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16 Mar 03 - 01:25 PM (#911322) Subject: Leon Rosselson Songs From: breezy We have Leon at our club at the Comfort Hotel in St. Albans this this Friday 21st March I havent heard him for a long time . I dont include his appearance at the Union Chapel with Carthy last year. What songs does he perform these days? Whih ones are favourites with you? |
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16 Mar 03 - 09:00 PM (#911592) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: Susanne (skw) I heard him in Glasgow last year. I was doubtful about going at first, expecting a rather dry and didactic evening. It was nothing of the sort. His patter was very funny, the songs - some old, some new ones - thoughtful and quirky. He must be the only one to get away with a song about an Israeli massacre (in 1948) in a Palestinian refugee camp! Hope you'll enjoy it, breezy! |
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16 Mar 03 - 09:33 PM (#911613) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: Callie I've never seen him live but reckon his songs are among the best I've ever heard. Various groups I'm in couldn't help but cover them! (Across the Hills and Sleep Well, an anti-Uranium lullabye. ) The latest cd is called "The Last Chance - four songs on Israel/Palestine". I have it on my desk but haven';t had a listen yet! The sleeve notes talk about ther challenge of writing music about being in England and being Jewish where he is neither religious nor Zionist. C |
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17 Mar 03 - 03:31 AM (#911698) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: open mike His song "the Digger Song" is an anthem-- one which tells a story both from long ago but relevent today. It starts: "In 1649, to St. George's Hill, a raqgged band they call the diggers came to show the people's will" Also called World Turned Upside Down, it is in the Digital Traditons data base, (see link above) I hope he is singing this one presently--I have never heard him...yet. |
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17 Mar 03 - 05:25 AM (#911738) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: John MacKenzie I used to live not far from St George's Hill, and it always caused a wry grin when I consider the cost of houses there now, and the people who inhabit it too. Cliff Richards lives there, and at various time others like members of The Beatles and Engelbert Humperdinck graced its shores. It must now be one of the most expensive places in the UK to buy property. Now is history stood on its head. Giok |
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18 Mar 03 - 05:17 AM (#912366) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: My guru always said Hooray, I can get to the gig at St Albans on Friday - the Manchester Extravaganza doesn't start till Saturday :-) Looking forward to it... |
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18 Mar 03 - 07:36 PM (#913006) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: breezy plus George Papavgeris. |
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19 Mar 03 - 11:56 AM (#913515) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: GUEST,Piers I've seen LR a couple of times this year, and both times he has done a range of material from throughout his life, from the very serious to the very witty. Piers |
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19 Mar 03 - 04:38 PM (#913839) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: breezy 25 |
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20 Mar 03 - 05:35 AM (#914292) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: breezy 26 |
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21 Mar 03 - 03:29 AM (#915150) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: My guru always said So Piers - tonight's the night eh????? Early flypast - choose time from 7pm :-) |
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21 Mar 03 - 05:23 AM (#915194) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: GUEST,Piers Yes, I am looking forward to it immensely. See you at Bus Stop my dear. Piers |
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21 Mar 03 - 05:38 AM (#915200) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: My guru always said looking forward to it, Mine Host for the evening Piers :-) Of course if he does any of YOUR songs, I'll prefer your ones! |
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21 Mar 03 - 05:52 AM (#915205) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: Cllr I have booked leon in the past hes very good. Cllr |
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21 Mar 03 - 07:13 AM (#915235) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: GUEST Guardian - "His songs are fierce, funny, cynical, outraged, blasphemous, challenging and anarchic. And the tunes are good too." Q Magazine - "...a genuinely challenging songwriter whose work radiates acumen and wit ..." Folk Roots - "... a sharp observer, a wonderful wordsmith, a composer of originality and depth, but most of all, a superb integrator of words and music". New York Times - '…some of the most literate and well made topical songs now being written…' Washington Post - 'His songs are teeming with colourful characters, wonderfully descriptive passages and witty observations' Taplas - 'One of the most able songwriters or our times' |
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21 Mar 03 - 08:00 AM (#915255) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: GUEST,Mystery Guest Dandy - `Can out eat Desparate Dan' The War Cry - `very nice young man' Men Only - `well hung singer' Plastics Weekly - `has done a lot for disposables' Country Life - `his songs are very organic' Iraqi Times - `always wears nice shoes' Harpenden Gazette - `I wouldn't vote for him' |
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21 Mar 03 - 10:27 AM (#915346) Subject: RE: Leon Rosselson Songs From: breezy 29 |
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29 May 21 - 12:21 PM (#4108042) Subject: Lyr Add: FREE TO ROAM (Leon Rosselson) From: Jim Dixon My transcription. You can hear this recording at YouTube. Note there are a few words I couldn’t understand. Words are the same in each verse except the parts I have boldfaced. FREE TO ROAM As recorded by Leon Rosselson & Friends on “Questions: Songs and Stories for Children” (1994) 1. On the first day of my holiday, My mum said: “What will you do today?” So I thought and I said: “I’ll go to the zoo. Yes, that’s what I’ll do; I’ll go to the zoo, ‘Cause I think I might meet a tiger or two. Yes, that’s what I’ll do, and that’s what I’ll do. I’ll go and meet a tiger or two In the zoo.” So I did and I went to the tiger house, And I watched and I waited quiet as a mouse, And the tiger yawned and stared at me, Stared at me so mournfully. So I said to the tiger: “If you were free, If we found the key that would set you free, What would you do? Where would you be? Where would you be if you weren’t in the zoo?” “If I were a tiger free to roam, I’d hunt my prey in my forest home, Where the grass grows thick and the trees grow tall In the burning sun as the shadows fall. You won’t see me spring; you won’t hear me run, For I am the color of shadow and sun.” 2. On the second day ... polar bear…. And the polar bear stretched.... “If I were a polar bear free to roam, On the floating ice I’d call my home. Where the trees don’t grow and the north winds blow, And the world is white with ice and snow, And I’d go fish in the icy storm With my snow-white coat to keep me warm.” 3. On the third day ... condor…. And the condor glared.... “If I were a condor and free to roam, I’d fly to my Andes mountain home, To my nest in the rocks on the mountainside. High in the sky I would soar and glide Till I spied a dead sheep far below, And with ... down I’d go.” 4. On the fourth day ... camel.... And the camel chewed…. “If I were a camel free to roam, On the desert sands I’d be at home. There I’d speed along on my padded feet, And I’d go for days before I’d eat. The hump on my back is my food supply When there’s nothing but sun and sand and sky. CODA: “If we were free to roam— If we were free to roam—.” * * * YouTube also has a recording by Roy Bailey. |
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29 May 21 - 01:29 PM (#4108059) Subject: RE: Songs by Leon Rosselson From: GUEST,keberoxu Leon Rosselson's song "Palaces of Gold" was recorded by Martin Carthy back in the day, on Crown of Horn album I believe. Did Rosselson not also translate Wo Sind Die Elefanten? |
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29 May 21 - 01:55 PM (#4108063) Subject: RE: Songs by Leon Rosselson From: Gordon Jackson Martin Carthy also recorded His Name is Andrew on his Landfall album, surely one of the most exquisitely bleak songs I've ever heard. |
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29 May 21 - 02:07 PM (#4108065) Subject: RE: Songs by Leon Rosselson From: GUEST,# "Did Rosselson not also translate Wo Sind Die Elefanten?" He wrote the song. The following link will explain the genesis of the song. https://lrsc.weebly.com/165-wo-sind-die-elefanten.html |