Dear Jarkko,

Congratulations! We can never thank you enough for your long years of dedication, for your kindness, and for bringing us all together.

All good things to you and your family, with Love,

Doron

B4real, Thanks for all those links; a real treat. As for La Marseillaise, my favorite rendition is, of course, from Casablanca : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeFhSzoTuc At the beginning of this thread I said that "it’s pathetic to try to come up with songs against brute force", but here it is (a...

Hi Joe, How nice to have this thread revived after a hiatus of three years... Some things are never lost. We followed your cruise adventure with great alarm and were relieved that you've made it back safely. So now you have quite a story to tell and all those interesting connections to offer. That's...

I have an update for the above “Greek Partisan” song, thanks to information sent to me privately by a good friend. It turns out that it is not an authentic partisans’ song, but a song titled Ποιός δε μιλά για τη λαμπρή, “Poios den mila gia tin Lambri” from the album Enas Omiros , containing poetry b...

“The Partisan” is a song strongly identified with Leonard Cohen, although not written by him. It is one of only ten non-original songs he covered on his various studio and live albums, and the one which stands out most noticeably among them. A particularly exciting moment for me in following him was...

B4real, A very impressive food list, and I’ve missed quite a few (how could I skip chocolates?). I’m not sure, though, that all those items are actually depicted as food staff, even if they may serve so potentially (“fish” in The Night Of Santiago, for example). You may also wish to double check you...

Hi All, As stated earlier, a much more exhaustive effort than what I had in mind was demonstrated once again by B4real, so I refer you to her posting and the wealth of information and quotes available there. For what they are worth, here are the answers I prepared in advance, a few of them slightly ...

B4real,

I’m grateful for your exhaustive effort! Once again, I realized that I should have checked some questions more carefully before posting them, since I had some inexplicable misses. I’ll wait to see if more people are going to post their answers before posting mine on Monday.

B4real,

I'm looking forward to reading yours and (hopefully many) others' contributions!

Hi All, A while ago I confessed that “I’ve quite exhausted my personal mine of questions for the time being”, but then I realized I was wrong. So, due to public demand, as they say in certain businesses, I’m offering here another round of questions on LC’s songs. The quiz covers all official studio ...

Since nobody seems to be taking up the three challenges I mentioned above, here’s my take on one of them: details from the songs on the Thanks for the Dance album that should be added to the previous Q&A. I hope I didn’t miss anything this time. Q 6. The Night Of Santiago (“a gypsy”) Q 11. Happens T...

B4real,

To your question, my friends is a female. Does it make any difference?

Jim, Thank you! Bells should certainly be included, and I can’t believe I forgot to include that clarinet. B4real, Sorry, but I remain unconvinced, for several reasons: 1. LC was careful with credits; in the few cases in which credit for lyrics had to be shared (“Got A Little Secret”; “Song Of Berna...

B4real, I’m afraid I must disagree; the shared credit on those four songs you mentioned must be for the music, and not for the lyrics. The only case of shared credit for the lyrics is “Got A Little Secret” (“Lyrics by LC and Felicity Buirski; Music by LC & Mitch Watkins). One more case of explicitly...

Heather, Yes, this was probably the idea behind the whole thing, being reminded of, and listening again, to all these songs, some very familiar, some less so. I believe I’ve quite exhausted my personal mine of questions for the time being, but if I get the urge, I’ll try to think up some more. Meanw...