Suzanne (from "Live At The Isle of Wight 1970") (Live At The Isle of Wight 1970)

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    Lyrics:
    Suzanne takes you down to her place near 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 your 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 you can trust her
    For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

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  • @talentschool
    @talentschool 3 роки тому +749

    I was there, it was easy cos I lived in portsmouth. Was 22, now 72, still have the memories of the 69 and 70 festivals.

    • @JeanetteFaith
      @JeanetteFaith 3 роки тому +17

      wow.......

    • @gab.man.5228
      @gab.man.5228 3 роки тому +5

      @Peter Rendle Do you think there is something within music and singer-song writing that is still alive? I mean, I guess you witnessed so much beauty and inspiration which involved the whole society. Do you think that it has lasted and reached us today? (Hope it makes sense)

    • @talentschool
      @talentschool 3 роки тому +25

      @@gab.man.5228 Hi Gab. Man. In answer to your question I do think that there is still something alive from the days that I was privileged to watch the likes of Leonard Cohen perform. For example Mr Cohen's 'Hallelujah' is played more often these days than it was in the 70s. There are also a number of current writers such as Ed Sheeran who continue the tradition of creating music that touches the soul and inspires.

    • @bodaka619
      @bodaka619 3 роки тому +19

      @@talentschool I'm 22 now. Found this the same age you saw it in person haha. I have to say there is little music coming from my generation which achieves the same level of... i guess the word is beauty. You are lucky to have lived through this time man, I'm envious.

    • @talentschool
      @talentschool 3 роки тому +37

      @@bodaka619 Adam, living in the 60s and 70s in England was a sheer delight. I saw the Stones live in Hyde Park for free and at the IOW we saw Dylan. the Who, The Moody Blues. Ravi Shenka Joan Baez. Jimmy Hendrix, the Doors and many more. Aside from that we went to a club called 'The Birdcage' in Portsmouth and they had live bands such as Ike and Tina Turner, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and Rod Stewart . At the Reading Jazz and Blues Festival more bands including the Crazy World of Arthur Brown who came on stage via a crane with his hair on fire ahead of belting out the song 'Fire' - so much fun, went too quickly. Enjoy every day man.

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 2 місяці тому +16

    If you're still listening to this, you're a legend and I love you! .... from Fort Worth, Texas

  • @user-rx6tf2xd7h
    @user-rx6tf2xd7h Рік тому +129

    I was there, aged 16. Leonard's set was the final act in a very late-running programme. It was around 4am on a cold late-August night. The atmosphere was entirely appropriate for an artist whose music was always well suited for late-night listening. A very memorable experience which has stayed with me until this day.

    • @QtjePLBZ
      @QtjePLBZ Рік тому +3

      Apparently he was asked to perform in the middle of the night to calm down the people (riots). The background singers are in their nighties/pj's. Wish I could have been there... [Source: documentary about the festival - you should watch it if you were life there]

    • @grannyjudi1
      @grannyjudi1 11 місяців тому +3

      I was there as well....young hippie girl came in from Spain just to attend..know we had no money...but back then you didnt need much....a smile was good to go...

    • @Lindawharton2
      @Lindawharton2 10 місяців тому +1

      Me too , we slept out no tent ..& it drizzled early nxt morn….did we care no , we just went off from BRIGHTON think I was 19 great times 🥰🌸🌺💐

    • @Lindawharton2
      @Lindawharton2 10 місяців тому +2

      @@QtjePLBZ don’t think it’s nighties ….that’s how we dressed then ….fab , wouldn’t be allowed so late these days nor would you get such iconic fabulous musicians …the toilets were a plank over a trench 😊 awkward with long dress ! No food stalls, showers etc but we loved it🙋‍♀️💐

    • @lindascheib4295
      @lindascheib4295 9 місяців тому

      ​@@QtjePLBZ🎉😢

  • @MsPinkChocobo
    @MsPinkChocobo 10 років тому +255

    Mr Cohen saved my life 5 years ago.. If they hadn't played famous blue raincoat on the radio that night. I wouldn't have been here today. Thank you for your fantastic voice and poetry. You're my hero.

  • @melakaman
    @melakaman 3 роки тому +282

    I was there too. Nearing 80 now. Thanks for bringing back this memory. And thanks Leonard for such haunting songs.

    • @grannyjudi1
      @grannyjudi1 2 роки тому +2

      me too!

    • @Kinkazzo
      @Kinkazzo 2 роки тому +2

      I was twenty then, but it's still so vivid in my mind!

    • @erepsekahs
      @erepsekahs 2 роки тому +4

      I am seventy-four and spent my late teens and 20's in Montreal which is where he was at McGill University....as were many of my friends. This man was phenomenal in his music and his understanding of human nature....a Jew from Cote St. Luc. he had a strange insight into emotions....a very mature understanding....he eschewed religion for some tine, lived in a tily house in Greece, he later lived as a Tibetan monk in his search...he was REAL. That is what I respect most about him....his life was real and not a search for fame and fortune in the traditional sense. As you must know that when he was....what was it...55/60? he discovered his manager had robbed him of almost every penny he had. I love his words and I love his music and I find it difficult to find people who know of him and appreciate what he was. Very nice to read your comment here....just looking again at your comment....yes his words, music and observations are haunting...for a lifetime.

