Suzanne: 'he wrote it to summon her'

Hartmut · Post by **Hartmut** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:06 pm

Cute. I had never heard/read that before.

Q: Is your mom Suzanne, the same Suzanne from the song?

Adam Cohen: My father actually wrote the song before meeting my mother, but says he wrote it to summon her.

http://metronews.ca/scene/400255/adam-c ... d-leonard/

Goldin · Post by **Goldin** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:29 pm

Wonderful indeed

An advice from Leonard "Old Cool Cat" Cohen: you should probably write as many great poems dedicated to various female names, as possible, just in case.

Cate · Post by **Cate** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:39 pm

Hartmut wrote:
Adam Cohen: My father actually wrote the song before meeting my mother, but says he wrote it to summon her.

I love that!!!!

Hartmut · Post by **Hartmut** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:41 pm

Goldin wrote:An advice from Leonard "Old Cool Cat" Cohen: you should probably write as many great poems dedicated to various female names, as possible, just in case.

Good thing the children's mother's name isn't Nancy ...

Wybe · Post by **Wybe** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:04 pm

Here is more about Suzanne from the song;

http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/verdal.html

viewtopic.php?f=55&t=31204&p=294551&hil ... ne#p294551

Wybe

John Etherington · Post by **John Etherington** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:30 pm

Perhaps it should be made clear to newer forum members that that Suzanne Verdal (the dancer) who inspired the song was not the Suzanne who became the mother of Leonard's children (that was Suzanne Elrod). However, I like Leonard's imaginative take on this.

hydriot · Post by **hydriot** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:43 pm

Yes, I think Adam was just being playful.

Hartmut · Post by **Hartmut** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:29 pm

In this interview he mentions that he summoned her with that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9CsYoWIK7w#t=8m34s

So what Adam is telling is not a family inside joke.

B4real · Post by **B4real** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:47 am

Hi Hartmut,
I remember that and I watched the interview live as it was broadcast in 1985 on the Mike Walsh Show in Australia.

(LC also explained the meaning of Dance Me To The End Of Love and sang the song as well)

Hartmut · Post by **Hartmut** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:27 am

Lucky you! - I barely knew him in 85 ...

Kim Whittle · Post by **Kim Whittle** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:23 pm

Just a bit of trivia Re Constant Comment tea and the song. Go to 2:30 in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ilCPfFT ... ata_player

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