tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:/blogs/latest-news?p=1
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2024-02-10T12:07:48-05:00
Fred Raimondo
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tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/7349136
2024-02-10T12:07:48-05:00
2024-03-28T07:06:52-04:00
Damaged Goods On YouTube
<p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JHUkncDHk&list=OLAK5uy_kva8sC4BU50funO_JKGYLM9n3WKPRJJxk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JHUkncDHk&list=OLAK5uy_kva8sC4BU50funO_JKGYLM9n3WKPRJJxk</a></p><p> </p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/7020691
2022-07-22T21:45:32-04:00
2024-03-26T02:03:42-04:00
Fred Raimondo & Greta Quezada Live at Waypoint
<p>Saturday July 23rd</p>
<p>Have dinner and listen to us play your favorite original and cover tunes!</p>
<p>6-9PM</p>
<p>https://www.waypointrestaurant.com/</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/bd3512dd86526dc941ee013d86399e14badc5a8f/original/89348884-4128839223808801-4180964252485419008-n.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6712418
2021-08-10T14:45:23-04:00
2023-12-10T12:10:11-05:00
Songwriters In The Round WHBPAC August 22nd
<p>Join us for an evening of songs and stories performed by some of Long Island’s finest singer songwriters! </p>
<p>Both evenings promise to feature wonderful songs, laughter and engaging conversation as the artists discuss their creative process and the stories behind their songs. </p>
<p>Sunday August 22nd: Host Fred Raimondo with Bryan Gallo, Cassandra House and Miles To Dayton’s Jonathan Preddice<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/b8fd6ac1d3d21813523170e111fc21dcdc3ead2a/original/224230194-10160962037509638-1728906692472479112-n.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6681707
2021-07-07T19:47:08-04:00
2024-03-26T02:05:28-04:00
WHBPAC Songwriters In The Round July 18th
<p><a contents="WHBPAC Songwriters In the Round" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://whbpac.org/event/songwriters-in-the-round">WHBPAC Songwriters In the Round</a></p>
<p>Join us for two evenings of songs and stories performed by some of Long Island’s finest singer songwriters! </p>
<p>Both evenings promise to feature wonderful songs, laughter and engaging conversation as the artists discuss their creative process and the stories behind their songs. </p>
<p>Sunday July 18th: Join host Fred Raimondo along with Inda Eaton, Jack LaCitra & Rorie Kelly</p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/86a5b47f9667fb787a7acd457a838f1b0ec6b108/original/sitr071821.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
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Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6619670
2021-05-02T15:59:28-04:00
2023-12-10T14:44:51-05:00
WHBPAC Songwriter Circle Livestream Fred Raimondo & Greta Quezada
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="43MT0je68xE" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/43MT0je68xE/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/43MT0je68xE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6610977
2021-04-22T12:11:22-04:00
2023-12-10T11:53:50-05:00
Cinema
<p>Excited to announce the realease of Cinema my third solo album. Including performances by Andy Falco, Klyph Black, Randolph Hudson III, Paul Brokaw, Sarah Green, Cynthia Daniels, Greta Quezada, Michael LeClerc, and James Bernard it will be available on all streaming platforms on Mays 1st. Taking pre-orders for CD's now.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/f44f352222acd383889017d491f2486bef3efea0/original/cinemacovermarch1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6235114
2020-03-02T20:53:53-05:00
2023-12-10T13:57:29-05:00
Quiet Night For The Working Girls
<p>Quiet Night For The Working Girls from Friday night's Share The Harvest Concert at Stephen Talkhouse. Kevin Twigg joins us on drums, Michael LeClerc on bass. Thank you PJ Delia for the video.<iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="AjQ4FHQtL7M" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/AjQ4FHQtL7M/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjQ4FHQtL7M?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6217990
2020-02-17T12:32:56-05:00
2023-12-12T03:30:06-05:00
Share The Harvest Concert-Friday February 28th
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/d978f2b6b04895a2a0df485114f6d062df786839/original/concert-2020edited.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/6194134
2020-01-28T17:18:33-05:00
2023-12-10T14:24:29-05:00
New Year's Eve 2019
