Global fans of Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen are having fun on Facebook – trying to come up with a collective name for themselves. 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”. Suggestions made so far include: a leonard, a contemplation, a melancholy, a Cohenista and a fedora. “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.
