# Searching for a specific song by a singer influenced by Leonard Cohen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-specific-song-by-a-singer-influenced-by-leonard-cohen/568634 "2011-01-23T07:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-specific-song-by-a-singer-influenced-by-leonard-cohen/568634/1 "2011-01-23T07:05:44Z")
Well… I’m seraching for a specific song by a specific singer but…I don’t remember the name of the singer, nor the tittle of the song, nor what the song was about. Going to be easy, no? The only things I remember : -The singer is famous, though not a recent artist -He has said he had been influenced by Leonard Cohen (and in fact it shows in this song). Won’t help much, but I remember this bit of information. -There’s a video clip of this song showing him with I guess other members of his band rowing in a boat. So, in case these informations are sufficient to ring a bell, thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-specific-song-by-a-singer-influenced-by-leonard-cohen/568634/2 "2011-01-23T07:12:37Z")
Nick Cave has been greatly influenced by Cohen. He even did a cover of _I’m Your Man_ for the documentary of Cohen that goes by the same name. He also did a video for [The Weeping Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhOVY58zIo&ob=av3el) which has him rowing in a boat with collaborator and former Bad Seed (and Einstürzende Neubauten frontman) Blixa Bargeld. EDIT: Also, looking at your question again, I can see that I didn’t even answer it properly, if Nick Cave is indeed the artist you’re thinking about. I don’t think The Weeping Song video has anything to do with Cohen. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-specific-song-by-a-singer-influenced-by-leonard-cohen/568634/3 "2011-01-23T07:13:48Z")
Wow! 7 minutes to get an answer! And indeed, it was “The weeping Song” by Nick Cave. You rock 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-specific-song-by-a-singer-influenced-by-leonard-cohen/568634/4 "2011-01-23T08:35:32Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > EDIT: Also, looking at your question again, I can see that I didn’t even answer it properly, if Nick Cave is indeed the artist you’re thinking about. I don’t think The Weeping Song video has anything to do with Cohen. I didn’t notice that part on the first reading. In fact, I didn’t know at all Nick Cave (apart from his name) and was once shown some of his songs on you tube by a friend. And the way Nick Cave sings in “The weeping song” struck me immediately as very reminiscent of Cohen, whom I like a lot (even though obviously, the lyrics aren’t in any way similar to what Cohen usually sings). I searched a bit on the internet, and found out that indeed Nick Cave had stated he had been influenced by Cohen. That’s why I remembered it. And also why I was searching again for this song, having meanwhile forgotten everything else about it. Thanks again 🙂