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Post by grumpy on May 29, 2013 14:54:14 GMT
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Post by grumpy on May 29, 2013 15:03:45 GMT
Joan of Arc:
Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc
As she came riding through the dark;
No moon to keep her armour bright,
No man to get her through this very smoky night.
She said, I’m tired of the war,
I want the kind of work I had before,
A wedding dress or something white
To wear upon my swollen appetite.
Well, I’m glad to hear you talk this way,
You know I’ve watched you riding every day
And something in me yearns to win
Such a cold and lonesome heroine.
And who are you? she sternly spoke
To the one beneath the smoke.
Why, I’m fire, he replied,
And I love your solitude, I love your pride.
Then fire, make your body cold,
I’m going to give you mine to hold,
Saying this she climbed inside
To be his one, to be his only bride.
And deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of Joan of Arc,
And high above the wedding guests
He hung the ashes of her wedding dress.
It was deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of Joan of Arc,
And then she clearly understood
If he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?
"then fire, make your body cold,
I'm going to give you mine to hold,"
Saying this she climbed inside
To be his one, to be his only bride.
And deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of Joan of Arc,
And high above the wedding guests
He hung the ashes of her wedding dress.
It was deep into his fiery heart
He took the dust of Joan of Arc,
And then she clearly understood
If he was fire, oh then she must be wood.
I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2013 15:41:51 GMT
God knows I've tried, but Ol' Len just never did it for me.
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Post by rockstone on May 29, 2013 15:46:42 GMT
Now that is more like it.
With you on your number 1 Chris.
Would certainly include The Partisan in any Top 10 of his, great writer
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Post by grumpy on May 29, 2013 15:50:17 GMT
Yes, Mick, The Partisan would have made it had it been a Top 12
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Post by rockstone on May 29, 2013 16:37:36 GMT
C'mon Chris fill in the blank.
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Post by grumpy on May 29, 2013 17:02:09 GMT
Oh, alright then; I'm twiddling my thumbs at work waiting for an invasion of open-day visitors so here goes:
12. The Partisan
13. Avalanche
14. Story of Isaac
15. First we take Manhattan
16. So long, Marianne
17. Hallelujah (version on Various Positions)
18. Suzanne
19. Hey that's no way to say goodbye
20. Love calls you by your name
21. Bird on the wire
22. Who by fire
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Post by Benj52 on May 30, 2013 15:04:56 GMT
The spot where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake is now a flower bed in a very dull public space in the centre of Rheims.
There was a modest plaque, but no BBQ takeways in sight, when we visited a few years ago.
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Post by acidmintz on May 30, 2013 21:28:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2013 21:47:22 GMT
"Nobody ever listens to me, I might as well be a Leonard Cohen LP" - Neil (The Young Ones)
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Post by grumpy on May 31, 2013 9:58:08 GMT
And how could I forget:
24. One of us cannot be wrong
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Post by rockstone on May 31, 2013 11:47:56 GMT
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Post by I on Jun 1, 2013 0:28:45 GMT
'Sisters Of Mercy' is probably my favourite Cohen song; 'Suzanne' is nice poetry too. I heard those first two albums of his constantly during the early 1970s but haven't listened to him much since. I also have no immediate plans to end my own life.
Reel
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Post by grumpy on Jun 1, 2013 5:50:34 GMT
Well, I'm relieved to hear that, Penny. I too have set my canon 'gainst self-slaughter, as indeed, quite clearly, has Cohen. However I have resolved to learn the jew's harp when I retire from work.
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Post by mmike56 on Jun 1, 2013 14:00:38 GMT
I'm very partial to Death Of A Ladies Man - CD quote *Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On*   Peace |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2013 14:11:45 GMT
The spot where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake is now a flower bed in a very dull public space in the centre of Rheims. There was a modest plaque, but no BBQ takeways in sight, when we visited a few years ago. In stark contrast to where her brother Noah is buried which is a big family water park. |
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