There is absolutely nothing by Aurora I have not fell in love with.

Leonard Cohen was very popular in Norway. Norway was one of his biggest markets for his music. He also had a relationship with a norwegian woman called Marianne. She inspired the songs «So Long, Marianne», «Bird on the Wire» & «Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye». Its her picture on the album cover of Songs from a Room.

She is a master at covering story/songs of other masters of story/songs. And, yes, the crystal clarity of her enunciation and delivery.

Aurora never misuses her skills by pouring everything into everything. She is far to honest for that. She flexes her muscles just the right amount for the occation. Respect. Also, I think you are spot on Adam, on your observation on Auroras... I dont know the english word for it, but she "lives" what she is singing with her whole body and face. Its just so, well, quite emotional to watch really. I belive Aurora will be a fine actor as well one day.

Omg I hadn’t heard this cover! What rock have I been living under! And Aurora is my absolute favourite artist. Thanks Adam for your beautiful and honest reactions.

I think her most interesting Cohen cover is 'The Partisan,' a melancholy song which has a particularly interesting history. "La Complainte du partisan" (English: "The lament of the partisan") is an anti-fascist anthem about the French Resistance in World War II. The song was written in 1943 by Russian-born Anna Marly (1917-2006), with lyrics by French Resistance leader Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie (1900-1969). It was initially performed by Anna in French cafes (much like a scene from the movie Casablanca). Leonard Cohen heard the song and performed an English version (using translated lyrics, with part of the song still in French), which AURORA listened to, and later performed after Cohens passing.

What a stunning cover of one of my favorite Cohen songs. Thank you Aurora. And thank you, Adam. I saw Leonard Cohen in his last tour around six years ago. He was 80 and he played for more than 3 hours. Glad he came to Brooklyn, NY. I read his poetry before I heard his music, which I first heard in the late 60s when I was in high school. Aurora is special. Leonard Cohen RIP.

Been a Cohen lover since the 60’s, this was wonderful!!

As a life long fan of Leonard Cohen. Music,books,poetry I would like to think he is looking down with that wry smile and nodding. Just to say, yes she's got it.

She is sooooo mesmerising. I absolutely love this clip and version of this song!

Adam what a great reaction you really obviously love what your listening to. Her performances are so emotional she puts everything into them. I have never seen a performer other than Freddie Mercury who invests so much into a performance. Well done and keep them coming.

An epic performance 🤩🤩 Thank you so much for your great reaction 🙂❤️

Good poetry blended with a great melody always gets me, which is one reason I love Aurora. Trivial note: the refrain in this song is very old and has been used in various songs, such as “When I need you”. It doesn’t bother me much since it’s mostly just a vehicle for these sublime lyrics

this was from a tribute to leonard cohen. aurora has the abilty to find her way into the heart and mind of the writer and never try and do more or less than the writer intended. she is determined and i say always humble and confident and truthful so that she wants the writer's message to take center stage while uses her entire body and voice to deliver the message and send it straight to your heart like anarrow dipped in emotion. She does the same with the David Bowie song. LIFE ON MARS and i listen to that every day. Aurora is not just as many say, a DIFFERENT KIND OF HUMAN, SHE IS A BETTER KIND OF HUMAN. I LISTEN to her and EIVOR every day for at least 2 hours. STUNNING.

What an extraordinary performance. Love your reactions and commentary thank you. This gave me Nick Cave vibes. Have a listen to Where The Wild Roses Grow ft. Kylie Minogue. Also Henry Lee ft. PJ Harvey. Beautiful haunting melodies and lyrics x Many blessings x

This is only my second time hearing this beautiful artist. I am going through your play list of her. Your right a beautiful story teller. Great Reaction Stay Safe

I just found your videos yesterday and I’m so grateful! It feels so important to me to have someone to share this love for Aurora with. It made me re-realize that the emotional impact music makes on me is even better when it’s shared. 💖

Aurora tells story with clarity, sinplicity and emotion only Aurora can. She is genuinely original in her singing style . She is like out of this world. She haunts you in a silent manner only Aurora can. Tusen takk Aurora🤗✨💝. Thanks Adam for such a wonderful reactions. I do believe in every word you say👏✨💛

I was at this concert! Yes! Great!

I don't know how but I missed this version :o/ until today ;o) I got goosebumps from tip toes to head, she is an amazingly talented story teller and much more. Thank you a lot for reacting to this Aurora's cover and as you always do, with heart, insight, delicacy and sensitivity, always a warmfull and emotional moment for me :o)

A great view would be Leonard's version from Live in London. He wrote this "letter" to a friend who coveted the same woman.

Hearing Aurora cover this song is the first time I've thought of her as a classic chanteuse, like Edith Piaf or Lotte Lenya--recreating something amazing from a bygone era.

Yeah one of my suggest early on. Great Adam. Here you see her sensitivity and heart when she sing covers.

