Sunday 14 October 2012

Suzanne by Leonard Cohen - a super song




And you want to travel with her 
and you want to travel blind
and you know that she will trust you
for you’ve touched her perfect body 
with your mind


This was Cohen’s first hit.  It is about the wife of a friend who he admired but couldn’t touch.  That led to the wonderful lyric “I touched her perfect body with my mind”.  So at 32 a Canadian poet who couldn’t read music became a star. 

This is what he looks like now!





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2 comments:

  1. I absolutely LOVE Leonard Cohen!!!!! His words have so much meaning, the music is sensuous, and he is a fabulous performer. And I'd like him even if I weren't a Canadian.

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  2. Yes, He is a very good performer. And it is surprising, after so many years, how the words to that song, stick with you!

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