Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (Live in London)

[@folkandloredotbiz]

A legend. A teacher. A healer. A genius. A poet. A man. A masterpiece.

[@joelwittenberg8295]

I was in California almost 60 years ago when first heard this. I was in a night club, asked the singer who wrote the song, she replied lenorad Cohen, it was sort of an epiphany. When I returned to Brooklyn NY I bought an LP with the song and some others of Leonard's, added to my collection of folk music. Many years later, my wife asked me if knew who wrote the song Suzanne. When I replied Leonard Cohen she was taken a back. How did you know that. We have a recording of the song in our collection. She said Cohen is appearing at Madison Square Garden, would you like to go. I said yes, and, even though we short on money, we bought the tickets. The Garden was nearly sold out, which surprised my wife. It was a great evening. When we got home we played the record. Then I played some of Cohen other songs. It was a wonderful evening. I am great fan of Cohen, besides Suzanne another of my favorites is Hallelujah. My ITunes library has multiple renditions of both. Even found a renditions of Hallelujah in Yiddish.and Russian among others. Hallelujah is one of the most popular songs in the world. Cohen was among the most prolific composers.

[@christinegrimes8839]

Fantastic

[@alanadair2367]

What a wonderful story and memory 👍

[@iancamlett574]

I honestly believe that Leonard Cohen is as close as mankind has ever got to personifying divinity. This song is the ultimate work of genius.

[@skovner]

And so many of his songs evoke various Divine motifs - Halleluyah, Who by Fire (a musical version of the Unanate Tokef High Holiday prayer), The Guests (life in G-ds world). He is an equal, or at least close, to King David and his psalms. At least a more approachable version, today.

[@amcmenemy5647]

No-one like him. A unique being.

[@PadriginHaddock]

Totally agree it is divine 🎉

[@mr__fahrenheit859]

Agreed. He was one of the greatest human beings ever lived. There will never be another one like him. May he Rest in Power.

[@LucyLouMinou]

There are really some more. Only a few others, bro. This biographical song is genius.

[@ats94tg]

Maybe the greatest love song of all time.

[@nicoleleger2407]

MY greatest singer, voice and song for ever! 🎶😘❤️

[@DubiousPromedary]

Maybe this is not a love song... but who knows?

[@nicoleleger2407]

@@DubiousPromedary It's more a song about frienship! Leonard had for a Suzanne, very original, a little Bohemian life, hippy, he admired a lot, and wrote this marvellous hommage for her! Lucky lady! 🎶🇨🇵🗼

[@sharonuys8663]

Bee gees

[@AlexiGreco]

Suzan was a prostetute ..:))))

[@corinnemurphy7278]

We boomers remember Mr. Cohen's magic and grace...that never faltered. 💝

[@davidjme]

Leonard was a poet👍

[@foad4067]

RIP Leonard Cohen Canada greatest singer songwriter On September 3 1991 I named my daughter for this song Thank you

[@klaushyden7928]

Danke Leonard Cohen! Danke für die wunderbaren Lieder, danke für all die Autogramme, die ich bekommen habe! Ich werde sie immer in Ehren halten und mich lebenslang an den einzigartigen Liedern erfreuen! Ich ziehe den Hut! R.I.P. 🕊️🕊️🕊️ Klaus, Graz/Austria

[@julieberkowitz2750]

I had a dream or something between sleep and awake. I thought of this song which I had not heard for years. I knew every single word word. I got up turned on the television and there was Leonard cohen singing. It was an other worldly experience and didn’t leave me for days

[@junerolon7950]

For me, if a song can be perfect, this is it.

[@coolx.]

Harvest moon and pink moon are pretty perfect if you like folk

[@nijemipromatrac5131]

I was blessed to hear him live. It was August 2. 2013, when he held his last performance in Croatia. An unforgettable concert was in Pula, in the old Roman Amphitheater. I still keep the ticket as a relic. ''Dear friends, I don't know when we will see each other again. That's why we'll do our best tonight'' - those are the words with which Leonard Cohen opened the concert.

[@suzienada7253]

my dad always sang this song for me as a baby ♥

[@sispain]

The most beautiful singer songwriter

[@frankstecker5675]

The great singer L. cohen .RIP..⚘️

[@timj6121]

I kind of wanted that to go on forever

[@pas2933]

Just few notes in the intro are just enough to drive enormous emotion....

