Leonard Cohen - The Partisan (Audio)

[@joan.wowiwantthatborde1150]

Heard him sing this in concert on a beautiful summer evening in 1969. Will never forget the feeling.

[@mannadhour]

That sounds like an awesome memory and moment ..... reflection on an up note is always nice.🥰

[@boneytony5041]

Nice, played the fast fingered guitar live or not?

[@darkwolf8636]

unreal

[@swamifakkananda4043]

@@boneytony5041 boney t u related to boney m???

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Joan, bebe, wooooow, I want that feeeling!!

[@fredericmartin1405]

Comme chaque fois, je pleure en écoutant cette merveilleuse chanson. Mes grand parents ont connu cette funeste période. Merci Monsieur Cohen

[@Voyageursdelanuit]

Et oui et vous voyez maintenant ce sont nos meilleurs potes......... enfin aux autres pas à moi

[@asif_iqbal_akash]

Listening from Dhaka🇧🇩. We got liberated from Fascism in Aug 5, 2024. Thousands died in protest. It represents almost everyone of us. Ours was a group of 5, when we started protesting. We were 2 when we became independent. Respect to all the martyrs all over the world fighting for truth, freedom and Justice.

[@cormacodonnell8329]

Dublin 1988, small venue, 500 people, he sang this, what a memory.

[@franorichardson]

So lucky...🇮🇪

[@Spectrescup]

Most 60s giants (cept the Stones and Dylan, and even them to some extent.Neil Young got it together rght at the end of the decade) found the 80s difficult. They weren't helped by the now terribly dated production fashions of the time. Hence Hallelujah didn't take off till John Cale did it straight.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

@@Spectrescup My own two cents. By the 80s, many people had been persuaded that collective struggle in general was futile. They retreated into their individual lives, and artists who had tapped into those collective yearnings found less to tap into.

[@teomondoscrofalo6052]

I'm from piedmont, in the north of Italy. In my region many boys and girls leaved their home and fought against the fascist regime, and many of them never back home. I want to say: their sacrifice wasn't useless. In 25 april 1945 italy was free from fascism and 28 april 1945 Mussolini was killed by the partisans. Long live to Italy, long live to freedom.

[@grantshouse9229]

Sadly you don't actually have the means to defend yourself now with your gun laws. The right to bear arms promises Liberty

[@normasouthwood3182]

I love this song. I love Italy too. Love from England.

[@teomondoscrofalo6052]

@@normasouthwood3182 thank you very much. If you want more informations search:"italian resistance" on Wikipedia

[@teomondoscrofalo6052]

@Carl Mannerheim you know, Italy was under a brutal dictatorship since 1922, so i think that the partisans fought against the only real enemy of Italy: the fascism.

[@teomondoscrofalo6052]

@Carl Mannerheim maybe you should study about how many people were killed, tortured and deported by the fascism. Maybe you don't know it, but the fascism is directly responsible in the holocaust

[@tinmachinefilms3303]

You will now be forever know as a true Partisan for music, even in death. RIP Leonard.

[@billrendle7558]

Old revolution

[@goodycaoalso3910]

Yes!!!

[@boneytony5041]

Bye lennie, safe trip

[@thefrisianviking28]

When the backing vocals come in I always get the chills. Such a good song.

[@Leo-qe3gl]

❤

[@athina2130]

You should listen to aurora's cover of this one

[@thefrisianviking28]

@@athina2130 I will give it a try.

[@anniesplace9767]

Me too

[@divalove421]

I'm telling you!!

[@MajorDenisBloodnok]

A beautiful song written in 1943 by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie for the lyrics and Anna Marly for the music. She also composed the "hymn" of the French Resistance "Le chant du partisan". Leornard Cohen gave a soulful performance of this song...

[@popcat6856]

and then mick gordon gave a soulful metal performance to it

[@jrisles]

I just heard this song on an album by Jill & Matthew Barber (both Canadians) titled "The Family Album". I saw the credit given to the rightful composer and lyricist. Because I was already familiar with LC's version I recognised it right away. And I always thought this was composed and written by LC. Great song. Recommend you listen to the Barber's rendition also.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Thnx 4 the info. Sounds REAL!! were they partizans too?? Because regular soul does not write this kind of thing. P.s. thnx and glory 2 yugoslav partizans and marshal TITO!!

[@the_frenchtoast5227]

I love when he start singing in French

[@barryashley1430]

I.was.then.born

[@tomtitt3080]

I've been listening to Leonard Cohen's music for 50 years and have never tired of it yet I have left most of the other musicians of my youth behind.

