Leonard Cohen

[Samuraisan]

Who used to pretend to understand his
Lyrics ?

[DaisyNonna]

My favourite musician and lyricist

[Psybbo]

I loved to wallow in his music

[Samuraisan]

Just been listening to an old album. My goodness, takes
me back, 40 years ? Having and smoke and pretendimg we understood ! Ahhhhh to be young again

[woofgang]

Even the Man himself says he doesn't know what his lyrics mean. I never have pretended to understand or second guess, I just enjoy the images.

[DaisyNonna]

What was there to understand?
If I were still young I would not have my wonderful grandchildren

[maggiebee]

Have quite a few Leonard Cohen CDs and just let the music and lyrics kind of wash over me. He has, for me, quite a hypnotic voice which I love.

[EcclesCake]

Fabulous lyricist.

"I ache in the places where I used to play" & "I was born with the gift of a golden voice" always make me smile.

[Captain2]

In his early years it used to be 'where's the gin and a dark room' listening but when he reinvented/came back the lyrics are amazing. My favourite, summing up where we are in our lives, is

'Summer's almost gone
Winter's tuning up'

[Lainieg]

His lyrics are great because even when they don't make obvious sense, they can still mean something to you! & morbid? naah try Closing Time Brilliant !!!!

[jackthehat]

Genius.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg

[andy-hughes]

I think Leonard likes people to make their own pictures from his words - and that includes him.

Some are clearly autobiographical - Suzanne is the most obvious, and So Long Marianne - but the rest are just fabulous images, like The Tower Of Song.

Anyone who thinks he is morbid is not listening properly - he is melancholy, which is a very different thing.