remember the song "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen?

OneBlueSky

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Fri Nov-21-03 02:45 AM
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remember the song "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen?

also recorded by Judy Collins? . . . well, here's Suzanne's story in her own words, via a 1998 BBC interview . . .

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

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eileen from OH

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Fri Nov-21-03 02:49 AM
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1. I don't have time to read it

now. Later maybe, when I can spend the night forever.

eileen from OH

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chiburb

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Fri Nov-21-03 10:43 AM
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8. Are you half-crazy?

Is that why you want to be here?

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kayleybeth

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Fri Nov-21-03 03:00 AM
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2. I do

great song. Thanks for the link.

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Fridays Child

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Fri Nov-21-03 03:05 AM
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3. A beautiful song.

I've often wondered who his muse was. I imagined her to be something like Suzanne Verdal...maybe more wraithlike, though.

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Melodybe

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Fri Nov-21-03 03:27 AM
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4. My favorite Cohen has to be "everybody knows"

It is fitting for the times, no?

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Ellen Forradalom

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Fri Nov-21-03 09:31 AM
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5. Or 'Democracy is Coming to the USA'

Prescient.

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Aristus

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Fri Nov-21-03 09:54 AM
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6. Or "Hallelujah". That's his best, IMHO.

I've heard some great covers of it.

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nuxvomica

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Fri Nov-21-03 10:37 AM
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7. Thanks for posting this. I always liked the song

Suzanne sounds like she hasn't changed much. I often wonder about these Sixties icons and whether they survived that cold winter of the Eighties intact.

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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Nov-21-03 06:57 PM
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9. Thanks for this. Beautiful song.

I've always liked it and it was wonderful to learn about the girl who inspired it.:-)

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slappypan

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:07 PM
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10. Roberta Flack recorded a beautiful version, too

thanks for posting this!

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brook

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:52 PM
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11. Nice.

Thanks for that - it's a lovely interview. Every once in awhile, someone posts something and I remember my past. (At my age, one's happy to have had a past, but we're more interested in the *now*).

Anyhow, I spent some time with Leonard at the end of the 60's. Matter of fact, on a rainy afternoon in Vancouver we went to see Little Big Man (which he loved) - and came out of the theatre to discover my car had been towed. It was dark and rainy, so we took a cab back to West Van; drank hot sake and he recited some Russian poetry for me. We were negotiating to use his music in McCabe and Mrs. Miller at the time. He wasn't terribly enthusiastic about it and I was supposed to try and talk him into it. His music is one of my favorite elements of the movie.

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regnaD kciN

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Sat Nov-22-03 03:05 AM
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14. Oh my God...WHO ARE YOU???

You have been involved with both Leonard Cohen and McCabe? You're talking about two of my absolute favorite pop-culture sources from that era!

:wow:

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LeftistGorilla

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:43 PM
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12. wow...

thanks!
:thumbsup:

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David Zephyr

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Sat Nov-22-03 12:08 AM
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13. Wearing Rags and Feathers from Salvation Army Counters.

Great song.

Judy Collins performed this at Bridges Auditorium this Summer in Claremont. Heavenly.

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