You might have seen this article if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was such a coincidence that it ran on Sunday. The writer listed what he thought were the best covers of Leonard Cohen songs (Cohen will be playing in the area this week). Among them:
Lloyd Cole, "Famous Blue Raincoat"
It seems sly to pick a singer who spent large swathes of his career trying to emulate Cohen, but what are you going to do? Cole takes all of his knowledge and applies it to a simple, acoustic reading of the song that is every bit as moving as the original.
Where to find it: Various artists, "Rare on Air, Vol. 2" (1995)s Blue Raincoat"
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Date: 2009-04-14 10:01 am (UTC)Lloyd Cole, "Famous Blue Raincoat"
It seems sly to pick a singer who spent large swathes of his career trying to emulate Cohen, but what are you going to do? Cole takes all of his knowledge and applies it to a simple, acoustic reading of the song that is every bit as moving as the original.
Where to find it: Various artists, "Rare on Air, Vol. 2" (1995)s Blue Raincoat"