Music Appreciation

Swede

(35,959 posts) Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:07 PM Apr 7

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

TIME! Gentlemen please!

DOUBLES for everyone!

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You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. (Original Post) Swede Apr 7 OP

My English teacher in 1969 thought it more important to teach English with music. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 7 #1

Cohen has been on my list of great song writers for decades now. amerikat Apr 7 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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1. My English teacher in 1969 thought it more important to teach English with music.

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Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:26 PM

Apr 7

Dude was a young Jesuit scholastic, hiding out from the Viet Nam War Machine. He turned me on to "Suzanne".....this song made a lifelong impact on me.

Oh yeah, he played a lot of North-of-the-Border songwriters. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Jesse Winchester, etc. And other stuff like the Rev. Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt. And we'd discuss the lyrics like they were modern day poetry and , I guess. Whatever, the music and words have stuck with me.

I think this was also a tune we listened to and discussed.

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amerikat

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2. Cohen has been on my list of great song writers for decades now.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Apr 7, 2025, 10:29 PM

Apr 7

He kind of faded from view for awhile until his european tours in the 2000's as I recall.

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