I agree with her , Leonard's career was kick started by his song for her, a kind gesture would not have gone amiss, She comes across as a beautiful free spirit, no wonder Leonard was enchanted with her, I wish her lots of good things in the future ❤

@thoughtcriminal5655

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck off. He wrote the song. And all of her bullshit about "it was so pure" 😂

@malenedietl3369

2 жыл бұрын

@@thoughtcriminal5655 you really know how to fu..up a good thing where ever you go.

@roseducharme2877

2 жыл бұрын

totally agree, the only defense I can give him is that his accountant took a lot of his money so I know he lost a lot but I'm not sure of the timeline. he still could have reached out even as a friend to keep her company

@brucewilliamsstudio4932

Ай бұрын

I met Suzanne Verdal in Barbados. She was teaching ballet to the local school children. We spent an afternoon at the beach and I still remember her beautiful smile and gentle soul to this day. She told me the story of her love affair with Leonard and the lyrics of his song describes something both amazing, yet sad. I think of Suzanne every time I hear this song and my heart goes out to her wherever she may be. She is a true angel.

"If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die."

@dorinc6033

4 жыл бұрын

Janis Joplin's fame would have done better without Cohen's "attention". Hard to think of her without thinking of his Chelsea Hotel song (... "Giving me head on the unmade bed"), and acknowledgement it was about her. Karma...

@shellanon4212

4 жыл бұрын

How did the manager get away with stealing his poignant ,lovely song?

@shellanon4212

4 жыл бұрын

@@dorinc6033 Yikes, he did??!

@L0rd0fTh3N3rdz

4 жыл бұрын

@@dorinc6033 what exactly is wrong with that?

@suejackson2566

4 жыл бұрын

yeah you just live a life where every day you wish you would do while he fucks around with a save ass. she could have an apartment if he would gove her just the half of the tantieme of the fucking song. these buddist sucker.

I'm certain we have all experienced a 'Suzanne' somewhere in our journey thru life. Leonard just had the gift to pack it into a tune - a brilliant piece lodged into millions of hearts.

@Kenny-tc6rg

3 жыл бұрын

Yabba I'm feelin that

@paulb2092

3 жыл бұрын

As I recall, the poem came a lot earlier than the song.

@sh230968

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning me in your comment. I am one of the millions who remember and love this brilliant tune.

@ligoume6758

Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly.

@jcavilia1

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're right. My own "Suzanne" was actually named Suzanne, and when I met her about 6 years after this song was written, the song's words became about her in my mind (she showed me where to look, and she still holds the mirrror). I didn't have the artistic talent to produce anything as profound as Cohen's beautiful work, but I at least had the good sense to reciprocate her advances, and we were married for 47 years before she passed away 4 months ago. Thank you, Mr. Cohen, for creating part of the soundtrack of our love affair.

What happens to women , as we age is a national shame. If our society doesn't protect us, it's harder to protect yourself . Suzanne is just one story of an idealistic woman who tried to be a dancer. Lack of health insurance made her homeless and this could happen to any American still. All l know is l am in the same situation Suzanne is, because our Health care system is messed up. This has been an issue for me most of my life too. Oh Suzanne, we your sisters feel for you. Glad to see you have a home again. Always loved your song.🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

"The Sisters @ Mercy", of the American health care system. But a free spirit can never be down.

I got to watch Suzanne in a local play do many different dance scenes. She is absolutely amazing on stage! even at her age its like she hasn't lost anything!

@brendaannedufaur6244

4 жыл бұрын

so interesting!

I loved the photography and remember visiting Suzanne on Venice Beach in 2007. She looked beautiful in this video. I wish her only the very best. She and I have been friends since I met her at age 13 in Boulder City, Nevada. She is a very elegant lady and has continued to maintain her creative spark throughout the years. She is such an inspiration.

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

An inspiration she is, nothing can bring her down.

Since the 60's I’ve wondered who Suzanne is. Now I know

@Sam-qc6sz

3 жыл бұрын

What is it like knowing only now?

@plusbonus1165

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sam-qc6sz enlightening.