[@ItsNateNotNathaniel]

I like your last name

[@petermaarschalkerwee]

Me too, I'm 66 now and still can be emotional by his voice and music. He's for me the MASTER of music.

[@cardilloa7173]

Just the same here❤❤

[@jeangthune]

Ma jeunesse, depuis le collège en 1971 lors de ma première écoute avec "Suzanne", vos chansons traverseront toujours ma vie. Repose en paix Leonard.

[@thelionking219]

The Lion Sleeps Tonight from The Lion King 2019 Soundtrack (Lyrics) Awimbaway (32x) Weee a wee bum bum ba-way Weee a wee bum bum ba-way Weee a wee bum bum ba-way Weee a wee bum bum ba-way In the jungle The mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle The quiet jungle The lion sleeps tonight A weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Near the village The peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village The calming village The lion sleeps tonight Oh weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way From the city The restful city The lion sleeps tonight From the city The silent city The lion sleeps tonight Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Hush my darling Don’t fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling Don’t fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way In the jungle The mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle The quiet jungle The lion sleeps tonight Near the village The peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village The calming village The lion sleeps tonight From the city The restful city The lion sleeps tonight From the city The silent city The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling Don’t fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling Don’t fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Ho weee a wee bum bum ba-way A weee a wee bum bum ba-way Weee a wee bum bum ba-way (End of Song)

[@katjakat278]

I am listening to this right after the anniversary of my city's liberation from the fascist and nazis in WWII...and sobbing like a child. Never forget!

[@Sam-qc6sz]

@13thMonkey I would not call the partisans fascists that liberated our countries fascists.

[@haszelly5612]

now u are slave of capitalism free market city witouth tourisms its so devastated like pass some wars.

[@mirjanamalovan2427]

In my country partisans are now enemies and liberation say is now occupation day...🤮

[@bradcarnill3703]

Peace

[@cunobelinusX31]

My great uncle was awarded Legion D'Honaire for his activism in the French resistance, I played this for my mother and we hugged and cried. No Passaran.

[@anacarreiro8992]

This goes out to all brave Partisans... may your resistance never be blamed or forgotten

[@MarcosBryant-lj8zi]

What do you admire most about Leonard

[@CPorter]

I dont get why we dont consider Partisans as veterans of wars. They fought and changed the course of those wars in one way or another.

[@Spectrescup]

​@@CPorter'we' do.

[@CPorter]

@Spectrescup I guess I should have specified. We, in this sense, meaning the average civilian of any nation, as well as the nations themselves, generally will not officially acknowledge any partisan at a veteran, only a soldier.

[@kevinmathewson4272]

@@CPorter If we celebrate partisans, we might also get ideas about celebrating revolutionaries. Most of those partisans were socialists.

[@bertrandduriez3563]

😔😔🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂😢😞😟🏳️🌹🌹🌹☮️☮️☮️☮️🛐☮️✡️☮️☪️☮️🕎☮️☯️☮️✝️...🎶🎶🎶🎼. Thank you so much for this for this beautiful song , Mr Cohen. Bertrand 🕊️ from France.

[@jollyjacksplendid1545]

Listen to that guitar...amazing! Godspeed Mr. Cohen. I love you.

[@TheVdalia]

Michael McBride

[@dadafish1]

Try listening to the words on your next go around.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Yes the strumming adds momentum .

[@kirstinbonney5310]

Thank you for the music. Your beauty will continue. You will be missed.

[@mnd1955]

Always loved this haunting song.

[@poliapolis99]

The movie Palm Springs made me revisit this beautiful song.♥️

[@DJGamingSmash]

I was trying to figure out which movie had this song in it, that must have been it?

[@gubson-xy2ow]

@@DJGamingSmash it was also in Hunt for the Wilderpeople

[@hervegoube9160]

Elle fut peut-être la première chanson entendue de Léonard Cohen. Je découvrais sa voix, sa profondeur. Il ne me quitta plus, il m'accompagne, il m'aide à vivre, il m'aide à poursuivre.

