Comment by jszymborski
Comment by jszymborski 6 hours ago
Pretty much every track is a hit, but here are some four random personal favourites:
- Everybody Knows https://youtu.be/Gxd23UVID7k
- First We Take Manhattan https://youtu.be/JTTC_fD598A
- Famous Blue Raincoat https://youtu.be/ohk3DP5fMCg
- Who By Fire https://youtu.be/ilGahIwQEQ0
Obviously too many to list here though, just pick up any album. By virtue of the fact that he was an incredible songwriter, his songs have such wonderful covers.
The Tori Amos cover of Famous Blue Raincoat [0] is one of my favourites, and this cover of Who by Fire by PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips gives me chills every time [1] (also the theme for Bad Sisters which is an amazing series). Also, pretty much every Canadian who was an adult in 2010 has an emotional connection to the k.d. lang performance of Hallelujah at the Vancouver olympics [2].
[0] https://youtu.be/PMSbICWbjBw
Concrete Blonde did a great cover of Everybody Knows — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Fb4K8pNmg
Johnette is a poet herself and a fantastic vocalist; she keeps the cynicism and the heartbreak. The cover has always _felt_ like a Cohen song to me.