Joan Baez - For Sascha - Live In Frankfurt

[folkmusicgirl]

Joan has always sang these songs that just tear at your heart, not only the lyrics but the intensity in the way Joan sings them. In the way the story unfolds and how the strength and absolute beauty in her voice draws you in. You feel and picture the story that she sings about...the pain of it all....in this song.

[vuwanl]

thanks for posting

[suiru]

"What a beautiful lady she is"

:)

I AGREE

:)

[ar10willard]

i'm abel and you are Cain

[fussel2107]

Oh Gott, dank dir!

Ich hab das ewig in digital gesucht.

Hab´s auf kasette, aber die passt einfach nicht in meinen MP3 player.

Nu kann ich das Lied am Computer hören ;)

[Northcoastman]

Hallo, fussel2107, falls Du´s nicht eh schon kennst: gib einfach "Joan Baez Loreley" ein - Du kommst auf die tolle Version von 1980.

[LittleHarrisonGirl]

Falls es dich tröstet, ich bin 16 ;-)

Und mir geht's genauso.

[tineblondine]

BlueAndWhiteZebra - thanks for posting.

I was at the concert in Mannheim one day (?) later.

It was very moving there, too. At 27, sadly I was by far the youngest in the crowd.

But the most poignant is it had actually been written in a hotel lobby in Mannheim (10 min. from Heidelberg) in the early hours after arriving with a tour bus years ago on her first German tour.

[kholleysf]

Dear BlueAndWhiteZebra Thank you so much for posting this..an incredible song I have listened to many many times. Joan only appeared at the beginning and then the screen was all black...my imagination came in handy.  Thanks again.

Ken in San Francisco

[teaserandfirecat]

Thank you for posting, great song. Looking eagerly for the guitar chords for this song. Any idea where I could find them ? Anyone who could help ?

[folkmusicgirl]

Thank you for posting this video. I have always loved this song so much & the words truely paint a picture of such heartfelt sadness. I've always been a hugh fan of Joan Baez & probably own over 40 of her recordings. I've been to folk music venues all over the world & always hoping to come across another female folk singer with a similiar voice but never have.There will never be another Baez of course but I still wish there were other folk singers out there with somewhat of a similiar voice.

[Norman7283]

Thank you so much for explaining me the line! Now, finally, I understand the whole song. And thank you again for sharing! P.s. I once was in Heidelberg beneath the chateau and there was a Biergarten right there and I wondered if Joan maybe once was there and I remembered the song. And I remembered all we lost...

[Norman7283]

Thank you so much for sharing this! It is my favorite song by Joan Baez and one of the best songs I ever heard in my life! I love it since I first heard it (must be around 1989). Thanks again! P.s. Can someone explain me what "a prisoner of the camps draws nigh" means? Sorry, but I'm from Germany and I even asked some people from England and they were not sure about the meaning of it...

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

For Sascha is a story of reconcilliation, loss and regret. The line you are referring to places a Third Reich soldier lying in a hospital bed. Badly injured. Then a jew from the same camp where the soldier was come to the injured soldiers bed. "Prisoner of the camps draws nigh". Here here learn it was the very solidier who caused the jew so much pain. Still the jew wants to forgive.

[BlueAndWhiteZebra]

The line "Prisoner of the camps draws nigh" simply refers to the prisoner approaching the bed. Coming to the bed, if you like. You can only get this meaning if you know the entire text. What makes this rendition so poignant is that it was sung in deepest Germany, only a couple of hours from Heidelberg, with many old members in a predominantly german audience. Many people who also remember the Holocaust. Glad you enjoy it so much too.

[tineblondine]

a prisoner = ein Gefangener

of the (concentration) camps = des Konzentrationslagers

draws nigh (= comes near) = kommt näher

[SigugudPui]

Thanks for posting these videos. Too bad about the tight security but you've recorded some wonderful live music. Thanks, too, for your comments about Ms Baez. She is a lady in every sense of the word and her voice is magnificent.