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@punchdrunklove wrote:
if we could just change the title of the song to “2 kool 2 be 2×2-gotten” the 22-version project would be just about perfect.
i’m not supposed to say stuff like that but it seems a consensus (well, at least among robert and me) that the live track from the providence ’99 show is the crowing jewel of this compilation.
After listening to all these versions ad infinitum, I think I have to agree that Providence ’99 is perhaps the best of the best. Lovely floating guitar part, fine balance, good pacing. And the song was still relatively fresh.
When listening to this recently, my wife, who is French, asked me “What is this ‘choomba’ she’s singing about?”
Go here for a brief lesson on how to play the guitar parts to “2 Kool.” Scroll down until you find it.
http://www.heartwoodguitar.com/student%20resources.htm
Guilherme and Tom:
Glad you guys got the CDs and are enjoying them. I should have worked out the levels better on Disc 2, but what the hell.
Thank you for your inputs!!!! Who knows, if we come across more versions, maybe there will be a Round 3.
All the best,
Bob
22-version “2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten” project nearing completion.
Cover art may be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44555304@N08/
Sent LW courtesy copies of my “2 Kool” CD and this is what she had to say:
Thank you so much for the “2 Kool 2 Be Forgotten” CD’s!
What a great idea! Really appreciate it!
Happy New Year!
Peace,
Lucinda WilliamsNice touch that made it all worthwhile.
I wish them well, too.
Sometimes I think that when Williams’s artistry is boiled down as far as it can be, the essence of her greatness is her ability to put into words and music her struggle to resolve the question of whether she should be the dominant or submissive partner in a relationship, and her constant search for some happy medium.
When i went to this site: http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20090808/disparen-concierto/564049.shtml
instead of the one mentioned in the first post, I was able to download the clip.
This would indeed make for a nice official release, perhaps with additional footage that wasn’t initially broadcast. I hope management goes for it.
This was just the second time – she first came in november 2007 – when there was a transport strike so a lot of people couldn’t get to the venue (le Trabendo) in July 2009 a lot of people couldn’t get to the venue because they were on holiday.
I remember learning about the November 2007 show about two days after it had already taken place. The strike indeed made everything more difficult.
I very much enjoyed seeing her live, and I hope you are able to encourage her to tour Europe on an annual basis. The Alhambra was a nice venue for her and the evening went very well, even if we in the audience were a bit low-key. Thank you for helping her put on a good show.
@Lefty wrote:
“Biggest impression — one was in the presence of an artist and not someone who thought being in a rock band would be a neat way to make a living. Not quite of the world as the rest of us are. Brooding, a bit self-destructive, but always observing and connecting dots unperceived by you and me.
Second biggest impression — rock star as all-conquering master, but itself a disguise for an intensely vulnerable woman. Vulnerable, but not to be messed with. One who is living out her testimony.“
That’s heavy-duty, KJR. Thanks to you and others for Paris postings.
Thank you. I am only a casual fan (the reason I didn’t write down her set list is because I know only a handful of her songs by name). She made a tremendous impression and opened all those little emotional boxes that only artists or one’s true intimates ever manage to open.
Spent the whole day working out “2 Kool” on the guitar. I’m getting there!!
It did indeed work better with the seats. It would have been very difficult standing through the whole show given the mini-heat and -humidity wave in Paris this week.
Comments on the Paris show I posted elsewhere.
Very nice show tonight (July 23) at the Alhambra in Paris. Better than I thought it would be. Almost 2 hours. First time seeing her live, am a late-arriving fan, not a crusader.She played “2 Kool,” so the rest hardly mattered (for me).
Buick 6 played a bit of space music to open; first tune jammed on “Pipeline,” last quoted (extensively) Zep’s “Black Dog.” Great heavy rocking sound and appropriate levels of virtuosity.
She was dressed down, un-glam, brunette shag with a few stray blonde streaks. Seemed like a stage hand when she walked out.
Self-deprecating remarks about the lyric sheets mounted on a music stand. Consulted them for reassurance rather than as a crutch.
Lots of acoustic at the beginning, shifted to a silver-glittered Tele in the second half.
Closed with a nice solo acoustic version of Hendrix’s “Angel.”
Commented on the heat and humidity — Paris has been very hot and humid these past few days, it’s quite true. Not a lot of interaction with the crowd. Could have been anywhere. But a full and complete effort.
Biggest impression — one was in the presence of an artist and not someone who thought being in a rock band would be a neat way to make a living. Not quite of the world as the rest of us are. Brooding, a bit self-destructive, but always observing and connecting dots unperceived by you and me.
Second biggest impression — rock star as all-conquering master, but itself a disguise for an intensely vulnerable woman. Vulnerable, but not to be messed with. One who is living out her testimony.
2 Kool indeed . . . .
stoger: Thanks for posting the set list. It was a good show, but the Paris crowd (including myself, I suppose) was reserved, as it often is. Kudos to her for performing well without a lot of energy coming back to her from the audience.
When I picked up my tickets about a week before the show, I was told there would be no seats so I was surprised to arrive and find that there was seating. Which was good. I was in about the 7th row center.
How many times has she played Paris? I was aware of the show that preceded this one a while ago, but had she been here before that?