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

His words are unforgettable. A true genius .... forever

[@ashraykotian1]

That guitar intro which Cohen plays gives the song such a unique feel. For me this version stands on its own. Something about a man singing in his 70s this song that makes it incomparable.

[@1chienandalou]

Ashray Kotian I agree. Seeing these live was a highlight of my life.

[@craiglewis6145]

His voice in this version is sublime. Aged to perfection.

[@littlelulu4107]

@@1chienandalou I’m jealous...lucky you👍👍👍

[@gentianmiller2499]

I like thisversion most. The intrigue is captivating.

[@mollybeverly9805]

Cohen is GENIUS and was 😢

[@rupertbeehsley1680]

I first heard this over a crystal radio and a mono earpiece which was tech in those days. I spent weeks trying to find it in the record stores and then it suddenly arrived everywhere. But I will never forget that first time I heard it, and now I am 72, it still affects me the same way.

[@tedfrisk4730]

Well then, we are the two who heard this song on a crystal radio Sir

[@Eidann63]

🌹

[@magnificentfailure2390]

For me, it was a little transistor radio I kept in a box to improve the bass. I'm 57 now, but I was 13 then.

[@Prospect.1]

He aged like fine wine ,, as u do kind Sir

[@Prospect.1]

@@magnificentfailure2390 same with me 57 ,,luv LC

[@fernandovelazquezsuarez4636]

A genius called Leonard Cohen

[@sparkycjs]

Few musicians transcend into pure art. I'd say, Leonard Cohen is one

[@augusta47]

I didn't think I'd ever get to see Cohen. Informative years for me with him and Dylan. He was too far away, then a monk and out of sight. And there he was at the Big Chill as the sun went down. Front row. Hallelujah

[@martinegidon]

J'ai 70 ans et je l'aime depuis que j'ai 16 ans, j'ai été très triste d'apprendre qu'il nous a quittés 😢!

[@abdullahalmamun4499]

You have always been her lover. Love burns you like a fever. It is an endeavor. O'Suzane, I love you forever.

[@johndelong1301]

Haunting me beautifully for almost 50 years.

[@kylemcintyre4182]

I live in Montreal. It's truly surreal to look out my window as this song plays, and see Mount Royal, where this legend currently remains. The greatest memory I'll ever have is climbing that very mountain, stopping at the Kondiaronk Belvedere and behold the giant portrait of Mr. Cohen that stands watching over Crescent St.

[@paulkirkley1911]

This makes me sad. It’s a lovely song, gosh.

[@dawnhaynes8090]

37 years ago I named my beautiful daughter after this song and now she is lost to me 😢

[@arron3623]

😢 sorry to hear that

[@lauramacdonald7465]

Not lost - just waiting to greet you again

[@elizabethtoomey3557]

Happy birthday, Leonard. You are missed!

[@ludmilalazareva6287]

Thank you! Leonard Cohen - forever!

[@ballymahonst]

Love this so much , rest in peace , Leonard , you will never be forgotten ❤️🙏❤️

[@suzannerondeau582]

I love so much this song from Leonard Kohen whit my name 😍

[@MrSebboxxx]

So sensitive, poetic and pure ...

[@skombr]

Hvala za muziku.

[@dianecarbone5028]

I saw Suzanne in a poetry book I was reading and as I read I remembered it being a song in the 60’s. I discovered Leonard Cohen that day and it has been a part of me since.

[@WalterHorn-e7e]

I love the Songs of Leonhard Cohen ❤ Wonderful ❤❤

[@olgabrennan2041]

This song is the epitome of my childhood memories of my father. I grew up listening to leonard cohen. Love you dad xx

[@mariacristinamartinez8635]

Cohen inolvidable❤❤❤

[@ferko923]

Simplemente maravillosa. Madrid 2024 (Majadahonda)

[@peterfoerderer8224]

I just realized the spirituality of this song.

[@paulashaw-sk1ek]

Woke up to this the best x

[@JTuaim]

A journey into the incredibly deep lonely places. Cohen just snatches my spirit along through the mud of my undefined memories. He leaves me homesick for somewhere I don't know. Suzanne leads us away from the illusion of the material into the illusion of spirit. So we look as crazy to her as she does to us.

[@annej9358]

Beautifully said 👏❤

[@StellavonThun]

Beautifully phrased!

[@eliasmartinez4260]

Such an honesty in his voice in this performance. Even after all these years this version still sets a standard as the comments say.

