What are your favourite Leonard Cohen songs/albums?

Question

Pretty straight forward question.

BA: Now Playing?
BA2: Favourite band/musician from Canada?

Answer 1

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I'll go with Bird on a Wire

It is simple, raw and honest.
I also really like:
Everbody Knows
Closing Time (I used to work as a DJ in a biker bar and we often played this one as the last song of the night. The patrons always got up for one last dance)
Sisters of Mercy
Suzanne

I used to really be into Leonard Cohen, I havent thought about him for awhile. Time for a re-explore.

BA: Closing Time - Leonard Cohen (Your question made me drag out the old CDs)

BA2: wow, hmmm it depends on the style of music. As a canadian I can attest to the vast diversity here and I wouldnt want to compare apples to oranges.
Country: Corb Lund and the hurting Albertans. Funny! and talented, what more could you want. He's not well known outside of Canada.
Highlight songs: Truck Got Stuck & Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer. (Worth checking out, I promise, even if you don't like country. I don't like country)
Folk/Celtic: Two Canadian artists shine here. Loreena McKennitt (some of the most beautiful celtic folk you'll ever hear! and her home town is about 20 mins away from me!) Also for folk/celtic: The Rankin Family.
Rock: hmmm I'll go more obscure than mainstream. Try Jakalope.
also this band is good I just havent gotten into them: Marianas Trench

For good aboriginal/ Inuit music: Susan Agulkark (Inuit) has a great voice. Eagle & Hawk (Aboriginal) are very popular. (They are based out of Winnipeg, which is my 'hometown')

Overall: Neil Young

Great question!!! Thanks.

Source(s):

Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

-Leonard Cohen

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Asker's Comment:

Playing "Closing Time" as the last song of the night sounds awesome! Also, great "Bird On The Wire" lyrics.

Great answers, thanks everyone!

Answer 2

i just got lent a Greatest Hits thing and absolutely love it! never really knew him before... i have to delve deeper...

favourite is definitely 'Everybody Knows' (so far anyway ;)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG5e1oaen…

BA: The Moldy Peaches... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP-6wwirr…

2: Voivod :)

Answer 3

I like the songs Closing Time, Coming Back To You and Ain't No Cure For Love. I have a good book of Cohen's song lyrics and poetry; it's called Stranger Music. I also like a song of Cohen's that was recorded by Emmylou Harris: Ballad Of A Runaway Horse. And Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah.

Answer 4

My favorite Leonard Cohen song is Waiting For The Miracle

BQ: Angie-The Rolling Stones
BQ2: Lets go with The Guess Who for right now

Answer 5

I have had Leonard Cohen on the brain for the past week. "Sisters of Mercy" will not stay out of my head, so I'll say that for a song. For an album, I guess Songs of Leonard Cohen, but I've only heard his first three.

2: Neil Young, probably.

Answer 6

albums I like are.

Songs of Leonard Cohen
Songs from a Room
Songs of Love and Hate
New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Death of a Ladies' Man
Recent Songs
Various Positions
I'm Your Man
The Future
Ten New Songs
Dear Heather

Some songs are:
1.Suzanne
2.Sisters of Mercy
3.So Long, Marianne
4.Teachers
5.Bird on the Wire
6.Story of Isaac
7.Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
8.Avalanche
9.Dress Rehearsal Rag
10.Last Year's Man
11.Famous Blue Raincoat
12.Joan of Arc
13.Chelsea Hotel
14.A Singer Must Die
15.Who by Fire
16.Fingerprints
17.The Lost Canadian
18.Dance Me to the End of Love
19.Jazz Police
20.Waiting for the Miracle
21.Closing Time
22.By the Rivers Dark
23.Boogie Street
24.Go No More A-Roving
25.On That Day

BQ: A Reason To Believe...Rod Stewart
BQ2: Steppenwolf and a lot more like Chilliwack, The Guess Who, Rush, Saga.
take care
dave

Answer 7

I guess "Hallelujah" is a given so I'll pick "Here It Is."

BA: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd.
BA: Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Answer 8

Top 20 favorite songs (sort of in order)

Avalanche
Memories
Sing Another Song, Boys
The Butcher
Death of A Ladies' Man
Teachers
Is This What You Wanted?
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
Master Song
Iodine
Queen Victoria
I Can't Forget
The Future
Leaving Green Sleeves
Tennessee Waltz
The Lost Canadian (Un Canadien Errant)
First We Take Manhattan
Democracy
Because Of
Lady Midnight

I really love all of his albums, but my favorite is probably Death of A Ladies' Man, Phil Spector's wall of sound works perfectly for this album I think. It's so hard to choose a favorite though, because his first five albums are pretty much perfect IMO. Actually, out of his eleven albums, the only two I really haven't been able to get into for some reason are Various Positions and Recent Songs.

BA: Portishead - Roads
BA2: Leonard Cohen

Answer 9

Songs Of Leonard Cohen, followed closely by New Skin For The Old Ceremony. Leonard's one of my favorite artists of all time, I've got great tickets to see him in a few months!

BQ: Belle & Sebastian - String Bean Jean
BQ: Neil Young