[@羅安娜-r1d]

lyrics: When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do; I took my gun and vanished I have changed my name so often I've lost my wife and children But I have many friends And some of them are with me An old woman gave us shelter Kept us hidden in the garret Then the soldiers came; She died without a whisper There were three of us this morning I'm the only one this evening But I must go on; The frontiers are my prison Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come; Then we'll come from the shadows Les Allemands étaient chez moi Ils me dirent, "Signe-toi," Mais je n'ai pas peur; J'ai repris mon arme J'ai changé cent fois de nom J'ai perdu femme et enfants Mais j'ai tant d'amis; J'ai la France entière Un vieil homme dans un grenier Pour la nuit nous a caché Les Allemands l'ont pris; Il est mort sans surprise Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come; Then we'll come from the shadows

[@patrickhiggins6726]

@Sn ow "ils me dirent résigne toi" c'est juste effectivement. Pour ce qui est de Âme, pas certain, personnellement, j'opterais pour 'arme' ça a plus de sens, à vérifier 🕊️

[@AislingSinclair]

Thank you for adding the lyrics to this beautiful song. Just a few small corrections: "On m'a dit 'Résigne-toi'" (English: "I was told 'Resign yourself'"),"Mais je n'ai pas pu / Et j'ai repris mon arme" (English: "But I could not / And I took my weapon"). Lyrics by Emmanuel d'Astier. Info courtesy Wikipedia.

[@Doodleanimations77]

Thank you

[@bonman7634]

This man wrote some beautiful songs... God bless you mate..

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Most of them were sooo oh sooo damn depressin.

[@stephensmith1343]

It's a beautiful cover

[@felipaopnunes]

I feel you closer than ever, Leonard! RIP

[@zaza6911]

If you don't shed tears when listening to this song you have a problem

[@peterrodinger7977]

It is a great song against war, violence and indefferency. I think we shall remember it forever. It is as actual as it was before.

[@Bumblat]

It's not against war, it's about resistance against the third Reich.

[@SkinnerCrate]

@@end3818it tells the reality of war. An old woman dying without a whisper. Of course it is a great pride to be a partisan and take up arms for your homeland but the sadness about being forced from peace by those who wish you harm for reasons even they don’t understand runs through it all

[@Stl10699]

I feel like Cohen was too pragmatic for this to be an anti war song. To me it feels more like he knew war was big part of the human condition that will be a thing as long as humans are alive and this song is more about fighting the good fight.

[@ANiMALFRiENDS_GOLDMAN]

You know your awake when songs like this break tour heart and make you cry like a baby 1OVE PEACE AND HARMONY LEONARD COHEN

[@marialuciakaufmann4591]

Ma jeunesse fout l'camp sur un air de guitare... tellement belle découverte de mes années 68-69, je vous écoute toujours, mais ces jours ci avec une grande tristesse.. Good buy Old Friend ! Reposez en Paix, Leonard Cohen .

[@maureenwagg5305]

The world is less without you Leonard.

[@bmen6401]

Amen

[@esakarkkainen8934]

This captures the very heart of defiance. Thank you Mr. Cohen. Humanity is in your creative debt.

[@andreaburiani]

Grande. Un maestro, un poeta.

[@joan.wowiwantthatborde1150]

One of my first songs I loved by Leonard! So many followed, through the years, I’ll love them always, just as I’ll always love Leonard

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Joan, bebe, can I have some of that...

[@jennia4853]

My favorite from Leonard Cohen, along with Avalanche. The guitar on both is awesome. They make me imagine I’m about to have a gun battle in the old west. I’m 39 and I just discovered LC- how is that possible?!

[@the_brownmenace]

I came because Leonard Cohen was a brilliant lyricist and poet. I wish to be half as good as he was. He’s my hero of heart ache.

[@flochroland6112]

Léonard Cohen, excellent francophone ! It's a good boy!

[@MeMe-dw1sm]

So happy to see this legend live on a few occasions. Miss him so much.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Is it all about you??

[@MeMe-dw1sm]

@@swamifakkananda4043 🤣 sure is

[@billiesheers]

Im just gonna listen to this all night

[@guiseppefrisone9737]

I used to listen to this song on repeat while I was in Iraq and Syria fighting isis alongside the Kurds

[@matt.willoughby]

In rojava or Kurdistan?

[@Stl10699]

You were apart of something beautiful, no matter what these half read people say. We were and still are trying to free the world and every nation should be right along side us.

[@pierremellec9728]

This is mind blowing.

[@JM-co6rf]

I was 19, my mind was just turning on...and I heard this.

[@rossmcleod7983]

Jesse Munson so was I. Tasted the sweetest melancholy and got swept up by its magic and wished I was older, deeper, darker and better looking.

[@dadafish1]

I'm 50 years old and still broken from this song.

[@patrickhiggins6726]

@@dadafish1 Same for me.

[@alexnutu1125]

Let me guess from the hunt for the wilder people huh!?