@ak241

3 жыл бұрын

same here, finally we know 😉

I appreciate this because it’s true to life. You build a tower out of someone in your mind, and here she is, just a normal person living in a truck. Kinda breaks my heart but this is how people are

@SpaceCowboy1218

3 жыл бұрын

That's one way to look at it though maybe those normal people living in a truck are far more interesting than you're giving them credit for.

@josephcokermusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCowboy1218 I think you can measure your life in any way you like. Bring interesting, having money, sex, love, adventure etc But things shrink as we get older sometime. And I guess that’s what I mean. It’s a big song, and yet the person the song is dedicated to is in a very small abode

Didn't know about this lady at all. Always have been gripped by this song. Loved how his delivery of the lines ebbs and flows like gentle, moving water. Beautiful song and the lady on whom it is based is an enchanting person. She still has that charismatic charm that he must have found so magnetic. I hope she remains happy.

In 2009 I worked for a company that published the Guardian newspaper. One day I got a call from a woman named Suzanne who said that she was looking for an article that was written about her because Leonard Cohen wrote a song about her. I knew who Leonard Cohen was but never heard the song Suzanne. I read up on her after our phone call and I had tried unsuccessfully to get her a copy of the article. I had a few brief phone conversations with her. I really wanted to help her because I sensed a very sweet, yet very sad woman over those calls.

I did not know that Suzanne is such a wonderfull person. I heard the song for the first time when I was 16, now I am 68. I love this song ...

If she´s stunning now, her beauty must have been surreal in her younger years ♥

@dewilew2137

4 жыл бұрын

Juanita On the go you missed all the pictures?

@juanitaonthego7745

4 жыл бұрын

@@dewilew2137 No, but I wrote my comment before watching the whole video, lol, sorry. I should probably delete my previous comment.

@shellanon4212

4 жыл бұрын

@@juanitaonthego7745, Peepl do that. Ha! Most were just curious to see this mysterious special woman I that haunting song . She wants to capitalize on her fame she could bcome a fortune teller with a really want gypsy wagon. 🌞

I don't know what she looked like when she was younger, but she's beautiful now.

@Burps___

7 жыл бұрын

Greg Williams Did you watch the video? 2:43 minutes.

@charlesm440

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@charlesm440

7 жыл бұрын

When she said Leonard could of helped me, did you think that she might have been entitled to something as it was about her? I didn't know what to thinK!

@charlesm440

7 жыл бұрын

See I am just that kind of person even now when I see Brigitte Bardot even though she is 82, to me she is still beautiful! I say this to people and they think I am weird. Guess we are all just different, but I defo agree Suzanne is so beautiful as is the song about her!

@jessiewebster8779

7 жыл бұрын

+C CM Funny that you mention Bridgette Bardot. L.C had a brief tryst with her. He heard she was at the Chelsea Hotel & went looking for her. He met Janis 1st. Google it. It's quite interesting.

Oh Suzanne; because of that song I will always think your name is gorgeous. May God bless you and keep you close, and heal your back, sweet girl. Thank you for being the inspiration for such a lovely song, my favorite. Wishing you love and remember: men are just men, they aren't always all they can be or should be; women are just women, we don't always live up to what we might wish we could. You have made it through on your own, so strong, and wishing you GREAT success with your book. :)

One can see how Cohen was captivated by Suzanne.

@stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780

4 жыл бұрын

I'm captivated now!

@dr.elizabethmartin7118

4 жыл бұрын

For a very SHORT TIME, eh? Those were the days.............

@krimmer66

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I met her once briefly in a co-op cafe in Montreal some 30 years ago. Her smile was radiant and when she spoke to you, you felt like you were her world.. 2 minutes I will never forget..

@moondancer9066

4 жыл бұрын

@@MegaDavyk Most men are. Or at least they used to be. Now it's not politically correct to be a real man. 😥

@pflaffik

3 жыл бұрын

He was captivated for a while, just like he must have been by a thousand others he banged. Suzanne gets all the attention because of the megahit song combined with her being identified as the inspirational source.

RIP. One of the greatest songwriters of our time.