Thank you for your heartfelt reaction😍 I think we have lost the magical by live storytelling today. Imagine sitting with the fireplace and hearing stories been told. And just like Aurora tells this story in a litle bit different way than the original, like it has been done for generasions. That get us listen to the story even better. This was absolutly hypnotic💗

I liked how she didn't change the gender of the narrator. Made me think that the singer can be like an actor. They don't have to be talking from their own perspective all the time. A female singer can tell the story out of the mouths of a man. Here is more of a celebration of Leonard Cohen I feel... He's just passed away, and she does this cover to honor her I feel... (I'm guessing) So she doesn't even change the last line: "sincerely l.cohen" Now when I see that first shot of lights falling on her again, I feel as if cohen's soul has restructured in Aurora... and singing for us one last time! Unlike you I listened to the original many times and loved it for a long time. She hasn't tampered with it like other covers, well frankly she didn't need to... 'cause that was a perfect gem of a storytelling as it was. Do check the original Adam. I just realized something new about the lyrics too... Cohen finishes off the letter with the same lines as he starts it (well nearly): "And Jane came by with a lock of your hair , She said that you gave it to her, That night that you planned to go clear" he even holds back the question in the end... sure it seems like the chorus but I like to think that means he just wrote down that much to him , and all the other stuff he shares with his "enemy" are just his thought said in his mind, but ultimately never put to the paper.

What an amazing and beautiful combination. I can hear Leonard in the lyrics and beat of the song, and the story (as you say). The sentiments are so Aurora-like making the match so wonderful. Ok, I'm typing this while listening to your comments and you've said it all: including her keeping it as simple as the original, which maintains a certain melancholy and loveliness.

My favorite Cohen song, she did it justice.

I love your Aurora reactions I hope you keep going I keep looking if you have posted anything and I love when you do!🤍

I never hear this song before. AMAZING .. Thanks again for your reactions.

OMG I'M GONNA CHECK THIS RIGHT NOW.....I SIMPLY LOVE HOW AURORA SINGS THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG I THINK IT'S A GREAT COVER OF A GOOD SONG MASTER COHEN WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE IT AND OFF COURSE YOUR REACTIONS ALWAYS ON POINT HAVE A GREAT DAY AND I C YOU'RE HEADING FOR THE 25HUN SUSBS THERE U GO GREAT JOB BRO

Amazingly beautiful as always and for once a performance and song I've not seen before. Thank you. It doesn't matter if it is a cover or an original song, Aurora is a complete storyteller. Not just by her voice but also through her eyes and facial expression as well as her movements. As for the location, this looks a lot like Oslo Spektrum to me (although I have never been there... I'm quietly sitting on the fence, waiting to see what happens to the Nightwish concert that is booked there in mid november, for which I have tickets)

Hey Adam! Thanks for this reaction, I really love this song :) Just curious of what do you think about Silhouettes an unreleased song by Aurora :)

The owner of that clothing, the famous blue raincoat - was Leonard Cohen and not someone else - and I love the uncertainty that gives the lyrics. Cohen is on both sides of story. I recommend Cohens last texts in the book "The Flame" - its like a book of an "up to date" not king, but humble wise man Salomon

Excellent observation about her story telling. She sometimes makes it hard to grasp that someone else actually could have written the song, so compelling is her artistry and beautiful story telling.

Perhaps her best performance ever.

OK THIS GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THIS JEWEL, FIRST SONG OF MY DAY AND THEN HOW SHE MASTERS HER ART. ALL I CAN SAY IS TXS,,,,,,,AND I TOLD YOU ADAM....... THERE'S SO MUCH RESPECT OF THE COHEN'S ORIGINAL HOWEVER SHE MAKES IT HER OWN MR' COHEN IS A VERY SPECIAL ARTIST OF MY TIME...WELL TIMELESS TRUTH BE TOLD......AND HIS POETRY IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS WHAT ELSE? I LOVE AURORA AND I FEEL GRATITUDE FOR EXISTING IN HER TIME PEACE

Our Queen of the North draws us in to her world of wonders, we can be week, broken down and in sorrow. She says it is OK, and now we are better, stronger and have a family. Our family is Warriors and Weirdos.

Hi Adam! I really love your reactions, I feel that they are really sincere. I truly hope that you grow big and get known because you really deserve it. I would love to see your reaction to “TAMINO”. He is a great musician, very talented. You could start with “habibi” or “indigo night”. You can hear the great mixture of western and eastern music and I believe you would like it. Keep going and have a nice day

Incredible song, that was new for me and was stunning presentation of her. I was a little bit sick and I couldn't watch your reactions, I'm sorry 🥺, but today I finished with this reaction and it makes me very very happy. Daydreamer video, by AURORA, was launched few days ago, so, if you can react I will feel happier hahaha.

Indeed a truly moving piece performed in a unique way. You should however listen to Jennifer Warnes rendition as it really is a masterpiece.

