What's your favorite LEONARD COHEN song?

[flowomo]

Whenever I need a lift, I put on the Leonard Cohen Live! CD and it does the trick. I never tire of it. Hard to pick a favorite, but "Joan of Arc" never fails me.

[Gothic Sponge]

1. Everybody knows

[flowomo]

2. oh man, aren't those lyrics incredible!

[NightTrain]

11. Me, too!

First heard it in that Christian Slater film, PUMP UP THE VOLUME. A great, great song!

[richmwill]

21. Yep

Great song from a great movie.

[maggrwaggr]

22. yes, especially for these times

perfect fucking lyrics for these days.

[tg]

3. The Oxymoron

[lazarus]

4. The Future

Either "The Future" or "Everybody Knows".

Yeah, I like 'em dark.

[flowomo]

14. Then you must like "Who by Fire?" .... lyrics:

And who by fire,
who by water,
who in the sunshine,
who in the night time,
who by high ordeal,
who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,
who by very slow decay
and who shall I say is calling?

And who in her lonely slip,
who by barbiturate,
who in these realms of love,
who by something blunt,
and who by avalanche,
who by powder,
who for his greed,
who for his hunger,
and who shall I say is calling?

And who by brave assent,
who by accident,
who in solitude,
who in this mirror,
who by his lady's command,
who by his own hand,
who in mortal chains,
who in power,
and who shall I say is calling?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

18. Yeah

Leonard Cohen is one of my better half's favorite songwriters, and he loves "The Future".

I like it cuz it has a beat and you can dance to it. :D

[devilgrrl]

5. The Future

and many others

[theivoryqueen]

6. I was going to say "everybody knows' but then I remembered "Suzanne"...

it's pretty fine.

[amerikat]

7. Suzanne

[amerikat]

9. lyrics

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 she’s half crazy
But that’s 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 you’ve 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 you’ve 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 you’ll trust him
For he’s 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 she’s touched your perfect body with her mind.

[OneBlueSky]

19. me too . . . great song . . . Judy Collins' rendition is beautiful . . n/t

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[welshTerrier2]

8. Bird on the Wire

i really like Judy Collins version ...

"like a bird on the wire
like a drunk in a midnight choir
i have tried, in my way, to be free ..."

[RetroLounge]

15. Johnny Cash did a pretty good version too

eom

"like a bird on the wire
like a drunk in a midnight choir
i have tried, in my way, to be free ..."

[davsand]

10. Everybody Knows

I posted that title and lyrics on here last weekend hoping other folks would hear it and be blown away by both the lyrics AND the quality of that voice!

I REALLY want to set a series of pictures to that song as some kind of media flash presentation. Imagine a photo of the chimp with the banner in the background when he sings the verse about the ship is sinking everybody knows the captain lied...

IMAGINE the verse about everyboy knows you love me baby--with the photos from the Iraq prison flashing up there.

If I can find anybody on here to help me I'll FIND the photos--I just need some help with the software.

Laura


Hear it here: http://solosong.net/everybody.html

[flowomo]

17. wow! how come that site hasn't been busted?

you can't just post wav's of copyrighted songs like that, can you?

[Kool Kitty]

12. "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Joan of Arc".

[mitchum]

13. "Joan of Arc" for me also

[livinginphotographs]

16. ...

Old Leonard Cohen : Chelsea Hotel and So Long, Marianne

New Leonard Cohen : Hallelujah and If it Be Your Will

No personal reasons, I just really like those songs.

[Minstrel Boy]

20. Favourite album is Recent Songs, and favourite song is

"The Window"

Why do you stand by the window
Abandoned to beauty and pride
The thorn of the night in your bosom
The spear of the age in your side
Lost in the rages of fragrance
Lost in the rags of remorse
Lost in the waves of a sickness
That loosens the high silver nerves

Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul

And come forth from the cloud of anoint
And kiss the cheek of the moon
The New Jerusalem glowing
Why tarry all night in the ruin
And leave no word of discomfort
And leave no observer to mourn
But climb on your tears and be silent
Like a rose on its ladder of thorns

Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul

Then lay your rose on the fire
The fire give up to the sun
The sun give over to splendour
In the arms of the high holy one
For the holy one dreams of a letter
Dreams of a letter's death
Oh bless thee continuous stutter
Of the word being made into flesh

Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
And the whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
Gentle this soul

[Canuckistanian]

23. Closing Time

I love his lyrics. I just wish he didn't sing them.

[johnnie]

24. Everybody knows also........

But "First we take Manhattan" and "Hallelujah" running close seconds.

[Bertha Venation]

25. Joan of Arc -- absolutely

Never heard him do it w/out Jennifer Warnes, though. "Famous Blue Raincoat" is a close second.

[mac56]

26. "Hallelujah"

nm

[Bridget Burke]

27. "Joan of Arc" for me, too.

But most of his early stuff is great. And I need to hear more of his later stuff.

Have you ever heard the Muzak version of "Famous Blue Raincoat"? I did, sitting in a donut shop quite a few years ago. Took a few bars before I recognized the tune. Surreal.

[buddhamama]

28. Everybody Knows

"Bird on the Wire" and "Is This What You Wanted".