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"蓝雨衣"是十年前的一张畅销发烧碟。Cohen和德国女歌手Jennifer Warnes的合作创造了这张风靡一时的唱片。总的特点是比较典雅，清灵，有一种流动感。倒是比较配合唱片的整体风格。"You’d been to the station, to meet every train;But you came home alone, without LilliMarlene……".
歌声悠悠传来，把人的思绪一下子带到了遥远的年代：灰色的背景中犹如上演着一部老式黑白电影。朦胧的人群，阴郁的天空似二战电影中某个生离死别的场景---车轮滚滚，火车在隆隆声中逐渐远去，留下站台上伤心欲绝的情人。实际上，"蓝雨衣"是Cohen写给一位朋友(兼夺走自己妻子的情敌)的信，是一场男人之间的对话和感情交流。信中语句大致反映出一段发生在3个好友之间的感情故事。
很奇怪这首歌竟然都由女歌手来演唱。Jennifer Warnes和Joan Baez都将最后的署名唱成"Sincerely， a friend"，而Tori Amos则直接署名"Sincerely， L.Cohen"以示对Cohen的尊重。Tori Amos通过自己独特的嗓音以及钢琴伴奏，最完美地表达了Cohen的情感。(当然，其中肯定倾注了她自己的经历和感受。) 一贯的低吟浅唱加上跌宕起伏的琴音，Tori Amos将一段深藏以久的往事娓娓道来，歌中透出的情与仇，爱与恨，伤心和欢乐，无奈与坚持，过去和现在，一切的情结都好似一场浓得化不开的雾，令人深深陷入其中。在深夜静心聆听，心绪涤荡难以自抑……
蓝雨衣荣获美国著名音响权威杂志TAS发烧天书评为最佳录音,在发烧友中，这张 《 Famous Blue Raincoat》享有崇高的地位，被誉为女声中的碟皇，达到了人手一张的普及程度。
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Lyrics: “Famous Blue Raincoat”
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --
She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
-- Sincerely, L. Cohen
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