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I remember that night well David. I think we were near you that night. By the time we walked down from Montjuic we found ourselves having to wait until 3.45 near Place Espanya for the night bus back to Sitges!

Hi vicomte

Yes front row right edge, good memories ( even perhaps the difficulty getting 'home' doesn't seem so bad after all this time )

David

Yes David, I thought it was you and of course as you say, far right front row. John and Jean from Liverpool were just a couple of rows back and they travelled back to Sitges with us on the night bus. Great night all round.

On the previous visit to Montjuic and after the lunch in honour of Leonard's 75th birthday, Vicomtesse and Jean were startled on the way up to the gig after the lunch by a naked man jumping out on them half way up to the concert.They had no such luck on the next occasion!

We'll...what do we think of Joan of Arc which is now available? Hattiesburg shines on it imho.

"Hattiesburg"??? Apologies Hattie- curse of the predictive text phenomenon...

Where is Joan of Arc available?

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/4/Fir ... oan-of-Arc

Enjoy it!

Thankyou stella S. Joan of arc is so beautiful , a song i really wanted to hear live and it's such a pity he performed it only once , as far as i know, at an actual grand tour concert. The suggestion was that he didn't feel he and the band had quite ' nailed it' , but this recording ( from a soundcheck I think ) suggests otherwise.

stella s. wrote:http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/4/Fir ... oan-of-Arc

Not available in Russia ("outside Canada", as they say, but I know what does that mean ) yet.

cohenadmirer wrote:Joan of arc is so beautiful , a song i really wanted to hear live and it's such a pity he performed it only once , as far as i know, at an actual grand tour concert.

Twice:
1) Portland - Nov. 11, 2012 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9L7uS7RcXQ
2) Vancouver - Nov. 12, 2012

cohenadmirer wrote:this recording ( from a soundcheck I think )

Soundcheck, Quebec City, Colisée Pepsi - Dec. 2, 2012

Joan of Arc sounds sublime. I love that he's releasing tracks, like breadcrumbs, as we wait for the release.

Thanks for the corrections.... change to saying it's such a pity he only performed it twice.... and particularly that i wasn't there for either !

Goldin wrote:...1) Portland - Nov. 11, 2012 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9L7uS7RcXQ...

I was there, and it was absolutely sublime. It is nice that a sound-check recording will be released, but nothing can quite capture what it was like to hear it live, after all those years. I am so glad that Arlene (RIP, dear friend) caught it on video.

Goldin wrote: Not available in Russia ("outside Canada", as they say, but I know what does that mean ) yet.

It's on youtube now .... https://youtu.be/drqgPNNv3K8

LisaLCFan wrote:

Goldin wrote:...1) Portland - Nov. 11, 2012 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9L7uS7RcXQ...

I was there, and it was absolutely sublime. It is nice that a sound-check recording will be released, but nothing can quite capture what it was like to hear it live, after all those years. I am so glad that Arlene (RIP, dear friend) caught it on video.

I agree Lisa. I'd heard it in soundcheck in Dublin and I knew from other sources that they were really working on it but even so I will hever forget the shock and thrill of hearing it live in concert for the first time in so long. My recording was rubbish - marred by my involuntary squeal of surprise and delight. Fortunately Arlene kept her cool and captured it perfectly.

What I find most interesting is that they were still rehearsing the song after its two outings in Portland and Vancouver. They had trouble finding a key which suited both Leonard and Hattie and I am quite heartened that they didn't give up after Vancouver, even though we never heard the song publicly again.

Wendy

I heard Joan of Arc in Vancouver and was so excited and touched by its beauty.
Excited to hear 'Can't Forget' but am not listening until I have the CD at home…I have been like this with 'Old Ideas' and 'Popular Problems'. Although its hard to avoid all the links I have so far not listened...
I am so glad 'Joan of Arc' is on 'Can't Forget'. We are so lucky!
Leslie