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Marc Cohn — Dance Back From The Grave
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MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 15:27
 
 fredriley wrote:
The chorus is fine, but I do wish he'd sing rather than speak. Poets speak lyrics, singers sing them.
 
good point...


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 22, 2011 - 09:49
 
The chorus is fine, but I do wish he'd sing rather than speak. Poets speak lyrics, singers sing them.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 09:27
 
 Van Morrison- esq (chorus)



cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 22:22
 
 rabbi_phil wrote:

How 'bout Mark Knopfler meets Elvis Costello.
 
Whoa....that's deep.....{#Silenced}

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 22:17
 
 Pyro wrote:
Mark is sort of Bruce Cockburn meets Tom Waits.  This has grown on me.  6 ==> 7
 
How 'bout Mark Knopfler meets Elvis Costello.



lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 07:22
 
 MortimerS wrote:

I responded to someone who compared this guys music to Waits.  So, yeah, your ability to parse comments is flawed. People keep saying "You have to understand New Orleans". I am pretty sure I do understand and it is pathetic.

Got the levy built yet? You've been discussing it since 1890.

Oh yeah, that's right you need someone else to pay for it because you have ghosts dancing to jazz in the streets.

Pathetic.

 
Your comment sir offends me, your ignorance of the suffering that occurred after Katrina is pathetic.  Oh, for you information it is the responsibility of the federal government to build/maintain the levy's that exist in this country.  As someone pointed out to me, if Louisiana was it's own country and charged for all of it's natural resources, it would be one of the richest countries in the world and the levy problem would not exist.


Christopher_T
(Elizabethtown, KY USA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 07:33
 
Most excellent pictures!
 Businessgypsy wrote:

Um, nope. Marc Cohn is a very professional artist, and this song is a well crafted vignette sanitized for your protection - but it's another installment in his travelogue 'O songs schtick along with "Walking in Memphis". No real New Orleans cred here except a borrowed idea that is calculated to draw on a few heartstrings from an artist of the, ah..Northern persuasion. Nothing wrong with that, and the interest is appreciated - especially if it does some good. Not to be confused with the actual article, however.

So, if you're thinking this is NOLA goodness, you've been away way too long. I can fix that! Come with me and my crappy iPhone camera down to the Marigny* for Carnival Day 2010. Just watch where you're steppin'.

*Most of the national coverage of Mardi Gras centers on the big night time float parades of the super krewes (like Bacchus) that have celebrity Kings and Queens, or the drunk frat boy noise on Bourbon Street. All of that has its charms, but for me the real carnival happens in the neighborhoods. From families that spend months on elaborate costumes themed around an inside joke to drag queens in architectural juggernauts, the folks who live in New Orleans' more creative neighborhoods come out in force on Mardi Gras day. The tourists have pretty much gone home, and the music, food, drink and fun happen on the street level. Krewes range from small batches of friends (like the Skeleton Krewe) to pretty large groups (such as St. Anne's and the St. Anthony Ramblers). Some costumes are political, some sweet. There are risqué getups and really bad visual puns. Babies and grannies, the überhip and Buddy from down Kerlerec Street all meet for a day of fun that unites everybody in the pursuit of happiness.

Although primarily shot in the Marigny, there are some scenes around St.Charles Cathedral in Jackson Square and a few from the gay end of Bourbon to showcase the insane costumes featured in the Bourbon Street Awards. Contestants this year portrayed the New Orleans Opera House on fire and the gone-but-not-forgotten K&B Drug Store chain. Can't imagine why the army wouldn't want someone that can engineer something that elaborate and carry it around all day. The opening shot is of garbage on Bourbon Street - exactly why I avoid that area generally. If there seems to be an emphasis on beautiful women, there is. My hair may be gray, but I still have parts that are stuck on 18.

