I'm Your Fan By Amanda on February 12, 2009 9:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)
OK I haven't quite exhausted my all Cohen, all the time kick. It's a bitch coming down, man.
I did an 8tracks of various Cohenalia. Covers mostly (the ones I can stomach), some songs "about" him, a version of "Chant des Partisans" and a bit of Len himself, including a Dreadfully Serious Poem from his early Montréal days. Direct link or the embed:
Also see wayfarer's mix (Andre in comments here) includes some Len collabs which are new to me. That Herbie Hancock one makes me happy in a special place.
I also watched, remarkably for the first time, the I'm Your Man doco as it screened on SBS the other night. The live bits were filmed at the 2005 Opera House gig which we -- my two sisters and me -- were at. My sister -- who will ONE DAY flipping comment here ;-) -- watched it before me and emailed that it didn't seem like they were looking at the lyrics, which was a major gripe of ours at the time. Alas, SHE LIED. Here is my original blog post about it. Because, seriously Nick Cave is obviously looking at the frigging lyrics in the video. NICK, WHY DO YOU HURT ME THIS WAY. I mean, I don't care what Jarvis flipping Cocker does with his time but Nick Cave is NOT ALLOWED to disappoint me. Sure "Suzanne" is a bit wordy but what's your excuse for not knowing "I'm Your Man"? It brought it all back.
But it brough back all the things in my follow up post about the good things. The vid also reminded me Perla Batalla and Julie Christensen were awesome and really, despite being by far the least of the names there fame-wise, their "Anthem" was the highlight of the movie I just saw. They get it. It's interesting to see I liked The Handsome Family in 05 since now I find them boring. I'd forgotten I ever liked them. But "Heart With No Companion" is a terrific shitkicker song, it's just their own songs which have no melody. Anthony was an unknown -- really he was, back then. I'm tempted to dig back into Blogger and fix the error on the title of only my favouritest song ever, but I won't.
It's weird seeing blog posts from four years ago, I won't do it too often.
By Francis Xavier Holden
on February 13, 2009 12:19 PM
I think you should write to Mr Cave. And give him a long distance whack over the knuckles with a big ruler.
Tell him. "Don't.whack.Do.whack.That.whack Again.whack.Understand.whack."
By Andre
on February 13, 2009 8:20 PM
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the link. I've listened to your last two mixes a few times (I've a feeling that all four of the listens to your Jan. eMusic mix are me.) Mind you,most of the listeners to my mixes are me as well - what can I say - I like my own mixes.
Thanks also for the heads up on Justin Townes Earle. Seen him twice recently and he is great! I also saw Rodney Crowell at long last. Superb. such a genuine, humble man.
By Amanda
on February 13, 2009 8:36 PM
Heh, yeah. I call it "vanity muxing" (from the Muxtape days) and its mostly what I do too. I've almost done a post on the sychology and practice of vanity muxing a few times!
I got an advance copy of JTE's new record from the label, Bloodshot but haven't listened yet. Too exciting. Also seeing Rodney Crowell in April which I'm looking forward to.
@FXH Nick is disturbing to hear speak b/c he should sound like Leonard COhen and instead sounds like Lleyton Hewitt.
By Andre
on February 13, 2009 10:42 PM
Did you ever see this documentary? I remember seeing it on tv at the time and realising that Leonard Cohen was the world's coolest man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4MCIcotywQ&feature=related
By Amanda
on February 14, 2009 6:55 AM
Thanks, Andre. What did we do before YouTube? His three botles of red before a show era. I can relate.
I also think the 8tracks counter might be a bit wonky. Some random left a comment on my Cohen one, but the counter still reads "0".
By Andre
on February 14, 2009 10:04 PM
I think you are right about the counter.
Looking forward to giving the African mix a listen. I've had a quick look and haven't seen anything I recognise.
By Jo S
on February 15, 2009 12:16 PM
My dear Amanda,
It's merely Nick's way of reminding us that he's merely human. And what do you mean he sounds like Lleyton Hewitt when he speaks????? On Nick's behalf, I'm offended!
By Andre
on February 18, 2009 9:51 PM
Finally listened to "Varieties". Loved Perla Batalla & Francoise Hardy. Where on Earth did you find the Partisan Song?
I've put an extra track in my mix - Ana Belén singing "Take This Waltz" LC's arrangement, Lorca's words.