!

    • @andrewcarson5850
      @andrewcarson5850 3 года назад +3

      Nina Simone sung this?! I'm going hunting.

  • @rogylover
    @rogylover 14 лет назад +4

    I love both this man and the man who wrote this song, and this video makes me so happy!

  • @theonemanclapping
    @theonemanclapping 7 лет назад +20

    One of the greatest poet of our time covers one of the best songs of - to me - the greatest poet of all time.
    This is just beautiful... and so sad right now.
    Didn't expect he will pass away immediately after his brilliant last album!
    "I intend to live forever"
    L. Cohen

  • @crazy4chaldrons
    @crazy4chaldrons 13 лет назад +3

    Nick Cave on Leonard Cohen "I discovered Leonard Cohen with Songs of Love and Hate. I listened to this record for hours in a friend's house. I was very young and I believe this was the first record that really had an effect on me. In the past, I only listened to my brother's records. (continued below)

  • @gloriaevansgalli7902
    @gloriaevansgalli7902 8 лет назад +38

    Nick Cave, you are a wonderful man! 💝

  • @GavinMaGrath
    @GavinMaGrath 7 лет назад +25

    I love that he directly credits Cohen in his title. I think most artists have too much ego to do so.