I think the guy in the Napoleon Bonaparte costume (complete with shackles) playing guitar in front of the Cabildo is Alex Chilton. Amazing musician and normally a recluse (sadly, Alex died in NOLA on St. Patrick's day after this. I hadn't seen him in the street in years, thought the weight gain possible. Great player and clever songs, but not Alex). The sign for Hove Parfumeur marks the shop that inspired Tom Robbin's wonderful Jitterbug Perfume novel. Keep a look out for people dressed as crashing Toyotas, Ray Nagin's fear-mongering Shadow Government, St. Sebastian (who was martyred from arrow wounds), Pee-Wee's Playhouse, the crew of the Minnow, freaky tiny horses, a sidewalk squid and every Saints theme imaginable. The line for drinks in front of the R Bar (8am) is a little unusual. There's also a very good object lesson on why you shouldn't try to drive a car down Frenchmen Street on Mardi Gras Day. Brad and Angelina are in there somewhere, but enjoying anonymity like everyone else.

 



purplespider
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 17:24
 
Can't not rock out to this  {#Bananajam}

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 10:57
 
Gunna have to add this one to the Halloween mixed-tape.

jmassoglia
(Everybody sez this is NoWhere)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 10:55
 
I really dislike this song.  TO me the chorus is like fingernails dragged across a chalkboard.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 13:52
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:

Um, nope. Marc Cohn is a very professional artist, and this song is a well crafted vignette sanitized for your protection - but it's another installment in his travelogue 'O songs schtick along with "Walking in Memphis". No real New Orleans cred here except a borrowed idea that is calculated to draw on a few heartstrings from an artist of the, ah..Northern persuasion. Nothing wrong with that, and the interest is appreciated - especially if it does some good. Not to be confused with the actual article, however.

So, if you're thinking this is NOLA goodness, you've been away way too long. I can fix that! Come with me and my crappy iPhone camera down to the Marigny* for Carnival Day 2010. Just watch where you're steppin'.

*Most of the national coverage of Mardi Gras centers on the big night time float parades of the super krewes (like Bacchus) that have celebrity Kings and Queens, or the drunk frat boy noise on Bourbon Street. All of that has its charms, but for me the real carnival happens in the neighborhoods. From families that spend months on elaborate costumes themed around an inside joke to drag queens in architectural juggernauts, the folks who live in New Orleans' more creative neighborhoods come out in force on Mardi Gras day. The tourists have pretty much gone home, and the music, food, drink and fun happen on the street level. Krewes range from small batches of friends (like the Skeleton Krewe) to pretty large groups (such as St. Anne's and the St. Anthony Ramblers). Some costumes are political, some sweet. There are risqué getups and really bad visual puns. Babies and grannies, the überhip and Buddy from down Kerlerec Street all meet for a day of fun that unites everybody in the pursuit of happiness.

Although primarily shot in the Marigny, there are some scenes around St.Charles Cathedral in Jackson Square and a few from the gay end of Bourbon to showcase the insane costumes featured in the Bourbon Street Awards. Contestants this year portrayed the New Orleans Opera House on fire and the gone-but-not-forgotten K&B Drug Store chain. Can't imagine why the army wouldn't want someone that can engineer something that elaborate and carry it around all day. The opening shot is of garbage on Bourbon Street - exactly why I avoid that area generally. If there seems to be an emphasis on beautiful women, there is. My hair may be gray, but I still have parts that are stuck on 18.

I think the guy in the Napoleon Bonaparte costume (complete with shackles) playing guitar in front of the Cabildo is Alex Chilton. Amazing musician and normally a recluse (sadly, Alex died in NOLA on St. Patrick's day after this. I hadn't seen him in the street in years, thought the weight gain possible. Great player and clever songs, but not Alex). The sign for Hove Parfumeur marks the shop that inspired Tom Robbin's wonderful Jitterbug Perfume novel. Keep a look out for people dressed as crashing Toyotas, Ray Nagin's fear-mongering Shadow Government, St. Sebastian (who was martyred from arrow wounds), Pee-Wee's Playhouse, the crew of the Minnow, freaky tiny horses, a sidewalk squid and every Saints theme imaginable. The line for drinks in front of the R Bar (8am) is a little unusual. There's also a very good object lesson on why you shouldn't try to drive a car down Frenchmen Street on Mardi Gras Day. Brad and Angelina are in there somewhere, but enjoying anonymity like everyone else.