[@ManpreetSingh-yf7bo]

This man's style of singing is magical

[@scotta9114]

Magical - yet eerie. I love his music. Seems like NO other.

[@petejones879]

I loved this guy and his poetry put into song.. In the 1960s.. And now in 2023 I still do..

[@Pdarksy]

This is one of those songs, that comes on the radio..... and you think who the hell is that, its just so captivating

[@fritzthecat3150]

I was living in residence at U of Toronto in 1971 and the guy in the room next to me had only one record and he played it relentlessly every night. He played Suzanne and then So long Marianne on and on. If it had been any other singer, I probably would have gone in and smashed his record, but those 2 Cohen songs were so good, I never got tired of listening to them and still enjoy them today, 50 years later.

[@Lynn55727]

I was listening to Leonard from about 2-4 am this morning when I couldn’t get back to sleep. I thought the volume was very low, but all of a sudden I could hear my neighbor upstairs. I got to thinking he was possibly ready to come down & choke me too. Earbuds might be in order tonight, or maybe or I’ll just buy him a cd & he’ll be enlightened.

[@carstenm.1579]

The best version ever

[@SusanneRobertz]

I love it listen also to the great song of him too."to the boogie street"👍✨️🧚‍♀️✨️ another Susanne 😉

[@ananasparachute]

My daughter's middle name is after this song. I grew up with Cohen's music and have loved him since I can remember. Genius doesn't even begin to cover it..

[@marchpierre-michel6058]

I had the chance to listen to Léonard Cohen at his beginnings, in a gymnasium at the University of Montpellier in 1969 or 1970 .... Then I never missed anything of his wonderful work as a songwriter!

[@ceisiwrserith2224]

You can see Suzanne perfectly; he invokes her for us.

[@GabrieleScheunemann]

Ich habe ihn schon von Jugend an gehört, ich liebe ihn und war sehr traurig als er gestorben ist.

[@Annoelle0404]

J'écoute cette chanson depuis mon adolescence et je l'aime toujours ❤

[@albertomiranda5704]

One of the great love songs, ever, although Suzanne Verdal was never his lover in fact, yet the song has a nostalgic tone of lost love. He must be feeling , at his age when he sang it, the time lost. Beautiful and unique.

[@jeffmacarthur9722]

Born in Montreal like Mr. Cohen. So proud of him. A genius.

[@irenewobido6308]

I'm 60 years young today. First time i heard this song, i was bout 20...🙏❤❤❤❤🙌🙌🙌... Still every here n now, in my heart always 👌👌👌

[@robertflint2549]

On this version he sounds pretty much like he has always sounded. Great longevity.

[@davidgriffin8482]

I just discovered him a couple of years ago and man after he had passed and He has influenced music all over the styles. He was also a wordsmith. A beautiful man. I heard David Gilmore do a little Leonard jam, and Sid Barret was a big Fan of his too.

[@burberryclaretred6676]

I studied English literature and my English professor had us read Canadian poetry and I discovered Suzanne in 1990 at UofT

[@SummeRain783]

Professor Gary Leonard?

[@burberryclaretred6676]

Patenall

[@burberryclaretred6676]

I forget the spelling

[@burberryclaretred6676]

Patenal

[@martinportgieter5308]

I can only agree. I love Roberta Flack. I went one minute ito her rendition and I had to jump to the original. With respect. She's flippen great

[@brigittebalimann5441]

He touches with this song not only my body, but my mind and my heart as well, I heard it the fiesta Time I was 17 and non I ´m 64 still touched by this Mélody

[@damienchristian8536]

he found you so young...perfect.

[@jilllucke7560]

Don’t know how I missed this song. A lyric masterpiece with such a poignant melody!

[@gfranconocillacoach]

Una canzone che ti lascia senza fiato, con l'anima ricolma di un sentimento mistico. "E proprio mentre stai per dirle che non hai amore da offrirle, lei ti porta sulla sua lunghezza d'onda e fa sì che il fiume ti risponda che da sempre siete amanti."

[@SummeRain783]

His voice only got better with age. Amazing

[@marcoudabe8903]

Amazing but yes it's true, his voice is better with the age. More sensitive. Respects Mr poet, respects Mr Cohen.

[@thierryairaud9350]

Its magnifical the Best song to Leonard cohen

[@ВикторияХрусталева-ж3я]

🙏💥💥💥🙏🙏🌹

[@nikolaspareschi]

Marlboro power

[@saptakghosh4073]

An absolute genius!

