Whats your favourite Leonard Cohen's song?

General discussion about Leonard Cohen's songs and albums
Parsifal
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'Dress Rehearsal Rag' is probably my favourite. It's a very brave song. It takes guts to admit there are times when life seems so unbearably painful.
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Most of the very early songs are my favorites. One of my favorites, which runs through my head for days when I hear it, is "So Long Marianne."
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My very favorite is one from his 1st-3rd album, where he yells at the end of the song. I can't think of the name of the song. Can anyone help out here? Please?
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russbaker wrote:My very favorite is one from his 1st-3rd album, where he yells at the end of the song. I can't think of the name of the song. Can anyone help out here? Please?
It could be "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong" (from Songs of Leonard Cohen) where it sounds like he's running around the studio yelling, since his voice fades in and out a bit!
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An almost impossible one this but Im going to pick The Master Song. :? :? :)
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The next one he writes
manchester, london,manchester , a mountain in Wales ,hills in Haiger
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Famous Blue Raincoat
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB6qE1W5fUM

Night comes on definately

Have been thinking about above question for months now.
I think above song summorizes a complete life into one lyric.

Amazing
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Hi folks !

And thanks a lot !

Just as I thought, I found a lot of stuff from all of you. I've been listening Leonard since I was teenager, now that I'm fifty I start to keep an eye and my mind on his lyrics as well.

I didn't know a word of English before, so I wasn't able to.
I find myself along his songs....I'm a sailor without Suzanne, who never walked upon the water but sails over.
I'd love so much being that man who can be lover, partner, doctor, boxer, driver or father ....yes I would like to say ...I'm your man.
Just when my hair begins to turn grey, and a few of friends have blown, my eyes full of teardrops see a lot of places from childhood completely rotten
I'm tied to a magnificent tower of songs he left.
I was even sentenced to five years of boredom and obscurity for trying to change the system from within.

Short, I feel just every line along plenty of songs like mine, that's all.

Paco from Spain
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Between Master's Song, Stranger's Song, Chelsea Hotel no. 2 and Hallelujah.
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My heart is burning for all the songs from LEONARD,but cry when Athem.Athem listen when I write this,and..... :cry:
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My favourite was always Hallelujah but it's been ruined for me by its overuse in these X Factor, Pop Idol, I wanner be a Star type rubbish.
I'm Your Man and Joan of Arc do it for me. They are so powerful in their words and imagery (for me anyway).
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Well for me there is no choice. It has to be "Bird On The Wire". This was the first song I had ever heard Leonard sing. It was so different to anything else going around. The words really echoed my feelings and my life at the time - and still does. So much so then that I wrote all the words to the song down. I still have that same piece of paper to this day. Besides, you never really forget your first love (song or person) do you? ;-) :)
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It's hard to choose just one...but if I were forced (for some bizarre room) it would be Famous Blue Raincoat...so beautiful.
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Bird on a wire

and

In my secret life
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