Per leonard cohen (1979): "The Sisters Of Mercy were actually two young women that I met during a snow storm in Edmonton, Alberta. And they came to my Hotel Room and there was something oh, very agreeable about their company. And they had no place to stay and they fell asleep on my bed, and I stayed up and I remember there was a full moon. And I felt like having something to say to them when they woke up, and that was one of those rare and graceful occasions when I was able to write a song from beginning to end in the space of a few hours. And while they slept I worked on this song. And when they woke up I sang it to them. It was compleetely full and finished, and they liked it. Barbara and Lorraine were their names."
I used to work with the Lorraine mentioned in this article in Calgary in the early eighties. Her name is Lorraine Rebault and she told this story almost identically except I thought that they offered a room and a sympathetic ear to Cohen who was struggling-hence Angels of Mercy. They came away from there knowing that the song had been written.
I used to work with the Lorraine mentioned in this article in Calgary in the early eighties. Her name is Lorraine Rebault and she told this story almost identically except I thought that they offered a room and a sympathetic ear to Cohen who was struggling-hence Angels of Mercy. They came away from there knowing that the song had been written.
Per leonard cohen (1979): "The Sisters Of Mercy were actually two young women that I met during a snow storm in Edmonton, Alberta. And they came to my Hotel Room and there was something oh, very agreeable about their company. And they had no place to stay and they fell asleep on my bed, and I stayed up and I remember there was a full moon. And I felt like having something to say to them when they woke up, and that was one of those rare and graceful occasions when I was able to write a song from beginning to end in the space of a few hours. And while they slept I worked on this song. And when they woke up I sang it to them. It was compleetely full and finished, and they liked it. Barbara and Lorraine were their names."
I used to work with the Lorraine mentioned in this article in Calgary in the early eighties. Her name is Lorraine Rebault and she told this story almost identically except I thought that they offered a room and a sympathetic ear to Cohen who was struggling-hence Angels of Mercy. They came away from there knowing that the song had been written.
I used to work with the Lorraine mentioned in this article in Calgary in the early eighties. Her name is Lorraine Rebault and she told this story almost identically except I thought that they offered a room and a sympathetic ear to Cohen who was struggling-hence Angels of Mercy. They came away from there knowing that the song had been written.