Here’s a winter song full of smoke and intimacy huddled against the cold.
Leonard Cohen, the Jewish mystic poet form Montreal who turned away from the path of wealth and comfort his family laid before him, took up with Suzanne Verdal, a dancer who lived along the St. Lawernce River and they really shared tea and oranges. Their relationship inspired a poem which Judy Colins convinced the budding singer to turn into a song.
Context matters. This song with its spare, ethereal setting came out in 1967. Think of the other notable albums that came out the same year: St. Peppers, Are You experienced, Surrealistic Pillow, Her Majesty’s Satanic Request and the Doors. All pushing the envelope of the studio and electronic wizardry, yet Lennon Cohen zagged into a different space, unperturbed by trends and current fashion.
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