Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Official Audio)

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Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Official Audio)
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Lyrics:
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now. I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Oh, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
But then you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regard
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you. I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here
For Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping
And his woman is free
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen
#LeonardCohen #FamousBlueRaincoat

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  • @laura3003
    @laura30033 жыл бұрын

    that female voice in the background singing "da da" is the icing of the cake in this song.

  • @robertocarloshess

    @robertocarloshess

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially at 3:30 when two women sing „da da“ in harmony.

  • @TheAvivakta

    @TheAvivakta

    2 жыл бұрын

    You sure right about that. Wish i could see him but too late for that.

  • @jodicummings380

    @jodicummings380

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's the web sisters

  • @rolphy4338

    @rolphy4338

    2 жыл бұрын

    Certainly is Laura, sets the mood x

  • @S.J.L

    @S.J.L

    2 жыл бұрын

    Female backing vocals really make many songs. Many of Cohen's, good call. It's the interplay between the two that makes great music, either sonically or by inspiration.

  • @cillianlyndon2192
    @cillianlyndon21922 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I’m writing this with tears in my eyes. I’m 14 and just learned that my dad passed from a heart attack today. this was his favourite song right now and he loved sitting in my kitchen and playing it on the speakers. this song will always be a huge part of my life from this day on. Edit: It’s been a year now and I want to thank all of you who have left kind words on this comment. “All things grow with time, except grief” This past year has gone by in the blink of an eye while also simultaneously feeling like the longest year of my life. Life without my dad is different. There’s a hole that can not and will not be filled but that’s not a bad thing. That hole serves as a reminder of the great man that was my dad. People say that time heals, but I disagree. I think that time lets you accept what has happened but the scar remains. This song now serves as a beautiful trip down memory lane in place of a painful ballad of mourning. For anyone reading this who has recently lost someone they love dearly, weep as much as you need. Every tear is a drop of love with nowhere else to go. Try your best to carry on but make sure to take days off to relax and be alone if you need to. Again, thank you for the messages and lots of love to you all.

  • @ginaprespare1316

    @ginaprespare1316

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cillian, so very sorry you lost your Dad. I hope this song keeps you connected to him.

  • @sylviagrantins

    @sylviagrantins

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG, what a terrible shock. I'm so sorry, play this song often. My Dad passed almost three years ago. His favourite music helps keep him close to me.

  • @colin6372

    @colin6372

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gard7662 I was also 6 when my father died,, I am 63 now; you are right "The hole he left in your world will never be filled, but it will get easier to bear" (perhaps more manageable certainly). But lets not pretend that all will be made better in some future time; that's a beautiful fantasy but it's not the reality.

  • @colin6372

    @colin6372

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gard7662 I am not sure why you say I am "prick". No one is doing that (not at all clear what 'that' is?).

  • @paulr7028

    @paulr7028

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too. God bless

  • @petedossett6301
    @petedossett63013 жыл бұрын

    The greatest Leonard song of them all... if only for the lines: "Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes / I thought it was there for good so I never tried."

  • @DarkSide_Vinyl

    @DarkSide_Vinyl

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was the very line that got me too! Amazing talent.

  • @waldemarsadecki5278

    @waldemarsadecki5278

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes im agree

  • @annechatoka3902

    @annechatoka3902

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have always loved Leonard Cohen. What a voice. To write poetry is one thing and then to put it to music so hauntingly beautiful. Besides embracing your soul and moving your awareness, Leonard Cohen, you did a fantastic job. A Thousand Kisses Deep and so many deep moving awesome songs and lyrics. Anne🙏🌵🎵🎧

  • @gillesmassonaud7903

    @gillesmassonaud7903

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you guys wonder how lucky you are able to understand those lyrics. And how frustrating it is to miss it with Cohen, Dylan and few others

  • @janetparran2535

    @janetparran2535

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree. I think these are the greatest lines of any song I've ever heard

  • @RClock-bb7gi
    @RClock-bb7gi2 жыл бұрын

    My son doesn't get Leonards' music yet, but I will leave this comment for him to find after I'm gone. This song meant so much to me. Hopefully youtube survives. I love you. Keep searching. Carpe diem.

  • @butimar68

    @butimar68

    Жыл бұрын

    That's one great message to leave. Much love to you both.

  • @fatihrime

    @fatihrime

    Ай бұрын

    🫡

  • @MrSilvertree2737

    @MrSilvertree2737

    28 күн бұрын

    🫡

  • @stevepayne5965
    @stevepayne59654 жыл бұрын

    A man whose voice sounded like tears.

  • @MrAdriancooke

    @MrAdriancooke

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or like silent raindrops on a window at nightfall

  • @marita7424

    @marita7424

    3 жыл бұрын

    and is as deep as his soul

  • @fredthomas4342

    @fredthomas4342

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Steve..

