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Leonard Cohen: Singer of Mercy/Brian W. Fairbanks-Writer/Music The Essential Leonard Cohen is a two-disc, 31 song set compiled by the artist himself, and it offers a generous sampling of Cohen's work through the years, stretching back to his debut album for the dreamy "Suzanne," to four selections from last year's Ten New Songs. Born in Montreal, Canada in 1934, Cohen was already an acclaimed poet as well as a novelist of some note when Judy Collins recorded his haunting ballad "Suzanne" in 1966. A year later, Columbia Records released his first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and though there would be further collections of poetry, Cohen was now a pop star, a singer/songwriter with the kind of voice that could be excused with the admonition, "Well, he did write the song, so why shouldn't he sing it, too." www.angelfire.com /oh2/writer/leonardcohen.html   (741 words)

BBC - BBC Four Music - What Leonard Cohen Did For Me There have been over 100 cover versions recorded of his song Suzanne and tribute albums feature contributions from the likes of REM, Elton John and the Pixies. Ian McCulloch performs a version of Suzanne on this programme and Kathryn Williams sings Hallelujah. Cohen was a poet long before he started making music and his songs are literate meditations on love, longing, religion and meaning, delivered with alternate intensity and dry humour. www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/music/features/leonard-cohen.shtml   (221 words)

Leonard Cohen: Singer of Mercy/Brian W. Fairbanks-Writer/Music The Essential Leonard Cohen is a two-disc, 31 song set compiled by the artist himself, and it offers a generous sampling of Cohen's work through the years, stretching back to his debut album for the dreamy "Suzanne," to four selections from last year's Ten New Songs. A year later, Columbia Records released his first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and though there would be further collections of poetry, Cohen was now a pop star, a singer/songwriter with the kind of voice that could be excused with the admonition, "Well, he did write the song, so why shouldn't he sing it, too." Born in Montreal, Canada in 1934, Cohen was already an acclaimed poet as well as a novelist of some note when Judy Collins recorded his haunting ballad "Suzanne" in 1966. www.angelfire.com /oh2/writer/leonardcohen.html   (741 words)

Poet of Love, Yearning, and Sadness: The exquisitely melancholy love songs of Leonard Cohen Cohen wrote the lines in celebration of a friendship with a young dancer named Suzanne Verdal, but the song transcends the reality of that relationship. Leonard Cohen hadn’t set out to be a musician, but “aspired to be a minor poet,” to use his words. There was something very ethereal and at the same time earthy about his voice.” Collins not only used his songs on her next album, she coaxed him to sing “Suzanne” at one of her concerts. www.ransomfellowship.org /Music_Cohen_Exquisite.html   (1028 words)

Salon Brilliant Careers Take this longing from my tongue For more than 30 years, Leonard Cohen has been stereotyped and derided by both camps: Many poets thought his recordings were a betrayal of his craft (his fiction, too, had been well received, winning him comparisons to James Joyce and Henry Miller) while rock critics thought his songs too "poetic"; the guy just couldn't win. He phoned her a few months later with a new composition, and while she listened, long-distance, Cohen picked out the opening notes of "Suzanne," the song of the strange, untouchable beauty "wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters," and she knew, she claims, she had a hit. By then Cohen was 61 and living at the Zen Center on Mount Baldy, in Southern California, with no plans to record or perform despite the reawakened interest in him and his work. www.salon.com /people/bc/1999/06/15/cohen   (909 words)

Songs of Leonard Cohen Through his work as a poet, novelist, singer and songwriter, Leonard Cohen has established himself as one of the more compelling and original voices of the last forty years. Leonard's lyrical prowess is again displayed during 'The Stranger Song' as he talks of a man whom he once encountered. This much is evident from listening to 'Suzanne' the opening song on this record. www.geocities.com /b_man3k/songleon.html   (634 words)