[@alexnutu1125]

I’m 29 and I can’t read

[@ericfoster8411]

I had a vinyl copy of his greatest hits album when I was like 15 back in 2004ish and this song was on that record. It’s been one of my favorites for such a long time. It’s really good to hear this right now.

[@realmarcio2029]

This song is so special! R.I.P. Leonard Cohen!

[@UniverseEarthSpirit]

So in love with Leonard...

[@62cricri62]

RIP Mr Cohen, i'm sure you are near her. Merci pour toutes vos mélodies, les partisans bien sur mais aussi toutes les autres. And so long Leonard

[@Wuei108]

I love his music .

[@mark01429]

Long live all the freedom fighters of the world !

[@AlexMakhno]

+mark c Bien dicho!

[@AlexMakhno]

+mark c Well said!

[@michelcolomer4366]

mark c

[@kraenk12]

Especially since fascists are on the rise again everywhere worldwide. Never give in!

[@badhabit3737]

Leonard said his favorite part of this song is when the children came in.. Love you Leonard..

[@TacRet135]

I was first introduced to Leonard Cohen and this song while watching Hunt for the wilder people by Taika Waititi, good times indeed.

[@reginehospital3225]

Anna Marly...Druon...merci superbement interprété, bel hommage. Merci Mr Cohen 🌟🕊🕯💖

[@melissawilliams9209]

Bravo l'artiste ......R I P

[@tommybootlegger]

Freedom has many faces.

[@tabithaschooner737]

Such a beautiful song!

[@ZeroTraceOperative]

I first heard this song through Mick Gordons version featuring Tex Perkins. Both versions capture the image of those dark times in their own way. Micks version is heavy and empowering, but this version feels like it was performed by ghosts. Beautifully haunting.

[@al1a1]

R.I.P. Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld, So I can sigh eternally.

[@alberts1985]

al1a1 he is amazing

[@lucalone]

pennyroyal ...

[@terrasselucien5677]

Résister, s'indigner, agir pour un monde meilleur, reposes en paix auprès des tiens merci pour cette leçon de vie. "J'ai tant d'amis, j'ai la France entière..."

[@StefanoFusaro]

nah

[@JeanMichelBeaudry]

Merci.

[@attaboyabhilash]

Came here after watching Palm Springs 2020. ❤❤❤

[@tomo.pomo1]

me too 👍

[@robert4you80]

Same

[@elchulo4684]

Me too

[@elijahherrington9934]

solid

[@samantamiseviciute8534]

Same hah

[@williamvananderoye7613]

If there is a heaven, it will even be a more beautiful place, now he has entered it.

[@wille5263]

Once again this song is sadly relevant

[@evelyneropert5261]

Song of my childhood

[@moyguilomsauvage8823]

merci a tout ce qui ont eu le courage

[@marie-renee4154]

votre voix chantera toujours dans ma tête, et vous serez toujours dans mon coeur, je vous aimais tant! Reposez en paix.

[@whiskyhotel3816]

Powerful song

[@duckface524]

this simply makes me cry

[@AbbyxRain]

I found this watching a movie 😍 one of the best songs I've heard in a decent length of time

[@JustPeachy_]

Me too!

[@ilikerice5208]

Λr†hur Martins I’m not him, so I’m not certain. But it’s in Hunt for the wilder people. A really great movie if you haven’t seen it

[@boggybeard]

@@pendragon5187 Did you ever watch it? If you still haven't, it's available here on KZbin for free!

[@abdellatifhafidi622]

Je découvre, je suis subjugué !! merci le poète

[@constanceblackwell5104]

what a wonder gift of life - his music grows it does not still

[@arowbaz145]

Thank you.

[@liriasarmientogomez9559]

Leonard Siempre!!!... Gracias. Nos acompañas, y te amamos... Que Dios te cuide!!!

[@toralc.ctoral5019]

tears ...

[@kennygoedgaan2042]

Yeah tears in the eyes aye

[@RevXRC]

All the people commenting on this song have hardly any subscribers which shows how the younger generation has gone on. It’s good to return and remember this great masterpiece.

[@carlireland5049]

I had no idea the original song was written during World War II. Makes the lyrics even more chilling.

[@YOUGARITHEN]

Thanemirth oh 1000 Times or more.... First time that I Discover L.C ,it was YES AT TIZI OUZOU City , in ALGERIA ,I Was 19 and in Spring 1974 , in concert at Mouloud Mameri Culture House, unforgettable moments that we will no longer see in Algeria

[@absolom7691]

Palm Springs brought me here. I love Leonard Cohen but somehow, this flew under my radar.

