thebends Wrote:kulpie Wrote:"...take a seat and we'll let you know when your numbers called,
And when it is, I'll step up to the mike and sing,
my voice is tingling like a chandelier,
until God or a reasonable facsimile appears..."
anyone know and love the above...Name that tune and bonus for when and where???
Lyrics are from Coke Machine Glow's (the book) "I Stand Before the Songwriters' Cabal". I didn't realize there was music to this poem or that it had been played anywhere.
With a thanx to The Hip Museum - here is one version of Songwriters' Cabal from a NOIS interlude: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hipmuseum.com/cabal.wma">http://www.hipmuseum.com/cabal.wma</a><!-- m -->
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TLB says: Bits and pieces of CMG have been heard throughout concerts over the years (yes, it's kind of off topic and kind of on topic).
Sailboat -pg. 2: This poem came from the song known as Bumblebee, on the Phantom Power demo tape
Trick Rider -pg. 4: The lines "I'll stroke your hair/ I'll dry your cheeks/ when the failures come/ and no one speaks" were spoken often during concerts from 1996 onward...
Insomniacs -pg. 16: Of course, we all recognize this, but it first appeared, in written form, in the ARA 97 survivor's guide.
Starpainters -pg. 21: We all recognize this also. This was first presented in spoken form on the PP tour in 1998. Gord also recited the entire poem while the crowd sang "O Canada" during the Intimate and Interactive at Muchmusic on June 24th, 2000.
Songwriter's Cabal -pg. 22: These lines frist appeared during the Henhouse tour in 1996
SF Song -pg. 39: parts of this song were also introduced during the 1998 PP tour.
Toiletten -pg. 40: First mentioned at the surprise NXNEToronto show on June 9th, 1997. Gord was telling the crowd about Hitler's podium in Nuremburg.
The Vegas Strip -pg. 42: Again, from the 1998 Phantom Power demos
I wonder what I thought I'd do -pg. 46: Gord recited much of this poem during the NYE and NYD shows in Toronto
Every Irrelevance pg. 50: First appeared as a song with Gord and the
Rheostatics in 1997. Gord recited bits of it on LBU.
Never-Ending Present -pg. 598: The lines first appeared on the PP tour in 98
Lofty Pines -pg 61: same as above
Align -pg.67: The first six lines of the poem have been spoken in concert since 1996
