I know very little about Leonard Cohen other than he was a well known songwriter and performer for decades.
The one thing I do know about him is that he wrote the song
“Suzanne”, back in 1967. It’s a lovely song from someone who understood how to make simple music speak for you through octave, pitch and dissonance.
Judy Collins did a great job of covering it, long before her voice went flat. No disrespect to Ms Collins, but that’s often how it now sounds.
Sussane was about his long tome Norwegin girlfriend who paid his bills and promptly dumped her saying she was bad for hi. Something to that effect.
Yeah, Judy could sure have used “pitch correcting” software that keeps Taylor Swift... a “singer” star.... sheesh.
Liked collin’s treatment of folk ballads, particularly “ Lake Isle of Innisfree” as irish tunes have melodies easily carried even for limited tonal singers (exception being true tenors).