 
Thank you for this - there are a LOT of very interesting, eye-catching, sad, amusing and poignant pictures in your gallery.  And your descriptions and observations are incredibly articulate and astute.  Mardi Gras for someone in a western landlocked state (uh, that'd be me) is puzzling at best, and at worst, frightening. I think I get it now - at least, in part.  There's an expression called "whistling in the dark" which refers to making noise to scare away whatever big, scary monsters might be lurking in one's path. Somehow, Mardi Gras is like that - people dancing, dressing up, drinking, laughing, and throwing caution to the winds for a brief time. They know what's "out there," and it's as if they're daring the darkness to do its worst. They know they're survivors, and they rejoice in that knowledge. Maybe there's also a little birdie-flip to the Big Guy.

The spirit, heart and soul of Louisiana just makes me choke up. Maybe I have it all wrong... But thank you for sharing YOUR  Louisiana with us, Businessgypsy. (Note to self: Go there before you die!){#Daisy}

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 07:55
 
...shouldn't this really be preceded by when the levee breaks?..

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 20:10
 
The more I hear this piece, the more I like it.  Sadly, the lyrics are still all too relevant.

NickDanger
(Athens - not that one, the music one)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 07:15
 
 MortimerS wrote:

Got the levy built yet? You've been discussing it since 1890.

Oh yeah, that's right you need someone else to pay for it ...
 

Yeah, just like your dams, highways, and all the levys from Cairo, IL to Venice, LA.  We all pay for all our collective infrastructure.

It's about the music.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 18:11
 
mrdak wrote:
I guess if your not from NOLA this is kind of odd. I was born and raised there. So this is crescent city goodness.

Um, nope. Marc Cohn is a very professional artist, and this song is a well crafted vignette sanitized for your protection - but it's another installment in his travelogue 'O songs schtick along with "Walking in Memphis". No real New Orleans cred here except a borrowed idea that is calculated to draw on a few heartstrings from an artist of the, ah..Northern persuasion. Nothing wrong with that, and the interest is appreciated - especially if it does some good. Not to be confused with the actual article, however.

So, if you're thinking this is NOLA goodness, you've been away way too long. I can fix that! Come with me and my crappy iPhone camera down to the Marigny* for Carnival Day 2010. Just watch where you're steppin'.

*Most of the national coverage of Mardi Gras centers on the big night time float parades of the super krewes (like Bacchus) that have celebrity Kings and Queens, or the drunk frat boy noise on Bourbon Street. All of that has its charms, but for me the real carnival happens in the neighborhoods. From families that spend months on elaborate costumes themed around an inside joke to drag queens in architectural juggernauts, the folks who live in New Orleans' more creative neighborhoods come out in force on Mardi Gras day. The tourists have pretty much gone home, and the music, food, drink and fun happen on the street level. Krewes range from small batches of friends (like the Skeleton Krewe) to pretty large groups (such as St. Anne's and the St. Anthony Ramblers). Some costumes are political, some sweet. There are risqué getups and really bad visual puns. Babies and grannies, the überhip and Buddy from down Kerlerec Street all meet for a day of fun that unites everybody in the pursuit of happiness.

Although primarily shot in the Marigny, there are some scenes around St.Charles Cathedral in Jackson Square and a few from the gay end of Bourbon to showcase the insane costumes featured in the Bourbon Street Awards. Contestants this year portrayed the New Orleans Opera House on fire and the gone-but-not-forgotten K&B Drug Store chain. Can't imagine why the army wouldn't want someone that can engineer something that elaborate and carry it around all day. The opening shot is of garbage on Bourbon Street - exactly why I avoid that area generally. If there seems to be an emphasis on beautiful women, there is. My hair may be gray, but I still have parts that are stuck on 18.