Welcome to Streets Online Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen is one of the best singer-song writers ever, and this album captures some of his best moments. The best song is the timeless 'Suzanne' which is known by most people and is an absolute classic. This is however only a small amount of songs from the huge catalogue he possesses, this is only a taster and you could perhaps say that from a best of you would expect a few more songs, but this serves its purpose as a nice little collection, and it is truly fantastic. www.streetsonline.co.uk /common/product.jhtml?pid=10229051   (264 words)

Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan : Poetry and the Popular Song Cohen's is indeed a black world, illumined only by random loves, the mystery of Suzanne, and the harsh light of the existential furnace. Leonard Cohen is a university-educated formalistic poet who has moved in an opposite direction with his recent discovery that a good lyric poem could equally be a good song. Cohen's most energetic condemnation of possessiveness in love is found in "Master Song," a song about the poet's old sweetheart, who is perhaps a personification of poetry herself, who has now come under the control of an autocratic master. www.ckk.chalmers.se /guitar/LC3.html   (2819 words)

Leonard Cohen - Last.fm Listen to music, see charts for Leonard Cohen - Suzanne, Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne, Leonard Cohen - Sisters of Mercy Leonard Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. This man hasn't made one bad song in his life! www.last.fm /music/Leonard+Cohen   (166 words)

Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man Among the many musical riches are heartfelt performances of Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" and "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright, who's accompanied on the latter by his sister Martha and Joan Wasser; while "Suzanne" and "I'm Your Man" are done interpretive justice by Nick Cave. And, as icing on Cohen's 70th birthday cake, the man whose low, gravelly rumble of a singing voice only grows more intriguing with age is joined by U2 for an eloquent reading of "Tower of Song" produced exclusively for the film. While Cohen's far-reaching fan base will be pleased -- his ruminations on love and loneliness have been embraced by everybody from Diana Ross to punk rockers -- the Lions Gate release also serves as a terrific primer for the as-yet uninitiated. www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001096933   (412 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Songs of Leonard Cohen: Music Cohen’s genius shines brightly on the immortal Sisters Of Mercy, a strange mixture of the spiritual and the sensual that must be one of the most beautiful song-poems in the English language. Leonard Cohen is unique in that his first album was his best, his second was his second-best... Leonard Cohen's debut album encapsulated the performer's artistry. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026H0M   (1009 words)

Search Tuna Report for suzanne vega VIGIL ~ NY Songs Since 9/11 - Suzanne... 99.9 Starts Of With The Song Rock In This Pocket And There Are 12 Other Great Songs On The CD Suzanne Next Album Nine Objects Of Desire Was Released In 1996 And Is As Good As 99.9.... Songs From Members Of The Greenwich Village Songwriter's Exchange. www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/2477.html   (2118 words)

Suzanne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Suzanne Verdal now lives in Venice Beach, California; she and Cohen have been in occasional contact. Leonard Cohen specified, notably in a BBC interview, that the song was about encountering Suzanne Verdal, the wife of sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, in a Montréal setting. "Suzanne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen, based on his poem "Suzanne Takes You Down". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suzanne   (442 words)

Jewsrock.org Cohen’s first album, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, appeared in 1968 after Judy Collins spotlighted his songwriting talents with her version of "Suzanne." A perennial college favorite, Cohen has always been more popular as a songwriter than a singer, as well-known covers of his haunting "Hallelujah" by both Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright demonstrate. Thanks to their name and the religious overtones of some of their songs, the Calling are sometimes mistaken for a Christian rock band. In 1996 Chertoff was nominated for a Grammy for the Joan Osborne song "One of Us," which was written by Bazilian, but he’s probably best known for his work on Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual. www.jewsrock.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=challah.view&page=C   (1291 words)

Washington Square Memoirs-The Great Urban Folk Boom 1950-1970 For example, Leonard Cohen is only represented with Judy Collin's version of his song "Suzanne," I think his own recordings should probably be included too. Instead, the set has Young's song "Four In the Morning" while using singer/actor/comedian Hamilton Camp's earlier acoustic version of "Get Together." And while it is a given that Bob Dylan would be on here, it's adventurous to include the lesser known "Boots of Spanish Leather" than his more obvious hit singles. For example, Jesse Colin Young is best known to the world at large for his hit version of "Get Together" from his band the Youngbloods. www.popentertainment.com /Washsquare.htm   (388 words)

