Comments on: born a lonely singer

By: Bon

Bon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:14:38 +0000

Mad, our stereo was the particle-board equivalent of a Frank Lloyd Wright house…all horizontals and planes. would have fit beautifully into its environment if we hadn’t lived in an old Victorian house.

and yeh, i actually remembered somewhere in the middle of the concert that Kris was a Rhodes Scholar. his writing is still intelligent even this late in his career…i was impressed with the new songs.

By: Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:06:36 +0000

Oh and did you have one of those stereos that looked like a space ship, complete with round speakers? Or how about the upright cabinet hi-fi instead. My oldest brother had the former, my mother the latter.

By: Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:05:09 +0000

I love Kris. He is all class. Did you know that he was a Rhodes Scholar? (Damn, I hope I’m remembering correctly). My sister Eleanor always claimed that Kris was the only man she’d leave her husband for.

And, hon, your lp collection from childhood was freakishly similar to ours: a lot of Roger Whittaker, John Denver, Mario Lanza and … Perry Como. Some day I should write a post about Perry Como and his link to my childhood.

Glad you got away and had a bit of fun, car sickness notwithstanding.

By: tash

tash — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:14:08 +0000

I was just telling Bella about how I used to put on a record, and then curl up under my mom’s baby grand where the speakers were. And my parents’ music became mine: Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, the Beatles. It wasn’t until one of the first times I went to hear Lyle Lovett live (I have now more times than I can recall) and he announced that his primary female backup singer was Francine Reed — who my parents often went out to see when we were kids — that I realized everything had come full circle.

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The Soundtrack of My Life « Midnight Musings — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:52:20 +0000

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By: Debbie Schinker

Debbie Schinker — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:42:21 +0000

My life has many soundtracks. Rush will always = one boyfriend. Mannheim Steamroller = another. Beatles will always = John. And John Denver = him too. Jesus Christ Superstar album always comes out this time of year, visions of me flopped on the floor as a kid trying to follow along the album lyrics and figure out the meaning. Sound of Music means staying up late to watch the whole movie as a kid, going to the real places in Europe with John, using the wedding processional in our wedding (sans the ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria’ motif, though that might have been apt foreshadowing!). Baby Mine = Emily and the Lullaby from Lady and the Tramp = Megan. There are more, but I don’t want to blog comment jack. Might be time to take this to my own blog!

By: bon

bon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:42:20 +0000

Thordora & SSBeacon…

my mom eventually picked up some Anne Murray along the way. and Boney M Christmas remained in our car stereo this year until February.

i think tonight’s concert was my mom’s first biggish-name show since she saw Anne Murray in a PEI high-school gym in 1970.

Kris was amazing. he was sick, and he’s 72, and between the two his voice was nearly gone. but he still stands tall, stands good, has dignity and humility and self-deprecation and i’d take him home if he bought me a beer.

i don’t even like beer.

Kris or Leonard…the two concerts were each, in their own ways, amazing. both crowds were middle-aged…Leonard’s was reverent, this one rowdy, more like a wild and effusive bingo-hall. but i don’t know who i lurve more. Kris was more formative in terms of my early years, the first writer whose words ever caught me. Leonard birthed me into a sense of my own womanhood. i’ve seen Bowie, and now these two. the only one left on my own personal bucket list is Dylan.

By: SSBeacon

SSBeacon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:52:19 +0000

Kris Kristofferson is an under-appreciated genius. Have fun.

Whom do you lurve more: Kris Kristofferson or Leonard Cohen?

The soundtrack to my childhood: Anne Murray, Roger Whittaker, Johnny Cash, Neil Young and Boney M. *snort* One of these things is not like the other.

By: thordora

thordora — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:07:35 +0000

Anne fricken Murray for my childhood, Skinny Puppy for adolescence, nothing specific now, except certain albums for certain weeks.

By: woman in a window

woman in a window — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:49:15 +0000

Sweet. All of it. Well, except your dad leaving with all the cool stuff. But I guess he left some gems afterall. Have fun!