One of the greatest songwriter of all time, melancholic and thought provoking, pessimistic and optimistic at the same time He finds beauty in melancholy
"There were so many people you just had to meet without your clothes" is one of the funnies lines in any song. He could take you from laughing to weeping in just a few lines.
Leonard Cohen was one of our national treasures. His band was so tight and professional, and his backup singers so beautiful, it would be like paradise if you had the chance to sit in the middle during a concert. At 82 years of age, he could draw thousands to his concerts around the world. Don't just know 'of' him, experience him. Great reaction, Couch Gang.
@@jessereyna6662 Cohen was born, raised and rose to fame in Montreal, in Canada, first becoming an acclaimed poet before deciding that poetry wasn't lucrative, teaching wasn't engaging, and so he then turned to music, using influences from his Jewish upbringing and Spanish guitar he had learned from someone else. He later spent many years in the US and became a dual citizen, he has a special love for the Greek island of Hydra, where he lived for a time with a lover he later wrote songs about, but always identified with his roots.
Serge Gainsbourg could have outread, outsmoked, out-Jewed, and out-sexied that Canadian tourist. And I am from Canada (the western Pacific half-Chinese part) so I am allowed to say that.
It's been some debate on what artists who took themselves seriously and who had an actual sense of humour. Leonard Cohen is in my opinion one of the few with a genuine sense of humour.
There are countless Leonard Cohen songs to react to. "Famous Blue Raincoat," "Dance Me to the End of Love," "Suzanne," "Hallelujah," and many, many more.
Leonard Cohen was depressed for most of his life but he wrote some brilliant songs. He doesn't sugarcoat things. His voice changed as he got older. It got deeper.
Leonard Cohen is as underrated as a guy could be for being the one who wrote Hallelujah. This song is one of my favorites by him along with If It Be Your Will, Famous Blue Raincoat, Democracy, and The Future.
@@Gekokujo76 Don't do that to me ! But really, the way he sings "Jane came by with a lock of your hair, she said that you gave it to her, that night that you planed to go clear. Did you ever go clear ? " It always get me. The situation, the way he depicts it…
Very impressed to see you react to Leonard Cohen. He was a poet as well as singer. Among his songs is Hallelulah, which has been covered by about a bazillion people.
You want it dark? He wrote "You Want It Darker" while he was dying. His last album came out a few weeks after his death. I promise you that it will kick you right in the feels.
Leonard Cohen was a once in a generation genius. So many songs to listen to..."Famous Blue Raincoat", "Sisters of Mercy", "If it be your will"...endless list of songs which could only be written by this genius.
I remember being stopped in my tracks as a teen in my kitchen by Famous Blue Raincoat - was a fan ever since! It felt like a piece of my psyche died when he passed! The Partisan is beautiful too... I saw him live in about '85 in Melbourne, Australia but wish I'd been in his lounge room in his beautiful white house in Greece listening to him, his words and his guitar. 🙏🏼
He was one of the most charismatic performers to have ever done it. I was lucky enough to see him 5 times. He regularly used to address his audience as “friends” when he was introducing a song. And he had the ability to create that atmosphere where you all felt like you were sharing something together- and that you really WERE his friend
He was before my time but still holds the title of one of my all time favorites, and likely my overall favorite of all times. He was a man that recognized his weaknesses.
I was exposed to this song the first time I saw the movie 'Pump Up The Volume' (1990). In the movie, the song is used as a theme for Christian Slater's pirate radio show, where he rails against everything every night, but during the day he's a painfully shy teenager who is the new kid in a really screwed up high school. If you ever want to see it...I wholeheartedly recommend it. it has quite a few good songs, but the backbone of the movie are Slater's epic monologues as his radio alter-ego "Happy Harry Hard-on." In many ways, the song is perfect for the themes the film has. The film is one of my favorites...as is this song.
I haven't seen it for a while but I think the movie has both versions. Leonard Cohen's when he's in his studio and Concrete Blonde's at the end. IMDB credits both versions.
Leonard and Bob Dylan were the two biggest folk stars from around the same era, but Leonard passed on a few years ago. And Leonard was Canadian, so they differ in a few ways. But they both were in their own class when it came to writing groundbreaking, probing poetry, which was the key, and used their music as a medium for their social message.
