One hour of Leonard Cohen

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:44 pm

I wonder if we would see Prince Charles in the VIP section?

How about Undertow for the set list. It feels kind of jazz.

Or a complete evening of Halleluja covers by various artists. By the end of the evening the 100 000 people in the crowd would know the song by heart. A sort of Cohen high mass...

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:33 pm

Margaret I heard of the existence of this song, though I never heard it. Blues of the Jews, then.

Undertow. OK. It was just put on the list.

Even the order of our choices (but of course I can't know for Billy Sunday) By the way any good samaritan could do a file that we can hear here at least a little piece of the piece? Please? 'Would be great.

Yeah! Keep the list running! (although - I know - it is now in the wrong section - if it annoys among the "news" section, well, please move it in the "leonard cohen music" section.)

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:34 am

Link for download of Billy Sunday/Blues for the Jews

(from a concert in Birmingham UK December 8 1979)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... F63E894770

Margaret

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:00 am

A sort of Cohen high mass...

I like that, Simon

.

Okay, I submit "Ballad of the Runaway Horse," with a little help from my 'friends' at NPR, who just played it

, being sung by a woman on their program "Jazzset"

If it's good enough for NPR, it's good enough for me

.

~ Lizzy

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:14 am

Hundred thanks Margaret!

I downloaded the file this morning and I am listening to this blues tonight. Perfect choicefor this list! And how pleased I am to hear a non official record first, I like blues so much, and to hear Leonard Cohen performing that song. Do you (or anybody) know who sings with him?

The Ballad, did she sings it jazzy/bluesy style, or what, Lizzy? This happens sometimes.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:49 pm

It seemed a little more bluesy than jazzy to me, Tchoc, but hey

...

~ Lizzy

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:51 pm

Tchoc,

I think the ladies singing on that tour were Sharon Robinson and Jennifer Warnes.

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:42 am

Ah! Yes, those two. I did not recognized one nor the other. Thanks. I'll listen to this blues again when I finish my things.

So. Now. Anybody have any other song to put on the list? ('have to run, now, but I'll come back asap).

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:09 am

Yes Margaret, thanks for Billy Sunday/Blues for the Jews. That is 17 minutes well spent. I can easily imagine it played under the stars, for thousands of people, on a hot Montréal night at the Jazz Fest. It's perfect.

Do you have any more of those hidden somewhere...?

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:50 am

That was played in Birmingham, December 12, 1979. And there are MANY like this (also Billy Sunday in "normal" 5-mins version). Simon, you are invited to choose from my list (it's old, but valid).

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:55 am

Simon wrote:Do you have any more of those hidden somewhere...?

Billy Sunday, and many others, still on ~greg's site:
http://www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/st ... index.html

Tchocolatl · Post by **Tchocolatl** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:55 pm

Yep Margaret, you do a hit with this. Yeah!

Great.

Tom, any title?(c'mon, man

) Think about it? What if this list is used next year? Woo!

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:23 pm

I wonder if we would see Prince Charles in the VIP section?

I'd love to see that, Simon.

~ Lizzy

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:52 pm

The mp3 of Billy Sunday that Margaret pointed to at:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... F63E894770

is not the same as the one Greg has at:

http://www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/st ... index.html

The first one is 17 minutes, the second one is 13 minutes. The intros are different also. Sound quality is better on the first one. They are probably recordings of the same concert, but from two different nights. I preffer the first one. It's got somewhat of a gospel feel to it.

So maybe Margaret does have other original treasures like that for us...?

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:43 pm

The 17 minute version is from a disc I have titled Golden Voice Volume 2, disc 1 and is marked as from the Odeon in Birmingham 8 December 1979. The Smokey life is also from that night, another possible bluesy number?

The disc also has some other goodies from the sound check in Preston UK 13 December and another Billy Sunday of about 13 minutes from Brighton on 15 December.

Simon and Tchoc, are you interested in a copy or shall I try to upload the complete disc on yousendit ?