Tuesday, July 6, 2010

current obsession

new love: this song - chelsea hotel, covered by dan bern (written by leonard cohen).  remember that awesome mixed CD that colin made me that i waited until i got to england to listen to?  this is track #8, and i've been listening to it on repeat.  this is the first i've heard of dan bern, and i love his voice...feels very bob dylan-esque to me.  and the song just FEELS good.  when i listen to music, i'm not listening to the lyrics, or i'm not trying to make sense of the lyrics - i'm listening to how it sounds.  this song could be sung in german and i'd like it just as much.

2 comments:

  1. yay! glad you like it. but i'm pretty sure that this version of "chelsea hotel" is actually written by dan bern. the leonard cohen one is a different song, if i'm not mistaken. cohen's song is about the same hotel, but instead details a tryst with janis joplin. music trivia, could come in handy when you're on jeopardy.
    -c

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  2. colin - thanks for that info - you're right (confirmed by youtube)! and now, after having listened to both versions, the dan bern one is obviously the better one, and i will continue to listen to it on repeat. :)

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