    • @DeyRapingEveryone
      @DeyRapingEveryone 2 роки тому +1

      @@erepsekahs There should be an age restriction on the internet holy shit.

    • @naderkhouri9468
      @naderkhouri9468 2 роки тому

      @@DeyRapingEveryone what a sad little life you have

  • @grannyjudi1
    @grannyjudi1 9 років тому +852

    I was there!!!!! Young hippie girl....best concert ever...

    • @theGspoting
      @theGspoting 9 років тому +40

      Judi Lutzwoods i simply couldn't envy anyone anything more..

    • @grannyjudi1
      @grannyjudi1 9 років тому +26

      theGspoting ha it was great...from what I can remember...go to see hendrix in one of last concerts..now that was something...

    • @chriswhitworth7793
      @chriswhitworth7793 9 років тому +10

      +Judi Lutzwoods me too!

    • @grannyjudi1
      @grannyjudi1 9 років тому +3

      really?? How very cool Chris!!!

    • @Sunimation
      @Sunimation 9 років тому

      +Judi Lutzwoods really ? how old are u now ?

  • @SMcIlhenny
    @SMcIlhenny 7 років тому +128

    This is one of the first songs I ever learned on the guitar when I was 14. My elder sister, RIP, taught it to me. Maybe she can sing it with Leonard now. :)

  • @steveuhr3718
    @steveuhr3718 7 років тому +167

    Leonard Cohen was off my radar until his death. Since then I have listened to little else. A haunting voice and beautiful lyrics. He should be remembered for a long time.

    • @janestill2588
      @janestill2588 3 роки тому +6

      Me too I was sad that I missed out on life concerts and his music for so long but I'm blessed that I found him and he is the master poet

    • @pranavbhatia8163
      @pranavbhatia8163 3 роки тому +6

      He will live on in his poetry and music forever. ❤️

    • @paulscottfilms
      @paulscottfilms 2 роки тому +2

      It was in the sixties and seventies he was at his best. He also wrote some strange books around that early days. Things like " The energy of slaves "

    • @MSYNGWIE12
      @MSYNGWIE12 2 роки тому

      Since you love the music may I humbly suggest, as a Cohen-Head since a "bopper" - as a Canadian and literature lover, ALL of his poetry, his 3 novels- 2 are available now and a blessed 3rd (written back in 1965? when he lived with his beautiful muse, Marianne Ihlen, in paradise- Greek Island of Hydra) The Ballet of Lepers, will be released- mine's pre-ordered- can you tell I LOVE THIS MAN, NEXT TO MY PARTNER- actually some days I look up and say, "Leonard, could you put down your paint brush, turn off your laptop and TEACH MY HUSBAND, HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN AND NEGOTIATE WITH A WOMAN!!!" ! I know he hears! Sorry for my digression- it was only a recent announcement-a third novel and 14 short stories!!!!! If you are a "head" this is huge as the Mad Men say- can't get into that show- the sexism is SO disagreeable...seriously, for those Canadians in academia, or for the mass with an inferiority complex on the international stage, ie world dominated by U.S.A. culture etc. Leonard was, IS a national/international hero- his novel, Beautiful Losers was compared by a Boston newspaper to James Joyce! Check out Book of Mercy- you don't need to be Jewish- like his music, a soothing balm for all who hurt....wish I could get Mr. Putin to pick up a copy and ingest it- I write this as his vicious, unjustified, attack on The Ukraine is in week 4 or 5-
      It's none of my biz but can I ask why you listen to Leonard and band now but not before he passed-? Just curious? Not into "folk". I love ALL GENRES of music and do listen to pieces of medieval passion plays to Keith Jarrett, he's very ill- Leonard wasn't a jazz fan but I read he was friends with Keith and did dig his music- Leonard's music and poetry and beliefs led me in many directions- I had a "father from Hell" an abusive nightmare who did nothing for me but one thing- he gave me my 1st Leonard Cohen book of poetry- the song, Nancy, that could have been written for me- not quite all of the story pertains but overall tone does- when I saw him in concert, in the later years ( he and I missed each other, moving around! And yes, though much younger, I'd have slept with him! ) I wore green stocking a la Irma La Douce, alias Shirley Maclean, and vintage, black velvet and I know he saw and heard me! I was so excited and a little drunk, I had to stand up and profess my love etc! Yes I am being silly but he could hear me- small, typical, understated Canadian concert hall- nobody behind us- pretty boring ( considering the performers) sedate, dull, audience- not like Montreal....Sorry, I am in the mire of a Cohenesque depression and my circadian cycle is screwed up. Up at 2:30 am, practically every night- awful- I never thought I'd be this old- and no, I don't believe Cohen only appeals to the morbid and in despair crowd- watch, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen- it's on UA-cam- marvelous both as a glimpse of Leonard Cohen and a slice of Montreal in some ways still as it appears in 1965- those wonderful lavish department stores are gone as is Ben's- I went to Montreal a few years ago to visit Ben's but time, as a fellow musician and fan, Damien Rice put it, "nothing stays the same, but, time..." Recommendation before I shut up- Damien Rice, singing Hallelujah, live when L.C. was inducted into R and R Hall of Fame and Damien live from his living room, singing, "Older Chests" - music is that universal language- all there is on bad daze...Again, apology, sincere, I WONT ANNOY YOU AGAIN. Just glad to share a few thoughts about him- my partner doesn't dig music, is jealous of my interest in him- I don't think of him as "gone" - Leonard would laugh and could be clever about necrophilia, couldn't he?! Not me. Nope. Revolting. My Leonard is the sexy, 30ish guy living outside of Nashville being photographed for Rolling Stone. Namaste

