I don't think his music is depressing, I love it. I actually saw him in concert in the 70s and I still rate it as the best concert I ever attended.

Ian crushed it, nice job bro.

If I just look at the words then Leonard Cohen must be the better poet. But of I count their music, too, than Bob Dylan is it. I am aware however that's an unfair comparison. I am amazed about Canada producing a high number of real artists in pop culture. Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, KD Lang, Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, just a few from the top of my head. They all lifted pop music to a new level.

He's a minor poet? Where do you place Dylan (Bob) then? Dylan's novelty was that he made unusual use of a rhyming dictionary. Cohen goes much further. He grew up in Montreal, taught (I think) by another famous Montreal poet named Irving Layton. In the early 1960s there was much academic debate about which was the better poet. So I think Cohen is very much superior to a minor poet, whether you consider his poetry or his songs. And he's more than just a poet even. I'd give him the status of prophet. I'm sure it won't matter too much or to many when the time (which is not far off) comes, but he has seen, and told us about, the future, which is murder.

It’s not ‘tea and oranges from China’, it’s ‘all the way from China’! It’s like Dennis Bergkamp adding a touch to make sure you get it!

I gotta tell you Nick - the LAST thing I'd do when hearing leonard cohen is smile!

Not accomplished as a performer - what a load of rot. I have noticed when people try to do covers of Leonard Cohen they don't generally stack up half as well. The more I listen to him the greater singer I find him to be.

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critics should stuff the razor blades in their mouth before talking...

Somebody should really teach Ian McCollough how to speak English

The most dreadful music ever