JENNIFER WARNES ~ Famous Blue Raincoat ~

[swampzoid]

gorgeous



[Carthybp]

This is still my favorite version of this song.

[XDarkXDeath]

It's 4 in the morning, the end of December. in my time zone

[vN2JoG3wz6]

Lovely... stolen from a friend

[loryuno]

Great voice!!

[expreso75]

i love this song

[MsLillyFay]

Oh wooooow now this is one of the few singers who are entitled to cover Cohen! (Next to tori amos!)

Veeerry nice!!!

[harataikiphilosopher]

I seem to remember Cohen saying that the Blue Raincoat was a burberry jacket that he had bought in london, might be wrong. This is a very good cover it has to be said. Cohen is such a great man, and a big part of that greatness is that the covers people do of his songs, are usually equally good as his originals, exhibit A is this, exhibit B is Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah.

[medussa629]

This is a wonderful, blusy version. Quite fabulous arranging!

[healhurt]

The atmosphere in this song resonates so deeply with me. Feels very real, sad, honest, also loving. Crying. I did not know this song, but now I do. Hopefully Cohen´s version will reach me as well. The important thing, this song really hugged my suffering soul, and gave me company in a challenging struggle.

[12pf34]

it's good, but it's just not the same without Cohen's voice

[XDarkXDeath]

sound of an angel

[larrygentry]

Such an amazing voice

[Timwgtn]

Yeah does it with ease

[magicwandfour]

she is so cool.add a L C song.add an ice-blue sax  add the rest yourself

[lapistedufort]

I'm used to Cohen's own version (which I love), but this one is amazing too!

[JazzyMagician]

- she is one of the few, apart from Leonard Cohen himself, who can actually sing this song..... great job, Jennifer..

[bharatnagori]

i have not seen of jennifer warnes there is no cure for love? of famouse blue rain coat?

[krshna0]

Wonderful -

[MrJJ65]

Dont wanna talk about the artist.

Justs about the MUSIc its GREAT.

I'm one of the he BASTERD'S, she sings about

[jacobandvicki]

Lovin' the 80's sax! She's not Leonard but she's not bad at all! she was his backing singer after all.

[Pryde217]

I like this song a lot, and her voice is good, but unfortunately, the way she sang it stripped away all of it's meaning. It was a song about at an affair between a man's wife and his brother(or at least someone close enough to be called a brother). What makes it more poignant is that the singer understands that he had been unable to make his wife happy, but his brother could. She only changed a few of the lyrics, so it ended up not making any sense.

[Liozeris]

@Pryde217 -- your comment struck a chord in my old life.

Now many years later, I am well and on my feet. Got my pride yet.

So interesting that another knows too. -- Cheers.

[Wolzow2]

I used to sing this song to my daughter as a lullaby, its beautiful, haunting and timeless

[johanbruce]

De beste interpretatie van dit nummer

[sweetgypsywife]

Enigmatic , haunting, and soulful .I love this whether sung by my favourite singer, poet and songwriter, Leonard, or by Jennifer Warnes...she is magic..

[SMMHonda1]

As you grow older things come into perspective. When I was 15, Leonard Cohen was shoved down my throat by well meaning teachers of English. I rebelled and dismissed him. I had the same reaction to Scotch. Now, 40 years later, I sip my Laphroaig and listen to a beautiful rendition of a beautiful song and, I get it.

[vovafed]

В СТАНІСЛАВІ ПІШОВ ДОЩ . Я ВЧАСНО - АВТОСТОПОМ - ПРИЇХАВ ДОДОМУ. ТАК ЩО RAINCOAT МЕНІ НЕ ЗНАДОБИВСЯ... НАТОМІСТЬ ЗНОВУ НАТРАПИВ НА ЧУДОВУ ПІСНЮ У ВИКОНАННІ JENNIFER WARNES )

[Sanitoeter666]

I think this song isn't as much about the triangle, as it's about the psychic background. It's hard to cope with this song, because it's pure regret and without the least will to live.. this song is expressionistic and wonderful. I really need to listen to this song everyday, because i just want to understand it, but i can't. It's much more complicated than it seems.

[LeshaAnn]

@Sanitoeter666 YES! As a great many of the Leonard Cohen compositions are...

[Kikinahm]

Cool, pasmag uses this song to test the new PC3.65C 3-way component system

[bharatnagori]

jenifer warns missing one song ain't cure for love, this is also very good.

[markt133]

I've loved the "Famous Blue Raincoat" CD for years. A local high-end audio store used to use it to demonstrate sound systems to customers; that's how good it is.

[jules2mee2]

AHHHHH this is absolute heaven..thank you!

[amigoacid]

Jennifer What?

[juggsgr]

My most favorite version. Thanks

[Capernahum]

Everlasting, heartaching and true.