  • @garysmart8158

    @garysmart8158

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well said

  • @fatal6849

    @fatal6849

    3 жыл бұрын

    A man...

  • @johnbennettusa123
    @johnbennettusa1234 жыл бұрын

    It really is 4 in the morning and I cannot sleep .... I am 70 now .... I was 18 when I found Leonard Cohen's music .... Saw him "live" approx 6 times, including a 3 day hippie festival in the middle of nowhere in the South of France .... he turned up on a white horse and sang a lot in French .... he has meant so much to me all of my life, and I feel the need to tell somebody! PS a year later .... Thank you to everyone who, over the last year, and to my amazement, gave me 1800 likes and lots of comments about Leonard Cohen and what he means to me ..... We HAVE something that non-Cohen lovers have no clue about! .... One or 2 of you asked to know more about me .... As you asked, all I can say is "Like a bird on a wire .... I have tried in my own way to be free" .... Aged 26 I spent a year under Bhagwan in India and ironically I discovered just after that Jesus is "truly the Son of God", and whatever beliefs you may have, HE is still the "Gateway to heaven" and "Lord of heaven and earth" .... He "laid aside His majesty, and humbled Himself and became a man", and lived and died FOR US ...

  • @vallarishandilya3297

    @vallarishandilya3297

    4 жыл бұрын

    wow:)

  • @cuddlygoblin

    @cuddlygoblin

    4 жыл бұрын

    I discovered this song when I was 19. I am 34 now. It's an incredible song! Thanks for sharing, I hear you. I kept dreaming I could go to a concert when he was with us but can barely go out because of mental health problems.

  • @bonganichavalala3261

    @bonganichavalala3261

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell me more

  • @sisuboy

    @sisuboy

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm 71 and I discovered him in 1969 somehow. I really don't remember, but his depression spoke to me. Just love the man and will hope to honor his memory until I join him in death.

  • @miguelfajardo7913

    @miguelfajardo7913

    4 жыл бұрын

    😮

  • @yuchenwu470
    @yuchenwu4704 жыл бұрын

    l am a chinese.My English is not good.but when l heard this sing my heart get peace

  • @sroycze9284

    @sroycze9284

    4 жыл бұрын

    my friend ;cohen is far greater than the barriers of language and culture.....i hope you stay safe in the middle of the corona Crisis

  • @albedoxy

    @albedoxy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@filippo-m-7824 Sorry

  • @cboothe62

    @cboothe62

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love that this brings one peace

  • @GhostyGhost7007

    @GhostyGhost7007

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is honestly a really beautiful comment. Music is the language of the soul, it transcends the language barrier. Safe travels, brother.

  • @yuchenwu470

    @yuchenwu470

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GhostyGhost7007 l love this song and l also want to persue my favorite.He is a romantic poet and wonderful prior

  • @daveysaturn7232
    @daveysaturn72323 жыл бұрын

    I'm here today at the end of December. I had my intimate encounters, but solitude is something that overrides my desire to keep company.

  • @lauratanase4724

    @lauratanase4724

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree

  • @nicholassgouros8612

    @nicholassgouros8612

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lauratanase4724 Sounds like a love connection.

  • @Stranger_In_The_Alps

    @Stranger_In_The_Alps

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also known as “money over bitches” MG.TOW is the way.

  • @tom-ht3ju

    @tom-ht3ju

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah. Humans are an extremely social species. We need people around us, and long for love and acceptance. You may need to surround yourself with better people, to gain empathy and understanding. Life become much easier if we share our burdens with others. Good luck, friend.

  • @OpePlumbing

    @OpePlumbing

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your a Capricorn?

  • @FearPlayBoyz
    @FearPlayBoyz2 жыл бұрын

    "Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried." I tell you. It takes guts to write and sing this. Cohen is art.

  • @spiritofthewinds9089

    @spiritofthewinds9089

    Жыл бұрын

    So true.

  • @RS-rz9xj

    @RS-rz9xj

    11 ай бұрын

    My husband said appreciatively that every female graduate student wanted to sleep with Leonard Cohen 🤗

  • @joshbrooks796
    @joshbrooks7963 ай бұрын

    And what can I tell you my brother? My killer? What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way. Such a powerful line

  • @castalla999
    @castalla9997 жыл бұрын

    I saw Leonard sing this in 85 at a beautiful concert. My love had tears glistening in her eyes. I looked at her and she saw the tears in my own eyes. It was a moment that transcended time in my life, as if we understood shared emotions from our past. Thank you Leonard Cohen for this and many great memories of song

  • @gregorygoldberg132

    @gregorygoldberg132

    6 жыл бұрын

    such a beautiful moment...

  • @hannahyoung323

    @hannahyoung323

    5 жыл бұрын

    🌹🌹💘

  • @davidcunningham4424

    @davidcunningham4424

    5 жыл бұрын

    TMI

  • @the-mighty-quinn6966

    @the-mighty-quinn6966

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not possible to listen to this song without sadness. Leonard was such a genious. Miss him.