[@ktrkradio]

A haunting song for a dire time

[@kennethjacobus6541]

To: Killatrucka - Like 2020??

[@רחלישפיראא]

מדהים😢❤

[@Stefanio64]

Saw he docu of him and Marianne, the most touching docu I have ever seen!!! I felt like dying after but felt like new born too !!! May they rest in peace and together

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Hooo was marryanne?? The reason I am asking is I had a marryanne.

[@cherifarabeh5438]

RIP IN PEACE DEAR FRIEND ! AMEN ! WE DO MISS YOU !

[@nadnadir6592]

Très belle chanson. Bravo Léonard

[@gerardinaguidarelli3940]

beautiful song....

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

Beautiful song

[@martinvaresi2944]

I really love your song sir

[@patrickhiggins6726]

Bouleversant 🕊️

[@mariaangelesruizgarcia4127]

magnifico cantante y poeta

[@iandsrobbins]

I am listening to this is memory of my resistance fighters Mon Onclè Francois Suzanne. Caught Age 17 yrs in 1942 he was tortured beaten then sent to Belsen. Right at the end of the war 1945 he was pit on a Nazi's forced march as a political prisoner. He died age 20 right at the end of the war in Leipzig age 20. Everytime I hear this song I cry buckets thinking about his bravery. His sisters my Mum & Aunt children were also taken and imprisoned, starved and beaten.

[@sojourner8567]

Good of you to tell his story. Pass it down. We can’t forget the battles and bravery of those before us.

[@jamespigeon1399]

this is my favorite song

[@nekroscot]

absolutely brilliant.

[@m-gmail7005]

Memorable & Beautiful

[@20th_century_Ghost]

This song holds ghosts in it that bring me to tears.

[@fritzel8]

léonard Cohenmerci pour tes poèmes si juste pour traverse les décennies bravo.tout simplement rené

[@CatandoQuesos]

This is an excellent song

[@swamifakkananda4043]

And u r an xclt prson!!!

[@angelicaluce3230]

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR L.O.V.E. L.C. from the BEGINNING - to the END. I TRUST YOU FELT ALL THE LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU - NOW AND FOREVER

[@anarchynow3185]

Goosebumps

[@sandrafernandez5537]

Gracias

[@rogermucroy750]

Heard this on hunt for the Wilderpeople. Amazing song.

[@hadeerelsayed4550]

When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This I could not do; I took my gun and vanished I have changed my name so often I've lost my wife and children But I have many friends And some of them are with me An old woman gave us shelter Kept us hidden in the garret Then the soldiers came; She died without a whisper There were three of us this morning I'm the only one this evening But I must go on; The frontiers are my prison Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come; Then we'll come from the shadows Les Allemands étaient chez moi Ils me dirent, "Signe toi," Mais je n'ai pas peur; J'ai repris mon arme J'ai changé cent fois de nom J'ai perdu femme et enfants Mais j'ai tant d'amis; J'ai la France entière Un vieil homme dans un grenier Pour la nuit nous a caché Les Allemands l'ont pris; Il est mort sans surprise Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come; Then we'll come from the shadows

[@graziagavioli2078]

grazie per la traduzione.

[@dmitrivlad8538]

Merci

[@hertleinvisionfinance5575]

A real hero in music - R.I.P !

[@ardalla535]

LOL Cohen has a romantic idea of the French Resistance in the war. The French just did not resist very much for the first couple of years. And even for the last two made only a token effort. Yeh, I know, the French don't want to hear that; they prefer the myth. But it's true. But Cohen was a poet, and poets usually prefer romance to reality.

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@ardalla535 I looked up the meaning, it's about the French soldiers who refused to surrender and went to the forests (they will come from the shadows) and called themselves partisans (although I don't think there were many). It should also be noted Leonard didn't write this, it's a cover of a French song (the French part he sings is the original lyrics that were in French and he did a translation).

[@catherineboulant5778]

Bravo ! Humanité ! Résistance ! Merci !

[@MariagraziaTognoloBologna]

fantastic inimitabile

[@MrKatcord]

Waw... frissons garantis!

[@emmanuelledejesus]

Liberté liberté liberté !!!!!

[@lequangtuan1202]

This song haunted me......i do love it

[@elroobeleroobel2645]

Nos ha dejado la poesía y la música para combatir el odio y el fanatismo. Descanse en Paz

[@maxweaver141]

Pure genius