Thanks for your replies and the links you posted. :) Originally posted byTchocolati: ... it struck me strongly, I stood there, glued before them for a long long time before being able to stop looking at them This is what happens to me as well when I see Vettriano's paintings and in time they grow on...

Are any one of you familiar with the paintings of the Scottish painter Jack Vettriano? There seem to be a link between Leonard Cohen and Vettriano, as lots of his paintings have the same titles as LC songs, eg. 'Bird on a wire', 'Dance me to the end of love'. Vettriano is probably also a Cohen fan.

At the moment 'Who by fire' is the one constantly in my head, but I have a soft spot for 'Famous blue raincoat'. I guess FBR is the one for me.

I found Leonard in the seventies when I was a teenager. My friend's older brother was a fan back then. We end up listening with him. Still to this day when I hear a LC song I feel the vulnerability of being a teenager again, filled with so much emotion, you can't even understand yourself. What attra...

Hi everyone, I'm just registed here following some good advice from Linmag and Lizzyyish on the official site. To me the most sensual Cohen song must be: Take this longing: "Hungry as an archway through which the troops have passed, I stand in ruins behind you, with your winter clothes, your br...