Songs off Leonard Cohen

Songs Of Leonard Cohen is the first album of the Québécois singer Leonard Cohen, left in 1967. It thus marks the beginning of its formidable musical career, whereas Leonard Cohen had been already known for more than ten years for his poems.

It is celebrates it discoverer of talents John H. Hammond who made sign Leonard Cohen with Columbia. It was to also produce the album but was replaced by John Simon for health reasons.

Collaboration with this last occurred very well, the singer and the producer being most of the time over the same wavelength. Their only dissension related to the song Suzanne : Simon wanted to accompany the piece by doors syncopes with the Piano and by battery, while Cohen wanted battery on none of its pieces.

In December 1967 John Simon left on vacation, letting Cohen finish only the mixing of the album. At its exit, it have a modest success with the E. - the U., and much better in Great Britain and Europe.

A remasterized version of the album (and the two following albums) left on April 24th, 2007 in music, with two outtakes of 1967 ( Store Room and Blessed Is The Memory )

Outstanding pieces

Suzanne

Suzanne is an ode with Suzanne Verdal, the former wife of a personal friend of Cohen, the Québécois sculptor Armand Vaillancourt. The woman is described like a " half-folle" with which " one can spend one night entière" and " voyager" would be liked;. Contrary to certain beliefs, the song does not refer to that which will be the partner of Leonard Cohen in the years 1970, Suzanne Elrod.

The second verse contains a not very conventional discussion on Jesus, which was withdrawn in at least a recovery. This verse refers to the figure of Jesus present at the top of the church of the sailors at Montreal.

Sisters off Mercy

Sisters off Mercy is a song which describes a group of very accessible women, which one does not know if they are Nonne S or Prostituée S, or both.

The Sisters off Mercy is also an English Gothic rock group of the years 1980, whose name is inspired by the song of Leonard Cohen. Besides they will publish also a song called " Marianne" , and a compilation entitled " Summon girls wander by mistake" , sentence drawn from the first album of Leonard Cohen.

So Long, Marianne

So Long, Marianne refers to Marianne Jensen, the ex-wife of the Scandinavian writer and friend of Leonard Cohen Axel Jensen. Cohen with lived with Hydra with Marianne after it left Axel Jensen.

List titles

  1. Suzanne
  2. Master Song
  3. Winter Lady
  4. The Stranger Song
  5. Sisters off Mercy
  6. So Long, Marianne
  7. Hey, That' S No Way to Say Goodbye
  8. Stories off the Street
  9. Teachers
  10. One off Custom Boat Be Wrong

No-claims bonus of the republication 2007

  1. Blind Room
  2. Blessed Is The Memory

Influences

Three of the pieces of the album, The Stranger Song , Winter Lady , and Sisters off Mercy were used in film of Robert Altman John McCabe (1971) like left discussion thread. Each piece is in some kinds the Leitmotiv of one of the main characters, respectively John McCabe, Constance Miller and the group of prostitutes. In the version doubled in French, the pieces were replaced by their French adaptation by Graeme Allwright.

References

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