Other Lives - The Partisan (Leonard Cohen cover) [Live at Amoeba] 

Cohen did not write it

a cover of a cover?

It’s not that urgent come on now

Great comment. You said it all.

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les allemands étaient chez moi, ils me disent "résigne-toi" mais je n ai pas peur j ai repris mon arme. un vieil homme dans un grenier, pour la nuit nous a caché les allemands l'ont eu il est mort sans surprise :)

+It's a Fair Wind Don't ever fuck french

barnsushi unfortunately he is now

I wanna cry

josh w ah ah

This is a great song but Leonard Cohen did not write this song. The song was written in 1943 in London by Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie and the music by Anna Marly.

Mark M You are absolutely right. Have been working on the guitar part and did a little research so I stand humbly corrected. That said, Cohens vision for the cover bares little resemblance to the original recording by Anna Marly (thank god he chose to drop the whistling!) and really stands as probably the best 'cover' of this song so far imho. I still think this is a messy, overwrought cover by a band that has produced some great, innovative music. However, seeing as Mr Cohen chose to drop most of the French from his version (a nice dramatic contrast) I guess I'll have to cut them some slack on that front.

Yes True Cohen's version is the best sounding and RIP to the great man, but it is good to see other bands carry on the memory/tradition. I also like the Joan Baez version, almost as much as Cohen's.

Mark M Yup I agree with you on that for sure. The Joan Baez version I'm familiar with has a faster tempo and she sings the French lyrics beautifully. I should also say almost all the covers I've listened to are better than my efforts! Interesting to note that where as the great man really transformed the original into what most of us think of as the definitive version, almost all subsequent artists seem to have created a cover from Cohens version. A testament to what made him so great I think. I did find another version with Jesse Tabish singing this solo on acoustic. Sounded fine I must say. Now if I could only get my fingers to play those damn triplets! Check out Bill Callahan's version of So Long Marianne. Not bad.

john davies you are blind and hardened to not see the beuty in all things created . they put thier heart into it. took the effort and the time to make it happen. to create the vibration to perform it. the least you could do is give posative energy to something so sad instead of giving an opinion that underates others efforts and creative output.