seems so long ago, nancy

[davidgjerome]

Nancy was real. My heart id ripped about her. My current beautiful lady may just do a "Nancy"... I can't stop it..... So sad.

[uclrichard]

excellent version - better than the original if that's possible! he manages to generate a true sense of the misery of the sleepless night and empty dawn of nancy's suicide. moving, and slightly frightening. sad stuff, but a great performance and a very welcome post from whitey...

[MrDazvid]

I bought this as a single in about 1969, it was the B side to Bird on the Wire. Forty years on and I still have to listen to the very end..

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[stanleysoldman]

perfect!

[nanygrace]

I love this song!! Thank you so much!

[wolfmansteve]

magnificent

a legend

[macfyffe]

For the backstory on "Nancy" go to challies.com and search for "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy".

[MsTommyknocker]

This song is great

[stormladyful]

Et comment on fait pour ne pas fondre en larme quand on écoute une telle chanson ? C'est un génie, je vois pas d'autre solution, il transmet tellement d'emotions dans ses chansons, c'en est presque effrayant...

[MsTommyknocker]

Are you from Montreal??

[elmossoful]

Adore this song – certainly one of his greatest

[headshot213]

Cohen's most underrated song. It's so haunting and it has so powerful lyrics so you've got to love it.

[Dandaphne80]

In the hollow of the night

When you are cold and numb

You hear her talking freely then

She's happy that you've come

She's happy that you've come

[MrBladibla]

Ditto! This song has been one of my favorites for many years! Something unique about this version, it's a bit different from the one I own.

[TheSillyPlatypus]

This song is sad..

[monkeyknife1]

great great song

[technischesKO]

zeldagoblin don't worry he will live forever, in his songs, his poetry his prose and he will live on in people like you and me who listen to his music in quiet moments and pass his genius onto our children.

brosnaboy

[zeldagoblin]

Absolutely perfectly beautiful. I so wish this man could live forever.

[kabewest]

I was told by Leonard in 1972 at the Albert Hall, London, that this song is about a horse.

[OnBetamax]

in that case he was sarcastic....

[ultchuk]

@kabewest

Indeed

Nancy wore green stockings

and she slept with everyone

That looks what a horse would do...?

[plinn7]

a whore maybe? the words sound similar

[MsTommyknocker]

This song is shear genius

[TheFylup]

The song was written about a woman named Nancy, who in 1961 shot herself with her brother's shotgun.

[MearCoise]

this song was written in remembrance of his i think cousin or niece who shot herself

[MrThomasdrewsen]

strange that this beautiful song didn't find its way to the classic 'Leonard Cohen greatest hits' from '75. Does anybody know why?

[bobakalushbobakalush]

No. i was wondering that myself. It's such a haunting song.

[Jahmz87]

does anybody know the background story on this song?

[OnBetamax]

There is the full history out there.. written by borthers son.

[DanielMarkowski]

This song is very beautiful. Po prostu przepiękna ballada.

[norgesregenter]

Cohen is awesome! One of the greatest songwriter in the world.

[catgumart]

One of my favorite Leo Cohen songs! thanks

[LeonardoEulero]

This song is very beautiful. Who can understand italian could thewonderful traslation done by Fabrizio De Andre, one of most important italian singer and songwriter

[animaroku]

nancy was real the whole thing is real

[229095]

animaroku: It was? I know a lot Leonard Cohen, and this song is so beautiful, and so mysterious, but I had no idea that this was about something, or someone in particular.

[oldeblueboy]

This is one of LC's finest song. Check out Perla Batalla's version - it's exquisite. Perla and Julie were the Webb Sisters of the 1980s.

[dardanozz]

I wanna see Webb sisters perform this song live.

[SHeadChop]

Gorgeous song, there is also a beautiful version of it in Italian by Fabrizio De André

[ciuffolina1]

ma quanto ti amo....