I think the guy in the Napoleon Bonaparte costume (complete with shackles) playing guitar in front of the Cabildo is Alex Chilton. Amazing musician and normally a recluse (sadly, Alex died in NOLA on St. Patrick's day after this. I hadn't seen him in the street in years, thought the weight gain possible. Great player and clever songs, but not Alex). The sign for Hove Parfumeur marks the shop that inspired Tom Robbin's wonderful Jitterbug Perfume novel. Keep a look out for people dressed as crashing Toyotas, Ray Nagin's fear-mongering Shadow Government, St. Sebastian (who was martyred from arrow wounds), Pee-Wee's Playhouse, the crew of the Minnow, freaky tiny horses, a sidewalk squid and every Saints theme imaginable. The line for drinks in front of the R Bar (8am) is a little unusual. There's also a very good object lesson on why you shouldn't try to drive a car down Frenchmen Street on Mardi Gras Day. Brad and Angelina are in there somewhere, but enjoying anonymity like everyone else.



MortimerS
Posted: Jan 01, 2010 - 08:55
 
 MortimerS wrote:

I responded to someone who compared this guys music to Waits.  So, yeah, your ability to parse comments is flawed. People keep saying "You have to understand New Orleans". I am pretty sure I do understand and it is pathetic.

Got the levy built yet? You've been discussing it since 1890.

Oh yeah, that's right you need someone else to pay for it because you have ghosts dancing to jazz in the streets.

Pathetic.

 
Oops, guilty of what I just yelled at someone else for. My apologies.


MortimerS
Posted: Jan 01, 2010 - 08:51
 
 mrdak wrote:
Bill........................... play some radiators...... Suck Da head.. Squeeze the Tips... {#Yes}
 
I responded to someone who compared this guys music to Waits.  So, yeah, your ability to parse comments is flawed. People keep saying "You have to understand New Orleans". I am pretty sure I do understand and it is pathetic.

Got the levy built yet? You've been discussing it since 1890.

Oh yeah, that's right you need someone else to pay for it because you have ghosts dancing to jazz in the streets.

Pathetic.


Gatlinburger
Posted: Jan 01, 2010 - 08:50
 
I'm right in there...  singing along...  I LOVE this song! 

Please folks, support your favorite charities with an extra bit of positive outlook for the New Year!

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 18:12
 
Bill........................... play some radiators...... Suck Da head.. Squeeze the Tips... {#Yes}

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 18:08
 
I guess if your not from NOLA this is kind of odd. I was born and raised there. So this is crescent city goodness.
If you compare this to Waits...... your more than odd. You're an idiot..... {#Doh}  ouch!  yeah I heard dat... I hope it hurt.


apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 15:02
 
That's a beautiful album cover. The type, the photo, the colour - fantastic.

MortimerS
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 - 14:59
 
 lattalo wrote:

I guess you have to love New Orleans to really get this, and no this is not like the crap
Tom Waits puts out.

 
Guy couldn't hold Waits jockstrap for lyrics and yeah I get the cheesy NO bent thought. He must've spent a lot of time attempting to sound just like Jagger and failing.


planetclare
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 11:24
 
This would be a perfect segue to the Cave Singers, Dancing on our Graves....

Rick_V
(New Orleans)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 11:23
 
Cool, I just lunched on St. Charles Ave. near some beautiful oak trees about 15 minutes ago.

mrmonkey
(Ottawa)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 11:21
 
I like it, but the rest of the album isn't nearly as good.

amands
(West Calder, Outside Edinburgh, Scotland)
Posted: Sep 19, 2009 - 07:44
 
ANd if you liked this one whay not check out Manchesters own Barry Adamson

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 13:39
 
This flood set needs Joe Bonamassa's Great Flood...


melissa
(western Kentucky)
Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 12:57
 
Okay, Bill. Now you're breaking my heart ... but thanks for reminding me tomorrow is the anniversary of Katrina.

df1489
Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 11:18
 

Chris Rea...Texas!



lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 08:55
 
 giotto wrote:
Sounds cool, but also a little like a Tom Waits rip-off. {#Evil}
 
I guess you have to love New Orleans to really get this, and no this is not like the crap
Tom Waits puts out.


