What's your favorite Leonard Cohen song?

Titanic!

You're a Grand Old Flag

Sisters of Mercy

Swanee

Chelsea Hotel #2

Hallelujah. Great song with many awesome iterations.

Hit me baby one more time!

"Take This Waltz" (the 1988 version featuring Jennifer Warnes)

I'm Your Man

Democracy. Listened to it the night after Trump's election and cried.

Bird on the Wire

EVERYBODY KNOWS - so perfect for these times -

Wow it's getting chilly so perfect time of year to listen to Leonard Cohen! So Long, Marianne!

Another vote for Take This Waltz.

The Partisan

I also love how Martha Wainwright sings The Traitor. She should have been bigger than her brother.

This is my favorite song of his, but I love to hear Julie and Perla sing it.

One of Us Cannot Be Wrong.

R18 Wow, same. Not many people's favorite

Jazz Police

If It Be Your Will. To me he's like Bob Dylan. I can't listen to him but his songwriting is brilliant and his writing has brought out the best in many singers. Especially Jennifer Warnes.

R19 It’s both hilarious and heartbreaking. I especially love the moments at the very end where he’s screaming like a drunken man. Allegedly the song is about his unrequited love for Nico (of Velvet Underground and Warhol fame - and a helluva good, if not very accessible solo artist in her own right)

Democracy

"Dance Me to the End of Love"

R22 What parts do you find hilarious? I think it's just a sad love song about someone you can't have or once had but are no longer interested in you. I actually prefer the cover by the band Harvey Milk. The guy has a very "unique" voice. Those horrendous screams at the end especially hit differently.

Another great sad song of his, that many people don't mention is Dress Rehearsal Rag

Suzanne

Bump

The Future

Either "Famous Blue Raincoat," or "Summertime."

I don't know if he actually ever sang "Summertime" or only wrote it, but it's a lovely song.

Famous blue raincoat

The Ballard of a Runway Horse

The Stranger Song

This is the correct answer, you infidels:

Closing Time

… I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm

Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm

Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new

In city and in forest they smiled like me and you

But now it's come to distances and both of us must try

Your eyes are soft with sorrow

Hey, that's no way to say goodbye...

That's beautiful, r35, thank you.

First We Take Vivian Vance

Famous Blue Raincoat will always give me chills.

Good song (and advice).

I've always let my hard on melt in the rain, R39.

He's like Bob Dylan. I love his songwriting but his singing is shit and can't enjoy it. However I have a lot of artists on phone that cover their material and I love it.

R41 I love his voice. One of my favorite vocalists

“The Stranger Song” which was used to ultimate effect in the opening credits of “McCabe and Mrs. Miller”.