When Leonard Cohen Visitor Starred on Miami Vice (1986)

Leonard Cohen was Canada’s reply to Bob Dylan. Whereas finest identified per­haps as a singer-song­author who penned the tune “Hal­lelu­jah” — which was cov­ered by Jeff Buck­ley, John Cale and nearly each­one else below the solar — he was additionally at differ­ing factors in his col­or­ful life a poet, a nov­el­ist, a legislation stu­dent and a Zen monk. Effectively, you possibly can add to this listing visitor star on Mia­mi Vice. Sure. Mia­mi Vice, Michael Mann’s decade-defin­ing crime collection that some­how made stub­ble, pas­tel col­ors and Don John­son cool.

Seem­ing on the episode “French Twist,” Cohen performs Fran­cois Zolan, a French secret ser­vice agent who’s as much as no good. Although he’s within the episode for less than a cou­ple of min­utes and virtually all of it on the telephone, Cohen simply man­ages to ooze males­ace. You’ll be able to see him and a few tru­ly breath­tak­ing examination­ples of ‘80s fash­ion within the clip above.

Mia­mi Vice had a behavior of forged­ing music icons. Lit­tle Richard, Frank Zap­pa, Miles Davis, Willie Nel­son, and Eartha Kitt additionally appeared within the collection. However, not like Cohen, they didn’t act in French.

Under you possibly can see a mon­tage of 20 rock stars who appeared on Mia­mi Vice dur­ing its run.

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

When Frank Zap­pa & Miles Davis Performed a Drug Deal­er and a Pimp on Mia­mi Vice

The Poet­ry of Leonard Cohen Illus­trat­ed by Two Quick Movies

How Leonard Cohen & David Bowie Confronted Loss of life By means of Their Artwork: A Take a look at Their Closing Albums

Younger Leonard Cohen Reads His Poet­ry in 1966 (Earlier than His Days as a Musi­cian Started)

Jonathan Crow is a author and movie­mak­er whose work has appeared in Yahoo!, The Hol­ly­wooden Reporter, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. You’ll be able to fol­low him at @jonccrow.