Leonard Cohen: The Stranger Song

Performing on the Julie Felix Show in 1967.

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[Theresa Carrillo]

This line rings hauntingly true, she turn around to leave him & the it dawns on her, "It was you my love, you are the stranger" Damn, Leonard is right on- woman fall in love with hopeless men, trying so hard to give them love or shelter... but in the end its ourselves that is the real stranger, because if we loved ourselves in the first place we wouldn't be hurting ourselves through the quest for a hopeless unatainable love. Its a cohen sorta day*

[KeithHarperSF]

Such a beautiful song. But I guess that's the most obvious thing anyone could say about it.

[socksa100]

Whiny and self-pitying? Really? He's always struck me - through his music - as being warm and possessing great fortitude, therefore infusing even the lowest of points with some hope. There's a lovely dry humour in a lot of his work too :)

[socksa100]

This song perfectly sums up my idea of god, and my relationship with it.

[Ilias Kiritsis]

He has fought with depression for most of his life actually.

[daemonicstar]

Well, spotted I think that was a tear? Some songs can get you like that. The man sings from his heart.

[ruth wheeler]

Long ago..sorry bout splitting my msg too. Maybe just plain sorry today. Still love leonard cohen though...saw him in tampa about a tear ago. Hope to see him again on his latest tour if he comes here again.

[ruth wheeler]

Go ahead fetacheese..make me feel dumb...duh..should have known it was old and uploaded not so

[Michał Adamowicz]

a tear or sweat at 4:52 ? :)