You know, I think Suzanne by Leonard Cohen is a good song.

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Not a question, just a declarative statement.

What are your thoughts on Leonard Cohen?

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Great song. Love the version by Pearls Before Swine, too.

― hstencil, Friday, 28 February 2003 19:24 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Partisan" *might* be my favorite song ever.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Cohen still has it. 10 New Songs is as good as "Love and Theft" which got at lot more press when they where released.

― Charles McCain, Friday, 28 February 2003 19:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Because Ten New Songs is sort of an "impossible" record, especially for many critics--many of whom probably haven't come to grips with the dated-sounding synth arrangements.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 19:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Leonard Cohen is a sexy motherfucker! That really deserves a thread of its own.

― Lisa, Saturday, 1 March 2003 01:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Certainly not my favorite Leonard Cohen song but a pretty good one, yeah.

― matt riedl (veal), Saturday, 1 March 2003 16:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Good songwriter, not only the lyrics but also the melodies are strong.

Only problem is he has a tendency to compete with the bass player. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 03:18 (twenty-three years ago)

I like "First We Take Manhattan" best, not because it's good but because I like gruffly announcing "First, we'll take Manhattan...then we'll take Berlin!"

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 3 March 2003 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm.. FBI ever thought of checking Leonard Cohen closely. Maybe he has something to do with 11.9, in which case the German police should check his plans closely too. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Judy Collins's hit version of this song is just vile. I heard it for the first time last week.

I like Cohen's slightly later records best, when he developed his risqué sense of humor. I think I'd even prefer "Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On" to this song.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:25 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.cbc.ca/national/news/suzanne/

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 February 2006 05:20 (twenty years ago)

good song but so over-played i got tired of it.
and im not the only one, i think.

― be my babe, Monday, 27 February 2006 05:44 (twenty years ago)

Let that be a lesson to you, Mr. Cohen.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 February 2006 05:45 (twenty years ago)

...yeah.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 February 2006 06:05 (twenty years ago)

He knew she was half-crazy.

He played a show at Orchestra Hall in Mpls. in 1975 - that must be the one she's talking about in the article.

It's one of the great songs from when he was still a Montreal poet, writing specifically and tangibly about its landscape.

― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 27 February 2006 06:11 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

pretty much the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtOKYXYStmU

― tylerw, Thursday, 14 July 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

has anyone ever sampled this song?

― NI, Sunday, 28 August 2011 23:15 (fourteen years ago)

also, this kills me every single time: http://www.vimeo.com/24463373

― NI, Sunday, 28 August 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)

Of the versions I've heard, I like Fairport Convention's cover best.

This was for decades Leonard Cohen's most covered song, but in recent years has been eclipsed by "Halelujah"

― Lee547 (Lee626), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 05:26 (fourteen years ago)

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