WINTER....where has he referenced it before?

[bronxapostle]

My constant readers here KNOW I ALWAYS give credit to any little tidbit he plays when I see him. In Brooklyn, during conversation with Rosanne, he mumbled a few lines from his song WINTER. I know I have heard him mention this tune elsewhere a few years back. But, I can't recall where or when. Fellow archivists, HELP!!! King Foyle? ANCT? Anyone? Thanks, Benny

[charliestumpy]

2007-07-24 Winter Song ...

E.G. http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3 ... 5&start=25

etc copies not on sale legally available ...

Don't worry re what DPAM is said to have said ... enjoy the joy.

[sweetest punch]

During the stories he told when performing "God's Comic" he used to tell that "Winter" was the first song he wrote.

[bronxapostle]

That sounds familiar SP. so then the one he jokingly sang a quick bit from is NOT the one Charlie mentions by Lindisfarne??? THANK YOU both.

[verbal gymnastics]

During the stories he told when performing "God's Comic" he used to tell that "Winter" was the first song he wrote.

I think he said he wrote it when he was about 14 and also used to say, jocularly, that it wasn't very good.

[erey]

That sounds familiar SP. so then the one he jokingly sang a quick bit from is NOT the one Charlie mentions by Lindisfarne??? THANK YOU both.

I didn't catch what he sang during the Roseanne Cash/BAM appearance (give me the approximate time and I'll take another look), but "Winter Song" by Lindisfarne and "Winter" by Declan MacManus are two different songs.

EC says the latter is the first song he ever wrote, at age 13 or 14. He's mentioned it before; he definitely talked about it to Marian McPartland when she interviewed him for her show. He usually says he doesn't remember how it went, but mentions it to send up his earnest adolescent gloominess at the time.

I don't think it will be showing up on any "unofficial releases", unless there was a taper in the right Twickenham church basement, circa 1969.

[verbal gymnastics]

I don't think it will be showing up on any "unofficial releases", unless there was a taper in the right Twickenham church basement, circa 1969.

Believe me, if there was then John would have found him or her by now

[bronxapostle]

I'm gonna anoint docinwestchester with the assignment of pinpointing the time of the spot it appeared in Brooklyn...PLEASE. was it mentioned with Marian that awesome day up at Tanglewood?

[erey]

was it mentioned with Marian that awesome day up at Tanglewood?

No, it was from the 2003 show when she interviewed him in her studio. He mentions it on track 5 of the CD.

[sulky lad]

And don't forget in the " uplifting" key of E minor !

[charliestumpy]

Ta for this other 'Winter' info.

[bronxapostle]

as DOC assuredly missed my request to name the time in the video, can someone else kindly? ii was in between SHIPBUILDING and BEYOND BELIEF!

[docinwestchester]

as DOC assuredly missed my request to name the time in the video, can someone else kindly? ii was in between SHIPBUILDING and BEYOND BELIEF!

I'll look there. Is YouTube not working on your computer?

[bronxapostle]

Doc...I thought you knew my computer has been on life support for about eighteen months now, AND I am the stupidest of smart phone users eleven months since upgrading from my beloved flip top. DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR ANALOG FRIEND BY NOW????

[docinwestchester]

as DOC assuredly missed my request to name the time in the video, can someone else kindly? ii was in between SHIPBUILDING and BEYOND BELIEF!

at 1:43:50

The first time I ever played in public, Ewan MacColl, the man who wrote Dirty Old Town, was the headline singer in the [fund?] club I was singing in when I was 15 or 14. And as I looked up from my little song I was like [....hums a little...] treated me wrong, treated me wrong...I don't have a song [played?] but it was in E minor. It was called Winter and I looked up and he was fast asleep. But I got it good later.