The Story of Suzanne Saunders: Leonard Cohen later said that the opening verse of his poem, later to be the song "Suzanne", was a poetic account of the time he spent with her in the Summer of 1965. Suzanne: One of our mutual friends mentioned to me, ‘Did you hear the wonderful poem that Leonard wrote for you’ or about you and I said no, because I had been away traveling and I wasn’t aware of it. Suzanne: Well, I think the river is the river of life and that river, the St. Lawrence River that we shared, tied us together. www.leonardcohenfiles.com /verdal.html   (1783 words)

The Leonard Cohen Video Database Leonard Cohen sings "Tower of Song" with Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen, then "Who by Fire" with Sonny Rollins and his band. The movie is a nostalgic experience of a "resident" (Leonard himself) in an Hotel where young and old people live their dream ("Suzanne"), love ("Memories" and "Chelsea Hotel # 2"), separation ("The gypsy's wife"), and their broken feelings ("The Guests"). Michel Field welcomes Leonard Cohen in his show "Le Cercle de Minuit" on the French TV Network "Antenne 2". perso.wanadoo.fr /pilgraeme/cohen_videos.htm   (2678 words)

radio hidebound :: View topic - Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah": what does it mean The first of Cohen's song I heard was "Suzanne", lovely, lovely song. I think that the song revels that the singer has a strong faith (hints of this in the last verse of the original song where their faith overcomes all sins throughout their life), but the singer himself believes that his faith is weak thus he seeking proof. The end of the song is a moment where the main character has learned from his mistakes and has found that the cause and solution of all his problems were in himself. www.radiohidebound.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=130   (6104 words)

The World Almanac E-Newsletter--January 2003 Leonard Cohen, b 1934, (Can.) Suzanne; Stranger Song. To learn more about the song, and Burns visit http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/AuldLangSyne.5.html. Mitchell Parish, 1901-1993, (U.S.) Stairway to the Stars; Stardust. www.worldalmanac.com /200301WAE-Newsletter.html   (6104 words)

Amazon.com: Music: The Songs of Leonard Cohen Randy Newman, for one, couldn't resist the temptation to parody "Suzanne," the album's brooding opener, on his 12 Songs album. This album is not marred by the lackluster filler songs (think of "Jazz Police") that his later albums contain. My memories of this album are chiefly associated with hearing it while driving through Indiana in the middle of the night, with flatness all around me, smoking a whole pack of cigarettes in two hours and being unable to find a motel with any vacancy. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000024TT?v=glance   (6104 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Books: Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen Hydra starts with a poem the author wrote and recited for his fifty-seventh birthday (borrowing the meter of Cohen's "Suzanne," and ripe with references to the song), with Cohen's ex-partner Suzanne, who may or may not be the subject of Cohen's song, in the audience. But when Green discovered that his terrace overlooked the garden of sixties balladeer Leonard Cohen, he became obsessed with Cohen's songs, wives, and banana tree. On an idyllic Greek island, the garden of sixties icon Leonard Cohen inspires a poet to question and ultimately celebrate the meaning of his own life. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0465027598   (6104 words)

BBC - BBC Four Music - What Leonard Cohen Did For Me Cohen was a poet long before he started making music and his songs are literate meditations on love, longing, religion and meaning, delivered with alternate intensity and dry humour. There have been over 100 cover versions recorded of his song Suzanne and tribute albums feature contributions from the likes of REM, Elton John and the Pixies. Ian McCulloch performs a version of Suzanne on this programme and Kathryn Williams sings Hallelujah. www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/music/features/leonard-cohen.shtml   (221 words)

Review of Various Positions: A Life of leonard Cohen Take, for example, Suzanne Elrod, wife of ten years, mother of Cohen's children, not the famous Suzanne of the famous song. But Cohen's clinical depression is ongoing, and although it's mentioned several times, Various Positions doesn't sort out its difficult mix of poetic muse, Zen response, and messed-up serotonin. Various Positions certainly includes more about Cohen than has ever before been assembled. web.uvic.ca /akeller/cohen.html   (221 words)