It was Cohen's experience and interpretation of what was happening within himself. The song says more about him than it does about her.

@malenedietl3369

2 жыл бұрын

Leonard Cohen was like an eremit on a mountain observing and describing what he saw in great poetry.

@AnnaLVajda

Жыл бұрын

Yeah well that's what a muse does.

I'm surprised that he didn't help, her, I'm currently reading a Cohen biography and one of the things that emerges is how generous, he was in terms of money, he paid his musicians well, and was always footing the bill for food and drink, and even offering to help people out financially.

@salbellajr

7 ай бұрын

This is her side of the story

this made me cry for some reason.

@victoriao7039

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Falletta Me too 🧡

Bless you Suzanne, I have wondered for decades who you were.

What a beautiful soul. I hope that she is safe and well.

Suzanne still has it.

@rubydawn1

6 жыл бұрын

yes she is still very beautiful

@bananatrish499

6 жыл бұрын

cizia69 Yep she does!

@geoffbuck6865

4 жыл бұрын

Pity about the harsh black hair, brows and lashes. As more natural greying would have been more flattering I think....

@TheAtl198

4 жыл бұрын

@@geoffbuck6865 not everyone gets gray hair as they get older. You must know that?

@vista1417

3 жыл бұрын

*Her eyes are exceptional ~ greenish like a old lake I saw that combination once only ... But the more I learn LC the more frustrated I become ... Some kind of superficiality is simmering behind the scenes ... On his heyday he some how sold the flavour of the month or the zeitgeist ... I think money was the main problem in his life ... Which explains his general meanness & the world tour as a frail geriatric stretching to ugly northern town of Leeds to fill up the coffers @ £75 a ticket .... not sure it was playback ... Did he give some of his money to these poverty stricken old flames ??? Not sure he gave any to his children ~ let alone forgotten females.*

She deserves royalties. The song is about her!

@grntchstrmdws

10 ай бұрын

Right. But, in fact, Leonard sold the song for a pittance in the sixties. He needed the money.

She's exactly the same as I imagined.❤️ I've listened to the song a million times, and each time I tried to visualise her, her surroundings and the whole story between them. Lovely video! I'm so glad I can look behind the scenes at last! Thank you!👍❤️🎼🎵🎶

I have mixed feelings about this. I loved it, up until the end.

@ficheye00

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know. He really took off with the recording of that song about her. She inspired him. Just think how much money he made from that one song, then he became a monk and when he got out someone had ripped him off for all his money. I think he should have gotten her an apartment.

@rodneycaupp5962

4 жыл бұрын

Leonard Made a hell of a lot of money off the song, and in a sense he capitalized later with his eulogy for Janis Joplin. He very appropriately assimilated women into his songs. I'm not to insulted that she feels that Leonard should have reached out to her, out of respect for this deeply abiding friendship that they had in their past. He was in fact a man who took advantage of women, when those moments arrived. Not to take away from him as a very nice guy, as he expresses himself in his songs and poetry. She is doing better now with her book, in part about their friendship. " All is well..., all is well ".

@bobsullivan5714

4 жыл бұрын

@@rodneycaupp5962 That was very well said. I was about to make a similar comment but you expressed it very well. We seem to expect our celebrity personalities to be saints more so than real people living real lives. Then, more because of our flawed expectations than any defect in our heroes, we become disappointed. Mr. Cohens' work stands on its own....very well.

@moshebronner4292

4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure he made a lot of money from Suzanne song? There's a famous video were he complains that someone tricked him into signing a copyright and didn't make any profit out of it...

@rodneycaupp5962

4 жыл бұрын

@@moshebronner4292 That song, on that Album, made him a shit load of money. Maybe by itself, some con man kept him from profiting..., but the album sold millions and made Cohen millions. Later after the matter was settled, Cohen made residuals from the song "Susanne", directly.

She must have been a stunningly beautiful woman.................. still is

@Burps___

7 жыл бұрын

Dermo OK 2:43 minutes

She's such a beautiful person. Sorry to hear that last bit at the end. I can't pass judgement, it was what it was, and everyone will have to live with their shortcomings. Thank you so much for this video.