    • @raymills188
      @raymills188 11 місяців тому

      Same here, - I find it incredible that I had no idea who he was until the tributes poured in after his death, and many of his songs were being played. Like you, I play his songs daily now and regret not seeing him live.

  • @scottoconnor8986
    @scottoconnor8986 3 роки тому +9

    UA-cam is the best thing on the internet. Period. The ability in a click to to be part of another reality. We are blessed.

  • @iga279
    @iga279 3 роки тому +183

    Pure beauty; He is the one who deserved the Nobel prize, since they started giving it to singers.

    • @jeremiemaranda1585
      @jeremiemaranda1585 3 роки тому +12

      Bob Dylan is better

    • @denroy3
      @denroy3 3 роки тому +2

      Cohen may write well...but e sounds dull as dishwater.

    • @iga279
      @iga279 3 роки тому +4

      @@jeremiemaranda1585 and you base it on your superior understanding of poetry?

    • @iga279
      @iga279 3 роки тому +2

      @@denroy3 as compared to ???

    • @begshallots
      @begshallots 3 роки тому +28

      I relate to Cohen more than Dylan but there’s no real comparison as to which one is more prolific or had the greatest breadth to their music. Dylan was an innovator on a huge scale - even in a way that’s difficult to capture. There might not have been a Cohen if not for Dylan. I’m a bigger fan of Cohen but Dylan is probably the only singer who deserves a literature prize.

  • @07ZOEchanel
    @07ZOEchanel 7 років тому +244

    RIP Leonard Cohen...we lost a great Canadian poet, singer, human being...keep singing wherever you are.....

    • @mariabyrne7222
      @mariabyrne7222 5 років тому +3

      your right not just singer songwriter, but a poet. Take it from someone who is also a poet. But he his one of many we lost.

  • @christinegibbons270
    @christinegibbons270 2 роки тому +29

    This song in particular takes me back to the summer of 1970 when I lived in a commune in Toronto. One of the fellows in the house was crazy about Leonard and played his music constantly it seemed. It reminds me of sunny, warm summer days and cool summer evenings in our house when we always seemed to have a gathering of people there. Sitting around cross-legged on the hardwood floor sharing smoke in friendship and social closeness. It's a fond memory and I cherish and visit it often, wondering how everyone's lives turned out. . . ;) "Chris" & Fraser

  • @paulbredewoud9312
    @paulbredewoud9312 7 років тому +228

    My father passed away this year and he always sang this song to me when i was young.
    RIP daddy and Leonard...

  • @eric1faure
    @eric1faure 8 років тому +22

    J'ai présenté dix chansons de Cohen à l'examen du baccalauréat il y a 40 ans et l'examinateur de l'option anglais a fait la gueule. Finalement, il m'interrogea sur Suzanne que je connaissais par coeur. J'ai eu ma plus mauvaise note. Il n'aimait pas Cohen et il s'attendait à un texte de Shakespeare, comme d'habitude. Et depuis, Leonard Cohen a gardé une place à part dans mon Panthéon littéraire et musical.

    • @MrJasonroy
      @MrJasonroy 6 років тому

      c q tu l'as probablement mal presente

  • @nickfromCO
    @nickfromCO 7 років тому +339

    I'm devastated...RIP to an absolute legend and a genius of songwriting. Odd how you can cry over someone you've never met, but the great ones have that ability.

    • @shawndimery
      @shawndimery 7 років тому +11

      Nick Falletta same here my friend. A sad day indeed

    • @JanVdmeer-ww5un
      @JanVdmeer-ww5un 7 років тому +2

      Shawn Dimery

    • @jean-francoispiette1788
      @jean-francoispiette1788 7 років тому +2

      Nick Falletta

    • @ISLALILLIAN
      @ISLALILLIAN 7 років тому +10

      +Nick Falletta Nothing is a coincidence (that you are crying). With a heavy heart and endless tears, I type to tell you I UNDERSTAND.

