L.C. Song Hunt
L.C. Song Hunt
Hi,
There's a line in a L.C. song that relates to someone who had an internal lack; that person sought to remedy
the situation by doing something externally oriented. Who, if anyone, will identify the song and sublime
line that I've in mind?
There's a line in a L.C. song that relates to someone who had an internal lack; that person sought to remedy
the situation by doing something externally oriented. Who, if anyone, will identify the song and sublime
line that I've in mind?
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Re: L.C. Song Hunt
7. I did my best, it wasn't muchanneporter wrote:I couldn't feel, so I learned/ tried to touch
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
If this is the required quote, it is the final verse of Hallelujah.
Alan
Too much Leonard Cohen is never enough.
London 1972, Adelaide 1980, 1985, 2009
Sydney 2010; Adelaide 2010
Sydney 2013 X2; Melbourne 2013; Adelaide 2013
London 1972, Adelaide 1980, 1985, 2009
Sydney 2010; Adelaide 2010
Sydney 2013 X2; Melbourne 2013; Adelaide 2013
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi,
They got it right.
They got it right.
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi,
Thinking of a song that has a full charge of emotional content and little, if any, art-detracting sentimentality.
Can you identify the one I'm thinking of? Of course, these attributes aren't unique to the song.
Thinking of a song that has a full charge of emotional content and little, if any, art-detracting sentimentality.
Can you identify the one I'm thinking of? Of course, these attributes aren't unique to the song.
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Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Could be almost anything- but I'll go for Banjo, as powerful and pared down.
'There's something that I'm watching, means a lot to me.
It's a broken banjo bobbing on a dark infested sea.
Don't know how it got there, prob'ly taken by the waves
Off of someone's shoulder, or out of someone's grave.
It's coming for me darling, no matter where I go.
Its duty is to harm me, my duty is to know.'
'There's something that I'm watching, means a lot to me.
It's a broken banjo bobbing on a dark infested sea.
Don't know how it got there, prob'ly taken by the waves
Off of someone's shoulder, or out of someone's grave.
It's coming for me darling, no matter where I go.
Its duty is to harm me, my duty is to know.'
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi AlexandraLaughing,
Wasn't "Banjo," though that song fits the bill. It was "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye."
Wasn't "Banjo," though that song fits the bill. It was "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye."
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi,
This next song may contain a reflection of a combination of high work ethic and self-deprecation on the
part of L.C. Hint: specific lyrics are key here.
This next song may contain a reflection of a combination of high work ethic and self-deprecation on the
part of L.C. Hint: specific lyrics are key here.
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi,
Alright, put another way, there's a puritanical component to particular lyrics of this song and L.C.
as a song character is not the one expressing it. This should now be easier.
Alright, put another way, there's a puritanical component to particular lyrics of this song and L.C.
as a song character is not the one expressing it. This should now be easier.
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"The Stranger Song"?
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I never saw this thread Steven; although I see 600 people did! Keep it up and I'll be back. (O, geez, that's some strange phrasing.)
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
This section of "The Stranger Song"
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
To get me to the heart of this or any other matter
When he talks like this, you don't know what he's after
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
To get me to the heart of this or any other matter
When he talks like this, you don't know what he's after
When he speaks like this, you don't know what he's after
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Nope that doesn't work. I'll try again tomorrow. More hints?
I think whoever gets the answer should take the burden off of you and be "it".
I think whoever gets the answer should take the burden off of you and be "it".
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
Hi Dar,
Okay, here's another hint: The particular lines are most likely those of God as a character
in the song.
Okay, here's another hint: The particular lines are most likely those of God as a character
in the song.
Re: L.C. Song Hunt
If it's a song in "Ten New Songs" or "Dear Heather" I don't know those albums. I'm so old school Cohen it's ridiculous.
Is it in an early or late album?
Is it in an early or late album?