To better understand the context of this song, it is actually a song about the AIDS crisis of the eighties and nineties. It is actually a very cohesive, tightly told story, as opposed to random phrases of frustration. It's all a story about how many people with AIDS had visible symptoms, and people would look at them and think all kinds of things. It's about how the government and the medical community "dealt" with it and how certain populations were ostracized because of it. It's about how it felt being out in the dating scene, how potential partners didn't always disclose, how it closed out two decades of sexual revolution. It's a pretty important song about a very significant part of history. Anyway, hope that info helps.
Thanks for the reaction B&L. Definitely the perfect Halloween song...next to Leonard Cohen's "You Want it Darker." Also, Everybody Knows was used to great effect in Atom Egoyan's film, Exotica.
Seeing him in London (around 2010) was the best concert i've been too - was strangely uplifting I recommend 'The Future' "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in" (not from The Future)
Leonard Chohen, one of Canada's greatest poets and song wtiters. His Song "Hallaluiah" has be covered like 200 times by other singers on actual albums. A really great cover of one of his songs is the incredial Tom Jones, singing "Tower of Song".
Leonard tells it like it is(RIP)...he was always a controversial singer/poet from the beginning and influence many artists during his long career...Ty guys for this
I was having a bad day but cheer me up at seeing you guys watch Leonard Cohen sing a song How my dad passed away September 4 I’ve been going through a hard time it was pleasant to see you guys react to this even though you didn’t care for it that much I would suggest listening to his song “dance me to the end of love” much more cheerful ‼️
Leonard never fails... here are some suggestions: Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2 Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat Leonard Cohen - Dance me to the End of Love
Hahaha. Brad w the “Negative Norman” comment made me literally lol. Cohen writes with such depth and grace. His songs can be hard to digest at times but very interesting nonetheless. Great reaction guys!!
Note to all fans.... Concrete Blonde Everybody Knows Live right here on youtube is one of the best live performances there is in my opinion. Johnette's interpretation rips the soul out. For great covers of Leonard's Hallelujah, check out both Judith Hill with Scary Pockets and Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll doing her take.
I came down to the comment to recommend the Concrete Blonde version. Cohen wrote a phenomenal song, but Johnette really brought the power out to the forefront - it's an amazing cover!
This was actually written in the’80s in the Reagan era. He marginalized the black community more than any president of that era and Leonard recognized that.
@@Maggimae2367 I never said when this was written. All I’m saying is I read his poetry and did acid to his music as far back ask as the late 60’s. What’s the issue?
A renowned poet as well as singer songwriter His songs have been memorably described as - Music to slit your wrists by ( Apologies for taking matters to an even darker place) Enjoying your reactions as always 😊😊😊
I first heard this song in 1991 when I was 11, along with ” If it be your will” which is Another great song of his it took me a year or two to find who the artist was but I’ve been a fan ever since.
I'd love to see a reaction to "Joan of Arc" written by Leonard Cohen. The version I love most is from Jennifer Warnes' 1986 album 'Famous Blue Raincoat' which was recorded as a duet with Cohen. The song is constructed mainly as a dialogue between Joan of Arc and the fire which is consuming her as she burns at the stake, after having been found guilty of heresy (in 1431). Only Cohen had the genius to conceive and write such a masterful LOVE song! (The RUclips lyric video titled "Joan of Arc - Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen" is excellent).
@@Mark-zu6oz Had the luck to see Cohen 6 times 2010-2013 and each time hoped to see him perform Joan of Arc, but, alas, it was never on the set list. It was on his "Songs of Love and Hate" album, every song on which would justify a reaction.
There are so many great Leonard Cohen songs. A couple of favorites are First we take manhattan, It happens to the heart, you want it darker , Alexandra leaving’ and ‘ so long Marianne’ among many many others
Leonard Cohen wrote the song "Hallelujah" which was used in the movie Shrek, but his original 1984 version is very different. He was more of a poet than anything, and his songs often tended to be dark. I would suggest "The Future" and "Closing Time" as well.
Man! That brings back memories! i had just gotten out of the navy when this song hit on the underground scene. It was a time of change in the musical topography of the era and a lot of really good stuff that never hit the top 10 was being passed around on the underground - usually originating in NYC, though sometimes LA figured in. Wanna go even deeper than this one? Listen to " *_If It Be Your Will_* ".
As Mr Cohen once wrote "there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in" so many so so many great great tracks, probably the greatest ever songwriter/poet (in my estimation, of all time, or at least ranked with Dylan). , Suzanne of course Famous Blue Raincoat were his big early tracks, incredible, Chelsea Hotel, Anthem, Im Your Man, in the middle years then You want it Darker, A Thousand Kisses Deep towards the end of his life- and of course the obligatory Hallelujah (that everyone reacts to) was his too (though I do concur Jeff Buckleys cover version is outstanding). Highly recommend diving into his discography
Love this song. Cohen's mordant sense of humour was never better deployed than on the I'm Your Man album. Shout out to the fantastic oud playing, by a fellow called John Bezikjian (sp?).