[PrzemekHippie]

Many womans living like a Nancy.......

[ingfulu]

yes it does...

[jim71310]

love...

[philonico]

très belle chanson, envoutante

[heartfullofnapalm]

the most beautiful song ever.

[iGaucho]

He's the best. A pure genius of lyric and song. He is the great poet thankfully still among us. As Bono put it he is our current day Bryon. Long may he continue to give us lots more genius.

can't wait to see him live in Dublin in June.

[BuachaillBeo]

duine ardéirime atá i gceist anseo :)

[evaperron]

deep peace. i love him like the sea. the everlasting sea.

[ndinosan]

listen the de andrè's cover, you write: Fabrizio De Andrè Nancy...

[blot33]

I come back, I come back. I posted a comment on this song 6 months ago, yet still I return. This song haunts our souls:it enfolds us in warmth.For so many years!

[eumelc1]

I guess his voice felt more like f# minor at that time. The original recording was in b minor, I think.

[proinsiaspad]

Can I shoot myself in the head now?

Get out the Valium and Razorblades - Leonard's back in town.

[CiaranLiam]

Go for it.

[54spiritedwill54]

Picture but still very good music

[farfarsrullstol]

:'( <3

[mgrzemow]

The old Leonard Cohen songs rulez! ;-)

[MurderJunkie]

yeah ture they have more feeling

[skald75]

it seems so long ago, nancy. but it is like yesterday.

or even like today.

is it nancy?

or is it us?

[bichopard]

la plus belle chanson de tout les temps

[Lucoz88]

Beautiful, wonderful song!

[blot33]

The video is frozen.The song moves the soul.I have listened to this song for nearly 40 years now and it continues to hold me.

[cairoon]

most beautiful cohen song...so heartbreaking, so real, so immortal.

[asalingerreference]

Thank you very much for uploading this.

[elugly]

stunning lyrics

[BaudeLaire78]

One of my favorites Cohen song!

[LeonardAndNickFan]

Absolutely a classic Leonard song. Gorgeous. Beautiful. Oh my heart. Can't believe I didn't find it before now... on vid, that is. Ahhhh... lovely.

[frimasbleu]

Very sad

[impasse13]

yes, in the house of mystery, she's happy that you come.

[dutchbonnet]

Like a lot of people, I knew a Nancy in the 1960s. Hers was the first funeral I ever attended. This song means a great deal to me. Thanks for putting it here.

[allalongthewatch]

In 1961 I was waiting for Leonard Cohen

[federico0]

in the house of mystery

[federico0]

cohen is the best song writer,EVER

[joanlagoy]

Anything Leonard does is fine with me!

[Coala911]

Fancy ein spot auf tea gov'na?

[zerascal2]

amazing video! so now, we all post our mp3 here with a pic on it... what's the deal?

[bretblatt]

that your a jackass =)

[koogala]

It's the beautiful music made by Leonard Cohen. Why would one need a video. The video is in the mind. Unless you are the ones who need everything laid out for you.Those who critisise a lack of video have a lack of vision.What's that, you don't understand what I am saying.

[chibinski]

go away!

[Hirnlego999]

Picture but still very good music

[NouvelObservaTours]

it seems so long ago...

[Pikatso]

I don't care what anyone else had to say--THANK YOU for posting this--one of my all-time favorite LC songs of which I did not have a decent, complete copy before now--I LOVE YOU!

[whiteSM05]

no problem, glad to help... sorry its not actually a video (i couldnt find one) but i think the song itself makes up for it!

[ZombieDragQueen]

The song is actually Nancy from Live Songs album.

[Recreant456]

Edit: It could use a better still, FWIW.

[Recreant456]

Nice song, but yeah, the non-video video blows.

Big time.

[Horatio]

What the hell... Change the description to "moronic non-video"

[pearson166]

this doesnt count as a video

[jimjimblund]

Be the truth unsaid

And the blessing gone