[@PursuingWisdomDaily]

Please tell me what is genius about him. I don’t mean to make you upset, I just don’t understand.

[@miriampeleau7562]

Un magnifique poete de notre temps ! Il reste dans notre âme

[@sebastianmateus2893]

I was in Montreal last month and I always will remember seeing the Cohen’s face since Mont Royal. I really was happy, mainly because I was with the love of my live.

[@tonythetigerlongliverocknroll]

There are HEROS in the seaweed .... my fav line ... This guy was such a great songwriter ...

[@MarilynOrenstein]

Sisters of mercy

[@rxfloyd1]

I first heard this on late night radio (the original track) in the late 60's early 70's and it blew my young mind. It haunted me with the guitar and the lyrics and it still does. I'm 64 now, and I still turn this up and go away to another time and place when I listen to it.

[@sarasandfeldt-ceder6657]

The voice 😍 It's like listening to a bedtime story ❤

[@opylk]

Great song. It touches my deepest strings of mind.

[@SuzanaGekovski]

Absolute masterpiece ❤

[@jesussanz101]

Medicine music. Thank you Mr Cohen wherever you are.

[@alecallew]

I love this song in so many ways ❤️😭

[@Eidann63]

🌹Me too.

[@chicagosburgermansblues]

I remeber the First time ❤️now I'm 75 ❤️ what beautiful time❤️❤️

[@Prospect.1]

Spread his words near an far folks ,do not let his genius go away when we do

[@cathydavis7622]

I wish I could have been live in London with Leonard, I have always loved this man's music. May we meet in Heaven, Live!

[@TheEmmettq]

Permit, my friend from New Orleans. From Hays Kansas.

[@liselottefrejdig1112]

Pure magic!!

[@augustinelechthaler7511]

The best love song ever. Mr. Cohen got really better with age.

[@alves0andre]

One of the best concerts recorded ever..thanks for this

[@sarraat.khaphaji6860]

He was here for us, the ones who understood poetry ♡

[@nicolabarberis6309]

Bellissima canzone senza parole

[@hertleinvisionfinance5575]

REST IN PEACE and thanks for your help !

[@yindyamarra]

if theres a word better than divine , let it be this song,

[@fsupergrimpeur3645]

Se promener le long du fleuve à Montréal… est toujours un moment émouvant, en imaginant que je suis près de chez Suzanne…

[@SamSam-oe5kg]

Quand j'écoute Léonard Cohen je suis hypnotisé paix à son âme 🇩🇿

[@AlbinGwiazda]

8-11-2016 gdy dowiedziałem się że Leonard zmarł, napisałem że najbardziej będzie mi brakowało Jego opowieści o Suzannne. Dobrze że tu w każdej chwili nostalgii mogę tego posłuchać. Dziękuję Mistrzu.

[@mariannell]

Such a poem!

[@pascalmonfort9547]

Un homme que j'ai rarement vu dans ma vie m'a fait découvrir, cette chanson , Leonard Cohen... C était mon parrain... Rares furent nos rencontres ... Riches , elles furent !!! 🙏

[@Bob_Cats]

Leonard Cohen, thank you for this beautiful performance 💗

[@brianwillson9567]

such depth in the lyric-beautiful

[@sarahlight956]

Wonderful Mr.Cohen🌻

[@pedro-il7pn]

Es imposible ser tan de verdad como el. La compuso tocado y cantado miles de veces. La siguió cantado con infinita verdad en su voz y en su mirada, Paseaba los dedos por la cuerda como el día en que la compuso. Es arte en verdad.

[@monikastrauss8103]

Erinnere mich an 1983 an den Busfahrer der mit uns durch Dänemark gefahren ist der hatte eine Kassette in seinem Bus und somit Leonard Cohen das erste Mal gehört

[@anniecaouren2355]

pourquoi n'étai s je pas a londres? je pleure..j'ai dédié cette chanson, il y a un mois, en hommage a ma tres chere tante suzanne, décédée a l'age de 90 ans, il y a juste un mois,,

[@alexandrebogdan1392]

RIP

[@SamSam-oe5kg]

Paix à son âme

[@Michelle-tp5lb]

what a incredible voice .. Master Cohen

[@christaparenteau9430]

A Canadian Icon 🇨🇦🇨🇦💕💕

[@sylviek7908]

J'aime tant cette voix chaude ,j'aime tant ce poète , j'aime tant cette chanson . Merci pour le partage passeur de poésie .