This song is a cover version of the famous Leonard Cohen song "The Partisan" performed by the danish tribute band "Birds On The Wire"

The song is about a survivor of the German bombings, and became a popular tune in the 50's in French-speaking countries.

It is now less famous than its almost homonymous "Chant des partisans" by J. Kessel and M. Druon. This last one was notably made "re-fashionable" by the André Malraux's speech during the transfer of Jean Moulin' ashes in the Panthéon of Paris.

Finally, Leonard Cohen gave the "complainte" a new life in 1969 with his "Partisan". Hy Zaret was the first to apply for a copyright (via the editor Raoul Breton) for the d'Astier-Marly song.

He heard the song on the BBC waves; maybe the radio broadcast didn't give him the name of the lyric writer, but only Marly's name, who wrote the music and gave the original performance. It's probably for this reason that only Zaret (for the English adaptation) and Marly (for music and French lyrics) were credited.

The Partisan

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Extended Version)

Midnight Blues (Gary Moore)

David Gilmour Then I Close My Eyes Live

Strike a match and set me on fire
Watch it burn and flames getting higher
You light me up, sweet old desire
So won't you come close to my fire?

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa ~ Close To My Fire

Koop island blues

Powlean performing live Like a Hurricane from Neil Young 
Lajares, Handcraft Market 8/8/15 Fuerteventura Spain.
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video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy96Od-bLSA

Like A Hurricane (Neil Young)

Lets Live For Today

A cover version of PJ Harvey's Down By The Water.  An intense remake, by Lazzo, singer for the Mtl band Slow Emotion Replay.

Down By The Water (PJ Harvey) - Lazzo (Slow Emotion Replay)

Ripped from the DVD - David Gilmour in Concert - Live at Robert Wyatt's Meltdown (2002).  I combined tracks 1 and 11 into one song.  I don't think any of this concert was released as audio only.  Enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/David-Gilmour-Concert-Robert-Meltdown/dp/B00006LI4S/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1342813285&sr=8-10&keywords=david+gilmour

David Gilmour - Shine on you Crazy Diamond (Kind of Acoustic)

Tinsley Ellis - Tell The Truth

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Down By The Water (PJ Harvey) - Lazzo (Slow Emotion Replay)

The Blind Spot Studio

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