Leonard Cohen

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i think there aren't any threaRAB about him, but i'm sure many of you listen to his music and enjoy it :D

i've started listening to him recently but i absolutely love some of the songs i've heard, like "Suzanne", "Winter Lady", "The stranger song", "Lover Lover Lover" and there are more :love:

so.... what d'ya think (hint, hint) :hphones:
 
Jeez, never fear, I'm here and a massive Leonard Cohen fan! Big time, the guy's amazing. I reeeeeeeeeeeeeally love his version of Sweet Jane.

Surprisingly.... :rolleyes:
 
Answered your own question there! Seriously though, I haven't started threaRAB on most of the artists/banRAB I like, I really don't have enough time to be honest! I try to suggest newer things that people may not have heard yet, I thought Leonard Cohen was pretty standard basic listening for anyone who likes music, I didn't realise so few people were interested or had heard his work!

What albums of his have you listened to?
 
His later stuff, especially on I'm Your Man and the Future, are a bit more lively with a lot less focus on the vocals and guitars. Those two albums are definitely worth a shot if his music's something you can picture yourself getting into.
 
i don't blame him in the least. it's like you can't escape that song. even before opening the thread i knew that it was going to be a recent topic of discussion and sure enough...

i've been told so many times how much i was supposed to respect and admire that song because i was also a canadian musician. the adulation seems forced at this point, kind of like how anyone who liked indie music a few years ago absolutely HAD to be all over the smiths and joy division.
 
To me, Cohen peaked at his debut and steadily went downhill after that. I don't listen to any of his albums outside of the debut. I tried to get into Songs From a Room and Songs of Love and Hate but could not.
 
I meant to type I don't blame him - I often give the prefixes a miss like that (comes with being English) :D . There are about a dozen of his songs I think artists could make more interesting covers of, Suzanne, Story Of Isaac and Famous Blue Raincoat among them.
 
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