TJS
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 09:33
 
I can't say that I really like it. 

Dancing_banana
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 09:31
 
Taste bad?

mr_toad
Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:09
 
did you see that????

Pyro
Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:09
 
Mark is sort of Bruce Cockburn meets Tom Waits.  This has grown on me.  6 ==> 7

quesarah
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Mar 13, 2009 - 12:16
 
Great lyrics. 

I used to wake up every morning saying I must be getting away with something here
Every day was like parole before the levies overflowed; I refuse to think it could all just disappear (I refuse to think)

Is there a long, 5 second dead-air pause after 'think' or was that a network glitch?   :)   Nice either way.



joanie
(Baltimore)
Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 02:32
 
Is this album worth the buy? Considering it's Marc Cohn...I'm guessing yes. But...funds are currently limited.... anyone ?


vit
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 10:55
 
ValosAtreide wrote:
Man, I dig this tune.. 8. Has a great bluesy feel to it.. more stuff like this on RP! {#Yes}


How about skipping the poseur and going straight for more actual blues?


lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 10:45
 
Dave Alvin called...

MrGreg
(Out West)
Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 09:43
 
Dates beh?  Tastes bah?

Proclivities
(NC)
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 06:45
 
 giotto wrote:
Sounds cool, but also a little like a Tom Waits rip-off. {#Evil}
 
Yes it does, but considering the cheesy songs Marc Cohn has done (particularly "True Companion"), this is not too bad.  It is, however, obvious that his choices of subject matter and production techniques were more than inspired by Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" album.


stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 00:54
 
What a relevant song, love the sound and lyrics are right on. Anybody that loved New Orleans has to mourn the loss of such a great city. Its slowly coming back but don't think it will ever be what it once was,but you will never kill the spirit of the ones that came back and rebuilt and they have a love and generosity that is second to none, thats what really made New Orleans so great was the people.


giotto
(Vienna/Austria)
Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 00:51
 
Sounds cool, but also a little like a Tom Waits rip-off. {#Evil}

ValosAtreide
(Ohio, USA)
Posted: Dec 25, 2008 - 20:13
 
Man, I dig this tune.. 8. Has a great bluesy feel to it.. more stuff like this on RP! {#Yes}

ThePoose
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 19:09
 
 ThePoose wrote:
He's channelling Tom Waits: i.e. Ninth and Hennepin (the rap) meets The Earth Died Screaming (the percussion).
 
Too true, ThePoose.

AliGator
(Lex Vegas)
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 - 19:07
 
 flipchurn wrote:
Tastes bad?
 
I was just about to post "Taste back," but "tastes bad" is even better.

And I swear, I'd give this a 7 if he actually sounded like he was singing "Dance back."


davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Dec 08, 2008 - 16:11
 
 flipchurn wrote:
Tastes bad?
 
Yep


NickDanger
(Athens - not that one, the music one)
Posted: Nov 28, 2008 - 10:13
 
This piece earns its rating from me as it is pure NOLA post-Katrina.  ... I miss that place.  C'est la vie.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 17:53
 
 philbertr wrote:


It was a negative event!

No don't shed a tear but take their cue
there's only one thing left to do
in the name of every soul we didn't save
From the ninth ward to the quarter to the Mississippi
Dance back from the grave.

 
I like everything about this song, the trenchant lyrics, the music, the horns, the spoken parts and the singer's obvious anger.  I like the album cover too.


philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida)
Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 13:14
 
 mwsteele79 wrote:
This is a negative score.
 

It was a negative event!

No don't shed a tear but take their cue
there's only one thing left to do
in the name of every soul we didn't save
From the ninth ward to the quarter to the Mississippi
Dance back from the grave.


skyguy
(CO)
Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 13:11
 
tom waits with mick jagger on the chorus??