Leonard Cohen
11 June 1993
Theatre du Capitole, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Sony WM-D3 with supplied microphones > Cassette Master > DAT(1) > CDR(1) > Exact Audio Copy v0.99pb4 > Sound Forge 9.0e > Trader's Little Helper 2.4.1 > .flac16
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TT: 128:50.00
Set One:
00. [MISSING] Dance Me to the End of Love
01. [5:07.72] //The Future
02. [5:44.45] Ain't No Cure for Love
03. [7:01.07] Bird on the Wire
04. [6:09.46] Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson)
05. [6:05.51] Anthem
06. [4:57.51] There Is a War
07. [6:16.73] First We Take Manhattan
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Set Two:
08. [4:12.29] Avalanche
09. [4:21.20] Suzanne
10. [7:25.25] Tower of Song
11. [8:17.65] Democracy
12. [9:55.64] Waiting for the Miracle (Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson)
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13. [5:57.20] I'm Your Man
14. [6:13.21] Joan of Arc
15. [6:54.03] Closing Time
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Encore #1:
16. [6:38.31] Sisters of Mercy
17. [8:17.39] Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen after Federico Garcia Lorca)
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Encore #2:
18. [6:59.57] Hallelujah
19. [9:14.25] I Tried to Leave You
20. [2:59.06] Whither Thou Goest (Guy Singer after the Book of Ruth 1:16)
t08 Leonard Cohen solo
Incomplete concert. Complete extant recording.
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The band is:
Leonard Cohen - vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboard
Perla Batalla - vocals
Julie Christensen - vocals
Bob Metzger - guitars, pedal steel guitar
Bob Furgo - keyboards, violin
Paul Ostermayer - keyboards, saxophone, flute
Bill Ginn - keyboards
Jorge Calderon - bass
Steve Meador - drums
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LenTalk:
***after THE FUTURE:
Take your seat.(?)
***before AIN'T NO CURE FOR LOVE:
When Jesus Christ was hanging from that final branch, he looked beneath his feet at the upturned faces; the faces of anger, envy, greed, despair, melancholy... The voices crying out, "Get a life! Get a life!" He knew then that a lever had been throw in the cosmos. He knew for sure there ain't no cure for love.
***after AIN'T NO CURE FOR LOVE:
Perla Batalla! Julie Christensen!
***before BIRD ON THE WIRE:
[in French]
***during BIRD ON THE WIRE:
Mr Bobby Metzger on the guitar!
***after BIRD ON THE WIRE:
[in French]
***before EVERYBODY KNOWS:
Everybody knows ..... .
***before ANTHEM:
The wars, they will be fought again. The holy dove... [in French].
***before FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN:
And I thank you for the items that we sent me: the monkey and the plywood violin. I've practised every night. Now I am ready, first we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.
***over FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN coda:
[in French]
***after SUZANNE:
Merci beaucoup!
***after TOWER OF SONG:
Perla Batalla! Julie Christensen!
Thank you so much, friends. [in French].
***before DEMOCRACY:
It ain't coming to us European style
Concentration camp behind a smile
It ain't coming from the East
With its temporary feast
As Count Dracula comes strolling down the aisle.
And I know your baby's missing
Oh, we sited her today
She was cleaning her machine gun
She was waving her beret
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
***after DEMOCRACY:
[in French].
***before WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE:
Baby, let's get married. We've been alone too long. Let's be alone together, let's see if we're that strong. Let's do something crazy, something absolutely wrong while we're waiting for the miracle to come.
***after WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE:
Mr Paul Ostermayer ..... . Mr Bill Ginn ...... . Mr Steve Meador ..... . Mr Jorge Calderon bassist! Mr Bob Metzger ........ . Mr Bob Furgo violinist! ........... Perla Batalla! Julie Christensen!
***before I'M YOUR MAN:
[in French]
***before CLOSING TIME:
[in French]
***before SISTERS OF MERCY:
Merci. Merci beaucoup. [in French].
***after SISTERS OF MERCY:
Bobby Furgo on the violin. Oh, please sit down.
***before TAKE THIS WALTZ:
A long time ago in Montreal, I entered a second-hand bookstore and I opened a book and I accepted a poet's invitation to enter into a world of crystal and ants and arches and thighs that slipped away like schools of silver minnows... I am still in that world. I've never left it, and tonight I offer my tiny homage to the great Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca.
***during I TRIED TO LEAVE YOU:
Paul Ostermayer - saxophone, keyboards! Mr Bobby Metzger - electric guitar, steel guitar! Mr Bobby Furgo on the violin! Miss Perla Batalla! Mr Bill Ginn on the keyboards! Miss Julie Christensen! Mr Jorge Calderon on the bass! Mr Steve Meador on the drums!
***during WHITHER THOU GOEST:
Thank you so much, friends, for this reception that's so warm and so generous this evening. On behalf of musicians and myself, I want to thank you very, very much. We'll never forget tonight. Please don't catch a cold, drive safely home, g-d bless you!
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DiLeCo 2009
Last rev. 24Aug09