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I'd like to hear the whole album in the concerts too.

Personally, I would also like quite a change in the set list, including most, if not all of the new CD. LC has a large list of songs, no need surely to bring out more than 50% of the last general set list this tour? Some of the last tour songs have been well recorded on a couple of CD's and I just feel it would be quite nice to break away from the general list in 2008-10 and see a very refreshed tour this time, even if just to ensure a distinct separation and not to let the two tours converge as one extra long tour.

well i will rather some older ideas anyhow in my opinion banjo, darkness, crazy or lullaby could be somehow nice.

I would like hear "Different Sides" included...in fact, the way things are shaping up they should perhaps re-title this the "Different Sides Tour"!

My New Ideas for the Old Ideas Tour

PART ONE

1. Dance Me To The End Of Love (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
2. Going Home (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
3. The Faith (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
4. Darkness
5. Born in Chains
6. Lullaby
7. The Window (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
8. Alexandra Leaving
9. A Thousand Kisses Deep (the song, not recited)

PART TWO

10. Crazy to Love You (Cohen Solo)
11. Thanks for the Dance (Cohen Solo)
12. Suzanne (Cohen Solo)
13. The Gypsy’s Wife (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
14. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
15. The traitor (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
16. Joan of Arc (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
17. Tonight Will Be Fine (with Alexandru’s burning violin as in Live Songs 1973!)
18. Amen (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)
19. Banjo
20. Different Sides

1ST ENCORE

21. So Long, Marianne
22. First, We Take Manhattan

2ND ENCORE

23. Famous Blue Raincoat
24. Closing Time (with Alexandru’s burning violin!)

3rd ENCORE

25. Bird on the Wire
26. Do I Have To Dance All Night?
(Instead of Cohen telling us "I Tried to Leave You", he could tell us "Do I Have to Dance (and sing) All Night?

John Etherington wrote:I would like hear "Different Sides" included...in fact, the way things are shaping up they should perhaps re-title this the "Different Sides Tour"!

I am excited to hear any of the new songs with the Webb Sisters adding their exquisite vocals... the way the album should have been recorded. From the first listen, 'Different Sides' cried out for their voices.

Cheers,
Ken(adian)

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Ken - Absolutely! I'm looking forward to hearing the Webb Sisters sing "Come Healing". I propose that it might be their new show piece.

scocoh - I was thinking that "Different Sides" might replace "Closing Time".

Dreamermusic, I love all your ten suggested songs with Alex B's violin playing in them.

And that's a good set list but I would:

1. Keep A Thousand Kisses as a recitation or another poem in it's place - maybe one from The Book Of Longing - I wish he would recite more poems like he used to.
2. Replace Lullaby with Show Me The Place.
3. Replace Banjo with Hallelujah.
(I know it is an Old Ideas Tour but it's difficult not to include this classic)

........ and of course all with Alex's violin now that makes twelve or maybe thirteen with the poem.

scocoh wrote:How many of the Old Ideas songs will we hear in concert? My hope is that they play all or almost all of the new songs. I love the album and think adding the new songs will bring a lot of excitement to the fans who have seen the recent tours.

Your thoughts?

During the 1993 Future Tour, in Detroit, I heard 5 out of the nine songs. Tacoma Trailer, we wouldn't have heard him singing and Always, not written by him - so,I don't count these two, so I guess I heard 5 out of 7 songs. Pretty good ratio.

To follow up on MaryB's suggestion, I've heard a few recordings from the I'm Your Man Tour in 1988, and Leonard sang every song from that album, although I Can't Forget and Jazz Police were not performed at every concert (but they were performed here and there). So, that bodes well for Old Ideas! I'd love to hear all ten of the new songs played live!!

New Skin for the Old Ceremony and I'm Your Man are the only albums with every song (11+8) being perfomed at least once.

Well, we can hope that Old Ideas will be added to that list!