    • @ericsimon9937
      @ericsimon9937 7 років тому +12

      How right you are Nick. My cheeks are wet too. Couldn't help it.

  • @ClayTallStories
    @ClayTallStories 7 років тому +211

    Those of you who have lived with this amazing man's songs in your life have all been touched by something a little magic.

    • @jesse6468
      @jesse6468 6 років тому

      I was born too late...

    • @FirstUsedBooks
      @FirstUsedBooks 6 років тому +2

      Absolutely. I have been touched with more than his magic.

    • @spoorus
      @spoorus 6 років тому +3

      YESSSS

    • @terjen2
      @terjen2 6 років тому

      Clay Tall Stories o

    • @oesaki
      @oesaki 5 років тому

      @Oğuz Bartu Kocabaş Yes, blessed ever since the first time I heard him in 1967

  • @w67bv2cxm
    @w67bv2cxm 7 років тому +69

    Leonard Cohen was only 36 when this video was made. How short life is... Peaceful journey, Mr. Cohen.

  • @theloniouscoltrane3778
    @theloniouscoltrane3778 4 роки тому +21

    You know you are not wasting your time while listening to a L.Cohen song. Poetry, philosophy, & a divine music to accompany it. One of the greatest who ever penned a song. Each word is deep and existential.

  • @petenolasco
    @petenolasco 7 років тому +2

    Je vous remercie pour le don de la poésie et de la musique. My world feels a little darker now that you're gone, Mr. Cohen.

  • @violantesantoro8811
    @violantesantoro8811 7 років тому +19

    My father ( now 74 years old) was at Isle of Wight in 1970 , listening to this great singer for the first time: really a wonderful surprise for him, who since then loved Leonard Cohen very much. He usually likes to sing L. Cohen's songs with my mother driving the car. So long, Leonard, thank you for all the feeling and emotions you have given to my parents for all their life.

  • @wojtismom
    @wojtismom 7 років тому +96

    RIP Leonard Cohen. ... Thank you for the beauty you gave us. You've touched us with your mind.

  • @Norvo82
    @Norvo82 7 років тому +166

    Or, as Cohen himself said... "I wrote this [“Suzanne”] in 1966. Suzanne [Verdal] had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife of a man I knew. Her hospitality was immaculate. With guitar in hand, I decided to turn this poem into a song. I even sang it to Judy Collins over the telephone. She immediately liked something about the song but couldn’t tell me what it was. The publishing rights were lost in New York City and it is probably appropriate that I don’t own this song. Just the other day I heard some people singing it on a ship in the Caspian Sea."

  • @homerthestoner9463
    @homerthestoner9463 3 роки тому +15

    This has to be one if, not the greatest song ever written.

    • @iga279
      @iga279 26 днів тому

      It most certainly IS!

  • @trishagarrard5617
    @trishagarrard5617 9 років тому +369

    I have listened to Leonard Cohen since the mid seventies ...When it was considered by my friends, who were bikers, to be suicide music, l loved it from the first time l heard his early album, .Years on, it has become a soundtrack to my life, .Old or new Cohen tracks continue to move me with his absolute brilliance, his novels, his poetry do the same, please find something by this iconic artist you can relate to...Don't miss out, Trisha Garrard, .

    • @mattsan13
      @mattsan13 9 років тому +7

      Trisha Garrard Agreed

    • @joannamiller746
      @joannamiller746 9 років тому +2

      +Trisha Garrard Definitely agreed and since the 70's too.
      Good On Us for Knowing Music Immortal In Notes Perfect words written and sung sing UP !

    • @chriswhitworth7793
      @chriswhitworth7793 8 років тому +1

      +Trisha Garrard i was a biker too. Suicide music was Hawkwind and the Doors (saw Hawkwind, met Michael Moorcock...)

    • @aladinkolasinac5842
      @aladinkolasinac5842 8 років тому +3

      Bob Dylan.

    • @tll223
      @tll223 7 років тому +1

      Yeah, Dylan, inauthentic, monotonous, "moving on"...

  • @wingsofspiritdiadra
    @wingsofspiritdiadra 12 років тому +32

    I have been a lover of this song since 1968 when I first heard it sung by a folk singer in Kansas City. My love for the lyrics have only grown over the years, and I have played it over and over. In my opinion, it is one of the most meaningful and moving songs ever written -- although, to be honest, Leonard has never sung it quite as well as some others over the year. To be able to see this video of Leonard singing the song in concert in 1970 is a rare treat.

  • @keary18
    @keary18 7 років тому +42

    this song is so hauntingly beautiful...rest easy and peacefully Mr. Cohen! You touched out lives....

  • @johnleonard931
    @johnleonard931 8 років тому +65

    I got into Cohen in 1971 in Amsterdam. I worked on a rose farm in Aalsmere. Stockman Roses. A friend whose name was Antione de Monk gave me an old record player and an LG of Leonard Cohen. I listened to it over and over and sank into a mood of tears and lonely Ness. I've never forgotten Cohen and to this day he still can sink into me to raise up and out of myself. In those days Amsterdam was a great town.

