Leonard Cohen - Coming Back To You - Live TV Clip

"Coming Back To You" from Various Positions (1985)
Leonard Cohen and his band (Anjani on piano)
Recorded in May 1985 in Australian TV studio

[@Eagleray99]

I just love the lyrics to this song; outstanding. Various Positions was a great album, one of his best.

[@soulsong4ever]

I was there! I was there!!! Oh wow. thanks so much for posting this

[@mariankeogh241]

"Coming back to you", so sad but also romantic. So gentle and so Leonard at his most tender, lovely, lovely

[@Leobardo04]

RIP Leonard Cohen. Closing time.

[@bonitastjulienlepauvre6489]

Leonard's stiffness here is a bit curious (physical pain?), but this is the most soulful delivery of this great song that he's done.

[@formentera1001]

Der beste Songschreiber mit den besten, schönsten Liedern den es gibt.

[@juttaf.5604]

...und mit einer markanten Stimme.

[@messalina79]

Great video, thanks for posting. Such a gentle song.

[@maxinereid2939]

you made my day.... Coming back to you. ..thanks:-)

[@Nes384]

Heeeeel mooi.

[@megustanlasimagenes]

Adorable & Divine Artist !!!

[@MyFlippinValentine]

Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[@garysergeant9086]

Great. saw LC 1st time in Brisbane.1 of many

[@mouch1dor]

qu'il est beau!

[@LEWOOF]

and all these senses rise against this coming back to you....... brilliant poetry

[@wordsofcheresie936]

My favorite line is, "And springtime starts and then it stops in the name of something new". It so heartwrenchingly and powerfully conveys how love can renew the world, but then if it goes bad, the world suddenly plunges into darkness. Something so horrible has happened that it upsets the very balance of nature and surely the sky itself will come crashing down.

[@nadavlapidottal3208]

WOW

[@s.norman4578]

I thought that too... thank goodness someone else has said it lol

[@wordsofcheresie936]

Leonard Cohen is a master songwriter. As a singer . . . well . . . Anyway, this is one of his great works. Thankfully, it has been covered by many skilled artists.

[@wordsofcheresie936]

Martin Gore sang my favorite version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXWl5Zta9CYacU

[@bassesatta9235]

Not a good singer technically, but his monotonous voice really suits his songs.

[@WorkplaceCatalysts]

Is that Anjani Thomas on the keyboard/piano?

[@alberts1985]

I'm here

[@ericbednarski419]

What is the exact source of this great performance? Does anyone have the interview Ray Martin did with Cohen for this same May 1985 broadcast?

[@norfolkislandgc]

Does anyone know what year he recorded this...?

[@stefj2391]

Sounds like Coming Back to you, only sung by Leonard Cohen.

[@styxcreek]

The guy doing the intro is Ray Martin , a muckraking tabloid journalist and it really pisses me off seeing him in the same video as Leonard . The ridiculous to the sublime .

[@stefj2391]

Rdemption is this: the ridiculous bearing homage to the sublime.