So long, Marianne
| So long, Marianne | |
|---|---|
| Leonard Cohen | |
| publication | 1967 |
| length | 5:37 |
| Genre (s) | Folk |
| Author (s) | Leonard Cohen |
| album | Songs of Leonard Cohen |
So Long, Marianne is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen . It appeared on Cohen's debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1967 .
Pitchfork Media tops it at number 190 on the list of Top Songs of the 1960s .
interpretation
Marianne and the me of the song are in a relationship, although the two do not live in the same place ("Your letters say that you are beside me now ..."). This relationship has replaced a previously unstable life in the ego. Now the relationship is in question and it is not clear what the future holds. The ego indicates that the two of them have made themselves too comfortable in the relationship and have no longer faced life and its challenges, which is expressed in the verse: "It's time to laugh and cry". The challenge is to step out of the relationship and into a life in which great feelings exist.
Origin background
Cohen is likely to have thought of his girlfriend Marianne Jensen when Marianne mentioned in the title , with whom Leonard Cohen was in a relationship at the time the song was written and who lived on the Greek island of Hydra . While the relationship was active, Cohen is said to have sung the song with the refrain "Come on, Marianne". At that time it was meant as an invitation to change.
Cover versions
Numerous other musicians recorded a cover version of So Long, Marianne , including John Cale with Suzanne Vega and James . Leonard Cohen's son Adam also performs the song in his live repertoire.
Web links
- Noel Rademacher: The woman from before. November 15, 2006, accessed January 27, 2014 .
- Kari Hesthamar: Interview with Marianne Ihlen. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s . Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ Noel Rademacher: The woman from earlier. November 15, 2006, accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ coverinfo.de: So Long, Marianne. Retrieved January 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Adam Cohen: In the Name of the Father. (No longer available online.) December 9, 2012, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