@susanprincell7225

Жыл бұрын

In the documentary Marianne and Leonard Suzanne doesn't sound like she was a very nice a person. I also wonder if this lady is really "the" Suzanne in the song. Just wondering anyway.

@bluaska

Жыл бұрын

I felt the same way. A little disappointed, but we don't know everything about the situation and it's wrong to judge. She seems like a wonderful person. Too bad that she had to struggle so much.

@salbellajr

7 ай бұрын

This is her side of the story

I went to Leonard's last ever concert in Auckland, New Zealand. He did 3 encores at 80-something. Amazing.

@krollpeter

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest singer ever who can't sing. I heard in an interview he had to go on tour because he had no money. But later he loved it and wanted to give the people back, he said.

@wendyburgess5805

3 жыл бұрын

Saw him in London live at O2, amazing evening audience singing along and showing much enjoyment and respect. Seemed many oncores that evening, almost as if he didn't want to go, and the audience encouraged him back, and back again, they didn't want to loose that magical special moment either...

@BoopShooBee

3 жыл бұрын

A musical connoisseur shirt tail relative told me that the Leonard Cohen show he went to in Dublin was the most powerful one he ever attended. Just him alone on stage with a guitar singing songs and reciting poetry.... Leonard Cohen music is more popular in England and Ireland than he is in the States.

@BoopShooBee

3 жыл бұрын

@@krollpeter His manager ripped him off while he was in a Zen monastery.

@deborahcurtis1385

Ай бұрын

He was on the road because his manager pilfered $5million from him and he was broke. This is the irony of it all, who knows why things happen, but he certainly didn't bail out Suzanne when he could have.

Good to have finally met you, Suzanne! I have been a fan of your song for so long

She brought us the most wonderful moments in music. Perhaps there is a fond to benefit her ? If everybody who experienced this moment of music in life just would benefit just a single $, she would have no financial problems anymore.

I first saw and heard Leonard Cohen on TV late one night approximately 40 plus years ago in Australia in Adelaide where I live, I think it was a out door concert in Canada, he mesmerised me in the songs and tone of his music, over many years since I feel the same way, I'm 71 now and still llisten to his music. Luckily I went to one of his concerts when he toured Australia, I felt very privileged to see him and listen to him, not long after he passed away. His music will be around for ever. 🥰😍🥰😍🥰💟♥️💌💕❣️RIP.

Very intersting ! So this woman was Leonard's muse for the song Suzane. She was surely a quite beautiful an interesting being : Typical '68 style and mentallity

dancers don't stop moving...she speaks volumes...so true.

wow, what a beautiful woman. so great to finally meet you. I totally imagined you to look like this. I hope your book is a success. you have a beautiful spirit, and now I know how the song was so flavourful and textured.

Beautiful Suzanne, God bless you and your daughter!

@petermitchell7607

4 жыл бұрын

Mya, regards to you. I am a very fond fan of Leonard but not sure of the “true” story for the Suzanne song. I live in Australia and have been to 3 LC concerts. I was very sad when he passed away and quite often play his songs. All the very Best wishes -Peter

I was homeless also..Long time.I would sleep in my truck parked in The Home Depot..I loved it when it rained.

@young1471

4 жыл бұрын

cnniz fakenewz me too

I once had a Suzanne in my life. All be it brief our love produced a daughter who I've never met. She's still in my heart after 32 years.

@KM-ul3pf

3 жыл бұрын

How sad

Sometimes the deepest loves are non sexual . Such a beautiful story , not disappointing at all, in fact it’s even better than I thought because now I know Suzanne

@susannabonke8552

Жыл бұрын

Agree.

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

Like in : "The Sisters Of Mercy".

"Suzanne" is the song that belongs to my wife & I, it is our love song for life. Thank you Leonard. RIP!

@herbertwells8757

7 жыл бұрын

Re: ""Suzanne" is the song that belongs to my wife & I," That's "my wife and ME", you idiot. The pronoun "me" is the OBJECT of the preposition "to" and thus takes the object FORM. Would you say "belongs to I"? If not, why do you say "belongs to my wife and I"? Do you think grammatically it makes the slightest difference that the object is compound? It doesn't. Bear in mind that you're not just being idiotically ungrammatical here; you're also being unbearably affected.

