A recent discussion of Leonard Cohen and his music started at Lorenzo da Ponte's blog, then moved to Avus' blog, where he posted one of the many LC songs that move me, that touch my soul, that stir my heart – feel free to substitute any other clichéd (but sincere) phrase used to express adoration.
I fell for Leonard Cohen’s writing when I was 22, when I first heard his song, “Suzanne.” His song title became my daughter’s middle name. As LC has aged, so has his voice, once as smooth as the skin on his face, but now wrinkled by time and smoke, and living, into the seductive (to my ears) gravelly growl that only endears him to me all the more.
You can hear the change from youth to older man in these two links.
Another of his songs that I cherish: Dance Me to the End of Love.
Happy New Year, everyone.
