The top 10 songs?

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:54 am

I like your choice VERY much, Zoe, I'd sign it also (particularly TNS choice:-). Including Jazz Police (which I still prefer in live version from Austin City Limits 1988 show - it's hilarious).

mahdy · Post by **mahdy** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:59 pm

hmm,........... here i go.....

Everybody Knows
Suzzane
Closing time
If It Be Your Will
Famous Blue Raincoat
and many more..............

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:27 pm

Welcome to the Forum, Mahdy... the Bangladeshi music you mentioned elsewhere sounds very good. How did you become acquainted with Leonard's music?

~ Lizzy

YankovicGretzky · Post by **YankovicGretzky** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:15 pm

01. Hallelujah
02. Dance Me To The End of Love
03. I'm Your Man
04. Tower of Song
05. Everybody Knows
06. First We Take Manhatten
07. The Future
08. Democracy
09. Closing Time
10. Waiting For the Miracle

mahdy · Post by **mahdy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:40 am

lizzytysh wrote:Welcome to the Forum, Mahdy... the Bangladeshi music you mentioned elsewhere sounds very good. How did you become acquainted with Leonard's music?

~ Lizzy

ahh!! thanx Lizzy..... i'll tell u more about Bangladeshi music if u want......

and about ur question:........ there's a band named "Shironamhin" (headingless/without title) in our country... [ http://www.shironamhin.com ] ... Zia is the lyrisist of that band ... he first told me about Leonard Cohen...... & according to him Leonard Cohen is a great lyrisist ........ as he said once "..... i am really jelous with this guy that i can't write like this! this guy is an awsum lyrist...i simply love & envy him. ".......... but the truth is that most of the people of our country are not acquainted with Leonard's music yet.........

casablanca · Post by **casablanca** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:18 pm

1. So long, Marianne
2. Chelsea Hotel #2
3. Leaving Greensleeves
4. Hey, that's no way to say goodbye
5. One of us cannot be wrong
6. Bird on the wire
7. Take this longing
8. Famous blue raincoat
9. Hallelujah
10. Suzanne

MadisonB · Post by **MadisonB** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:24 pm

In no particular order:

1. The Guests
2. Diamonds in the Mine
3. Closing Time
4. The Faith
5. The Smokey Life
6. There is a War
7. Alexandra Leaving
8. True Love Leaves No Traces
9. Sisters of Mercy
10. The Letters

martha · Post by **martha** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:17 pm

it's hard to say, but here it is

the teachers
famous blue raincoat
suzanne
dress rehersal rag
i'm your man (live version)
1000 kisses deep
the future
first we take manhattan
nancy
in my secret life
joan of arc

i can't say that this is a complete list (there are too many great songs), but i really love those

paal · Post by **paal** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:01 pm

1. If it be your will
2. So long Marianne
3. Nancy
4. 1000 kisses deep
5. Lover, lover, lover
6. You know who I am
7. Avalanche
8. Joan of ark
9. Who by fire
10. The lost canadian (am I the only one??

)

Difficult.

MadisonB · Post by **MadisonB** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:01 pm

Adding 'Love Calls You By Your Name"..

My list goes to 11!

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:12 pm

I gave up this exercise a long time ago

... why set yourself up for failure

?

~ Lizzy

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:33 am

Welcome to the Forum, Martha. I like your choice. It's OK - everybody's choise of Cohen's songs changes every few days:-)

martha · Post by **martha** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:08 am

thank you for the welcome, tom

Manna · Post by **Manna** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:01 pm

I'm narrowing down a list. It's at 42 right now. That may be the best I can do. Maybe I should pick a best one per album. It's a strategy.

lightning · Post by **lightning** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:29 pm

The deeper and darker the better:

1. Stranger Song ( Reminds me of a fellow they used to call St. Range because he was saintly and plenty strange. RIP).
2. If it Be Your Will (The Protestant Hymnal never sounded quite this sincere).
3. Famous Blue Raincoat ( Truly blue , dismal as rain and beautiful)
4. Hallelujah ( Spirituality and sexuality arfully mingled).
5. Who By Fire ( Makes the Hebraic liturgy interesting and contemporary)
6. Avalanche ( Superbly mingles grandiosity and self-abasement)
7. Please Don't Pass Me By ( One we can all sing along with.)
8. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy ( A compassionate warning to all the Nancys present and to be.
9. By the Rivers Dark ( Its unsolvable mystery allows for repeated listenings)
10. The Future ( Clever and funny and optimistic for Cohen.)