What Song Are You Listening To Right Now (3)

[faroukfarouk]

Yes just last November I believe he had been sick for some time. His last album as always is absolutely beautiful

Wasn't he from Montreal? like Mordecai Richler, Saul Bellow, etc.

Montreal's Jewish community has bee very much involved in the arts.

 

[gentlejah]

yep born in Montreal and went to McGill

 

[faroukfarouk]

yep born in Montreal and went to McGill

Sounds like you know Montreal!

I'll try to dig up a good track from Disciple; it's called Radical.

 

[gentlejah]

 

[gentlejah]

Sounds like you know Montreal!

I'll try to dig up a good track from Disciple; it's called Radical.

I am about 2 hours away in Ontario

 

[faroukfarouk]

Here it is:

 

[faroukfarouk]

I am about 2 hours away in Ontario

We are in Ontario, too; my wife and I; much nearer Toronto.

So do you consider Ottawa or Montreal your cultural backyard?

 

[faroukfarouk]

stunningly beautiful

PS: This must be among his best tracks.

 

[gentlejah]

I've only been to those cities a few times in my life. I grew up in the country in the middle of nowhere.

 

[gentlejah]

PS: This must be among his best tracks.

hauntingly beautiful

 

[gentlejah]

 

[faroukfarouk]

hauntingly beautiful

'Haunting' captures it.

 

[faroukfarouk]

This track from Leonard Cohen sounds like a cross between Abba and Israel Kamawawiwo'ole...

 

[gentlejah]

haha I love ABBA!

 

[faroukfarouk]

haha I love ABBA!

I think that 'Soldiers' is among Abba's most effective pieces:

 

[faroukfarouk]

This is another of Abba's really effective ones:

 

[gentlejah]

this was one of my fav songs when I was little and I used to sing it all the time lol

 

[faroukfarouk]

...and you know, I think that Madonna's version of 'Like an Angel passing through my room' is even more effective than Abba's original:

 

[gentlejah]

...and you know, I think that Madonna's version of 'Like an Angel passing through my room' is even more effective than Abba's original:

I haven't heard of it..I will listen

 

[gentlejah]