Leonard Cohen is awesome check him out Aurora has great taste in music

Thank you, Leonard.

What a beautiful rendition of one of the most excuisite examples of storytelling in music - all in the form of a letter. In the original, it is signed by «a friend», which is in itself a beautiful conclusion to a long and obviously complicated relationship. Aurora changes is to «Cohen», which was lovely considering this is from a tribute concert. Cohen’s original is wonderful, but I really prefer Jennifer Warnes’s version from the record actually called «Famous Blue Raincoat». She used to be a backup singer for him, all the songs on the record are his, and he even duets on at least one of them. It is an amazing record. Now, I won’t try to rate if Aurora or Warnes has the «best» version. They are quite different vocalists, and if their renditions are similar, they are by no means the same. But you should give that record from Warnes a listen too. Apart from Bob Dylan, I don’t think there has ever been a storyteller on par with him in music. Such rich material for other artists to delve into!

I've said it before but not on your channel. It's worth saying again: This is Aurora at her dramatic best. For me this Leonard Cohen heart breaker couldn't have been presented with such deep emotion by any artist other than Aurora.

Cohen is/ was big in Norway, and Aurora said her mom played Cohen when she came home from school.... nice reaction ( but you lose me for Jordan..not my cup of tea) Love Aurora and Susanne Sunfør❤️

If you need another artist to react to you have found Leonard Cohen. I guess there will be a lot of Aurora fans that will love his music

Smashing!!!

oh almost 2,5k subs now, rising fast =)

I was stupid enough to think you haven't reacted to this song.... I am sorry ;-) Some fun facts: This was a tribute concert with many different artists; "So Long, Leonard Cohen", 25 april 2017. (Cohen died 07. november 2016). This concert was in Oslo Spektrum, that has a capacity of 10.000 (The biggest indoor venue in Norway are Telenor Arena, 23.000). Brag fact: I know the drummer.....the lucky bastard right behind Aurora... ;-) He is from the same little town as I am. Yes, you are right... She has not modified (Aurorafied) this song as much as "normal", my guess is that since it is a tribute concert, she would pour her sole into the best "original version" as possible. If it had been a radio show type "sing a song by your favorite artist" I think may be it would have been different. Is there a person in the world that REALLY puts their feelings into their performances than Aurora... I was afraid she was going to cry at the first corus.. look at her eyes....

Thank you❤️

Should check out Ane Brun-The Dancer. Came out a while ago,but it's a great song.

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Best version ever by Aurora, but you will as well as Cohen´s original, find it interesting to compare it with Jennifer Warnes version from 87-88 . I believe Aurora have heard that one - decided to do it more quiet, but still there is some elements - but do not exactly see what. May be Aurora tok the violin-idea, from the use of the saxophone i Warnes version ?

Great reaction. Murder song album studio version. ;)

Is it only me or does the chorus sound exactly the same as the song Leo Sawyer released some thirty years ago: «When I need you»? I started to sing that song. Unfortunately this song was unknown for me. Great reaction as always Adam 🙂 I hadnt heard this cover myself.

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You sould listen to the band Heilung and song Norupo. Its a viking band, I just heard the song today and I was hooked. 😄

Check out Rachel Sermanni’s cover of Famous Blue Raincoat.

I love how exited you are of 2 of our great female singers,but you are looking through a straw.. There are so many more. I am sure your norwegian followers has recommended others and you should widen your horizon. Norwegian artist are special and can be compared to norwegian traditional cooking. Using very few ingredients so everything you put in your mouth is easily identified.and not as most foreign dishes where there are so many ingredients that it almost like a stew where everything tasts the same. Taking away an ingredient makes often both sound and taste better and a lot of our best singers and musicians understands the simple fact; Less is More..

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2400 subs!?chill guys 😉😁

oh dear i could never listen to music like this great video though

This is from a Tribute concert some time after his passing, with a lot of Norwegian artists covering Cohen. Arrangement are pretty close to the original I think, so not the usual 'Aurora spin' IMO. Pretty and beautiful as always, but for me it's not one of her best. But the bar is soo high, she being so fantastic! She released a video to an 'old' original yesterday if you haven't seen it, Daydreamer. That could definitely be on your list for future reactions. Thanks for this reaction, and have a great day!

Another great reaction, thank you. Just one question though, how many times can you listen and react to someone for the "First Time"? Just curious.

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Please react to Aurora, why did you have to leave 😥😥

Please react to lucky, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bL-gjMqFl6iaeJs.html ,gave me insight and an emotional connection into darker thoughts my daughter has struggled with. Auroras songs give me insight into my own daughters thoughts and that makes auroras songs true art.

I dont know why people think other people want to watch them watch a video. Ill just go watch the aurora videos uninterrupted by your reactions

POPPY plz! scary mask or X

I think I prefer the Tori Amos cover.

Dreadful. Posturing half-wit. That song is very special.