One of the greatest songwriter of all time, melancholic and thought provoking, pessimistic and optimistic at the same time
He finds beauty in melancholy
Everybody knows he's a true poet.
"There were so many people you just had to meet without your clothes" is one of the funnies lines in any song. He could take you from laughing to weeping in just a few lines.
Leonard Cohen was one of our national treasures. His band was so tight and professional, and his backup singers so beautiful, it would be like paradise if you had the chance to sit in the middle during a concert. At 82 years of age, he could draw thousands to his concerts around the world. Don't just know 'of' him, experience him. Great reaction, Couch Gang.
Including me a few times
By "our national treasures" you mean Canada right?
Check out his live concert 'Austin City Limits' 1988. His best live. On RUclips, full concert.
@@rik6696 it’s what I was wondering. Maybe he is also Canadian.
@@jessereyna6662 Cohen was born, raised and rose to fame in Montreal, in Canada, first becoming an acclaimed poet before deciding that poetry wasn't lucrative, teaching wasn't engaging, and so he then turned to music, using influences from his Jewish upbringing and Spanish guitar he had learned from someone else. He later spent many years in the US and became a dual citizen, he has a special love for the Greek island of Hydra, where he lived for a time with a lover he later wrote songs about, but always identified with his roots.
A poet who exposes the underside of humanity.
Sounds like you're taking bought Tom Waits
@@marksimms792 IKR.
Serge Gainsbourg could have outread, outsmoked, out-Jewed, and out-sexied that Canadian tourist. And I am from Canada (the western Pacific half-Chinese part) so I am allowed to say that.
@@colinwilson4609 LMAO..."I am allowed to say that." Grow up.
It's been some debate on what artists who took themselves seriously and who had an actual sense of humour. Leonard Cohen is in my opinion one of the few with a genuine sense of humour.
He "was" one of the ones with a sense of humor..
There are countless Leonard Cohen songs to react to. "Famous Blue Raincoat," "Dance Me to the End of Love," "Suzanne," "Hallelujah," and many, many more.
Bird on a wire.
first we take Manhattan
and the list goes on, thank fully.
“Tower of Song” is also fabulous. There’s a video of him performing later in life wth U2. Amazing!
The Sisters of Mercy. *nod*
I'm Your Man -- the most romantic song in the world.
Leonard Cohen was depressed for most of his life but he wrote some brilliant songs. He doesn't sugarcoat things. His voice changed as he got older. It got deeper.
Leonard's messages always go far beyond the medium. Pure Genius.
Leonard Cohen is as underrated as a guy could be for being the one who wrote Hallelujah. This song is one of my favorites by him along with If It Be Your Will, Famous Blue Raincoat, Democracy, and The Future.
The chorus of Famous Blue Raincoat is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard, I cried the first time I heard it.
@@AlainHasard "Did you ever go clear?"
@@Gekokujo76 Don't do that to me !
But really, the way he sings "Jane came by with a lock of your hair, she said that you gave it to her, that night that you planed to go clear. Did you ever go clear ? "
It always get me. The situation, the way he depicts it…
Ha!!! I was singing this in my head about an hour ago! LOVE Leonard Cohen.🎶
liar
you guys make me smile every day, even while listening to one of the darkest songs ever written.
Thanks for reviewing this song. This is among my favorite Cohen songs and I have never heard it reviewed before.
Great song and reaction. Maybe do more Leonard Cohen please.
Nothing better for the soul than a bit of laughin' Lenny.
I have the movie pump up the volume to thank for introducing me to this song. Both a great movie and great song.
This song was in that movie? Only seen it once back when it first came out on video. Need to revisit it.
This song was in the movie Exotica also with a young stripper dancing to it.
Very impressed to see you react to Leonard Cohen. He was a poet as well as singer. Among his songs is Hallelulah, which has been covered by about a bazillion people.
You want it dark? He wrote "You Want It Darker" while he was dying. His last album came out a few weeks after his death. I promise you that it will kick you right in the feels.
I really miss him and I am 32 years old!!!
This is the songwriter some people pretend Bob Dylan is. An absolute genius.
