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It’s so great that musicians can have a backup plan that works lol. :)
by happytiger 3y ago
It’s so great that musicians can have a backup plan that works lol. :)
- dang 3y agoMy parents-in-law had an old friend who with her folk-singer husband ran a club in Montreal in the early 60s. Bob Dylan came through town before he changed his name. They were sitting around after the show and Annette said to him: "Kid. You better go back to college. You need something to fall back on." Dylan told her: "If I don't, you'll eat my hat." She had other great stories. Lenny Cohen played "Suzanne" for her and said "what do you think?" Annette: "it stinks. who wrote it?" Lenny: "I did."
- gonzo 3y agoShe’s not wrong
- dang 3y agoAw come on. It's Suzanne by Lenny Cohen.
- nocoiner 3y agoI don’t know how exactly we got on this topic, but there’s also an excellent Weezer song called “Suzanne.” Edit: I guess it’s actually spelled “Susanne.”
- jmmcd 3y agoLater on, Michael Stipe of REM wrote a song that shamelessly ripped off Suzanne, except it was about merging a human's DNA with a crocodile. He asked Peter Buck what he thought, and Buck said "it's great, but it was great when it was Suzanne too".
- jszymborski 3y agoAnnette sounds like a straight shooter. Cheers from Montréal!
- nraynaud 3y agoI'd like to add the caution that songs might change a lot during their author's life, and the "suzanne" she heard might be different from the one we know.
- Duanemclemore 3y ago"I mean, you just never know if this rock and roll thing is going to work out, son."
- nraynaud 3y agoTBH, teachning music is the general backup plan for all musicians, so there was another one.
- KMag 3y agoI wonder what Brian May's parents thought... "It's tough to make a living as a musician... if that doesn't work out... uh-oh, astrophysics is his backup plan?"