Songs from a Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Songs from a Room was the Canadian poet Leonard Cohen's second album. It is considered by some a weaker effort than his first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, and has fared worse commercially. Suzanne Vega performed the song on the Tower of Song album. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Songs_from_a_Room   (260 words)

Original LC List Files The basic albums are: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968) Songs from a Room (1969) Songs of Love and Hate (1971) Live Songs New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) Best of Leonard Cohen (1976) Death of a Ladies' Man (1977) Recent Songs (1979) Various Positions (1983) I'm Your Man (1988). Songs like "Suzanne," "Sisters of Mercy," "Stranger Song," and "No Way to Say Goodbye" are pretty well-known, but "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong," "So Long, Marianne," "Master Song," "Teachers," and "Stories of the Street" are all great songs for my money. There are some tremendous songs on the first album besides the ones for which he is famous. home.comcast.net /~g_m/LC-ng-90-95/1499.htm   (1803 words)

Billboard Bits: Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Travis Collins first covered Cohen on her 1966 album "In My Life," where she included versions of his "Suzanne" and "Dress Rehearsal Rag," which are both offered on the new collection. July 12, 2004, 3:25 PM ET Judy Collins has newly recorded three Leonard Cohen songs for an upcoming compilation of her interpretations of his work, due Aug. 31 from Elektra/Rhino. "Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy" also features 14 of the iconic poet/novelist's songs as interpreted over the years by the veteran folk artist. www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000575104   (581 words)

Billboard Bits: Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Travis July 12, 2004, 3:25 PM ET Judy Collins has newly recorded three Leonard Cohen songs for an upcoming compilation of her interpretations of his work, due Aug. 31 from Elektra/Rhino. "Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy" also features 14 of the iconic poet/novelist's songs as interpreted over the years by the veteran folk artist. Collins first covered Cohen on her 1966 album "In My Life," where she included versions of his "Suzanne" and "Dress Rehearsal Rag," which are both offered on the new collection. www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000575104   (622 words)

Prince Purple Rain 12 % Prince Purple Rain 208 votes 12.97 % Johnny Hallyday Quelque chose de Tennessee 15 votes 0.94 % Amaral Rosa De La Paz 6 votes 0.37 % Leonard Cohen Suzanne 62 votes 3.87 % Total of the votes 1604... SONG TITLE: PURPLE RAIN PERFORMER: PRINCE SONGWRITER: PRINCE YEAR OF RELEASE: 1984 COMMENTS: Prince lays out the epic guitar rock song of his career. 1.5/4 "Purple Rain shares a trump card--its set list--with casual Prince fans, who are advised to reach for the soundtrack album instead." Film Freak Central Bill Chambers 3/5 "The songs save the film... www.rainbe.com /PrincePurpleRain   (622 words)

Renaldo and Clara Rob Stoner, playing Gene Vincent, compains to Dylan and others that he originated rock and roll and "they took everything from cats like me." Joan Baez is singing Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne." Rob Stoner and Bob Dylan are in a studio screaming the last verse to "House of the Rising Sun" (a song, of course, about a bordello). This is an excellent but grungy version of the song likely to offend purists who are fond of the original acoustic version. www.litkicks.com /Films/RenaldoAndClara.html   (5220 words)

George Graham Reviews "Bleeker Street" With a similar invocation of drum loops is the Leonard Cohen song So Long, Marianne, sung by another of the more venerable artists on this collection, former Velvet Underground member John Cale, who is joined by Suzanne Vega doing the backing vocals. While the purists were not amused, the Greenwich Village scene quickly became a hotbed of young folksingers who created their own music, and in ironically, in the tradition of those who came before them, set out to make statements with their music, everything from political commentary, and so-called protest songs, to introspective thoughts on love. Most significant among them was Bob Dylan, whose first album was of traditional songs. georgegraham.com /reviews/bleeker.html   (1706 words)

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