![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the broad appeal of his debut, he remained a cult hero all the way through to 1984’s Various Positions-although that album’s “Hallelujah” would eventually become one of the most popular songs on the planet. Cohen stirred up images like no other songwriter, with lyrics full of darkness but also shot through with black humor. He quickly reached more people as a songwriter than he ever had as a poet, and on songs like the much-covered “Suzanne,” his previous occupation served him well. It wasn’t until the 1967 landmark Songs of Leonard Cohen that the world heard his tunes and craggy but compelling baritone. ![]() Cohen, born in Montreal in 1934, was a respected writer who published several books of poems and two novels before he ever recorded a note. Leonard Cohen was the most potent poet ever to find his way into the singer/songwriter world, possessing a lyrical flair that elevated the language of folk and rock, plus a mix of brooding mystique and arch attitude that made him an alternative icon. ![]()
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