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Pretty much every track is a hit, but here are some four random personal favourites: - Everybody Knows https://youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7k https://youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7
by jszymborski 2y ago
Pretty much every track is a hit, but here are some four random personal favourites:
- Everybody Knows https://youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7k https://youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7k
- First We Take Manhattan https://youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A https://youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A
- Famous Blue Raincoat https://youtu.be/ohk3DP5fMCg https://youtu.be/ohk3DP5fMCg
- Who By Fire https://youtu.be/ilGahIwQEQ0 https://youtu.be/ilGahIwQEQ0
Obviously too many to list here though, just pick up any album. By virtue of the fact that he was an incredible songwriter, his songs have such wonderful covers.
The Tori Amos cover of Famous Blue Raincoat [0] is one of my favourites, and this cover of Who by Fire by PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips gives me chills every time [1] (also the theme for Bad Sisters which is an amazing series). Also, pretty much every Canadian who was an adult in 2010 has an emotional connection to the k.d. lang performance of Hallelujah at the Vancouver olympics [2].
[0] https://youtu.be/PMSbICWbjBw https://youtu.be/PMSbICWbjBw
[1] https://youtu.be/PPY_MqCfMqE https://youtu.be/PPY_MqCfMqE
[2] https://youtu.be/tcOQSk_cMO0 https://youtu.be/tcOQSk_cMO0
- indigodaddy 2y agoone of my favorite LC covers, Chelsea Hotel, by one of my favorite artists, lead singer for the Belgian band Intergalactic Lovers: https://youtu.be/BGKIA7QUEGY?si=d_uzxaJOmiNEAJAm https://youtu.be/BGKIA7QUEGY?si=d_uzxaJOmiNEAJAm If you dig her, check out this Intergalactic Lovers concert, basically most of the songs from Little Heavy Burdens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUW5t1HK_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUW5t1HK_Y
- bhickey 2y agoYou may enjoy the _Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song_: https://youtu.be/tKNXude-qqc?feature=shared https://youtu.be/tKNXude-qqc?feature=shared
- sonofhans 2y agoConcrete Blonde did a great cover of Everybody Knows — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Fb4K8pNmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Fb4K8pNmg Johnette is a poet herself and a fantastic vocalist; she keeps the cynicism and the heartbreak. The cover has always _felt_ like a Cohen song to me.
- jszymborski 2y agoReally enjoyed that, cheers.
- atombender 2y agoMy favourite cover of "Who By Fire" is by Susanne Wallumrød, featuring Giovanna Pessi on harp and Jane Achtman on viola da gamba [1]. The whole album — a mix of renaissance, baroque, and modern songs (such as The Plaint by Henry Purcell) performed on viola da gamba and harp — is superb. [1] https://youtu.be/I9RkoLkLOBA?si=rReBmU3qU-tO8Fyq https://youtu.be/I9RkoLkLOBA?si=rReBmU3qU-tO8Fyq
- jszymborski 2y agoI love it! Hardly the only Leonard Cohen song that I think would feel at home amongst renaissance and baroque songs.
- te_chris 2y agoJennifer Warnes cover of Famous Blue Raincoat is so good - partially because it’s so of it’s time (80’s)