    • @johnprice4635
      @johnprice4635 6 років тому

      All the time, Leonard Cohen. You were whispering to me at the monastery in Rhode Island over your TEN SONGS album. Lord Buddha is with us all, Tenzo.

    • @oesaki
      @oesaki 6 років тому

      So wonderful that you found Leonard in Amsterdam where I found him in 1967

  • @tostare
    @tostare 8 років тому +231

    I was there too, as a 5-month old foetus! I don't remember it but i like to think it had some effect.

    • @rogermichou8654
      @rogermichou8654 8 років тому +11

      +tostare lol

    • @liannebenn2097
      @liannebenn2097 5 років тому +1

      A bit late but couldn't resist being your 100th like!

    • @rob_3417
      @rob_3417 5 років тому +3

      You don't remember it,
      Really? That's weird

    • @claudiocinti4266
      @claudiocinti4266 5 років тому

      Sure you go to remember if you sing this song

    • @jetstone5717
      @jetstone5717 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah it had an effect for sure

  • @Vanargand23
    @Vanargand23 7 років тому +71

    The bird on the wire has flown......and it's flight breaks our hearts ........ Rest In Peace Leonard.

  • @valerietucker80
    @valerietucker80 8 років тому +25

    I grew up singing this song at Camp and youth group. It is a true love song for me. I love Leonard and Judy Collins singing this. Suzanne is so meaningful to me. Every time I listen to this song, I still find new meaning as I listen or sing it. It is so special.

  • @marie-theresemaszkalo-vois4578
    @marie-theresemaszkalo-vois4578 7 років тому +21

    😭😭😭Love your songs, but today they make me cry

    • @belindashaw9894
      @belindashaw9894 7 років тому +7

      exactly .- and I have been listening to them all day. So sad he wrote beautiful words and must have had a beautiful soul

    • @marie-theresemaszkalo-vois4578
      @marie-theresemaszkalo-vois4578 7 років тому +5

      Agree with you Belinda, a great poet, writer and singer.

    • @sylviaweigelt9173
      @sylviaweigelt9173 7 років тому +1

      me to :(

  • @philipmayer4042
    @philipmayer4042 7 років тому +27

    I think this was the first Leonard Cohen song I heard.
    Been a fan ever since.
    R.I.P.

  • @vanyalowry1383
    @vanyalowry1383 8 років тому +55

    The first time I heard this I had to walk out of the room it hurt so much.
    Now & forever, Leonard!

  • @aliadizzle
    @aliadizzle 8 років тому +23

    He's incredible here, and just keeps getting better with age. I'm so in awe of him.

  • @ellenpalmer2358
    @ellenpalmer2358 4 роки тому +1

    Magic of Leonard Cohen.

  • @thuggeetennessee7981
    @thuggeetennessee7981 Рік тому +4

    I was stunned when I first watched this concert years and years later. 4am and out walked a man wearing a jacket over his pyjamas ..... and floored everybody

  • @elizabethmiller6223
    @elizabethmiller6223 7 років тому +11

    Farewell our darling Leonard and thanks for all the loveliness this many many years.

  • @phizekes7162
    @phizekes7162 8 років тому +22

    LC has always been, & will always be the Poet's Poet. I 1st heard this song for the 1st time nearly 50 yrs ago and like Cohen himself it is ageless. His live shows are fantastic, and he has crisscrossed both generations, & many genres of music. He is the poet Laureate of the world and also an extremely humble man. Peace.

  • @Catssandra13
    @Catssandra13 7 років тому +17

    It was time for him to move on.
    May his memory be a blessing, as he has blessed us with his poetry and music.

  • @thesailor146
    @thesailor146 3 роки тому +12

    True class. True composure. True beauty. True master.

  • @robertkelly5515
    @robertkelly5515 6 років тому +9

    Leonard Cohen is Ace, such a distinct voice.Very original and very poetic.

  • @nyssaleseelleur1287
    @nyssaleseelleur1287 6 років тому +4

    As a Montrealer, you can literally feel the city pulsing through his lyrics. A true treasure for us. You are missed Mr. Cohen

    • @margeryriviers3432
      @margeryriviers3432 4 роки тому

      Very much so. My ancestors from there and I visit when I can, it is my favorite city.

  • @danielaschwarz1971
    @danielaschwarz1971 8 років тому +68

    I must cry ,that goes to my mum RIP forever (1953 .1999) We love Leonard Cohen,and you hear it from paradise;-)))

    • @carlbennaton9840
      @carlbennaton9840 8 років тому +2

      I was born in 53 graduated in 71 . I hear you.

    • @danielaschwarz1971
      @danielaschwarz1971 8 років тому

      Like my mum;-)what do you mean graduated in 71?Bless you!!!