Leonard Cohen was a once in a generation genius. So many songs to listen to..."Famous Blue Raincoat", "Sisters of Mercy", "If it be your will"...endless list of songs which could only be written by this genius.
Suzanne is a beautiful one.
I love Closing Time
The best concert I have ever been to. Saw him in Glasgow not long before he died. Been listening to him since 1969.
Perfect. Leonard was a master. His loss was a giant one. I was lucky enough to see him in concert four times.
I bought my first Leonard Cohen album, Songs From An Empty Room, in 1968. and have loved him ever since.
I remember being stopped in my tracks as a teen in my kitchen by Famous Blue Raincoat - was a fan ever since! It felt like a piece of my psyche died when he passed!
The Partisan is beautiful too...
I saw him live in about '85 in Melbourne, Australia but wish I'd been in his lounge room in his beautiful white house in Greece listening to him, his words and his guitar.
🙏🏼
Please react to THIS: ruclips.net/video/S34cVkL6zCE/видео.html
Poetry, Rigavitch Paradine
When I was in labor with my daughter, I recited Famous Blue Raincoat over and over. It helped.
Was privileged to see him twice. It was shortly before he died. Performances that are etched permanently in the brain....Beautiful!
This song is lead in to one of my favorite films -Pump up the Volume!!!
You heard the Concrete Blonde version.
He was one of the most charismatic performers to have ever done it. I was lucky enough to see him 5 times. He regularly used to address his audience as “friends” when he was introducing a song. And he had the ability to create that atmosphere where you all felt like you were sharing something together- and that you really WERE his friend
Dance me to the End of Love, I'm your Man and Suzanne are also fantastic Cohen songs. You should definetely listen to some more :)
This song is synonymous with the film 'Pump up the Volume' for me and in turn takes on a different level of meaning.
You heard the superior Concrete Blonde version then.
This is one of my favourite movies and hardly anyone knows it.
He was before my time but still holds the title of one of my all time favorites, and likely my overall favorite of all times. He was a man that recognized his weaknesses.
I was exposed to this song the first time I saw the movie 'Pump Up The Volume' (1990). In the movie, the song is used as a theme for Christian Slater's pirate radio show, where he rails against everything every night, but during the day he's a painfully shy teenager who is the new kid in a really screwed up high school. If you ever want to see it...I wholeheartedly recommend it. it has quite a few good songs, but the backbone of the movie are Slater's epic monologues as his radio alter-ego "Happy Harry Hard-on." In many ways, the song is perfect for the themes the film has.
The film is one of my favorites...as is this song.
You heard the Concrete Blonde version then.
I haven't seen it for a while but I think the movie has both versions. Leonard Cohen's when he's in his studio and Concrete Blonde's at the end. IMDB credits both versions.
Leonard and Bob Dylan were the two biggest folk stars from around the same era, but Leonard passed on a few years ago. And Leonard was Canadian, so they differ in a few ways. But they both were in their own class when it came to writing groundbreaking, probing poetry, which was the key, and used their music as a medium for their social message.
The Concrete Blonde cover of this song is fantastic.
the live acoustic version by Concrete Blonde is especially spectacular. Of course almost anything by Concrete Blonde is great.
Yes! Amazing cover!
That is one of those covers that it is hard to say the original is better - Johnette’s voice on their version is wrenching.
@@Jabberwok28 Growing up loving the Concrete Blondes version due to Pump Up the Volume
I didn't even know it was a cover until this video.
To better understand the context of this song, it is actually a song about the AIDS crisis of the eighties and nineties. It is actually a very cohesive, tightly told story, as opposed to random phrases of frustration. It's all a story about how many people with AIDS had visible symptoms, and people would look at them and think all kinds of things. It's about how the government and the medical community "dealt" with it and how certain populations were ostracized because of it. It's about how it felt being out in the dating scene, how potential partners didn't always disclose, how it closed out two decades of sexual revolution. It's a pretty important song about a very significant part of history. Anyway, hope that info helps.
It's at best partly about the AIDS epidemic, to claim the whole song is about that is simply untrue.
"Everybody knows that Old Black Joe/Is still pickin' cotton for your ribbon and your bows." My favorite line.
Leonard Cohen is my musical spirit animal...
I love it!
Thanks for the reaction B&L. Definitely the perfect Halloween song...next to Leonard Cohen's "You Want it Darker." Also, Everybody Knows was used to great effect in Atom Egoyan's film, Exotica.
