I have shared this many times but it was the fall of 68 and my high school English teacher brought his first album to our class. And when I heard Suzanne it changed me as a person. I am so grateful to that teacher for intoducing me to such wonderful person,his music, his poetry his passion.
Thank you , Leonard Cohen , great Master , for introducing me to your stellar and enlightening songs and music and your delightful person and personality . I first heard Suzanne in my thirties and it helped change my life completely ( along with a woman , who would later drop by the wayside ) . In the tumultuous time I lived in making that major change , I somehow "lost " you . Now almost 50 years later , and very happy that I made those major changes in my life , I "find" you again , thankfully ( due to TH-cam . . .and a settled mind and life ) and am being enriched daily by listening to the many, many wonderful songs you wrote and sang years ago , up until the time you passed . Now that I am almost 80 I am proud to consider myself a fervent and devoted fan , learning from you every time I play your deep , thoughtful and rich songs . RIP, dear Teacher . George Lewis, Sr. P.S. Your great son , Adam is a wonderful performer and I will follow his career very closely ; he's like you !
my best friend introduced me to LC's music in 1967 and have been a devoted lover of his music since. He and Jacques Brel influenced my life tremendously
To me, Leonard Cohen and Kris Kerstoferson are kinda the same. Neither of them really sings, but with voices like theirs, they could recite the phone book and it would sound like music.
Oh fuck, what is there to be said, Collins or not? She recognized the beauty of his lyrics. He created one of the finest perhaps in english lyricism, and Judy, somehow, recognized its importance.
Cohen is Canada's prophet. I don't mean to suggest by this that he is insignificant to countries other than Canada, just that this (Montreal) is where he's from. I'm willing to state that no one else has come so close to prophezising the future.
What exactly did Judy Collins mean when she talked about Philip Glass being "avant garde" and leaving the stage before the song was over? I've never heard this Glasstory before.
Leonard's concert in the UK Haleuigh was so great and the keyboard player had the skill to put his heart in it , to "FirstUsedBooks" don't live in the 7th century religious beliefs , believe in your self , there aint a diety , research baby , start with Albert Einsteins 25 views on religion .
As usual, a lawyer will tell you anything, and believe it true because he says so. What an ass, Leonard could, and still does sing. Don't ever tell someone they can't do something. They will.
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"If you told your story, that's what the song was about." God bless you Leonard, God bless you Judy.
I have shared this many times but it was the fall of 68 and my high school English teacher brought his first album to our class. And when I heard Suzanne it changed me as a person. I am so grateful to that teacher for intoducing me to such wonderful person,his music, his poetry his passion.
Vick Mackey Maybe best not to talk about it. Accept your blessing.
I was attending college at night and took course called "The Novel". One we read was Beautiful Losers. I was hooked. This was 1974.
EXACTLY my story with this song but in 2014! Sang it for my music exam the final year, obsessed with this song 😍
He and Judy- their music was the background for so many moments of my life, good and bad, for the past fifty years!
Thank you , Leonard Cohen , great Master , for introducing me to your stellar and enlightening songs and music and your delightful person and personality . I first heard Suzanne in my thirties and it helped change my life completely ( along with a woman , who would later drop by the wayside ) . In the tumultuous time I lived in making that major change , I somehow "lost " you . Now almost 50 years later , and very happy that I made those major changes in my life , I "find" you again , thankfully ( due to TH-cam . . .and a settled mind and life ) and am being enriched daily by listening to the many, many wonderful songs you wrote and sang years ago , up until the time you passed . Now that I am almost 80
I am proud to consider myself a fervent and devoted fan , learning from you every time I play your deep , thoughtful and rich songs . RIP, dear
Teacher . George Lewis, Sr. P.S. Your great son , Adam is a wonderful performer and I will follow his career very closely ; he's like you !
charming! I love both of them. RIP Leonard.
my best friend introduced me to LC's music in 1967 and have been a devoted lover of his music since. He and Jacques Brel influenced my life tremendously
To me, Leonard Cohen and Kris Kerstoferson are kinda the same. Neither of them really sings, but with voices like theirs, they could recite the phone book and it would sound like music.
Ralph Swartz ... as in “Sunday Morning Coming Down” or “Jody & the Kid”. You nailed it.
This was another good interview about Cohen and his song Suzanne with Judy Collins who does wonders with that song.
I love his voice.
Oh fuck, what is there to be said, Collins or not? She recognized the beauty of his lyrics. He created one of the finest perhaps in english lyricism, and Judy, somehow, recognized its importance.
king of interviews
Thank you
I never heard the song ‘Suzanne’ until James Taylor did it on his Covers album. It became one of my favorites.
I have 4 recorded versions of this song: Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Joan Baez and Neil Diamond.
Neil should have left it alone.
@@MrGaberlunzie1 He wasn’t that bad.
Good work!
the best thanks leonard you inspired me to come back from deaths door rpi my friend
IT'S SEEMS TO ME THAT SIX "GREAT" EXPERTS" DID NOT LIKE IT. SO YOU GO AHEAD AND WRITE A BETTER SONG AND COMPOSE A BETTER MELODY!
Cohen is Canada's prophet. I don't mean to suggest by this that he is insignificant to countries other than Canada, just that this (Montreal) is where he's from. I'm willing to state that no one else has come so close to prophezising the future.
It was from the BBC interview in 1988. Isn't he an enigmatic person?
@IamLouder Except for the fact that even back in '66, it was pretty deep!
What exactly did Judy Collins mean when she talked about Philip Glass being "avant garde" and leaving the stage before the song was over? I've never heard this Glasstory before.
can anyone tell me what interview this clip comes from?
@IamLouder as Leonard says himself, "from 500 gallons of whiskey and about a million cigarettes" :)
Did I understand Leonard to say that Mary Martin was the first person to hear this song (over the telephone)?
No. He was introduced to Judy Collins by a woman named Mary Martin (who, I doubt, was THE Mary Martin).
@@hydeparkdirector2756 odd- how in the world would he ever have met MM?
Leonard's concert in the UK Haleuigh was so great and the keyboard player had the skill to put his heart in it , to "FirstUsedBooks" don't live in the 7th century religious beliefs , believe in your self , there aint a diety , research baby , start with Albert Einsteins 25 views on religion .
As usual, a lawyer will tell you anything, and believe it true because he says so. What an ass, Leonard could, and still does sing. Don't ever tell someone they can't do something. They will.
can anyone tell me how his voice got this deep after sounding so high back in the 66 interview?
Michael voice lessons probably
Age .. like wine
Smoking and there is a way to deepening the voice gargling with cold cream or some harsh chemicals…as crazy as that sounds.
In an interview he blamed it on smoking.
I never heard him any other way.
and me. i created a new version of the performance of jacques brel's work.
@ImmortalDivide
No..Hoffman looks like Cohen...
bbc 1988
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