Not sure if there's a thread to introduce oneself...

sakuntala · Post by **sakuntala** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:24 am

Sorry if there is one and I didn't find it.
So: I'm the new kid in town, German, 39 years old, listening to L.C. since I found out that I had ears.
I was a lurker here for about three days, that was enough to make me join.
Congratulations for the forum and the members, read you later,
sakuntala

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:35 am

Welcome to the Forum, Sakuntala

... a shame you didn't discover the Forum sooner. We just had an official Leonard Cohen Event in Berlin in August. We'll be going to Hydra this summer in June, though. You could always join us there.

Intros would probably be 'most' appropriate in the Everything Else section, but I'm sure this'll be fine.

So, how did you discover Leonard's work initially? Do you recall the exact occasion?

~ Lizzy

sakuntala · Post by **sakuntala** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:54 am

Hi, Lizzy,
good question. I think it was SWF radio, they had special broadcasts on sunday nights dedicated singers/songwriters then (must date back about 30 years), the niche is long gone, it was a nice place to discover the politically important Germans as well, ah, tempi passati.
Anyway, I got hooked instantly and my L.C. collection has a lot of vinyl thanks to them.
I just did some research on the net to help me with a certain date, but I found out that I was present at the first "I'm your man"-concert in Germany in Mainz, April 5th, 1988. I remember that the master played encores for about an hour, which meant for me that my last train back was gone, so I walked the streets of Mainz until about 6 in the morning to get back home, but I was so filled with music that I did not mind it at all.
Thanks for the welcome,
s.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:41 am

Hi S ~

Ah, walking the streets of Mainz all night because the last train had already left is quite perfect, in fact. I can imagine the scene... the songs going through you, one after the other, as you walked.

Do you prefer the vinyls [as I do]?

We need more radio stations like that... they're hard to find when you're on a long road trip, or at least have been for me.

Ha. Leonard's encores were at one time up to and more than an hour... and now we would love it if his entire show were that. How times change. We'll see...

~ Lizzy

sakuntala · Post by **sakuntala** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:27 am

Hi to you, Lizzy,
I just logged in again because even if it is here 3.17 in the morning I am still around.
Of course I prefer vinyl. I never re-bought a single record I have on CD. Yes, the records are crackling a bit now, but that is the sound I grew up to. And now after years it is again possible to buy record players, I mean, ones you can afford, the specialist's things were always there.
I even own a grammophone and hundreds of 10 inch discs at 78 rpm, and even if this is off topic: if you put a 1912 Caruso recording on you feel he's standing right next to you. No CD in the world can do that.
As to the shows: never give up hoping.
But now I'll really go to sleep.
My regards,
sakuntala

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:33 am

. . . if you put a 1912 Caruso recording on you feel he's standing right next to you.

I've heard some of those recordings played over the radio and can imagine what they might be like, hearing them on your own record player. 78s, huh? That's amazing. Very cool.

Yes... I grew up to that crackling sound, too... and somehow managed to hear the music right through it.

~ Lizzy

MonkOverBook · Post by **MonkOverBook** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:14 am

Ja luur ens, ne Kölsche? Ne Düsseldorfer? Ejal, Du künnz och us Koblenz sinn - dat ess von hee uss ärch noh zesamme. Jot, dat de hee biss!

(For all who don't understand Rhine-Frankish: "Look, someone from Cologne! Or from Düsseldorf? Doesn't matter - you could even be from Koblenz - that's all quite close together, if you look at it from where I live. Good to have you here!")

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:21 am

Thanks for the translation, MonkOverBook

~ It's also great to see you here, again.

How is your son

?

~ Lizzy

sakuntala · Post by **sakuntala** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:21 am

Hi, MonkOverBook,
Koblenz is close. Thanks for the welcome.
Hope I'll find a way to make myself useful here.
Helau, Alaaf (anything like that for Munich?), greetings...

Famous blue raincoat · Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:06 am

hello...im Marc 41 from the UK.....been into LC since....dunno...16 ish.
Im a singer and his work is a great inspiration along with Scott Walker, Bowie etc.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:12 am

Welcome to you, as well, Famous blue raincoat, Marc 41 from the UK

. Since "16 ish"? How was your connection originally made?

~ Lizzy

Famous blue raincoat · Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:18 am

lizzytysh wrote:Welcome to you, as well, Famous blue raincoat, Marc 41 from the UK . Since "16 ish"? How was your connection originally made?

~ Lizzy

think I was introduced to him by a girlfriend....gawd that was a long time ago

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:26 am

. . . think I was introduced to him by a girlfriend....

Similar to mine... for me, it was an about-to-become former husband

.

. . . gawd that was a long time ago

Uh... for me, too

.

~ Lizzy

John Etherington · Post by **John Etherington** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:30 am

Greetings, Sakuntala and welcome to the board.

Die Gedanken Sind Frei!

John E

Diane · Post by **Diane** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:19 am

Hello Famous Blue! Always nice to see new people from the UK on here. Welcome, and see you around.

Diane