  • @ericpetit1893

    @ericpetit1893

    5 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful comment

  • @MrCrapman10
    @MrCrapman103 ай бұрын

    Probably my favorite Leonard Cohen song, makes me almost cry every time I hear it. So powerful, I'm 50 now & only came across his music in 2017. I liked how his voice changed over the years. I never heard a song he sang I didn't enjoy. RIP LC, you brought lots of love to this old world.

  • @shayantheunworthy3390
    @shayantheunworthy33903 жыл бұрын

    Here in Iran, It's literally "four in the morning, the end of December". A year contains 525,959 and 4/15 minutes and Mr Cohen made this specific minute super special (at least for me). R.I.P❤️

  • @ivristern2601

    @ivristern2601

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Shayan The unworthy - peace and love from Israel to Iran with Leonard Cohen poetry.

  • @osmq4287

    @osmq4287

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ivristern2601 you just made me smile.. Thank you so much..

  • @slybuster

    @slybuster

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you rub one out to his voice or something? Used the same Kleen-x to dry your tears after...made it special?

  • @saraivatoledo1842

    @saraivatoledo1842

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@slybuster How being a knob will benefit anybody/anything ?

  • @slybuster

    @slybuster

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@saraivatoledo1842 Crass humor is the antidote to literary pretensions.

  • @thinice6080
    @thinice60806 жыл бұрын

    what a masterpiece, what a voice. So long, poet.

  • @fatal6849

    @fatal6849

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tears...

  • @trinidadapodaca7027

    @trinidadapodaca7027

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah so long, but i'm still here; trinidad apodaca poet: goog me gracious

  • @fatal6849

    @fatal6849

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@trinidadapodaca7027 Quelle modestie !

  • @nihalkumar9102
    @nihalkumar91024 ай бұрын

    It's been a ritual for me to wake up by 4 on the 31st of December and listen to this song from the past 3 years. Can't relate much with the overt themes in the song but it somehow still acts as a closure of every year for me. Let's see for how long this goes on. Cheers.

  • @caoimhinbenjamin9998

    @caoimhinbenjamin9998

    2 ай бұрын

    I once drove to a concert at four in the morning, the end of December with a friend, and this started playing on the radio as we drove. It was spooky. Sort of.

  • @lostinmusic5431
    @lostinmusic54314 жыл бұрын

    The Master of Melancholia.

  • @awikio

    @awikio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes!! You described his music just right. Nobody beats Cohen. So beautiful and so sad. And it wasn’t just an act either, just look at the few interviews with him. There’s always something sad within him, something “pushing” him down.

  • @Linkinbird617
    @Linkinbird6175 жыл бұрын

    Those backing vocals always break my fucking heart.

  • @robertcronin6603

    @robertcronin6603

    5 жыл бұрын

    For sure.

  • @sophiaharvey7890
    @sophiaharvey78903 жыл бұрын

    Impossible not to cry. One of the best songs ever written.

  • @kendalldelroy
    @kendalldelroy11 ай бұрын

    Connor Roy certainly has good taste in music. 🙌

  • @seeyouallintherapy
    @seeyouallintherapy Жыл бұрын

    connor succession so true

  • @12345lans
    @12345lans Жыл бұрын

    “ She sends her regard” This line, and the guitar that follows is gut wrenching.

  • @butimar68
    @butimar68 Жыл бұрын

    This is becoming my favorite Cohen song. I struggle to handle sorrow and admire wisdom in it. Just so perfect.

  • @brizey9776
    @brizey97764 жыл бұрын

    This song has a really specific feel. It almost smells of cigarettes, coffee, and a vague sense of nostalgia tinged with melancholy.

  • @jillybean3227

    @jillybean3227

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nailed it.

  • @edmundpower1250

    @edmundpower1250

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brizey you're a poet and you don't know it!

  • @pragatisubhadarshinee113

    @pragatisubhadarshinee113

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perfectly described brizey!

  • @Lonesomepoet

    @Lonesomepoet

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edmundpower1250 No

  • @noramoussaoui3627

    @noramoussaoui3627

    3 жыл бұрын

    and a touch of whisky...

  • @pangur780
    @pangur780 Жыл бұрын

    Heard this in my bedroom as a 16 yr old and figured out what proper song writing was. 32 years later and it still evokes deserts, train stations, complex relationships and bedrooms. A masterpiece.

  • @varun6120
    @varun6120 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Connor Roy for introducing me, an Indian, to Leonard Cohen.

  • @yassinali4996
    @yassinali49964 жыл бұрын

    really now is 4 in the morning end of december

  • @martinnolan4332

    @martinnolan4332

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yassin Ali dood

  • @museical72

    @museical72

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mega mood my dood

  • @mparasc

    @mparasc

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same in June, el mismo🙏

  • @justdelarge8256

    @justdelarge8256

    3 жыл бұрын

    Borderina As concuerdo

  • @Happyheart146

    @Happyheart146

    3 жыл бұрын

    7 a.m BST. August.

