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About This Track
“Suzanne” is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen. Its lyrics first appeared as the poem “Suzanne Takes You Down” in Cohen’s 1966 book of poetry Parasites of Heaven, admittedly because of lack of new material (lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book). The song was recorded by Judy Collins the same year, and by Noel Harrison and Cohen himself in 1967. It is the most-covered song in Cohen’s catalogue (though “Hallelujah” has seen a surge of recordings in recent years.)
The song forms the theme for the final scene of Cohen’s short movie I am a Hotel released in 1983.
The band R.E.M. give Cohen joint credit for their songHope (on their 1998 album Up), in light of the similarity between the two songs. R.E.M. describe themselves as realising that similarity only after completing the song.
In 2006, Pitchfork Media listed the song #41 on their list of ‘The Top Songs of the 1960s’.
The song forms the theme for the final scene of Cohen’s short movie I am a Hotel released in 1983.
The band R.E.M. give Cohen joint credit for their song
Hope (on their 1998 album Up), in light of the similarity between the two songs. R.E.M. describe themselves as realising that similarity only after completing the song.In 2006, Pitchfork Media listed the song #41 on their list of ‘The Top Songs of the 1960s’.
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AlterJohn wrote:
Musik für die Ewigkeit !
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bluejaydandy wrote:
thats my gal
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Moniek2688 wrote:
you've touched her perfect body with your mind. <3
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SpaceyFan wrote:
<3
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wouwek wrote:
I love this song
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fivecent wrote:
lucky? say what you want about his voice, he's always the first to admit he's not a singer. but to say he got 'lucky' in coming up with these words is plain ignorant.
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BigChoupique wrote:
Not my favorite performance of this. Just because he was lucky in coming up with the words doesn't make him a singer. A good singer invests good words with even more emotion through the use of their voice... they don't just say the words.
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weeindianboy wrote:
This song is pretty.
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summeryhaze wrote:
so good :')
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PattySauce wrote:
This is an ok song for me, not my fave singer
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PattySauce wrote:
Suzanne scares the shit out of me!!!! LOL
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alan_bit wrote:
Great lyrics, but Nina Simone gave much more life to this song. She is the best!!
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soldier_jane wrote:
touch her pretty body with your mind.....this song is poetry at its best!
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moses2201 wrote:
nur zuhören
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scorpihun wrote:
There is a Suzanne in every mans life, the one he thinks will be the everlasting one, the one on whom he pins his heart, hopes, and dreams.........and then she leaves
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NettieStrauch wrote:
Love it!!
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Justkalli wrote:
wunderschön ,habe die LP 1976 gekauft
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HorstKrannich wrote:
+++ dieser Song sollte jeden Morgen auf allen Radiosender ausgestrahlt werden - weil er superschön ist +++
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Oitopakis wrote:
me rompe cada vez que la escucho, grande, muy grande
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DEBORRAH1 wrote:
You need to cultivate a liking of Leonard and his style of music. He is a great poet and is music tears at your heart.
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