)... I do hope these girls are not members of this forum, as everyone I've met or chatted with here are very nice and respectfull of LC and the band, and the audience... and if you are ladies, well I would rather avoiding seeing you again, for the sake of my leather handbag.Just before 8pm, the band take the stage and open with the usual, Dance Me. Before the next song, The Future, Leonard apologies to the audience for the delay, the change in venue, and the associated costs and inconveniences befalling those who thought they were going to Hop Farm in Kent, rather than London Wembley. ‘I learned the same time you did,’ says the man, rousing the audience into laughter and good cheer. He says those decisions are made by people whose ‘hands I never get to shake — or crush.’
Cohen apologised to his fans for the late venue change for the weekend's shows, which were initially supposed to take place at Hop Farm in Kent, site of the annual Hop Farm Festival. After the evening's opening song, 'Dance Me To The End Of Love', he said sorry for any inconvenience caused and added: "I want you to know I learned about it [the venue switch] the same time you did. There are unseen hands that manipulate the marketplace. Hands that I never get to see...or crush."
I agree with you on this. Attending an LC concert with an Irish audience......I wish everyone had the good fortune to be able to do so. It is an experience like no other concert.Liamberney wrote:My bet is that the Irish started the singalong on so long Marianne.
IMHO The Webbs and Sharon as always were fab, but at the points that Charley plays clarinet I couldn't hear it in the mix at all! Mitch added a little touch of 'Oh Suzanna' to the end of Democracy, nice musical joke. LC has it all and live performance really shows it. He's got the lyrics, he's got extremely meaty musical compositions, song writing talent and he is a compelling performer surrounded by a really tight backing band. The beauty of musical interpretation and live performance is old lyrics sometimes take on new meaning and this happened on several occasions for me. and hanging out with me. I had a wonderful time! Thank you and thank you LC!
Only just got home so extremely tired to write more for now but hopefully once I checked what I recorded I will see if it's worth downloading it. I think it's close to this:cohenadmirer wrote:Its something about living in london years ago - long before hampstead became fashionable.The anecdote goes on a little i think naming a landlady called stela pullman . He finishes by saying he thinks this happened but can't be sure .somewhat_nifty wrote:We couldn't work out what he was saying on the night! He says 'it was long before Hampstead became fashionable' but then he just mumbles... I'll have another listen!
I think there may be brief anecdotes at his stage of this song whenever he plays it , themed around memory and its unreliability ,a play around ' i can't forget but i don't remember what ' , and yet another injection of humour into his performance
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