We've already heard a handful of the covers in the Leonard Cohen-toasting series Old Ideas with New Friends, including run-throughs from Cults, Greg Dulli and Nicole Atkins, but the latest instalment from New York-based, though Vancouver-born, A.C. Newman gives the Canadian icon a little mother-country lovin'.
The clip kicks off with a little anecdote from Newman, explaining how the Songs of Leonard Cohen number helped him get through a particularly bad break-up, but the New Pornographers songsmith and a few friends quickly offer up deliver a more folk-tinged interpretation than we'd expect from the power pop king.
Check out the cover in all of its acoustic glory down below.
The clip kicks off with a little anecdote from Newman, explaining how the Songs of Leonard Cohen number helped him get through a particularly bad break-up, but the New Pornographers songsmith and a few friends quickly offer up deliver a more folk-tinged interpretation than we'd expect from the power pop king.
Check out the cover in all of its acoustic glory down below.
AC Newman "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" from Columbia Records on Vimeo.