  • @taylorGre
    @taylorGre3 жыл бұрын

    I'm now 16 years old, balling my eyes out at 3:47 in the morning listening to this master piece, my mom brought me here as Leonard was her favourite artist. Listening to him just makes me feel as if she is sitting right next to me. Rest easy, and I'm sure she already asked you for a dinner date in heaven😅

  • @sofijamitic8687

    @sofijamitic8687

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am also 16 and i feel the same as you

  • @juanmawr6330

    @juanmawr6330

    3 жыл бұрын

  • @allblack4777

    @allblack4777

    3 жыл бұрын

    Music crosses the boundaries between life and death. Some pieces more than others. This man was a Cohen. You should look up what the Cohen family name means. Love you, kiddo. I hope you enjoyed your mama's visit.

  • @johnbennettusa123

    @johnbennettusa123

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have tried to share him with my 3 children all now in their 30's .... I'll get there! .... (I also have tried in my way to be free) ....

  • @happytrails5342

    @happytrails5342

    2 жыл бұрын

    Give this cover a listen🙂 kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZWaksmzgbbPf7A.html And then AURORA Through The Eyes Of a Child

  • @johngault6218
    @johngault62182 жыл бұрын

    There is no lasting happiness in life, only a mirage on the horizon. Leonard knew that.

  • @DJYungHoxha
    @DJYungHoxha7 жыл бұрын

    R.i.p. leonard cohen. the last great poet of our time. fare thee well.

  • @bdrowe63

    @bdrowe63

    7 жыл бұрын

    My eyes were shutting down for a time, then this....

  • @aclockworkapple5851

    @aclockworkapple5851

    7 жыл бұрын

    AnRTPgA More art will come, never underestimate the creative potential of humanity.

  • @MarkTheBattler

    @MarkTheBattler

    4 жыл бұрын

    We’ve still got Tom Waits :)

  • @Hirnlego999

    @Hirnlego999

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cave and Waits are still here

  • @michaelmcgcp

    @michaelmcgcp

    4 жыл бұрын

    We had Hunter when you wrote this and Dylan is around. Don’t be so discouraged

  • @kubi_lazy
    @kubi_lazy3 жыл бұрын

    "Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes." It took me major heart break to understand how deep is this line. It was always there with my woman. But I tried to take it away, I couldn't. She didn't give me a good reason for the break up, I guess it was that trouble in her eyes, all the time.

  • @marita7424

    @marita7424

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried." - by this he eventually admits that the 'friend' was able to make Jane happier than he ever could.

  • @kubi_lazy

    @kubi_lazy

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@marita7424 Yes, exactly. This is why I said unlike Cohen I tried to take it away, but I couldn't. Sometimes It is that person for you, but you are not the one for them doesn't matter how hard you try. I hope she finds the person who will take the trouble from her eyes.

  • @marita7424

    @marita7424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kubi_lazy Understand, however the whole song is about 'love triangle' as you know perhaps so that this is about another type of love.... the complicated one and painful.... While being interviewed on the BBC in 1994, Cohen was asked about the circumstances that led to the song. He said: I always felt that there was an invisible male seducing the woman I was with, now whether this one was incarnate or merely imaginary I don't remember. I've always had the sense that either I've been that figure in relation to another couple or there'd been a figure like that in relation to my marriage. I don't quite remember but I did have this feeling that there was always a third party, sometimes me, sometimes another man, sometimes another woman.

  • @kubi_lazy

    @kubi_lazy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marita7424 Thank you, I knew the story already since I've searched after listening to it to understand further what he actually tells. I just found something similar with my last relationship in this small but strong detail and was pointing it out. I am aware the song is about something totally different than my point in general.

  • @marita7424

    @marita7424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kubi_lazy The song is so close to my heart and soul, my broken heart. ...I new it was there for good so I never tried... I couldn't. Because.

  • @61807605
    @6180760514 күн бұрын

    Leonard Cohen's music & poetry is present in my life since more than 50 years and it will go on until I follow him to the place where he is now.

  • @timothygrayson
    @timothygrayson22 сағат бұрын

    A touching song. Full of emotion and good taste. Leonard's triumph.

  • @icarussuraki9929
    @icarussuraki99292 жыл бұрын

    I always have and probably always will find myself listening to this song in the last few days before New Year's Day...

  • @alteregoafterhours7474

    @alteregoafterhours7474

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the only one.

