L.C. Song Hunt

[Goldin]

Hi Hartmut,

My guess: Bird on the Wire & Chelsea Hotel #2

[Hartmut]

Yes, of course.

Are there any more LC songs with a Kristofferson connection? I can't think of any.

Or - the other way round - are there any Kristofferson songs with a LC connection?

[Steven]

Hi Hartmut,

I don't know of other such connections. Here's a link to an interview with Kris Kristofferson, though, that
includes comments about L.C. and Lefty Frizzell's music. There may be a connection between Frizzell's "Mom and Dad's Waltz" and L.C.'s "Bird On The Wire." I think that there's a small amout of derivation or influence. Here's a link to the interview: http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/ ... YGWsn.dpbs. People may want to consider the Frizzell song, particularly at 1:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEIcV_rZbfQ.

[Goldin]

Thanks, Hartmut!

Please name top-3 European cities with the biggest number of LC concerts.
The winner should list them in the correct order!

[Hartmut]

Thank you for the links, Steven! - I had read that interview some time ago. And I think Mr. Kristofferson is quite right. The melody of 'Bird' is very similar to the one of that Lizzell song.

[Steven]

Hi,

Can anyone correctly answer Goldin's question?

[holydove]

Hi Steven & Roman,

The best I can do is take some wild guesses, because, though it would be interesting to know, I have not kept track of that kind of info (sorry, Roman!); so my (very) wild guesses would be: Dublin, Paris & London (?).

I don't know if Roman is referring to all the concerts through all the years of Leonard's entire performing career, or just to the tour of 2008-2013; but maybe the answer would be the same either way (maybe not). . .?

[Goldin]

Hi Rachel,

As one of my favourite band's discs is titled, Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order.
Three cities you've listed - each of them have hosted 20+ concerts in the period from 1968 to 2013. Now we need to find the right order.
The no. 1 remains the leader even if we don't count two special nights in 1988, when LC has performed just one song each time.

[Hartmut]

1988, one song ... that must have been 'Tower of Song' at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala in the RAH in ... London.

[Goldin]

You are right, Hartmut!
Only four songs, recorded in the city no. 2, were released officially. A surprisingly small number, if we compare it with the other two cities!

[Hartmut]

I think 'Do I have to dance all night' was recorded in Paris.

[Steven]

Hi,

Some words in a L.C. song are remarkably similar to a handful or so of words found in a Knut Hamsun
book. Can you name the song? (I've read one book by Hamsun; not this one, so can't answer any
questions about the context in which the words appear.)

[Steven]

Hi,

I'm timing this out. Hamsun's Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers has these words:
"The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar." The italicization is mine.
As many here will readily recognize, the similarity is to L.C.'s "Show Me The Place" which contains:
"So I loved you like a slave."

[Goldin]

Hi Steven,

I've read Pan earlier this year. It's a brilliant story of emotionally perverted relationships. Actually, the main male character is pronouncedly free: he's a Saturnian hermit; but at the same time he finds himself "chained" to her. I can't remember this particular phrase, but it certainly makes sense.

I'd like to share the answer to my question about European cities with the biggest number of LC concerts:

1. London (28, excluding two The Prince's Trust Rock Gala in 1988)
2. Paris (26)
3. Dublin (22)

[mutti]

This is a little unrelated so please excuse me for jumping in…does anyone remember the game that involved guessing the city? it seems to have died down over the last few years. I loved it.
If you find the thread or want to start playing again someone please let me know or start the thread again.
Thanks
Cheers Leslie