    • @bunnythompson8587
      @bunnythompson8587 8 років тому +4

      Yes, yes your comment is seen by all to let you know Daniela and the tears you cried acknowledged by me, a sister across the waters in beautiful Canada. Bless you and thank you for sharing your beautiful story with us all. We do LOVE you Leonard Cohen!! Haha Blessings of love, light, peace and prosperity Daniela xox from: Joanie ; )

    • @carlbennaton9840
      @carlbennaton9840 8 років тому

      Daniela Schwarz high school

    • @danielaschwarz1971
      @danielaschwarz1971 8 років тому +1

      +Angel Flying Thank you for your lovely nice words

  • @trainmanbob
    @trainmanbob 7 років тому +36

    Great music that will live forever. We hoped you would too. RIP

  • @polthomaskeeley7860
    @polthomaskeeley7860 7 років тому +23

    So much feeling.
    Au revoir, Leonard. Sweet farewell.

  • @joaodrcaodeflores5161
    @joaodrcaodeflores5161 7 років тому +38

    Words can not come anywhere near to describe beauty, depth, talent, greatness... of Mr. Cohen and his songs. I thank him for making our lives better. Sir, rest in deserved peace ....

  • @dominiquepacot5364
    @dominiquepacot5364 8 років тому +2

    excellent génial super un très grand chanteur que j'aimerai toujours merci Leonard

  • @joemazmo7981
    @joemazmo7981 8 років тому +29

    He can always move me to tears can our Leonard.

  • @bingsfilms2009
    @bingsfilms2009 7 років тому +10

    So long Mr. Leonard Cohen. Thank you for your music.

  • @Ericbryanmr
    @Ericbryanmr 3 роки тому +8

    This is such a captivating performance. Bear with me here, this is my first foray into Cohen, having only listened to Hallelujah, and turned to Dylan for more poetic lyrics. There is something so deeply beautiful about this late-night formance from 50 years ago.

  • @shemanic1
    @shemanic1 7 років тому +21

    I was in that crowd bein blown away by Leonard & all the others. I still play the vinyl albums I bought then. His lyrics will stay with me forever R.I.P.

  • @Ami_des_slows
    @Ami_des_slows Рік тому +1

    Encore merci pour cette vidéo. A regarder et écouter sans modération en 2023 comme en 1967. 56 ans et pas une ride (sauf sur mon visage) !

  • @christellechanel5050
    @christellechanel5050 7 років тому +15

    One of the best singers ever..
    A great voice in a great man.
    Good bye Leonard..

  • @ericsimon9937
    @ericsimon9937 7 років тому +16

    - Leonard, Master of Beauty. Thank you for all the love. RIP

  • @georgiatechur
    @georgiatechur 7 років тому +10

    This song splinters my heart every time I hear it.

  • @roymiranda2267
    @roymiranda2267 5 років тому +5

    I have listened to Mr L Cohen since the 70s and every piece I hear now it’s like yesterday , we are now about the same age , I could listen to his music for another 100 years , great music from a genius.
    Roy Miranda

  • @jackfritz1748
    @jackfritz1748 7 років тому +12

    The losses we have had to endure this year have been excruciating and now
    we lost another piece of our folk music heart. The pain is almost to
    hard to bear. RIP sir you will be severely missed!

  • @maxinesmith7948
    @maxinesmith7948 7 років тому +10

    So long ago Leonard Cohen's beautiful voice, words and music came into my soul. He epitomises everything about my growing up and my growing old. Today I am very sad.

  • @timetimetimey
    @timetimetimey 7 років тому +13

    Bless you Leonard. Thank you for everything.

  • @user-ht3wg8sv2d
    @user-ht3wg8sv2d 5 місяців тому +3

    I love Leonard Cohen so much!

  • @irishelk3
    @irishelk3 7 років тому +19

    Rest in peace to the Grandfather of the world, Leonards music changes how you see the world, what a great guy he was, rest in peace buddy.

    • @tonywright8342
      @tonywright8342 6 років тому

      I have only just started to listen to Leonard, you are so right, it changes how you see the world. thank you.

  • @Muffett53
    @Muffett53 7 років тому +30

    WOW... I was in high school back then!! I hadn't heard of him at that time. I guess I was into the young artists back then. he would have been about twice my age. What a great sound he had then and kept it strong all these years. Love it. Leonard...you gave us SO much over all these years. Thanks!!! Thanks to the internet we can listen more often. And enjoy seeing the performances as well. May you sing with the others who have left this lifetime to be jammin' together where you are now!!!!

  • @KatJalbert
    @KatJalbert 7 років тому +6

    Your legacy will remain true to those who pass your music, musings and art to our children and children's children...
    Bless you for your humbleness ..R.I.P. Leonard

  • @coachmarilynn6336
    @coachmarilynn6336 7 років тому +29

    You have shown us where to look,
    We are children in mourning,
    You have reached us with your love,
    You have reached us with your mind,
    And we will lean your way FOREVER...
    Sending MAD Love & Peace to Mr. Cohen and his many fans around the world today!

    • @alanleslie7751
      @alanleslie7751 6 років тому +1

      Coach Marilynn
      Thank you for that. I could not have said that nearly as well as you have. I love you for that.