What a lovely woman. Too Beautiful for words

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

So, now go and live like her.

She is an artistic spirit, and her little home on wheels is lovely inside.

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

But I would prefer, she cooks on that open stove outside, because this is an accident waiting to happen.

Thank you very much for this post. This song was one of two Leonard Cohen songs that my little sister and I loved singing together accompanied by our guitars. The other was "No Way to Say Goodbye". As she has now passed, these songs have extra special meaning for me. Suzanne, you are very lovely and I am so glad to finally know the history behind this song. Thank you for the story and I will be looking for your memoirs! Continued love and peace to you in your recovery! I wish there could have been some help for you. I'm sorry there wasn't.

I met Suzanne and her daughter in Montreal in 1989 and the early 1990s in the Carre St. Louis, a place I used to go to sing and play guitar, sometimes all night in these wonderful jam sessions. The song, "Suzanne" was one of the many songs I would play. I didn't realise there was a video about her on KZread. Wow.

Wunderschönes Lied für eine Wunderschöne Frau von einem Wunderbaren Künstler.. Was für eine tolle Frau..

Thank you for sharing this video and the whole story about this song

Oh !!! Bukowski had said " The free soul is rare , but you know it ,when you see it .basically because you feel good ,very good ,when you are near or with them ." !! Cohen has been a gentle man of English literature more than Shakespeare and also emotional singer who can overwhelm people all over the world by his wonderful songs for the life time ❤ Thanks for the post👌👌🌹🙏🙏🙏

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are rare and hard to find, but it's good to see and know, I'm not alone.

Magnifique Suzanne... Il est bien regrettable que Leonard Cohen ne l'ait jamais aidé : c'eût été si facile pour lui et tellement essentiel pour elle.

Leonard Cohen changed his life knowing Suzanne, I changed my life knowing his work. It's more voluntary and creative this way--like Suzanne lighting her candles for the spirit of art. I visited Montreal in 1977 and standing on Mont Royal, thinking about Cohen and his song about her, I thought it would be good to live in Montreal. A couple of years later I was living in Old Montreal, still wondering about what the song meant. One day working on a movie I was driving around the screenwriter who'd known both Leonard and Suzanne. He laughed at my nonsense speculations and ran down the list of places they'd been and the places in the song--for almost two years I was living right in the middle of 'Suzanne'. It wasn't the same but it was just as wonderful. Because of that I started paying more attention--it's all poetry if you make the effort to see it.

The real Susan seems to be as fascinating, beautiful and lovely human being as the one in Leonard Cohen's poem and song that has put the thoughts of her in the mind and harts of many millions of human family around the world. Great documentary. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful, no other words! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video.

One of the most amazing songs ever written. And now I see it was inspired by a most amazing woman.

I always thought Suzanne must have been a special woman to inspire Leonard to write such a beautiful song.

I didn't know the story until I just found this on you tube. Bless you for putting her story here.

@marita7424

4 жыл бұрын

Only if it was not about money. Shame on her. archive.macleans.ca/article/1978/9/18/leonard-cohen-says-that-to-all-the-girls

so adorable having Suzanne share those memories I so need to learn some French and Spanish bless you Leonard Cohen god speed on your journey

It’s one thing to reminisce about a past love, even to enjoy the memory of it, some have built their success on it, but it’s another thing to give love and feel it in the only moment we have it, right now.

This is wonderful. Thank you.

Joni Mitchells bio she said Leonard would sometimes go for days without speaking and often sit and stare for hours when they lived together. Theres always 2 sides to every story

@deborahcurtis1385

Ай бұрын

Leonard Cohen was very unhappy with JM because she was so absorbed with her creativity! The relationship lasted about a year which is pretty good going really. Left unsaid is the involvement of drugs, he was probably stoned on cannabis with the staring thing and at that time men expected women to make themselves useful and if they went silent, expected women to be very accommodating and try to find out what was wrong, or just tiptoe around it. That is, they expected women to do all the emotional work. Plus being that creative is difficult anyway, it can make people moody and hard to live with, he was very depressed in his early years and he used creativity to break out of the depression. When he saw how gifted Joni was he felt a bit emasculated. That drug also makes people think everything is profound. LC tapped into this profundity and expressed it fully in his poetry.