  • @teresecondon-yost4241
    @teresecondon-yost42413 жыл бұрын

    I first saw him in 1973. It was just him in white singing. I had already been swept away by Suzanne and Sisters of Mercy. My boyfriend said I was elevating. I especially like his last one. We grew old together

  • @mollyfurey894
    @mollyfurey8944 жыл бұрын

    I'm 18 years old and have only just discovered this song but by GOD it is good

  • @hookywookywithmalarkyman704

    @hookywookywithmalarkyman704

    2 жыл бұрын

    I went out to buy a classical guitar to learn how to play his songs when i was 22 & now i am 70 !!

  • @awikio

    @awikio

    2 жыл бұрын

    How did it go?

  • @hookywookywithmalarkyman704

    @hookywookywithmalarkyman704

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@awikio KZread is your friend !

  • @davidjordan9759

    @davidjordan9759

    2 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on having the good taste to find it when it is now unfashionable. I first heard it about 50 years ago and it's still a favourite - together with 'That's no way to say goodbye'.

  • @FIONA21ful

    @FIONA21ful

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was 4 yrs old the first time I heard this and I was captivated for life. My hippy uncles playing records in the 1970s instilled a wonderful love of many types of music in me. This beautiful song remains my favourite of Cohens although I love most of his stuff.

  • @RajeshSingh-je8nd
    @RajeshSingh-je8nd Жыл бұрын

    The level of writing in this song is absolutely astonishing.

  • @lynnmeadows177
    @lynnmeadows177 Жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me so much of Burt, that thin gypsy thief. What can I tell you my brother, my killer? Thank you sincerely Leonard Cohen for the soundtrack of my life. The music will live forever as will yr legend

  • @klabautermann7384
    @klabautermann73842 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best songs ever written. Such a depth, and you feel as if you are really in New York in a lonely foggy road

  • @Gammadian
    @Gammadian4 жыл бұрын

    His songs are often sad, poignant and beautiful. As a teenager he touched me deeply, and continues to. I still sing his songs. Thank you Leonard, you are a great poet and singer.

  • @chrisbush1946

    @chrisbush1946

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just the greatest

  • @penelopehill9710

    @penelopehill9710

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here with resonanance of Cohen's lyrical voice singing to my broken heart yet . . . moving onwards with me my friend . . .

  • @adamlister3715
    @adamlister37152 жыл бұрын

    One of the most amazing literary pieces ever written. RIP Leonard Cohen.

  • @user-tb6uv1mv1x
    @user-tb6uv1mv1x4 ай бұрын

    yes it is 4 in morning... december... heavy heart

  • @Maksenchabi15
    @Maksenchabi154 ай бұрын

    It’s 4 in the morning the end of December indeed , listening to this masterpiece, from Montreal home of the legend Leonard Cohen. 5 years ago I used to listen to it in my home country, now I’m living it.

  • @Quzga
    @Quzga Жыл бұрын

    Connor Roy was interested in Leonard Cohen at a very young age

  • @Cernumospete
    @Cernumospete7 жыл бұрын

    It is fascinating how his voice changed over time.

  • @martimribeiro7538

    @martimribeiro7538

    3 жыл бұрын

    everyones voice...

  • @inkoinfinity2

    @inkoinfinity2

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@martimribeiro7538 usually not to this degree

  • @somniansvulpes

    @somniansvulpes

    2 жыл бұрын

    tobacco

  • @blank6165

    @blank6165

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@inkoinfinity2 smoking and the drink combined with aging will do that to a man

  • @inkoinfinity2

    @inkoinfinity2

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blank6165 yes that is true

  • @leonardneuville1792
    @leonardneuville17925 жыл бұрын

    it is my great honor to have been named after this genius. A favorite of my mother's, my grandfather's and mine. Legendary writing, singing and living.

  • @stoonybridge
    @stoonybridge2 жыл бұрын

    It's this time of the year again

  • @hendrikdebruin4012
    @hendrikdebruin4012Ай бұрын

    What is devastating in life is when you finally realize you are the guy with the blue raincoat. May the Lord forgive me.

  • @ajoyjana3991
    @ajoyjana39913 жыл бұрын

    Its not 5 in morning and end of January. I embrace this song like a scarf around my neck.

  • @badstyles84
    @badstyles847 жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace, Beautiful Spirit. Deep Soul.

  • @elizabethhann4028

    @elizabethhann4028

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amen to that.

  • @anuranbhattacharya9938
    @anuranbhattacharya99383 жыл бұрын

    Your enemy is sleeping and your woman is free..... Sends chills to the heart

  • @Ishtarmohammadi

    @Ishtarmohammadi

    2 жыл бұрын

    *his woman

  • @webbstar303
    @webbstar3032 ай бұрын

    Always a joi to be reminded of the masterpiece that will sail you sweetly through lifes uncharted existential wilderness. Forever thank and love Leonard Cohen for steering the ship to the magic lands.