  • @thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117
    @thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117 7 років тому +49

    Dad was a Cohen guy. Momma loved Dylan. They conceived me listening to Revolver. Anyway, I grew up with a lot of good music in the house. I remember this song especially on an 8 track of my Dad's. RIP Leonard.

    • @pederlettstroem980
      @pederlettstroem980 7 років тому +6

      Reverend Felcher It is not too late to ask Bob Dylan if he can share the Nobel Prize with Leonard Cohen. I do not think that Bob Dylan has nothing about it. One great from USA and one great from Canada. Please do it. It is not too late to do it yet. RIP Leonard, our best friend has left us.

    • @RossM3838
      @RossM3838 7 років тому +2

      Bob and Leonard were friendly and often talked. They formed a mutual admiration society.

    • @margeryriviers3432
      @margeryriviers3432 4 роки тому +1

      @@RossM3838 I did not know this. Thank you.

  • @patriciataillebois1434
    @patriciataillebois1434 8 років тому +7

    Suzanne...une de ses plus belles chansons !!!
    Merci pour votre talent M Léonard Cohen. ...❤

  • @VentusMedia
    @VentusMedia 6 місяців тому +1

    Brought up on LC. 50 this year and still an integral part of my listening. An absolute genius...

  • @billchristiansen5868
    @billchristiansen5868 7 років тому +16

    A great poet is gone. As an 18 year old kid, I listened to "Songs of Leonard Cohen" repeatedly. The album is incredible. Listen to "The Stranger Song" and "The Sisters of Mercy". A rare breed, the poet-songwriter. He had few peers, no masters. Stop the clocks, turn out the lights. He is gone. Thanks for art and soul, Leonard.

  • @prayingmantis6777
    @prayingmantis6777 3 роки тому +13

    I don't know why I like this. He doesn't put much energy into his performance. It sounds so beautiful and relaxing I guess.

    • @slingerfrancis4674
      @slingerfrancis4674 2 роки тому +2

      This set was at like 3 or 4am, end of the festival, he had been "napping" in his trailer, and he came out and did this set to chill everybody out. Apparently Hendrix's performance not long before this, plus four days in the rain had really riled up the crowd. He also studied hypnotism as a teenager, none of this relaxing vibe is unintentional. (source: "I'm Your Man" by Sylvie Simmons)

    • @stellarsjay1773
      @stellarsjay1773 5 місяців тому

      At 4 am I bet everyone was just waving back and forth like seaweed in the water.

  • @aleksandrafurtak6262
    @aleksandrafurtak6262 7 років тому +10

    DZiekujemy za przepiękne piosenki!!! spoczywaj w spokoju!!!

  • @ericsimon9937
    @ericsimon9937 7 років тому +15

    He was like a brother. I'm so sad he is gone. But now he is in Heaven I'm sure.

  • @jamesfurlong872
    @jamesfurlong872 7 років тому +6

    Goodbye Leonard. RIP
    There were so many brilliant songs it hard to single out one, but your letter to your old friend forgiving him is up there with the best!! Him and his blue raincoat.

  • @donnedonneperth3473
    @donnedonneperth3473 9 років тому +22

    One of those hippies who listened to his albums in the 70's when first introduced to his music. Still listening to him now and finding wisdom and beauty in his music and lyrics... He has kept me company and kept me sane during long months of driving a taxi fri and sat night shift. Will see him again next time he plays in Perth We are truly blessed and fortunate to live in this time with him. .

  • @stevoschannel4127
    @stevoschannel4127 2 роки тому +3

    I love it when a song such as this paints such a vivid totally vivid yet private set of pictures in your mind…just magic

  • @johnbates2709
    @johnbates2709 7 років тому +8

    I love the way Leonard's lyrics open up the imagination and new feelings at the same time .. I am new to his music so I missed it all while he lived which is sad .. but I am totally addicted and every one of his songs has a new magic to me .. love his last concert performances and the way he bobs around the stage with such intensity and feeling and those brief smiles that she shares .. such an amazing human being and gift to this world ..

  • @katepapa540
    @katepapa540 3 роки тому +3

    In my eyes, Leonard Cohn was one of the greatest song writers in modern history. RIP beautiful soul

  • @johnlamb2754
    @johnlamb2754 8 років тому +12

    Judi Lutzwoods,I was also at Isle of Wight,brilliant times,I fell asleep listening to the Doors early one morning.

  • @TheTomvaliente
    @TheTomvaliente 7 років тому +11

    "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye...." I'll always be singing your songs. RIP Leonard Cohen.

    • @gidyou567
      @gidyou567 7 років тому +2

      Though nice citation, he really said Goodbye in the best possible way, isn't it?

    • @suzannewilliams261
      @suzannewilliams261 3 роки тому +1

      I didn't know that was his. I've heard Judy Collins sing it, along with "Suzanne"

  • @johntonkin516
    @johntonkin516 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @sandromarri8420
    @sandromarri8420 7 років тому

    Con te se ne va un'altro GRANDE , Grazie per quello che ci hai lasciato.

