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The burst of fandom for the 80-year old performer of
"Suzanne", "Sisters of Mercy" and "Bird on the Wire" followed a
posting noting that Joni Mitchell, another celebrated Canadian
musician, once called herself a "stone (committed) Cohenite".
Now Cohen's official page is asking what a collective noun for
such people should be - as in a pride of lions, a gaggle of
geese and so on.
Early suggestions have included a leonard, a contemplation, a
melancholy, a Cohenista and a fedora.
Others later suggested a sigh, referencing Cohen's wry view on
life, a Coherence and a suit. The fedora and suit proposals
recall the performer's dapper onstage presence.
"A halleluiah" is also on the list, in homage to his most famous
song, estimated to have been sung by almost 200 artists and the
subject of at least one documentary and a book.
Cohen released a new album "Can't Forget" in May, the 25th
listed on his website, which also mentions 12 books, much of
them poetry.
Although best known for his songs, Cohen has also won a number
of literary prizes, including a Princess of Asturias Award along
with the likes of novelists Guenter Grass, Doris Lessing and
Philip Roth.
(Reporting by Jeremy Gaunt; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
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