[lilifyre]

I love Jennifer Warnes for her voice and for her friendship with Leonard. This is one of my favorite LC songs. Jennifer does a lovely job with this song, however, the meaning of the song totally changes when sung by a woman instead of a LC himself.

[Blibish]

To me, this is the best version. I love this woman's voice and her interpretation.

[lilyathedog606]

brilliant lyrics.

[Sosnowieca]

I always loved this song

[BabeRainbow59]

I actually heard Jen's version of this before Leonard's and it made me cry.

Sublime.

[hannesdezanger]

Beautiful!!!

[edmund184]

Leonard Cohen is brilliant; and this version is one of the best.

Was it written about someone in particular?

[edmund184]

Leonard Cohen is brilliant; and this version is one of the best.

Was it written about someone in particular?

[Scout4Me1]

@edmund184

Don`t know about that. I will have to Google it.

[cryptess]

@edmund184 -- It is allegedly based on a true love triangle between Cohen and another man, though in a BBC interview he admitted to having forgotten exactly who originally inspired it. Perhaps ultimately a mashup of experiences?

Wikipedia's article about it is called Famous_Blue_Raincoat.

[Scout4Me1]

@cryptess Interesting. Thank you for your comment! Take care!

[sophiasebastien]

@Scout4Me1

Very helpful comment indeed. As I wrote under Joan's rendition of this song, I can never decide whose version I like the best betwen hers, Jennifer's, Marissa Nedlar, Tori Amos or Leonard's.

I could also hear Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eva Cassidy ( not in this life), Noa, Anne Muray, Kate Wolf, Toni Braxton, Laura Fabian doing beautiful covers as well....

[lamusevenale]

@cryptess he said he recalled having a blue raincoat torn to the shoulder...

[betlamed]

@cryptess I don't believe him. ;-) He said in an interview that he regretted admitting who Chelsea Hotel was about, so he probably gave an excuse whenever he got asked details like that afterwards.

[trumpetcunt]

@edmund184 this song was written for me and mick

[randwolf13]

@trumpetcunt cool....

[LoraHari81]

@edmund184 Yes it was, about Leo, his wife and another guy, sample triple.

[edmundus1581]

Agree with all the comments, and just want to add a few cheers for the arrangement and the other musos. This is my favourite version of this. It's beautiful, deep and a bit strange.

[heidistandell]

@edmund184 I've always thought it had some reference to the Canadian poet Irving Layton.He and Cohen were close at one time; not sure if Layton had anything to do in particular to Cohen's relationship problems, but probably did with many other people they both knew.He was quite a pig-headed ladies man was Layton.One of the main characters in Cohen's novel "Beautiful Losers" is a very apt characterization of Layton. Layton died in the 90's I think, but by that point they hadn't spoken in years

[Jennepenb]

I love this song!

[iriswigle]

It's smart to have two composers go back to back when a song is being posed. This 1 was composed by Leo Cohen exclusively back ?1966 - 1973? When another composer sings a song what does this mean? It means the copyright can be traced thru the royalties just in case any man or woman comes later down the road to try to put the song out to the public as "THEIR SONG." With Mansfield Park concerto Jennifer Warnes under a new alias had ALL the orchestra put their names down as part of the copyright

[amazongift]

One of the best singers in the world

5****....Mel

[Kuratako]

I saw Jennifer Warnes live in 2008. Amazing...

[Scout4Me1]

Awesome!

[squeezyable1]

@Scout4Me1 ..........Totally

[TunesNorth]

What a beautiful song, I really enjoyed that.

Thank you for posting.

5 *s!

[Lancstine]

I would love to get the Karaoke verzion of this song.

[eaglerock999]

This is lovely but I prefer Chelsea Williams as far as lady's go. See Chelsea Williams plays in Santa Monica, live,YT.

I feel L C's is the original and best though.

[westhoughtonian]

This is so sad, full of regret for the past, and so beautifully sung by Jennifer. Thank you.

[Scout4Me1]

Thank you for your comment! Take care.

[mightyspyder]

No one, repeat no one, sings with such spirited feeling than the lovely Jennifer. Her singing of this particular song makes me want to cry...

[jillybeanforreal]

I love her version of this song!!! Thank you!!

[HachiZenki]

Man no one uploaded her version of Bird On a Wire? Yes Johnny Cash's version was excellent but so is Jenny's.

[ainsiee]

She's related to me, somehow. HAHA. My family doesn't exactly know how. She's some ancestor.

[tadhgdinneen]

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes

I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

[djanili]

Beautiful version of this amazing song

[Scout4Me1]

Thank you, djanili.

[duitsj]

fell in love in my car audio days. Amazingly beautiful song.

[Scout4Me1]

Thank you for the nice comment!