Great memories for me, little bit traumatic but great ...

Great memories for me, little bit traumatic but great ...

I've always liked Cohen's music but the albums should not be listened to if depressed (you will end up suicidal). I have a version of Suzanne" by Peter Gabriel which is good but nothing like the original.

I'm a huge Leonard Cohen fan. For some reason though, I can't get youtube to play anything for me at the mo!

Suegha try opening the tune then once it starts to stop and start press the stop button and wait till the red line goes along in front of the circle (you with me ) then press play and it should play - God knows what it's all about but my son taught me and it seems to work

I'm a huge Leonard Cohen fan.

ahhhh.... Leonard Cohen... nostalgia... those were the days!... being a bachelor... driving a Porsche... making money and spending it instead of investing... aids did not exist... inflation was not a threat... viagra not a necessity...

Great memories for me, little bit traumatic but great ...

does that mean you are some old woman approximately my age? that beautiful girl (your avatar) is not you?

Of course it's me Naam dear, I just got into LC via some friends in late 1980s

Great memories for me, little bit traumatic but great ...

does that mean you are some old woman approximately my age? that beautiful girl (your avatar) is not you?

But Naam, you are a right ugly bastard if your avatar is anything to go by!

I'm a huge Leonard Cohen fan. For some reason though, I can't get youtube to play anything for me at the mo!

Sussed it! Great vid!

Sorry never heard of him. The song sounds a bit Simon and Garfunkel-esque, typical of that era which was thankfully before I was born.

Who else could write a song about being given a blow job by Janis Joplin and get away with it?

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,

you were talking so brave and so sweet,

giving me head on the unmade bed,

while the limousines wait in the street....

Scouse.

Who do you think Suzanne was in real life Scousey

One of the many muses Lennie the Laugh has stumbled upon throughout life.

From Wiki:-

Leonard Cohen specified, notably in a BBC interview, that the song was about encountering Suzanne Verdal, the wife of sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, in a Montréal setting. Indeed, many lines describe different elements of the city, including its river (the Saint Lawrence) and a little chapel near the harbour, called Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours (literally Our Lady of Good Help), which sits on the side of the harbour that faces the rising sun in the morning.

Suzanne Verdal was interviewed by CBC News's The National in 2006 about the song. She is now homeless in Venice Beach, California, USA, where she lives in her automobile. Verdal claims that she and Cohen never had sexual relations, contrary to what some interpretations of the song suggest. Cohen himself stated in a 1994 BBC interview that he only imagined having sex with her, as there was neither the opportunity nor inclination to actually go through with it [1]. She says she has met Cohen twice since the song's initial popularity; once after a concert Cohen performed in the 1970s and once in passing in the 1990s where Cohen did not speak to her (and possibly did not recognise her).

Scouse.

Sorry never heard of him. The song sounds a bit Simon and Garfunkel-esque, typical of that era which was thankfully before I was born.

And here I was thinking you had taste!

Try this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g-oLmOm9vk0

And this:

Then try to tell me it like Simon and Garfunkel!!!