L.C. Song Hunt

[Hartmut]

For the record, the full title is "Hey, That's No Way to Wear Your Kilt."

You're probably right.

[Goldin]

Thanks, Hartmut!

Now it's my turn to say anything strange - and:

ALDDLFS?

Please name the last letter.

[Hartmut]

Now it's my turn to say anything strange - and:

ALDDLFS?

Please name the last letter.

I'm pretty sure we won't need more than 26 guesses ...

[Hartmut]

ALDDLFS?

Please name the last letter.

The last letter is "Z", of course. - Sorry, it took me so long.

[Goldin]

LOL - yes, but no. 25 rounds to go.

[Hartmut]

It's a "J" - for "Joan".

[Hartmut]

Maybe I should explain, for people who are not as astute (and humble) as I:

"ALDDLFSJ" represents a list of famous singer-songwriters who have a connection of some sort to Leonard Cohen.

Aznavour, Charles
Lovett, Lyle
Dylan, Bob
de Burgh, Chris
Lightnin' Hopkins
Fogerty, John
Simone, Nina
Joan Baez

[Hartmut]

Another important common factor: All of them write songs about hate and love and stuff like that.

[Hartmut]

Ok, here's a more difficult one:

Which song deals with herbal refreshments as well as with small flies - but is called neither "Suzanne" nor "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong"?

[Steven]

Hi Hartmut,

I concede defeat on this Song Hunt question. Thought there could be a connection to Leonard Cohen's poet friend, mentor, and supporter Irving Layton. Why? Because Layton's poem "A Tall Man Executes A Jig" contains gnats, which are small flies. -- Considered "Go No More A-Roving," Byron's poem turned into song by Leonard Cohen and dedicated to Irving Layton. That was a dead end. ("Roving" with herbal tea in hand doesn't cut it, under ordinary circumstances. ) There may be a song whose creation was accompanied by the presence of small flies or an outdoor concert where the insects were pesky during a particular song performance. Such a song may not have anything to do with the question.

[Hartmut]

Hi Steven,

well, it is a difficult question.

On the other hand: maybe not really that difficult? - All you need is a song that contains the word "tea" and a word for flies (of the pesky variety).

More hints? Ok: Cohen co-wrote that song together with someone who then recorded it. There is also a cover version by a relatively well-known jazz singer that was released in the same year as the original version.

[B4real]

Hi Hartmut,

Just giving myself a break from my self assigned book task

I'd cook for her, I'd pour her tea"........."beneath the white mosquito net"......

Half the Perfect World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s88JFBLM0w
Anjani Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zXaVOsoaxg
Madeleine Peyroux

[Hartmut]

Well, Bev, you are very productive even in your breaks: Your answer is correct, of course.

I hope your book project is coming along well.

And thanks for the dance ... I mean: links.

[B4real]

Thanks Hartmut,
With my book, the more I do, the more there is to do! But I've done the ground work and it's taking shape for sure.
BTW I had just added the lyrics to Half The Perfect World so it was fresh in my mind!
As is this next song for you all to guess

It has a variety of visual images, including with and without clothes, religion and a bursting charge.

[Hartmut]

Just a quick guess: Is it "Everybody Knows"?