tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post8117634882169901102..comments2023-04-18T05:44:04.300-04:00Comments on Songs To A Midnight Sky: Leonard Cohen...'the song' SuzannePrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-7850174938420351202007-05-28T11:32:00.000-04:002007-05-28T11:32:00.000-04:00Thanks. While I wish I could subtract a few of the...Thanks. While I wish I could subtract a few of the accumulated years I wouldn't have missed the sixties in trade. Yes , something very special about those times. It was interesting to hear another impression of Suzanne, too. I, too, wish life had been a bit kinder to her these past years.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-46638278943358352832007-05-28T11:04:00.000-04:002007-05-28T11:04:00.000-04:00You did great work on this post. This is one of m...You did great work on this post. This is one of my favourite songs, and one of the reasons I'm in Montreal now. I feel I missed the boat on that sixties scene by being born a bit too late. One of my closest friends (a retired dancer, by the way) ran an alternative art gallery to which Suzanne was a frequent visitor. He described her as a remarkable, whimsical, eccentric but delightful woman... as the interview bears out. sorry to hear of her present hardship.Brian Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182888011015400963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-5977901318487776092007-05-27T06:49:00.000-04:002007-05-27T06:49:00.000-04:00typos all in my comment..just up and can't see yet...typos all in my comment..just up and can't see yet. Gads.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-14789627593055314292007-05-27T06:48:00.000-04:002007-05-27T06:48:00.000-04:00Hi LyleI know. When O'hare was snowed in upon my r...Hi Lyle<BR/>I know. When O'hare was snowed in upon my return to champaine-urbana in my grad school years, I met a montage photographer waiting for the same commuter plane on down. <BR/><BR/>We talked and he turned out to be quite the cult figure in the underground photography movement of the day. <BR/><BR/>We met once a year for seven years, as I moved and as he had an exhibit near me. There was a magic in our connection. As he grew bigger and biger and also after we finally made love, he simply disappeared. <BR/><BR/>I read he was in Boston giving a talk the following year. Went. He looked like an animal pinned in the headlights. I don't know if he thought I expected more of him or if his increased fame had changed him....I did know by then he had women 'in every port'. <BR/><BR/>I had a letter from him some years later saying there'd never been anything between us at all. It blew me away. I still have all of his letters written on the back of his 'working images' stuck away somewhere. Everytime I think of tossing them, I look at the image and can't bring myself to part with those. I love his work. <BR/><BR/>He's still going strong. Work in the MOMA now and selling his work for hugs fees. People change and sometimes abruptly. He lost his innocence. I guess I lost some of mine with all that, too.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-19161751721642167732007-05-27T02:08:00.000-04:002007-05-27T02:08:00.000-04:00Pris, coming in a little late here (computer still...Pris, coming in a little late here (computer still in computer hospital) -- I found the same Suzanne interview sometime within the past couple of months, it's quite remarkable. I hadn't heard the more recent news of her current hardship.<BR/><BR/>I agree, gravelly voices are, as you said, an acquired taste (I've acquired the taste gradually from years of avid listening to Dr. John).<BR/><BR/>The Judy Collins version is obviously the great classic one, although I've also heard a reoording of Joan Baez singing it which I like at least as much as Judy Collins' version. (The Joan Baez is, if I remember correctly, on her live album "From Every Stage," and she may also have recorded it on another of her albums at some point though I'm not sure.)<BR/><BR/>In 1971-72 (my senior year in high school, in Minneapolis) I was in a poetry writing class that met every morning for two hours, five days a week, people from schools all over Minneapolis. I recall from that year the story that one of the women in the class met Suzanne (of the Leonard Cohen song) sometime during that year. It's a long time ago and I no longer entirely trust my memory of the story -- it was really just a brief piece of conversation during the class one day -- however she (the woman in the class) really liked Cohen's poetry and music, and Leonard Cohen and Suzanne were both in Minneapolis at least once, at some point (in the interview, Suzanne mentions seeing him backstage at a concert he did in Minneapolis).<BR/><BR/>That (as you know) was how it was during those years -- random encounters with the goddess (or Goddess) were everywhere, could happen any time, without warning.<BR/><BR/>:-)Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-53041242734417791692007-05-24T19:42:00.000-04:002007-05-24T19:42:00.000-04:00Hey, thank you for this, pris!Hey, thank you for this, pris!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-76634787982059219982007-05-24T19:37:00.000-04:002007-05-24T19:37:00.000-04:00I've heard it by Judy Collins but like Cohen doing...I've heard it by Judy Collins but like Cohen doing it better. Tom Waits...sigh. Great music!Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-89884794748090457882007-05-24T18:46:00.000-04:002007-05-24T18:46:00.000-04:00Cohen is fantastic! I love this by Judy Collins. ...Cohen is fantastic! I love this by Judy Collins. Also love Tom Waits.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-6741463560224949182007-05-22T09:54:00.000-04:002007-05-22T09:54:00.000-04:00Hi Sam..Everybody Knows & A Thousand Kisses Deep. ...Hi Sam..Everybody Knows & A Thousand Kisses Deep. Two great songs.<BR/><BR/>Michael...glad to introduce you to this.<BR/><BR/>Liz, I think gravely voices are an acquired taste. My husband can't stand Tom WAits. I love his music. Joe Cocker, too, and Rod Stewart.<BR/><BR/>Thanks all of you for stopping by.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-5063653000780630782007-05-22T09:23:00.000-04:002007-05-22T09:23:00.000-04:00Time and again I don’t like ‘m (to hear him) but h...Time and again I don’t like ‘m (to hear him) but he sure knows how to trigger the mind. <BR/>Thanks and a hug to you, for this. <BR/><BR/>Hugs<BR/>LizLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272782826041860625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-45638607252190206862007-05-21T22:01:00.000-04:002007-05-21T22:01:00.000-04:00Wow. I've never heard this song. The lyrics are wo...Wow. I've never heard this song. The lyrics are wonderful. Great post, Pris.Michael Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282383092919717065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-15236223488841426352007-05-21T19:33:00.000-04:002007-05-21T19:33:00.000-04:00Cohen is amazing. I'm partial to "Famous Blue Rai...Cohen is amazing. I'm partial to "Famous Blue Raincoat" or "Everybody Knows" - depending on the time of day.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-41776531992775810632007-05-21T19:32:00.000-04:002007-05-21T19:32:00.000-04:00Tom, I only knew it recently and read she was in p...Tom, I only knew it recently and read she was in pretty bad straits financially and had broken her back. I wonder how she feels still hearing that song and remembering when that intensity was in her life.<BR/><BR/>Annie, thanks for stopping by!<BR/><BR/>PrisPrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-58410155977711333122007-05-21T14:13:00.000-04:002007-05-21T14:13:00.000-04:00Another great singer, Thank you.AnnieAnother great singer, Thank you.<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie Wickinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086872542948192391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-76279413452465358172007-05-21T10:53:00.000-04:002007-05-21T10:53:00.000-04:00Never knew that it was based on a real person. Th...Never knew that it was based on a real person. Thanks. The interview was interesting.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038980686084187677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-79337504832714552007-05-21T10:49:00.000-04:002007-05-21T10:49:00.000-04:00He's a good songwriter/performer, filled with char...He's a good songwriter/performer, filled with charisma. Glad you appreciated!Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9804989.post-63672084535019828342007-05-21T09:32:00.000-04:002007-05-21T09:32:00.000-04:00Has always been one of my favorite songs regardles...Has always been one of my favorite songs regardless of the who performs it. Didn't know the history, thanks for sharing it.Pat Paulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03673667238840127360noreply@blogger.com