This is wild! I first heard Suzanne on Venice Beach when I lived in Venice, CA. during the mid to late 60's. Hearing and seeing the real deal from people who have been apart of this kind of immortal influence, is a real wake-up call, that what seems like boring old life can inspire creative venues that stand the test of time, while all the ingredients move on through time only benefiting from the remembered experience.

Sad story of the real Suzanne. So glad to know she is no longer homeless. I have to say that her pickup truck is quite amazingly well outfitted.

Beautiful story ...beautiful poem & song ...beautiful woman. I enjoyed this bit of history. I wish Suzanne well & await her book. ...peace

merveilleuse chanson Suzanne chanté par Leonard Cohen

You deserve your platform in life, after all you was the inspiration for the song. We look forward to reading the book.

The years have been very good to Suzanne; like old wine, she has aged beautifully. I eagerly await the publication of her book that she mentions here - the 1960s were an amazing time and it would a privilege to live those years through her book. Incidentally, Leonard Cohen made it public that the copyright to the song was stolen by a friend of his, which is very sad.

Thank you Mr. Leonard Cohen... for all your wonderful inspiration ...

This is so great. I've listened to "Suzanne" for at least 46 years. Yeah, I'm an old west coast hippy. I get it. I also am walking around on injuries. Pulling stitches out of my knee on Turkey Day. I;m vegan. Best wishes Suzanne! Much love!

ONE LAST COMMENT FOR TODAY To those of you who are becoming disenchanted by knowing some truth about SUZANNE Just remember that ARISTOTLE said in his POETICS. ART IS NOT LIFE. IT'S AN IMITATION OF LIFE So for us who love the song SUZANNE It has a life beyond that of SUZANNE VERDAL. AND LEONARD COHEN AND REALITY. It is alive for all listeners dreamers and interpreters

@herbertwells8757

7 жыл бұрын

You're right of course, but still it must have been weird for Suzanne Verdal.

@drdanj

7 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone be disenchanted with her from this video? She clearly remains a sweet, if rather tragic person. And she is still beautiful, in spite of the nasty comments some have made here.

@hollisterpatricia

7 жыл бұрын

Your comment is a worthy addition to this video; it allows us to go beyond these specifics and weave the song into our own musings.

@drdanj

7 жыл бұрын

I would love the opportunity to know her.

@carolinehauser1458

7 жыл бұрын

Janet Wolfman

Thank you, Mr.Remnick for this profile. I used Mr. Cohen's "Hallelujah" for a discussion with my poetry group on the difference between a song and a poem. You know, when I first heard that song decades ago, I felt this spiritual love toward the songwriter, not paying attention to the celebrity behind him. Now, you've helped me actualize that love of a beautiful spirit that lived and will continue to live in the works he created and left for us.. Thank you.

Just beautiful. Love this Song since my childhood. Spititual love....beautiful woman behind this Song ✌️❤️🙏🏻

I can see why this woman is a muse. I love the song which I heard performed by Fairport Convention the first time with Sandy Denny singing the lead. Suzanne is inspirational and she's beautiful.

Thank you for sharing this video. My visual impression of Suzanne, other than recognizing her beauty, was that she reminded me of Anais Nin. In addition to a certain facial resemblance one can see a comparable allure and mystique. Nin, whose insight into the essence of femininity is unsurpassed, needed and gave herself freely to men, whereas Verdal conveys that she is blithely happy doing her own thing. Her memoir, if and when she writes or has written it, should be a very good read.

@privatedeborah1004

3 жыл бұрын

Very good observation, I really can see the resemblance. I also think that Anais Nin became even more ravishing when she grew older.

Thank you Suzan for being the inspiration for such a beautiful and gentle song, I guess you are a gentle beautiful soul after all.