  • @colettepalate5545
    @colettepalate5545 7 років тому +11

    grand chanteur............merci de nous avoir donné tant de plaisir......

  • @elizemacnamara3396
    @elizemacnamara3396 8 років тому +4

    crying because of all the memories. .stunning

  • @chicmccormick6850
    @chicmccormick6850 2 роки тому +1

    Was at that festival, I was 18 at I'm 70 now, never thought that I'd make it this distance.

  • @kerryclifford1131
    @kerryclifford1131 7 років тому +2

    There will never be another story teller like Leonard..not in my lifetime anyway..I drown in his music..a Master..oh how I miss you. 💕💕💕

  • @barrieholditchable
    @barrieholditchable 8 років тому +7

    I started to listen to Cohen a few years later , I am glad I did

  • @SheWhoPlays2
    @SheWhoPlays2 7 років тому +24

    Im still here. Im gonna be here for awhile. Im singing your songs here. 🎤🎹🎸🎹💕🏹👉

    • @ericsimon9937
      @ericsimon9937 7 років тому +3

      - What you wrote could be the first verse of a song... I feel inspired. Just like when I bought "Songs of love and hate" in a french bilingual edition. This book triggered hundreds of poems that magically popped out at the time... (I was a student in english then).

    • @SheWhoPlays2
      @SheWhoPlays2 7 років тому +6

      eric simon thank you Eric. Words come to me most of the time. You are welcomed to use my words and build a song. SUZANNE**'And she feed you tea and oranges from China': i love this song, my favorite cause it was the first song I ever heard of his. I was delighted hearing this already wonderful thought, when the song brings in Jesus! What a heart touch to make this a Winner. Your english is great.

    • @SheWhoPlays2
      @SheWhoPlays2 7 років тому +2

      eric simon 'magically' is well used here.

    • @mametteraye1056
      @mametteraye1056 7 років тому

      SheWho Plays

  • @karenmiller1726
    @karenmiller1726 3 роки тому +2

    His best song,its just so beautiful, ive only recently got into Cohen at 68yrs,ive always loved this song with its beautiful lyrics,especially when he sings of Jesus,makes me cry i never knew who sang this until recently😪 ❤

  • @NancyBaron1
    @NancyBaron1 2 роки тому

    Leonard was a fine person'; a real gentleman. He never minded if other singers used his material. The world misses you, Leonard. N

  • @joellemercier2247
    @joellemercier2247 6 років тому +3

    magnifique suzanne

  • @franklinpfister
    @franklinpfister 7 років тому +25

    My parents listened to Leonard Cohen often in a college dorm room in around 1969 when they were discovering that they loved each other.

  • @effiemooney8477
    @effiemooney8477 15 днів тому

    My world blew up with a PBS show with him when I was in my late 50's,fell so in love,will be always!!! TY dear soul!!!❤

  • @jochenmuller9286
    @jochenmuller9286 Рік тому +2

    Wundervoll. Poetisch. Eindrucksvoll.
    Ich liebe 🤟 💘 es.
    Leider ist dieser Ausnahmekünstler bereits in einer anderen Welt.
    Ich bin 71 und habe ihn leider nie live erleben dürfen.
    Es war eine schöne Zeit.
    Du fehlst uns in der heutigen Zeit.
    ❤❤❤❤ ( 11.5.2023 ).

  • @belindashaw9894
    @belindashaw9894 7 років тому +20

    We have lost so many talented and gifted performers in 2016 but the passing of Leonard Cohen has affected me more than any of them. Such a gentle man - so glad I had the chance to see him perform live and just so sorry I won't have the chance to do it again. Rest well...

  • @pascalbrand3245
    @pascalbrand3245 7 років тому +14

    indémodable, meme en 2016 merci a Mr Cohen!

  • @Echnaton1954
    @Echnaton1954 11 років тому

    Right, those surrounders get just background because of the songs greatness itself - for myself nothing else matters than the fact that I´ve been there - just a 16 year old aupair girl listening to my song - Suzanne the name my parents gave me ... in 2 month I´ll see him for the 6th time ... Leonard Cohen all through my past just as in future ... because beauty describes itself ... !!!

  • @DaiyaanWinston
    @DaiyaanWinston 7 років тому +30

    Thank you Leonard Cohen rest in peace

  • @punkriff
    @punkriff 5 років тому +4

    i love old concert videos like these, the comment section is always filled with lovely stories

  • @susanholmes9899
    @susanholmes9899 7 років тому +3

    O, you will be missed..glad I got to see you in France, in Oakland, so deep, so lovely, so dark.

  • @NakedLilac
    @NakedLilac 3 роки тому +1

    I was there..Such fantastic memories.. thanks for the memories..

  • @suzannetownsend4448
    @suzannetownsend4448 3 роки тому

    Was here at the Isle of Wight. Privileged to see him live.