Katherine Priddy - "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong" (Leonard Cohen)

"This song was inspired by Nico. Sylvie Simmons sums up the song as follows: 'One of Us Cannot Be Wrong', Leonard’s wryly humorous song, inspired by Nico, about a man battered but unbroken by lust (...) In fact, there was a period when Leonard Cohen was in love with Nico: although he never won her, he was 'madly in love with her'. Besides 'One of Us Cannot Be Wrong', she was also the source of inspiration for lots of other songs. But in 1967, feeling he 'had no skill' and that he 'had forgotten how to court a lady', Leonard went back alone to his hotel room. His thoughts full of Nico, he wrote 'The Jewels in Your Shoulder' and 'Take This Longing', then titled 'The Bells', both of which he later played and taught to Nico. She was both 'the tallest and blondest girl' in the song 'Memories' and the muse for 'Joan of Arc'".