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="mlB4MTk0alg" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/mlB4MTk0alg/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mlB4MTk0alg?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/5895884
2019-09-17T20:47:18-04:00
2024-03-26T02:06:27-04:00
Fred Raimondo & Greta Quezeda perform Lie Here In The Dark
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="oQO0pB3Y2Sk" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/oQO0pB3Y2Sk/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQO0pB3Y2Sk?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/5578505
2019-01-02T23:19:41-05:00
2024-03-26T02:07:37-04:00
2019 Songwriter's Share
<p>Excited to be part of this great program again this year. <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/f8da6bc3cfb82abfd13812604ad9ea0cad85ce76/original/screen-shot-2018-12-06-at-2-07-00-pm.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/5160971
2018-04-02T22:27:58-04:00
2023-12-10T14:00:42-05:00
Songwriters Share Concert For The Retreat
<p><a contents="Songwriters Share Concert For The Retreat" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.hamptons.com/The-Arts/Live-Music-View/24375/Accomplished-Finger-Style-Guitarist-Headlining.html#.WsJBi9Xwa1s" target="_blank">Songwriters Share Concert For The Retreat</a>Nice article in Hamptons.com about out April 6th Songwriter's Share Concert for The Retreat. I'll be joined by Paul Brokaw, Kevin Twigg, Jean Schroeder and Sarah Greene!</p>
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Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/5143189
2018-03-22T21:44:55-04:00
2023-12-10T13:22:27-05:00
Fred Raimondo & Klyph Black Perform Amber Lynn at Stephen Talkhouse 3/18/18
<p><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dsphikPTvXY" width="560"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/5010249
2018-01-06T09:39:16-05:00
2024-01-10T15:44:46-05:00
The Woodworkers on LTV's East End Underground
<p><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="u3S_D2irEaw" data-video-thumb-url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/u3S_D2irEaw/mqdefault.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u3S_D2irEaw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="180" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/4983254
2017-12-18T18:57:15-05:00
2024-03-28T07:06:52-04:00
Little Flower
<p>Little Flower</p>
<p>Produced by Caroline Doctorow, Pete Kennedy and myself. It features beautiful performances by Caroline and Pete as well as Jonathan Preddice, Inda Eaton, Kevin Twigg, Thomas Provencher, Paul Brokaw Jean Schroeder and Sarah Greene. I can't say thank you enough these great friends and brilliant performers!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/4fa0773fdf504e99db2caee0331756608023a7f0/original/lfcover.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/4582958
2017-02-09T12:01:16-05:00
2022-05-27T02:25:32-04:00
New CD-Reflections Of Little Flower
Mastering is completed! Produced by Pete Kennedy, Caroline Doctorow and myself, Reflections of Little Flower will be released this spring! It features 11 songs performd by Fred Raimondo with Paul Brokaw, Kevin Twigg, Jon Preddice, Sarah Green, Caroline Doctorow, Tom Provencher, Jean Schroeder and Inda Eaton.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/55d7371c6daaf89a0f37d2deb4fbe9ab0bedeff9/original/rolf.jpg?1487117912" class="size_l justify_center border_" />
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/4489412
2016-11-29T21:31:56-05:00
2024-03-26T01:01:34-04:00
Damaged Goods Live at Zigmunds
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/ea10c17d35f3885789ef12b623f6443d2dd9be6f/original/damagedgooods.jpg?1480473180" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Come join Damaged Goods at Bridgehampton's new hot-spot for live msuic! Friday December 9th 9:30-12:30pm
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3592717
2015-03-11T20:09:49-04:00
2023-12-10T11:57:58-05:00
March 20th Live At Stephen Talkhouse -Stories From the Dark Heart Tavern
On Friday March 20th I will be performing the songs for Stories From the Dark Heart Tavern at the legendary East End Venue the Stephen Talkhouse. I'll be joined by Inda Eaton, Caroline Doctorow, Klyph Black, Randy Hudson, Kevin Twigg, Paul Brokaw and Jean Schroeder. The Bluegrass combo Quarter Horse opens!<br><a contents="Stephen Talkhouse" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="%E2%80%8Bhttp://stephentalkhouse.com/event.cfm?id=185749&cart" target="_blank">Stephen Talkhouse</a><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/c3e07c86ad032fc1882c254c194c068adad9afb9/original/10511292-912588792100543-899095439426528411-n.jpg?1406987915" class="size_l justify_center border_" />
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3489066