Gotta react to "Suzanne", by Leonard Cohen
Dig deeper, the man's a genius
One of my favorite songs ever. Any artist. It's just so damn good.
Brad's reactions are priceless sometimes.
"I'm not a pessimist. A pessimist is someone who is always waiting for the rain. I'm already soaked". ~ Leonard Cohen
Great song.
Seeing him in London (around 2010) was the best concert i've been too - was strangely uplifting
I recommend 'The Future'
"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in" (not from The Future)
This song always reminds me of the movie ‘Pump Up The Volume’ - one of my favorite movies.
Leonard Chohen, one of Canada's greatest poets and song wtiters. His Song "Hallaluiah" has be covered like 200 times by other singers on actual albums. A really great cover of one of his songs is the incredial Tom Jones, singing "Tower of Song".
I'm thinking of watching Christian Slater and his pirate radio station after this!
Same!
Why?
Good movie!
Wearing nothing but a __________
That's is the first place I heard this
Leonard tells it like it is(RIP)...he was always a controversial singer/poet from the beginning and influence many artists during his long career...Ty guys for this
I was having a bad day but cheer me up at seeing you guys watch Leonard Cohen sing a song
How my dad passed away September 4 I’ve been going through a hard time it was pleasant to see you guys react to this even though you didn’t care for it that much
I would suggest listening to his song
“dance me to the end of love”
much more cheerful ‼️
I've been waiting for you guys to do this for a long time. Cohen was awesome.
So many good songs to choose from in his library. I have always been partial to "Waiting for the Miracle"
A genius poet. This song is more relevant now than when he wrote it. His music book is huge
So sweet to see you BOTH waving your bodies, unintended... ❤️
This was the opening track on a 1990 cult movie "Pump Up The Volume" with Christian Slater about pirate radio and censorship. Great story, great movie
Considered Canada's unofficial poet laureate. Moving poems and songs.
how about Hallelujah...also by Cohen...or Thr Future...he was a prolific writer and amazing talent...
Cohen was a total genius, and he grows on you. Please do more Cohen. (And he was an extremely kind, gentle, generous person.)
A poets poet!! RIP
Can't believe you guys found this one! Great song, concrete blonde.. great cover... Keep up the great work.!
Leonard never fails... here are some suggestions:
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen - Dance me to the End of Love
boogie street.
Those songs are in my top 100 Cohen choices.
cohen's nevermind track is the best thing i ever ever heard
Yes! Yes! and thrice Yes!
Leonard Cohen is the OG of OG's...
Hahaha. Brad w the “Negative Norman” comment made me literally lol. Cohen writes with such depth and grace. His songs can be hard to digest at times but very interesting nonetheless. Great reaction guys!!
I love Leonard Cohen. Wait until Brad & Lex discover Nick Cave! That will blow a mind or two, depending on the song.
They have done a few NC over past year
You have to react to more Leonard Cohen ❤️! My favorite of his is "So Long, Marianne." I could listen to that song every day and not get tired of it.
Note to all fans....
Concrete Blonde Everybody Knows Live right here on youtube is one of the best live performances there is in my opinion.
Johnette's interpretation rips the soul out.
For great covers of Leonard's Hallelujah, check out both Judith Hill with Scary Pockets and Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll doing her take.
I came down to the comment to recommend the Concrete Blonde version. Cohen wrote a phenomenal song, but Johnette really brought the power out to the forefront - it's an amazing cover!
Gotta say, I hate their version...... like, hate hate..... lol
@@mikemclaughlin3306 which version? The live acoustic version we're talking about or the cut off the movie soundtrack?
100% Johnette did a brilliant version. She's amazing.
His voice is rolling thunder that rains poetry.
Brad's "Jim Crow" bit was pretty awesome ... Jim Croce's alter ego all right! 😂
He wrote the poetry and songs of the way things really were in the 60’s and 70’s.
This was actually written in the’80s in the Reagan era. He marginalized the black community more than any president of that era and Leonard recognized that.
@@Maggimae2367 I never said when this was written. All I’m saying is I read his poetry and did acid to his music as far back ask as the late 60’s. What’s the issue?
Adore Leonard Cohen. Bravo!!!
love this song
I love her. She’s so sweet and smart.
WOW, never heard this song before. I am really at a loss for words regarding the lyrics. I guess Lex had it right!
Oh you gotta do “Closing Time”!! A bit more positive!! Leonard Cohen is legendary! Thanks for the reactions. Love em.
One of the best songs ever written..... loved this song since I heard it in the 80's movie Pump Up The Volume
You heard the Concrete Blonde version then.
