- Le ngoma imalunga noSuzanne Verdal, umfazi uCohen wayenomdla ongalibalekiyo. Wayengumfazi wangaphambili wegcisa laseQuebec uArmand Vaillancourt.
Ngo-1975 uCohen Amanani amakhulu icwecwe, wacacisa: 'Ndibhale le nto ngo-1966, uSuzanne wayenegumbi kwiphepha elingaphambi kolwandle kwizibuko laseMontreal. Yonke into yenzekile kanye njengokuba ibibekiwe. Ebengumfazi wendoda endimaziyo. Ukubuk 'iindwendwe kwakhe kwakucacile. Emva kweenyanga ezithile, ndamculela uJudy Collins emnxebeni. Amalungelo okupapasha athathwe kwisiXeko saseNew York kodwa kufanelekile ukuba andingowayo le ngoma. Ngenye imini ndeva abantu beyicula enqanaweni kuLwandle lweCaspian. ' - Udliwanondlebe weRadio ka-1994 uCohen wathi: 'Ingoma yaqalwa, kwaye iphethini yomculo yaphuhliswa, ngaphambi kokuba igama lowasetyhini lingene kwingoma. Kwaye ndandisazi ukuba yingoma emalunga neMontreal, kwakubonakala ngathi iyaphuma kuloo ndawo ndiyithandayo kakhulu eMontreal, eyayilizibuko, kunye nomphambili wamanzi, kunye necawe loomatiloshe apho, elibizwa ngokuba yiNotre Dame de Bon Secour, ndema ngaphesheya komlambo, kwaye bendisazi ukuba kukho iinqanawa ezidlulayo, bendisazi ukuba kukho izibuko, bendisazi ukuba kukho iNenekazi lethu leZibuko, elaliyintombi enyulu ecaweni eyolula iingalo zalo Oomatiloshe, kwaye ungakhwela phezulu uye kwinqaba ujonge ngaphaya komlambo, ngoko ke le ngoma yavela kuloo mbono, kuloo mbono womlambo.
Ngexesha elithile, ndadibana noSuzanne Vaillancourt, owayengumfazi womhlobo wam, babengabantu abathandekayo ababengqonge iMontreal ngelo xesha, bemangalisa ngokwasemzimbeni, bobabini, indoda nebhinqa elihle, wonke umntu wayethandana USuzanne Vaillancourt, kwaye wonke umntu wasetyhini wayethandana noArmand Vaillancourt. Kodwa kwakungekho ... ke, bekucingelwa, kodwa bekungekho nto inokwenzeka, umntu ngekhe azivumele ukuba acinge ngokuzibhokoxa ekuhendweni komfazi ka-Armand Vaillancourt. Okokuqala wayengumhlobo, kwaye okwesibini njengabantu abatshatileyo babengaphulwanga, awuzange ungenelele kolo hlobo lozuko babelubonakalisile.
Ndangqubana naye ngorhatya lunye, kwaye wandimemela kwindawo yakhe kufutshane nomlambo. Wayeneloft, ngexesha apho iilifti zazikhona ... igama alizange lisetyenziswe. Wayenesithuba kwindawo yokugcina izinto ezantsi phaya, kwaye wandimemela ezantsi, ndaza ndahamba naye, wandinika iti yeConstant Comment, eneentsimbi ezincinci zeeorenji kuyo. Kwaye izikhephe zazihamba, ndaye ndachukumisa umzimba wakhe ogqibeleleyo ngengqondo yam, kuba lalingekho elinye ithuba. Kwakungekho ndlela yimbi wawunokuwuchukumisa ngayo umzimba ogqibeleleyo phantsi kwezo meko. Unike igama kwingoma. '
I-Shannon-Kathleen, GA, ngaphezulu kwe-2 - UJudy Collins wayengowokuqala ukurekhoda oku, ekhupha kwi-albhamu yakhe yowe-1966 Kubomi Bam . UCohen wayikhupha Iingoma zikaLeonard Cohen , eyayiyicwecwe lakhe lokuqala, kunye namanye amagcisa asayirekhodayo, kubandakanya uNina Simone, uNeil Diamond, uJoan Baez, uAnni-Frid 'Frida' uLyngstad (ngesiSweden) noPauline Julien (ngesiFrentshi).
- Ngo-2006, iNkampani yoSasazo yaseCanada (CBC) yafumana uSuzanne Verdal, owaphefumlela ingoma. Wayengumdanisi kwaye ejikeleza kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa kwii-90s, wamlimaza umqolo wakhe kwaye wayehlala kwinkampu eyayisenzelwa eVenice Beach xa bamfumanayo. Utyhile ukuba uCohen waphulukana nokunxibelelana naye ngethuba wayirekhoda, nangona wadibana naye ngokufutshane emva kwenye yeekonsathi zakhe kwiminyaka yoo-70s, apho wathi wapha ingoma emnandi.
