Ok, How many people do you know that don't like Leonard Cohen? 90% of my friends will tell you he's crap. Well! I love listening to him, I could listen to him all day. I actually think he's brilliant. I have purchased every album he's made.

Here's a list of musicians that have used "Bird on a Wire" one of Leonards songs on their albums:

Joe Cocker on Joe Cocker! (1969) and the live album Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
Dave Van Ronk on Van Ronk (1971)
Tim Hardin on the album Bird on a Wire (1971)
Pearls Before Swine on the album Beautiful Lies You Could Live In (1971)
Rita Coolidge on the album The Lady's Not for Sale (1972)
Fairport Convention on the album Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions, 1968–1969 (1987)
Jennifer Warnes on the tribute album Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)
Tom Cochrane and Red Rider on The Symphony Sessions (1989)
The Neville Brothers on the album Brother's Keeper (1990), also included in the movie by the same name
The Lilac Time on the tribute album I'm Your Fan (1991)
The Bobs on the album Cover the Songs of … (1994), in a skate-punk style
Johnny Cash on the album American Recordings (1994), and also live with orchestra (released on the 2003 compilation Unearthed)
Willie Nelson on the tribute album Tower of Song (1995)
Stina Nordenstam on the album People Are Strange (1998)
k.d. lang on the album Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004)
autorickshaw on the album So the Journey Goes (2007)
Perla Batalla on the album Bird on the Wire: the Songs of Leonard Cohen (2005)
Eva Dahlgren on the tribute album Cohen – the Scandinavian Report (2009)
Joe Bonamassa on the album Black Rock (2010)
Kiko Veneno on the album Dice la Gente (2010), adapted to spanish
Katey Segal on the television program Sons of Anarchy in Season 3 Episode 4 (2011)

So..... is he crap or is he brilliant? Or am I just missing the point?

I can just see Leonard now with a big smile on his face.....