@@brandonio_granger hate hate hate that version
@@mikemclaughlin3306 That's your unpopular opinion.
@@brandonio_granger yes.....yes it is. It's called commenting.
Love Leonard 🤟
Thank you for sharing this with me 😊
If I had to sing Karaoke, this would be the song.
Side Note: Loving Lex's outrage in the middle there. 👍✌❤
"Everybody knows you live forever, after you done a line or two" - Fuckin' great lyrics man!
THE ICOIC Leonard Cohen; genius Canadian............a rabbit hole everyone needs to go down.......
Leonard Cohen’s “Lover, lover, lover” is a man’s conversation with God. It is amazing.
A renowned poet as well as singer songwriter
His songs have been memorably described as - Music to slit your wrists by
( Apologies for taking matters to an even darker place)
Enjoying your reactions as always 😊😊😊
Pump up the Volume.
I may be a dirtbag metalhead in my heart of hearts, but Leonard Cohen is by far my favorite songwriter.
Pump up the volume! Loved that movie growing up.. I'm 40.. just wanted too say. Take care.. glad your channel will go on.
Ah... Leohard. One of my favorites and greats. Don't stop with this one! "Life is dark, brutish and short. Tell your friends." LOL
I first heard this song in 1991 when I was 11, along with ” If it be your will” which is Another great song of his it took me a year or two to find who the artist was but I’ve been a fan ever since.
Concrete blonde covered this song very nicely... Great reaction. 👍
I'd love to see a reaction to "Joan of Arc" written by Leonard Cohen. The version I love most is from Jennifer Warnes' 1986 album 'Famous Blue Raincoat' which was recorded as a duet with Cohen. The song is constructed mainly as a dialogue between Joan of Arc and the fire which is consuming her as she burns at the stake, after having been found guilty of heresy (in 1431). Only Cohen had the genius to conceive and write such a masterful LOVE song! (The RUclips lyric video titled "Joan of Arc - Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen" is excellent).
FBR is a brilliant album.
@@Mark-zu6oz Had the luck to see Cohen 6 times 2010-2013 and each time hoped to see him perform Joan of Arc, but, alas, it was never on the set list. It was on his "Songs of Love and Hate" album, every song on which would justify a reaction.
@@curtadams7406 Very lucky! I was lucky enough to see him twice. Utterly brilliant, and humble. A true gentleman. And so many great songs!
Jennifer did his work proud! Awesome album.
One of the true masters, Leonard Cohen. Please react to: Hallelujah, I’m your man and You want it DARKER!!!!
Thanks!
And First We Take Manhattan and If It Be Thy Will, Dance Me To The End of Life.......and Susanne.
HALLELUJAH ......Leonard Cohen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brutal honesty.
There are so many great Leonard Cohen songs. A couple of favorites are First we take manhattan, It happens to the heart, you want it darker , Alexandra leaving’ and ‘ so long Marianne’ among many many others
Love Leonard Cohen--he was so sultry and rough and brilliant.
Brad and Lex have more chemistry than the periodic table.
Absolutely fantastic 👏
Leonard Cohen wrote the song "Hallelujah" which was used in the movie Shrek, but his original 1984 version is very different. He was more of a poet than anything, and his songs often tended to be dark. I would suggest "The Future" and "Closing Time" as well.
his lyrics are very deep and true.😎👌greetings from mexico city🇲🇽😎
Famous Blue Raincoat
Man! That brings back memories! i had just gotten out of the navy when this song hit on the underground scene. It was a time of change in the musical topography of the era and a lot of really good stuff that never hit the top 10 was being passed around on the underground - usually originating in NYC, though sometimes LA figured in. Wanna go even deeper than this one? Listen to " *_If It Be Your Will_* ".
As Mr Cohen once wrote "there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in" so many so so many great great tracks, probably the greatest ever songwriter/poet (in my estimation, of all time, or at least ranked with Dylan). , Suzanne of course Famous Blue Raincoat were his big early tracks, incredible, Chelsea Hotel, Anthem, Im Your Man, in the middle years then You want it Darker, A Thousand Kisses Deep towards the end of his life- and of course the obligatory Hallelujah (that everyone reacts to) was his too (though I do concur Jeff Buckleys cover version is outstanding). Highly recommend diving into his discography
Love this song. Cohen's mordant sense of humour was never better deployed than on the I'm Your Man album. Shout out to the fantastic oud playing, by a fellow called John Bezikjian (sp?).