@patrickrussell2626

4 жыл бұрын

Except for the touch of self-serving pettiness at the end

@TheAtl198

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickrussell2626 lol just a little.

Very interesting to see Suzanne that I grew up on and taught me to love Leonard! We even sang this at camp. One time I sang that song for a 13 hour drive. I had no radio and my sister had written down the words for me.

unbelievable woman , Thanks for just tell this story

Might as well tell you some more In 1967 I was gogo dancing at a club called CASA DEL SOL in Montreal. a seedy club run by the mob. They were sending girls out as call girls but I refused to go. I was from New York on a contract for about 2 weeks because I needed money. Suzanne put an ad in the paper for a dance class so I went. She told me I didn't have to pay and asked me about the dancing I did in New York. We had a lot in common and became friends So she invited me to visit. She made Jasmine tea not Constant comment and it was kind of bitter but trendy in fancy tea cups and she took me for a walk near the river. It was rainy so we splashed in the puddles. Kind of ordinary behavior for hippy girls but maybe odd for Montreal in the 60s

@Kate-jh1yp

7 жыл бұрын

Suzanne lives in Yreka Ca. I saw her here in a play about 5 years ago here. And she was a show stopper! I don't know what it is but when she comes on stage she really grabs your attention.I am amazed that at her age she is still so amazing and captivating on stage! she must be getting close to 80 years old? She is a very talented and unique person. I see her around town in her gypsy wagon.

@normastanley5853

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kate-jh1yp L A is just to dam expensive..

@francoiswilliams

4 жыл бұрын

Cool, where u now?

IF ANY SONG SUMS UP THE MAGIC OF THE LATE 60's AND 70s IT IS THIS WONDERFUL TIMELESS SONG.

What a beautiful story........ thank you for sharing. I love her home, easy to keep clean. She gave him a story for him to write about clearly he wasn’t in love with her else he would have pursued her.

I was so inspired by this song, and now my inspiration goes even deeper.

The mystical nature of this story of muse and artist is interesting to see in this video for me, personally. I grew up here, in Santa Monica, and spent some time on the streets dancing and playing with travelling hippie folk most recently a couple years ago, after returning from many years away. Living in my car by then. Van Morrison is a nostalgic sound, my dad played a lot of him, along with peter, paul, and mary. I'm 30 now and currently building a bus home, which is looking a lot like this one in the video. Something about this resonates a familiar feeling.

Suzanne, to put a face to what was my most inspirational song EVER, has been the fulfillment of a life time. I lived in South Africa during the 60's and music was our muse. I wish you all the best for your book, you so deserve the accolades. I have visited Santa Monica many times over the last 10 years, and have many very good friends in Santa Monica/Venice/Marina. Del Rey. I now live in Sydney Australia, and am at this stage not sure when I will visit again. Charles.

Thanks for posting this, I didn't know how Leonard Cohen composed this song! RIP!!

@cararossen8443

4 жыл бұрын

Adam cohen

YOU ARE A PRECIOUS BEAUTIFUL LADY, TRULY AN INSPIRATION...WOULD BE A BLESSING TO SPEND TIME SPEAKING WITH YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL! NAMASTE,BLESSED BE🌸

I was a close friend of Suzanne when she lived in Venice Beach. That, in fact, is my purple folder beside her on the bumper of her truck. I had just delivered to her a copy of my film script. Suzanne was and is an extraordinarily beautiful woman both physically and spiritually. She was the archetypal creative artist, and her temperament was therefore very unworldly. For the record, she also told me the same story, at several different times--that Leonard was all about her, but she wanted the relationship to be pure, even though she felt his passionate energy. I tried to get her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony when Leonard was inducted, but they could not give her the free entrance she probably deserved. Think of what a great thing that would have been! But Suzanne had some serious physical problems from some years before that. She fell from the roof of her truck and hurt her back badly. She was a dancer and that was especially hard on her. She did not have the temperament to deal with all the adversity alone. She was all heart, all feeling, as well as being highly intelligent and an excellent writer. At the time I knew her she was beginning to write her memoirs. She remains the artist any artist should aspire to be--seeing beauty everywhere, even in the midst of the mundane. I am very glad to have known her.