  • @margogaunt6588
    @margogaunt65883 жыл бұрын

    well.. it is four in the morning, the end of december. i’m standing in this moment with this song resonating deeply in me... i hope the next year will be kind to all of you thanks leonard

  • @Pedro83214
    @Pedro832145 жыл бұрын

    One of the best songs ever...pure magic, pure beauty, pure love and forgiveness. May he live forever in the heart of God.

  • @Pedro83214

    @Pedro83214

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the like!

  • @idoavisar4845

    @idoavisar4845

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Pedro83214 is the 'he' referring to the song or the artist?

  • @Pedro83214

    @Pedro83214

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@idoavisar4845 To the artist.

  • @anothertime1282

    @anothertime1282

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an atheist but I feel exactly what you mean.

  • @AurelMocanu

    @AurelMocanu

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen !

  • @idat.n.3212
    @idat.n.32122 жыл бұрын

    There's something in this song, I listen to it without getting tired after thousands of times.

  • @ahmetserdarkanburoglu2782
    @ahmetserdarkanburoglu27823 жыл бұрын

    nothing is like loving and hating someone at the same time.

  • @e.minegirgin

    @e.minegirgin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly :)

  • @jomilkman
    @jomilkman4 жыл бұрын

    The words "She sends her regards" delivered like a dagger. Geez, what a song.

  • @lindyasimus
    @lindyasimus3 жыл бұрын

    50 Years and we love it more than ever. Thanks Leonard.

  • @serbianstallion8321
    @serbianstallion83213 жыл бұрын

    Its four in the morning, the end of December and i'm listening to this song, neat.

  • @vicbarrett540

    @vicbarrett540

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here. 31st December 2020.

  • @sharonrebibo1232

    @sharonrebibo1232

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@vicbarrett540 Hope you feel fine today. 14th February 2024.❤❤❤

  • @user-tg4pt1cw6f
    @user-tg4pt1cw6f6 ай бұрын

    That's pure poetry guys.. A song like this simply marks your life..

  • @anastassiyaschacht1828
    @anastassiyaschacht18284 жыл бұрын

    On my first listening of this song, the line "thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes, I thought it was there for good, so i never tried" nearly broke me. I felt so deeply with Jane, knowing exactly how it felt for her, too. It still scratches like hell. Cohen has some indescribable magic in his texts.

  • @kingleo6329
    @kingleo63297 ай бұрын

    Redemption, peacefulness, the very spiritual sadness of man, whatever this song is, it is beyond love and hate, it is a glimpse of relief itself. Love this song from the very first time I heard it and it got me still.Thank you L.Cohen

  • @monke2871
    @monke2871 Жыл бұрын

    "And thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes, I thought it was there for good so I never tried" Such an amazing line. And the clarity in the instruments and emphasis on the guitar as he sings it makes it hit so hard.

  • @chantalpinchon3983
    @chantalpinchon39833 жыл бұрын

    J avais une vingtaine d'années quand j'ai découvert et aimé Léonard Cohen. J'ai 69 ans aujourd'hui et je l'écoute toujours avec la même émotion . Surtout " famous blue raincoat" .Aucune autre chanson ne provoque en moi un tel bouleversement. Merci Léonard d'avoir enchanté ma vie

  • @mazobrien7123

    @mazobrien7123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love from London. C'est vrai. Xx

  • @caitlinmelvage8967

    @caitlinmelvage8967

    2 жыл бұрын

    We are the same age and became aware of Leonard Cohen at an age before we knew what did or could lie ahead. We only "guessed" about love. All of who we would become was as yet unknown. But Leonard Cohen treated us to "flakes of his life" for all these years, like an emotional twin from whom we cannot separate our paths. I am grateful for his example for the finale. Like "The little Prince", I watch for Cohen in the stars. It's unbelievable that your comment evoked this. I've decided not to erase it. Sincerely, K. Fricks

  • @fatal6849

    @fatal6849

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@caitlinmelvage8967 Life goes so fast. I was 15. I will be 64 in one month. What's happen?

  • @mariaesther468
    @mariaesther4686 жыл бұрын

    One of those songs I wish could last forever...

  • @bellmeisterful

    @bellmeisterful

    5 жыл бұрын

    It will.

  • @daniellewis409
    @daniellewis409 Жыл бұрын

    It takes the insanity of love to truly know that someone is better off without you.

  • @janetamplin7318

    @janetamplin7318

    3 ай бұрын

    ❤jane

  • @Missjunebugfreak
    @Missjunebugfreak3 жыл бұрын

    Leonard Cohen's music is a balm to the soul.

  • @hamadnajam9853

    @hamadnajam9853

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @patriciathewisher2315
    @patriciathewisher2315 Жыл бұрын

    My fave Leonard album. First I heard - it blew me away when I was 17

  • @veraarmeni7715
    @veraarmeni77153 жыл бұрын

    these backing vocals are so important for this composition

  • @anitapepita1909
    @anitapepita19095 жыл бұрын

    He is a master. With words. And as he grew older the voice got deeper and Even more magical

  • @nihalkumar9102
    @nihalkumar91022 жыл бұрын

    Just woke up before 4 in the morning on 31st to listen to it right now. Feels surreal.

