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";s:4:"text";s:8945:"Saunders: And that was something you shared, both of you? It also appeared in Ken Kesey’s 1992 novel I Am a Hotel. Lyrics to 'Suzanne' by Leonard Cohen: Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by And you can spend the night beside her And you know, that she's half crazy But he himself was broken On our lady of the harbor While Suzanne holds the mirror Among the garbage and the flowers Saunders: Could you describe one of the typical evenings that you spent with Leonard Cohen at the time the song was written? She was the wife of a man I knew. Now Suzanne takes your hand Saunders: You feel that you moved apart after the song? We’d almost hear each other thinking. For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. Suzanne: Well, I think the river is the river of life and that river, the St. Lawrence River that we shared, tied us together. And you know that she's half crazy It’s like an observer, and not the participant any more, yes. Long before the sky would open And she feeds you tea and oranges Only drowning men could see him That you've always been her lover Don’t ask me why. And it was a union. Suzanne: One of our mutual friends mentioned to me, ‘Did you hear the wonderful poem that Leonard wrote for you’ or about you and I said no, because I had been away traveling and I wasn’t aware of it. What came later was not remaining friends with Leonard and not knowing why. Leonard heard about this place I was living, with crooked floors and a poetic view of the river, and he came to visit me many times. And I guess, I don’t know if that intimidated him or embarrassed him or made him uncomfortable. I guess I miss the simpler times that we lived and shared. Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. For you've touched her perfect body with your mind, And Jesus was a sailor Suzanne: I’ll never really know because there is a part of me that doesn’t understand the male gender, so I can’t speak about that part (laughs). But we didn’t really strike a note together until maybe three or four years later. I mean we were living, most of us, on a shoestring. [Chorus] For he's touched your perfect body with his mind, Now, Suzanne takes your hand Saunders: When did you then strike up this friendship that Leonard Cohen describes in song? I forget that Leonard is more than just an amazing poet and philosopher. And you think maybe you'll trust him [Chorus] [Verse 2] And you want to travel blind Saunders: Again this is put in the song but then he says, ‘just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her, then she gets you on her wavelength and she lets the river answer that you’ve always been her lover.’ What does that mean? You can hear the boats go by [Chorus] I stayed true to art for art’s sake but he moved on and I stayed true to the cause, as it were. Where were you that night, do you remember? And you want to travel with her But apparently it got into the attention of Judy Collins, who urged Leonard to write a song based on the poem. The St. Lawrence River held a particular poetry and beauty to me and (I) decided to live there with our daughter, Julie. You can almost be said to have created this song yourself. Long before the sky would open What does the song mean to you now, as you look back on it? He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And when he knew for certain And he would watch us dancing, of course. And you know that you can trust her Forsaken, almost human Saunders: Do you remember exactly when you met Leonard Cohen? And they will lean that way forever And the moment arose that we could have a moment together intimately, and I declined. For he's touched your perfect body with his mind Saundes: Leonard Cohen recently described the song as the best of his whole career. There are multiple live versions in Cohen’s official discography, and both studio and live versions were released numerous times since 1967. "Suzanne Verdal perches in the doorway of the little gypsy cabin Saunders: Leonard Cohen finally ended up embracing spiritualism in the Mt. From his lonely wooden tower And just when you mean to tell her He said "All men will be sailors then Saunders: Do you at all resent the fact that he, if you like, milked you for all the artistic inspiration and then moved on, having created this lovely thing from you? That is me still, yes. And you can spend the night beside her Saunders: After you’d heard this very intimate song, when did you meet Leonard Cohen again, after you’d heard it, and how had your relationship changed, if at all? As I say, you can glance at a person and that moment is eternal and it’s the deepest of touches and that’s what we’d shared, Leonard and I, I believe. But that's why you want to be there There’s a little bit of a bittersweet feeling to it that I retain. I took all that moment for granted. Once when he was visiting Montreal, I saw him briefly in a hotel and it was a very, very wonderful, happy moment because he was on his way to becoming the great success he is. Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river, Suzanne by Nick Cave (Ft. Julie Christensen & Perla Batalla), Suzanne by Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White, Suzanne (Version Instrumentale) by Geoffrey Oryema, Suzanne (Live in Vancouver) by Leonard Cohen, Suzanne (Live at the Isle of Wight) by Leonard Cohen, Suzanne (Live in London) by Leonard Cohen, Suzanne (Live in Manchester) by Leonard Cohen. And you want to travel blind Now the words have more meaning in a sense, because there’s a kind of detachment in the song that I hear now, that I didn’t hear then. That you've always been her lover, And you want to travel with her While Suzanne holds the mirror Saunders: Do you think he resented the fact at all that you turned him down when he did fancy you? Suzanne: Oh yes. And Jesus was a sailor And you want to travel with her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind. Then she gets you on her wavelength Saunders: So Leonard Cohen saw you when you were a young girl in love? When I was living then separated from Armand, I went and was very much interested in the waterfront. Suzanne: Well, that could be. It’s a very intimate lyric, very, very intimate. "Suzanne" is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen in the 1960s. That you have no love to give her And you know that she will trust you Suzanne is the first track on Leonard Cohen’s 1967 debut album: Songs of Leonard Cohen. Do you ever listen to it? And she feeds you tea and oranges She is wearing rags and feathers It was very unique, very, very unique. Suzanne: Flattered somewhat. It just was a spiritual moment that I had with the lightening of the candle. I was already becoming aware of recycling at a very young, young age and I might say, I might be a pioneer in that because I was going to the Salvation Army and getting old dresses and old pieces of just cloth and making something quite wonderful out of them to dress myself, my child, and to make wonderful clothes. One of Cohen’s best known songs, it has featured in many film soundtracks – among others Herzog’s Fata Morgana, Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller, and von Trier’s Breaking the Waves. He became a big star after the song was launched and he became a songwriter. It was then first recorded by Judy Collins, also in 1966. She is wearing rags and feathers But then there were some bittersweet moments that perhaps I don’t wish to divulge right at this time. When he walked upon the water Match These Taylor Swift Songs to Her Ex-Boyfriends, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS. There was the activism. That’s their material. Suzanne: That may be, but I think poets do that. Saunders: It does, indeed. And you want to travel blind In Minneapolis for instance, he did a concert there and he saw me back stage and received me very beautifully, ‘Oh Suzanne, you gave me a beautiful song.’ And it was a sweet moment. Suzanne: Oh yes, definitely. Saunders: So would you say in a way, in the spiritual sense, you were great lovers at some level? You must do this and being used is not even part of it at the time. [Verse 1] Suzanne: It was maybe several months into my relationship with Armand, which was mostly based on being dancing partners together. Suzanne: With Leonard, it happened more in the beginning of the sixties. And you want to travel blind I don’t mean to be maudlin about it, but we’ve kind of gone our different ways and lost touch and some of my most beloved friends have departed from this planet into the other spheres. And you know you can trust her And I would speak about life and poetry and we’d share ideas. And you want to travel blind It was a spirit union. Saunders: So it really was the tea and oranges that are in the song? ";s:7:"keyword";s:21:"suzanne leonard cohen";s:5:"links";s:871:"Special Funnel Remake, Arts Theater London Best Seats, A Home At Last Animal Adoption Network, Persuasive Speech On Cooking At Home, Doctor Who (season 1 Episode List), Acne Control Kit, Ohio State Research Labs, ";s:7:"expired";i:-1;}