@janetwolfman7100

7 жыл бұрын

Ra Rishikavi Raghudas I am JANET WOLFMAN. friend of Suzanne Verdahl in 1967 to 68. I am on Facebook. as JANET WOLFMAN. please contact me through messenger for info. I also do events in ASSAM INDIA. my KZread channel is DURGA MOM GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Suzanne you are a beautiful soul with a wandering spirit! Life sure isnt fair sometimes and remember you're never alone. There is a song called Phoenix by a young singer named Kora Feder that I just love. It's on KZread also for all you dancers! Thank you kindly for sharing your story...

I became myself listening to the song. Wherever she is now, lots of love.

On an early performance that Jan Hammer uploaded here on youtube Cohen introduces this song saying that he loves it and adds: "...fortunately, the rights of it were stolen from me. So, I felt that was perfectly justified 'cause it would be wrong to write this song and get rich from it, too (audience applause). So, I'm happy for that friend who put that piece of paper in front of me and said Sign This; so I said well, what is it? Oh, just a standard writers contract. So I signed it and it was gone." Jan Hammer tells us that the "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)."

You are just the person I always imagined Suzanne was. Leonard Cohen always had the ability to sense and put into words the essence of beauty that certain people posses.

There is so much more to beauty than just good looks!

My father introduced me to that song some 35 years ago. This song taught me love. Or Love...

“ waiting for the miracle to come.” Remarkable.

What a story. I will say in this video her clothing looks to be from very expensive boutiques. Her nails arent cheap. The home she pulled up in front of wasnt cheap if in the la area. Maybe beautiful Suzanne had costly things and wasnt very good w money. She looks so young still-good skin care

You can see why Leonard was enchanted in a kind of spiritual love

Thanks fosting this 💕❤

Wow. This is one of my favorite songs of all time. I have listened to this song since the late 1960s at night at Seaside Park. This song indeed has predicted my life in so many ways. I made a music video of this song. I just wish I could somehow contact Suzanne Verdal to thank her for the poem and the song she inspired.

🎶Suzanne missed the chance When she didn't sleep with Leonard Now she lives alone in her truck And drink her tea with oranges All alooone🎶

Thank you for this video. Because this story comes directly from the person about whom this song was written, the video is even more forceful and impactful. It is sitting by the sea under the stars and moon at night where the song comes to life for me. As a beach bum, I always saw video as describing what I saw at the seashore at the beach. I am amazed to see that Suzanne lives by the sea at a beach. It is as though we were somehow connected by this song.

@hanspeterraatz4928

Жыл бұрын

She is a free spirit.

What an honour...you exemplify class, elegance, intelligence and beauty. You capture my insights

Suzanne: I love your gypsy wagon!

@rodneycaupp5962

4 жыл бұрын

@Mica el Disability should be easier to get, from SSI, for such injuries as Suzannes broken back , but alas they have a lot of "wars and prisons" to pay for. Edit: Very cool Gypsy Wagon...., and congrats to Suzanne for NOT becoming a robot.

@andrewtrip8617

4 жыл бұрын

Aspen S. It is a shed on a pick up. ! Not a vardo .

My daughter Suzanne is named for this very song. And oh, we used to drink Constant Comment, an now live on a river and, she's always in thrift stores. :-) RIP Leonard.

@Burps___

7 жыл бұрын

MandyOf Marymac Your daughter wouldn't happen to be Suzanne Birdseed, would she? I went to elementary school with her and heard rumor that she now lives in a GMCJimmy down by the Ware River. I have some fond memories of Suzi Birdseed (I've managed, through years of therapy, to repress the not-so-fond memories of her thumping my head with her flicked finger as one might thump a cantaloupe for freshness).

@mandyofmarymac

7 жыл бұрын

No, my Suzanne was raised "back east", as my Calif. cousins like to say. But thank you for responding, I feel quite special now. Many blessings.

@batfamtube

6 жыл бұрын

Cool One day

❤️ THANK YOU

Beautiful and authentic. Brave Suzanne!