  • @rebeccashardy6717
    @rebeccashardy67173 жыл бұрын

    Once I owned a cerulean blue raincoat and yes, in honor of this great gypsy thief and chevalier, I wore it until it was worn and torn.

  • @Par1s4
    @Par1s44 жыл бұрын

    It's 3 in the morning, 19 of December and I just discovered this wonderful song! What a great coincidence.

  • @Par1s4

    @Par1s4

    2 жыл бұрын

    And one year later I'm still here 16 of December 2021

  • @SlviaD

    @SlviaD

    2 жыл бұрын

    those are the best musical surprises

  • @billburnett1531
    @billburnett15314 жыл бұрын

    This song is fascinating. I love it dearly, and have always wondered about it since the narrator character is so unlike Leonard. He wasn't one to be "married" and cuckolded by another, smoother man. Then I read that Leonard himself, in real life, had a "famous blue raincoat" that was his trademark for a while. And it dawned on me that he was the man who came and treated the letter-writer's woman to a flake of his life. He was the one living for nothing now in the desert, who came one night and gave Jane a lock of his hair. He's writing from the POV of the man whose life he disrupted. And pointing out to him, in the last lines, that the man wasn't trying hard enough to take the trouble out of Jane's eyes. Fascinating.

  • @maha9781

    @maha9781

    4 жыл бұрын

    i thought the same, but then what about the last sentence? Sincerely l.Cohen?

  • @chriswaters2327

    @chriswaters2327

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he's both. thanks for this

  • @vertyisprobablydead

    @vertyisprobablydead

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing songwriting, great finger pattern too

  • @billjenkin881

    @billjenkin881

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maha9781 In later life when when performing this song he substituted "Sincerely, L Cohen" with "Sincerely, a friend".

  • @simonewhite

    @simonewhite

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like this theory. I think people take songwriters too literally much of the time. Songwriters can write from other points of view just as poets, novelists, screenwriters. But also, as someone commented, "maybe he's both". We have the capacity for all experience in us, and we're connected in many more ways that we seem. All one. :-))

  • @Whatzzzz999
    @Whatzzzz9992 жыл бұрын

    I can't think of another song that sets an atmosphere like this one. Listen to it at noon on a bright sunny July day, and it's immediately 4 in the morning, the end of December. Genius. And the lines: 'Thanks For the trouble you took From her eyes I thought it was there For good So I never tried' A great song from a truly great album. Life-changing!

  • @baltzars
    @baltzars2 жыл бұрын

    The humility in this song brings me to tears just thinking about it. It might be the most poignant song ever written about emotional sacrifice for the happiness of another.

  • @hboit9265
    @hboit9265Ай бұрын

    The true master.

  • @Argha07Chakraborty
    @Argha07Chakraborty Жыл бұрын

    It's really four in the morning here in Kolkata. Far away from "new york is cold" but i can find acute similarity of the song. Late night work and someone that I've lost forever haunts me. Cohen sounds like my heart. I wish i were in his concert sometime. I wish cohen to be immortal.

  • @jeandupont5860
    @jeandupont586011 ай бұрын

    There is a women somewhere in that very earth. This song was written for her and me. Pure coincidence. I adore her and nobody will never know. Thanks for that music.

  • @ronnieforey2068
    @ronnieforey2068 Жыл бұрын

    Perfect Mr. Pain........clouds. In my coffee......... Steve heard your tears ma......Bose worthy

  • @ericquigleymusic214
    @ericquigleymusic2143 жыл бұрын

    this song fucks me up. that chorus melody is so unique and brilliant. words of course too.

  • @jbreeze161
    @jbreeze1614 жыл бұрын

    This song makes me sad, happy and satisfied all at once.

  • @gokselsezginer2978
    @gokselsezginer29787 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tears Leonard. They cant hurt you anymore

  • @dustandcold

    @dustandcold

    7 жыл бұрын

    Göksel Sezginer Huzur içinde yatsın.

  • @johnrennie4270
    @johnrennie427020 күн бұрын

    If any song I write gets halfway to matching one line of anything by The Master, I'll die content and happy. Hope you're happy in you're final retreat Leonard 😎❤️

  • @MariolaM63
    @MariolaM636 ай бұрын

    głos, który nie zniknie z naszej fonii. Wielki szacunek.

  • @chrgon951
    @chrgon95110 ай бұрын

    Connor Roy for president 💯🤙🏻

  • @paulmccairn7111
    @paulmccairn7111 Жыл бұрын

    I named by youngest son Cohen after the great man himself....

  • @christineterry3079
    @christineterry30792 жыл бұрын

    The song touches me deeply.... i really enjoy. and listening to his songs and poety ..