2015-01-27T13:06:19-05:00
2023-12-10T11:54:46-05:00
Robert Bruey and Friends Live at The Grey Horse Tavern
<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/e8d7fef4ccb7ed7a58e32df70f0baa832fa6c2ba/small/robertbruey.jpg?1422381903" class="size_s justify_left border_" />On Saturday February 7th I will be the guest of <a contents="Rob Bruey" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://robertbruey.com/" target="_blank">Rob Bruey</a> at his performance at <a contents="The Grey Horse Tavern " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.greyhorsetavern.com/" target="_blank">The Grey Horse Tavern </a>in Bayport. Robert is a wonderful songwriter and a dynamic performer. His album Carousel has a favorite on the folk music charts. Come on out this will be a wonderful evening. Singer-songwriter <a contents="Sara Hartman" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.reverbnation.com/sarahartman" target="_blank">Sara Hartman</a> rounds our the evening, Sara is a talented young songwriter, whose stage presence is charming and whose songwriting is top notch. Music starts at 8:00pm.
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3451150
2015-01-04T09:36:54-05:00
2023-12-10T11:57:58-05:00
Bonnie Grice's Top 5 Albums of 2104
<strong>Bonnie Grice of WPPB chose Stories From The Dark Heart Tavern as one of the Top 5 Albums of 2014!</strong><br><br><a contents="Bonnie's Top 5 Albums of 2014 | WPPB - WPPB" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="%E2%80%8Bhttp://peconicpublicbroadcasting.org/post/bonnies-top-5-albums-2014">http://peconicpublicbroadcasting.org/post/bonnies-top-5-albums-2014</a>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3378552
2014-12-09T14:57:29-05:00
2023-12-10T12:15:57-05:00
Stories From The Dark Heart Tavern
<span class="s1">Dedicated <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/128775/ce310027bc33d2b5a1406d9dd342a78686947912/original/dark-heart-tavern-cover.jpg?1415196696" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span><span class="s1">to all the folks who had the courage to journey to The Dark Heart Tavern, who’s lives are chronicled in these stories and who’s music helped to light the darkness. These stories are your stories. I am fortunate and honored to have been able to tell them.</span>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thank you to all the players whose considerable music talents added so much beauty to this album, Jon Preddice-Cello, Randy Hudson-12 string baritone guitar, Inda Eaton and Caroline Doctorow -background vocals and Pete Kennedy guitars, percussion, vocals and mandolin, Jean Schroeder percussion.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Produced by Pete Kennedy, Caroline Doctorow and Fred Raimondo</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Recorded at Narrow Lane Studios</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mixed and Mastered by Pete Kennedy</span></p>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3120219
2014-08-02T10:16:58-04:00
2023-12-10T12:00:40-05:00
Bring ItTo The Table
This is project started by folks on Long Island to get local songwriters recorded and distributed. It is planned as a series of recording. What I am appreciative of is how much of the focus is on the actual art of songwriting. Some great writers of all ages and backgrounds. I am honored to have<br>been chosen for the inaugural disc. Here is link to the kickstarter campaign. Consider donating! <br><br><a contents="Bring It To The Table-Kickstarter" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072967252/around-the-town-a-collaborative-artist-network">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2072967252/around-the-town-a-collaborative-artist-network</a>
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/3100003
2014-07-26T08:54:15-04:00
2023-12-10T14:25:22-05:00
Pieces Of Our Souls
Songwriting is an important form of communication. The act of writing and performing songs connects us to a tradition that takes us back to the earliest days of our collective experience. Even in a time of 24/7 access, constant visual stimulation and minimal attention span people yearn for the experience of getting together and hearing other people's stories and sharing their own. The popularity of open mics and the sheer amount of people playing and performing original music has transformed the way music is shared and heard. Recording technology has evolved to the point where everyone can record and distribute their songs and stories. I launched this website to allow me to communicate information about myself but also to celebrate all of us who are sharing through our songs and stories, Pieces Of Our Souls.
Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/2469815
2014-01-26T19:02:17-05:00
2022-09-05T08:53:43-04:00
What we do...
I have been writing songs for quite a number of years. Recently someone asked why I do it. It's a hard question to answer in a way that might make sense to most people. I have played a lot, but as far income from songwriting...not so much. I have a royalty check for $15.00 that I have never cashed, produced 2 CD's with Damaged Goods that have probably generated about what they cost... so it's clearly not for the money. And yet I continue to write, it is although more a passion than a hobby. I would guess that maybe I have written somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 to 200 songs.<br><br>Truth be told, I don't actually feel I write the songs. The songs, I believe write themselves. If I am open and keep my ego out to the equation, they come, if I try too hard what turns out, to me is pretty lame. Tom Waits in his induction speech to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame said, "You have set a trap for the songs, you have to be quiet and wait for the big ones to come along." So I try to be real quiet...not sure I have been quite enough. Tom Waits on the other hand is a zen master of song fisherman. Here's an example of one of his world record catches...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;"><strong>Tom Traubert's Blues</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And I'm tired of all these soldiers here<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">A lot they can do for me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And I'm down on my knees tonight<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">In your silhouette window light go<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And the one-armed bandit knows<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">That the streets aren't for dreaming now<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">They want a piece of the action anyhow<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And the old men in wheelchairs know<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And she follows wherever you may go<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And a wound that will never heal<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">No prima donna, the perfume is on an<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers<br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And goodnight to Mathilda, too<br><br><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxnov-sbold, arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Songwriter</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">TOM WAITS<br><span style="font-size: 0.8em; font-family: proxnov-reg, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC</span></span><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="9ZmqbcBsTAw" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/9ZmqbcBsTAw/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ZmqbcBsTAw?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="200" width="320" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe>
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Fred Raimondo
tag:fredraimondo.net,2005:Post/2378487
2014-01-10T22:38:37-05:00
2023-12-10T11:53:37-05:00
The Tower of Song
Welcome to <strong>The Tower of Song</strong>.I have chosen the title <span class="font_regular"><strong>The Tower of Song</strong></span> as the title of my blog, because it is the title of a song written by Leonard Cohen. I believe Leonard Cohen to be one of the great songwriters of this, or for that matter any generation. This blog is dedicated to songwriters, some new some old, some known and some unknown. The posts will be about those songwriters, about their songs, about our songs..."you see you here these funny voices In the tower of song."<br> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Tower Of Song"</span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I ache in the places where I used to play <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'm just paying my rent every day <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Oh in the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Hank Williams hasn't answered yet <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">But I hear him coughing all night long <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">A hundred floors above me <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">In the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I was born like this, I had no choice <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I was born with the gift of a golden voice <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">They tied me to this table right here <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">In the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'm standing by the window where the light is strong <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Ah they don't let a woman kill you <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Not in the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sure <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">You see, you hear these funny voices <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">In the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I see you standing on the other side <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I don't know how the river got so wide <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I loved you baby, way back when <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">But I feel so close to everything that we lost <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">We'll never have to lose it again <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">There moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'll be speaking to you sweetly <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">From a window in the Tower of Song <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;"><br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Yeah my friends are gone and my hair is grey <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I ache in the places where I used to play <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">I'm just paying my rent every day <br style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Oh in the Tower of Song</span></div>
Fred Raimondo