The Joe Jackson Tapes Revisited: Leonard Cohen
Image Name: Leonard Cohen
Broadcast Details: Sunday 18th February, 6.00pm
In 1985, Leonard Cohen's singing career was at an all time low. Joe Jackson speaks to Cohen about his now most popular song Hallelujah among other things.
When Joe Jackson interviewed Leonard Cohen for the first time in 1985 the singer’s career was at an all-time low. “His record company had refused to release in America Cohen’s latest album Various Positions, they said it wasn’t commercial enough,” Jackson recalls. “The ironic thing is that track one on side two of that LP was a song called ‘Hallelujah’, which has since gone on to be Leonard’s most popular song!” |