  • @Ravencross06
    @Ravencross06 Жыл бұрын

    This breaks my heart every time I hear it.

  • @mignanjoel6552
    @mignanjoel65524 жыл бұрын

    Indépassable, la magie, la proximité de la voix, posée, sans emphase, la tristesse sans fond, sans égal...

  • @tonybrough1757
    @tonybrough17572 жыл бұрын

    I first listened to Leonard around 73,and he has been with me ever since. Lucky enough to have seen him live 4 times over the years. He is still here with me today. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hayrettinsoyer5906
    @hayrettinsoyer5906 Жыл бұрын

    The first time I heard Leonard Cohen from a cassette recorder in an old Bobble car to trip to Cappadoccia, I was with a stolen green-eyed girl to celebrate the new year. I was 30 years old. Then I heard him alive in "Kongeparken, Ålgård" I fall in love with the blond Choir girl on his right side. then I understood quite well "No cure for Love", I was with Suzanne.2.nd time I heard him alive again in an outdoor concert in Langesund on July.18.2009 with Anne, The last time I heard him a year after with his eternal Love Marianna sitting in front of me in the first VIP seat in front of me in Oslo Spectrum. Now I am 77 years of age, and my heart is still beating with a pacemaker, and I have no control of it.

  • @Amafyo
    @Amafyo8 ай бұрын

    I listened to this song before 3 years , now I remembered it and how it was such a beautiful song to hear , even after this long time , its name still on my mind and the lyrics of it , it’s kinda hard to find this kind of songs these days

  • @3rdstone1
    @3rdstone14 жыл бұрын

    Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried Crap, that always get me. And has for the last 30 years since I first heard this song.

  • @mohammedouhdi3607
    @mohammedouhdi36073 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful song, I come here every 31st of december to listen to it.

  • @forthrightgambitia1032
    @forthrightgambitia103223 күн бұрын

    Rain on me amphibrachic melancholy, fill my veins.

  • @albertomiranda5704
    @albertomiranda57043 жыл бұрын

    I am now in my twilight years, Cohen' s music and poetry were revealed to me a bit late in life, but it was a revelation. He mastered the definitive issues of human life, sex, religion, meaning and love, and a horror of domesticity. He was of the greats...

  • @cliftongal51
    @cliftongal512 жыл бұрын

    I think Leonard Cohen's music must have contributed to many of our lives, after reading the comments below. I "discovered" his music when I was in college in the early 1970s. I was hooked, and by so many things I heard. His inherent sadness, resigned perhaps to it, but still something of a wild and romantic soul. These qualities jump out of his melodies and lyrics, and have allowed me to be sad, resigned, wild and romantic as well. It's never grown old, and it's heartening to read that a lot of young people have also "discovered" him.

  • @spiritofthewinds9089

    @spiritofthewinds9089

    Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful words and so true. The impact of his music you've described, same for me. And even more. He gives me some weird and very special kind of tranquility and harmony in the darkness and believe me, I know the darkness. Whenever it gets to much and I feel like the end is very near, I listen to his music and I find comfort and peace within the sadness and all of the anger, desperation and all the negative feelings are blown off of me as if there was a storm that's going right through my mind and leaving nothing but a kind of empty but yet loving sadness that's almost like a friend, not an enemy. A friend that wouldn't hurt me, but soothes me and bears life with me. Even my body gets quiet in a good way, similar to the feeling you have when you've cried until you have no tears left and just feel... calm and exhausted. Don't know how to describe it, very bad with words. But I've never had this feeling before I heard Mr. Cohens music for the first time and never without it. He was a genius and an extremely sensitive, mindful and fascinating soul. His music is a wonderful and inspiring gift to humanity and same as you, I'm so glad even young people love and maybe even understand it. Although I'm young myself(28), but his music has been such a huge part of my life for many years and I'm sure without it my life would look a whole lot different today. Maybe I wouldn't even be here anymore.

  • @julessmithers1743
    @julessmithers17433 жыл бұрын

    Without even listening to and processing the lyrics the sound and atmosphere alone is capable of evoking ones emotions from a very deep place in the soul. I was caught off guard unexpectedly when driving on a dark night when this came on and I burst of tears .

  • @anothertime1282

    @anothertime1282

    2 жыл бұрын

    'and I burst of tears. ' - think we've all shed those tears. We are a brotherhood of tears.

  • @patriceglasson2413
    @patriceglasson24134 жыл бұрын

    cela fait presque 50ans que j'ai découvert Leonard Cohen et je ne m'en lasse pas. il me manque beaucoup. Be in peace Mister Leonard

  • @johnbennettusa123

    @johnbennettusa123

    3 жыл бұрын

    moi aussi ....

  • @livinggrace4148
    @livinggrace41482 жыл бұрын

    Love is the way the world was made❤️ Hug someone today 🍁

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