I think her final comment at the end of this video reveals alot. Leonard didn't owe her anything and she shouldn't expect anything or be embittered because it wasn't offered.

she refused him.. why should he support her?

Who wouldn't fall in love with her. I'm half way there just watching and listening to her.

Great to hear this in both German and English. Would have been respectful to help her. DANKE UND LIEBE. THnk you

Suzanne is still enchanting.

Well if Leonard Cohen a millionaire poet songwriter, and whose name will go down in history, gets cock teased and friendzoned who am I to complain? lol

I feel that Cohen had a selfish streak in him ,but I still love his music , especially the early songs .🙂

"Pride goeth before a fall." She brought her financial troubles on herself. In her own words, "It was beneath me to ask." Cohen may have been aware of her situation, but I can't even imagine the complexity of the spiritual calculations he must have been considering over what to do about it. Their relationship seems to have been extremely deep and complex. Perhaps he thought initiating a financial arrangement would be received as crass, or commercisl, or insulting, or who knows what? In any case, it is certainly one of the most beautiful songs to come out of the 60s, and it's regrettable that the inspiration for it was not able to share in the rewards.

Leonard owed her, she helped kickstart his careeer. She's a lovely lady and I hope she is well.

It's fascinating that this is exactly how I imagined her, same eyes and expression just by hearing the song, i'm I the only one?

But why?

the world owes us nothing. enjoy life Susanne.

It's a bit naive to expect that Leonard Cohen would bail her out after her rejecting him sexually. It's just not how most men operate but especially famous ones. Especially since he had no shortage of women, including Marianne in Greece with whom he had a live-in relationship. He became so caught up in fame and the people he met that it killed off his relationship with Marianne. He was in the eye of the cyclone and was using various drugs at different times. Cohen savoured moments and had a fine sense of observation. This Susanne is only recently keeping notes. What happened to her is very sad but this is just how life is. Poignant.

Bono said it: poets are thieves

Suzanne était l'épouse du sculpteur Armand Vaillancourt, ami de Leonard Cohen. Àgé de 94 ans et encore très lucide en 2024, Vaillancourt pourrait en dire davantage sur le sujet.

One of his best songs.No wonder.Susan is special.When you need help,you must apply.A beautiful woman also from the inside.

So grateful for his music and this beautiful song. But he was selfish and seemed to go through women.

0:16 Ain't that true. I've never found it easy to say i love you.

Suzanne has always been one of my favorite songs. I am so sorry that Leonard did not reach out to help her when she needed it. He certainly had the means to do so, and now his memory, at least for me is somewhat tarnished.

She must be in her 70s and - Blimey! - isn't she still a beauty...?

I hope she made it through the pandemic

I hope she made it through the pandemic

he was a jerk. shouldve given her a house.

Love and looks fade, but a beautiful soul, is eternal..X

To weave such a romance thru the web of love and treat such sound as pleasant as a dew drop on silk with such finesse, COHEN was a lover of woman, words, whisky sounds.🦘🦘👍🇸🇩😎✌️🦘🦘🦘

The years have been very good to Suzanne; like old wine, she has aged beautifully. I eagerly await the publication of her book that she mentions here - the 1960s were an amazing time and it would a privilege to live those years through her book. Incidentally, Leonard Cohen made it public that the copyright to the song was stolen by a friend of his, which is very sad.

Irony of life ..... Lennord wrote a song that was inspired by Suzanne...he goes big...she fell of a ladder and struggle but still...stay positive not many choices for her.....and we watch all of this as romantic and beautiful.... wish i could buy you a home Suzanne down by the river..

Sie hat ihre Schönheit nicht verloren. Ich weine jedes mal, wenn ich dieses Lied höre. Es ist als ob ich das alles selbst erlebt habe.

Yes, a great artist is often a Bastard😅

Yes. L Cohen was a Narcisist. He used women’s ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕 like a gourmet- cannibal…

Ich mag euch😢💋💄👅🦷🫦👄

Sehr sehr tolles Video ich habe überhaupt kein knaxx bekommen ich bin stolz darauf das dir so ein Video erschaffen haben super Video das Video gucke ich noch 10x an das ist euch super wunderschönes Video es hat Spaß gemacht beim zugucken bitte viele viele Videos noch davon gucke mir das jetzt alle 5 min an sehr sehr toll ❤️💋💋💋

Wunderschönes Video ich habe echt viel verstanden und habe kein Knacks bekommen 😉💋🥰

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

The great Soul is shining through You. You are so beautiful, Suzanne!

she seems to be so authentical, a great woman with dignity and grace. Cant understand why L.C. hadnt help her, want to think that he didnt really know.

Is Suzanne still alive? Beautiful talented soul that never completed her circle of respect. Pray she is well. Yes, Leonard Cohen could've helped her out on so many levels. Feel his ego was bruised.

This is such bull shit. That song was only for Suzanne Ihlen. It was not her!

"Suzannes By The River " was a antique sorta store in Capitola, along the creek just before it hits the ocean. I lived on The Esplanade in 1976. But I never went there. I was too chicken! It was there in c.1970 too, I drove by it many times and when it wasn't there anymore, it the late 80's I think, all I could do was mope over not visiting, like now

I met Suzanne and her daughter in Montreal in 1989 and the early 1990s in the Carre St. Louis, a place I used to go to sing and play guitar, sometimes all night in these wonderful jam sessions. The song, "Suzanne" was one of the many songs I would play. I didn't realise there was a video about her on KZfaq. Wow.

She is a real hippy, like myself. I managed to travel around the world like her with a minimum of work and be happy in my own place, with a $450.- pension.

This video changes the way I feel about Cohen; and not in a good way

Sad story of the real Suzanne. So glad to know she is no longer homeless. I have to say that her pickup truck is quite amazingly well outfitted.

In Germany or Belgium you would never get homeless because of an accident.

I'm surprised that he didn't help, her, I'm currently reading a Cohen biography and one of the things that emerges is how generous, he was in terms of money, he paid his musicians well, and was always footing the bill for food and drink, and even offering to help people out financially.

You have to wonder if the gift of being irresistible to women is really a curse.

She knew Leonard Cohen when he was a struggling poet, and she ignored him because she thought she could do better.

In other words, she never f*cked him . . .

In other words, she never f*cked him . . .

🎶Suzanne missed the chance When she didn't sleep with Leonard Now she lives alone in her truck And drink her tea with oranges All alooone🎶