Video: Suzanne, by Leonard Cohen, at Glastonbury Festival 2008

The next piece has a thousand covers, but I'm only going to include the ones I find relevant personally. I was taken back to this song by a specific Nina Simone version from Sugar in My Bowl: The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967 - 1972. The lyrics of the song first appeared in a poetry book Cohen wrote in 1966. It appeared as "Suzanne takes you down." There was also recently an LA Weekly...

Leonard and his audience ( retrotravelbug ) Michael Eavis might have said his goal was to "get the young people back" at this year's Glastonbury Festival - but it was veteran singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen who most impressed the 72-year-old organiser at this year's bash. Speaking to 'The Independent' today (Tuesday July 1), Eavis, who watched Cohen's Pyramid Stage set from the side of the stage on Sunday June 29, hailed the entire festival as a success, but singled the 73-year-old Canadian legend out for particular praise: "Leonard [...]