Ukuphendula kwisicatshulwa sikaCohen, 'Ayisiyiyo kuphela into eyenziwayo. Kukuqonda okupheleleyo ukuba sinomdla ongathandabuzekiyo komnye nomnye, kwaye kufuneka sijongane noku. Sinesizungu esingathandabuzekiyo komnye nomnye, kwaye kufuneka sijongane noku, kwaye kufuneka sijongane nemizimba yethu kunye neentliziyo kunye nemiphefumlo kunye nengqondo, kwaye sisidlo esingxamisekileyo, utshilo u-Verdal, 'ndim owabeka Imida kuloo nto kuba uLeonard uyindoda eyabelana ngesondo kakhulu kwaye unomdla kwaye unomdla kakhulu. Kwaye ndanditsaleleka kuye, kodwa ngandlela thile bendingafuni ukulonakalisa olo xabiso, inhlonipho engapheliyo ebendinayo kuye, kulwalamano lwethu, kwaye ndaziva ngathi ukudibana ngokwesondo kunokukuthomalalisa ngandlela thile. Obo budlelwane buxabisekileyo buvelise ubugcisa obukhulu. '
URory -Davis, CA - USuzanne Verdal uthe UMgcini , NgoDisemba 13, 2008: 'ULeonard wayengumhlobo womyeni wam, uArmand. Sonke sasixhonywe kwiindawo ezifanayo eMontreal- Le Bistro, Le Vieux Moulin, eyayiyindawo yokudanisa kwijazz. I sweatshi zentamo emnyama-yomqala, umsi, i-beatnik kunye neembongi-yayiyileya ye-bohemian kwi-60s. ULeonard uchithe iiyure ezininzi eBistro. Wayemdala noko kunam kodwa wandibona ndivela njengentombazana yesikolo, ndisebenza imisebenzi emithathu ukuxhasa izifundo zam zomdaniso.
Ngo-1965 ndazahlukana noArmand kwaye ndandihlala nentombazanana yethu. U-Leonard wayeza ndize ndimenzele iti ye-jasmine ene-orenji yesi-mandarin, ndikhanyise ikhandlela. Kuvakala ngathi sisihlalo, kodwa ngokucacileyo uLeonard uyigcinile loo mifanekiso, nayo. Ndandihlala kwindlu egwenxa, indala nge-mahogany kunye neglasi enamabala. Ndandilithanda ivumba lomlambo kunye noololiwe bethutho namaphenyane. Ngaphandle kwefestile yam ukuthandana ngokupheleleyo. ULeonard wayengumcebisi kum. Besihamba kunye kwaye bekungafuneki nokuba sithethe. Isandi seebhutsi zakhe kunye nezithende zam zazingaqhelekanga, ngokungqinelanayo kwiinyawo zethu. Wayiva, ndayiva kwaye safumana ukungxama okunje ngoku ukuncwina omnye komnye.
Asikaze sithande inyama kodwa kwinqanaba elinzulu kakhulu sasiyiyo. Ndandinethuba ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye kodwa bendiwuhlonipha umsebenzi wakhe nento ebeyimele kakhulu, bendingafuni ukuyimosha. Kwakhona, uLeonard yindoda emangalisayo ngokwesini! Unomtsalane kakhulu kubafazi kwaye bendingafuni ukuba ngomnye wesihlwele.
Ndayishiya iMontreal ndaya eMelika ngo -688 ndaza xa ndibuya abantu bathi, 'uyivile ingoma ebhalwe ngawe uLeonard ngawe?' Kwamaphupha am amabi bendingazi ukuba iya kuba nkulu. Ndaziva ndonwabile, kodwa ndaziva ngathi kukho ukungena kobucala. Emva koko, izinto zatshintsha. Ndihleli ndinyanisile kwii-60s. Waba yile icon enkulu pop kwaye wayengasafikeleleki kwakhona. Kubuhlungu. Ingoma imnandi kum. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiza kuba kwindawo yokutyela ndiyive kwaye ndoyiswe. ' - Uye wazibuza ukuba kutheni uSuzanne emtyisa iti kunye neeorenji? Ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga njengoko kuvakala. Utshilo uCohen Ingoma : 'Undityise iti ebizwa i-Constant Comment, enamaqhekeza amancinci e-orenji kuyo, azale umfanekiso.'
- UJudy Collins ukhumbula ukuba Uncut Ngo-2014 kwenzeka njani ukuba arekhode le ngoma nguLeonard Cohen owayengaziwa ngelo xesha: '(Umphathi kaCohen) uMary Martin wayengumhlobo wam wakudala waseCanada owayehlala ekhankanya uLeonard kunye neencwadi zakhe. Ngenye imini ngo-1966 wathi, 'Ndingathini xa ndingathumela uLeonard ukuba eze kuwe? Kungenxa yokuba ubhale ezinye iingoma. ''
'Ubusuku bokuqala beza endlwini yam, wayenomtsalane, eneentloni. Andiqondi ukuba wayeyazi into ayenzayo, kwaye akazange acule nelinye ilizwi. Uthe, 'oh, ndinentloni nam ...' '
'Ubuyile emva kwemini elandelayo wandicula' uSuzanne, '' Nxiba ukuziqhelanisa neRag 'kunye' neNgoma eNgaqhelekanga. ' Ngosuku olulandelayo wabuya wacula 'uSuzanne' kwakhona kwaye ndayirekhoda kungekudala emva koko. Kwakungekho mbuzo kwangoko ukuba yayiyiklasikhi. Kukho iziko lokomoya kuyo eliyinyani. Ukunyaniseka yeyona nto indibambileyo. ' - Ngo-1969, uCohen wadibana nomnye uSuzanne: oneminyaka eyi-19 ogama linguSuzanne Elrod. Babenomdla onomdla kunye nokuphazamiseka okwaqhubeka malunga neminyaka eli-10. Esi sibini zange sitshate, kodwa uElrod wazala abantwana bakhe ababini, unyana ka-Adam kunye nentombi uLorca.
