2006-09-15 04:21:33 · 16 answers · asked by esbee 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Leonard Cohen was certainly a very influential force among 1960's folk singers. Just look at how many times Suzanne was covered. I would be hesitant, however; to call him the greatest singer-songwriter of our generation. I would probably call him the very best poet of our generation. I can't describe properly how his poetry makes me feel...It's like reading the most beautiful tapestry you've ever seen...Something like that. I used to go to Montreal all the time with my father, Mount Royal area just to breathe the same air that he did...Silly teenage romanticism, but I'll always remember it. I've still got have of his collected works memorised to heart.
2006-09-16 02:08:38 · answer #1 · answered by krissy_butterworth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a ridiculous statement Where on Earth did you get that idea ?He doesn't even make the top 25
In no special order
1) Bob Dylan
2)John Lennon
3) Neil Diamond
4)Lennon & McCartney
5)Roy Orbison
6)Carol King
7)Paul Simon
8)John Fogerty
9)Tom Paxton
10)Arlo Guthrie
11)Phil Ochs
12)Joni Mitchell
13)Frank Zappa
14)John Mellancamp
15 )James Taylor
16)Judy Collins
17)David Bowie
18)Jagger& Richards
19)Tom Petty
20 )Barry Gibb
21) Sylvester Stone
22) Neil Young
23) Johnny Cash
24) Kris Kristofferson
25)George Jones
26) Bruce Springsteen
2006-09-15 05:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
truthfully Van Morrison. the two are impressive songwriters, yet Morrison has an factor in vocals for me. well-known Leonard Cohen must be Hallelujah, merely by using fact it is so influential, between the main suitable songs of all time. For Van Morrison, I would desire to assert the two Astral Weeks, Brown Eyed lady, or Summertime in England.
2016-09-30 23:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by kinjorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whose generation? I'm 65 and he was recording when I was a very young woman, so I think of him as MY generation!
The greatest? Time will tell. Tom Waits is in the same category, I think. But Cohen is talented, complex, profound, definitly an iconoclast. His lyrics have a depth that Waits lacks. I'm certainly a fan!
2006-09-15 04:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you really think he is better the the Zimmerman?, Althogh he has sung and wrote many classics Suzanne, So Long Mariannne, story of Isaac, Ain't No Cure for Love etc., I really think Cohen is the monkey to Zimmermans organ grinder
2006-09-15 04:37:43 · answer #5 · answered by Useless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Leonard is one of the greatest POET singers of our generation....(by the way, what's OUR generation?)....his songs are pure poetry set to music....and as it said on the back of his first album way back then......'these songs speak to us all...those with ears will hear'
2006-09-16 14:36:40 · answer #6 · answered by twentieth_century_refugee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incorrect. He's from an older generation. And I prefer Burt Bacarach.
2006-09-15 04:32:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's good, even very good...but looking at your avatar you're only a kid. Is Leonard really your generation?
2006-09-15 04:24:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well everybody knows that.
sorry, just a little cohen humor. and not very good cohen humor at that. seriously now, he is very talented and i love listen to his music. but i think i like bob dylan's music/lyrics better.
2006-09-15 04:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about your generation, it depends on your age.but i agree he is great the further and dance me to the end of love are my favourites,he will be 72 in 3 days.
2006-09-17 12:36:56 · answer #10 · answered by getmeout2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