谁和Suzanne Elrod约会过?

Suzanne Elrod

Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, Rolling Stone named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer of all time.

Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1966. His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man, co-written and produced by Phil Spector, was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound.

In 1979, Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz, East Asian, and Mediterranean influences. Cohen's most famous song, "Hallelujah", was released on his seventh album, Various Positions (1984). I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.

Cohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, a major hit in Canada and Europe. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. In 2005, Cohen discovered that his manager had stolen most of his money and sold his publishing rights, prompting a return to touring to recoup his losses. Following a successful string of tours between 2008 and 2013, he released three albums in the final years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014), and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death. His fifteenth studio album, Thanks for the Dance, was released posthumously in November 2019.

阅读全文...
 

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

里奥纳德·诺曼·科恩(英語:Leonard Norman Cohen,也译作莱昂纳德·诺曼·科恩,1934年9月21日—2016年11月7日),生於魁北克蒙特婁西峰(Westmount),加拿大创作歌手、音乐人、诗人以及小说家。他的作品中充满对宗教、孤独、性以及权利的探讨。科恩先后获选进入加拿大音乐名人堂,加拿大创作名人堂,美国摇滚名人堂,同时他被授予了加拿大最高平民荣誉加拿大勋章及魁北克民族勋章。

2008年科恩获选进入美国摇滚名人堂时,致辞人娄·里德形容其是“最高水準与最具影响力的创作人之一。”

评论家布魯斯·艾德(Bruce Eder)曾在一篇评述科恩流行音乐事业的文章中写到,“(科恩)是六十年代晚期最迷人也是最神秘……的创作人之一,……40年的音乐创作成功的保留了一批听众……仅次于鲍勃·迪伦(也许还有保罗·西蒙,从影响力来说),在众多从上世纪六十年代开始并且还依然活跃在21世纪的舞台上的音乐人物里,他比其他任何一位都更能吸引评论家和年轻音乐人的注意力。”

美国诗人学会对其在艺术领域的一生做出过更加概括的评论,包括他的诗歌、小说以及词曲作品,“(科恩)对诗歌、小说和音乐的成功糅合在其1993年出版的《Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs》作品表现得尤其突出,这部作品包含了200多首科恩的诗……多段小说的节选,和大约60首歌词……虽然对于某些人来说,里奥纳德在追求音乐创作时偏离了文学;但是对于喜爱科恩的人来说,他们更加乐于认为他作为一名通才跨越了多种艺术之间隐晦的界限。”

阅读全文...