Video: Leonard Cohen: various performances [live footage]
Yesterday, Columbia/Legacy re-released Leonard Cohen's first three LPs: Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, and Songs of Love and Hate-- all originally released between 1967 and 1971. While these records were more popular in Cohen's native Canada and in Europe than the U.S., each LP was influential. To celebrate, we gathered some of our favorite Cohen YouTubes. ("Hallelujah" isn't part of these reissues-- it's from 1984-- but we can't resist including it.)
"Suzanne" (live at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival), from Songs of Leonard Cohen:
"The Stranger Song", from Songs of Leonard Cohen:
"Hallelujah", from Various Positions: