On a train from Paris to Rome
You remember Jordan Zell, don’t you, the France Revisited Guest Blogger from Israel who came to Paris in June seeking inspiration for his songwriting?
Well, this fall, freshly inspired and with new songs in his repertoire, Jordan has taken the next step in his career and has been playing in bars in Jerusalem. He’s been performing his own songs and various covers accompanied by talented guitarist and assistant arranger Yuri Stolov.
One of the songs they’ve been playing is “On a Train from Paris to Rome,” which Jordan was working on in Paris and for which I wrote the lyrics. One of these days we’ll get around to making a real video for it, but in the meantime you can watch and listen to a recent practice performance of the song at the Putin Bar in Jerusalem.
I’m actually not a big fan of this version since I find its ending is a bit of a downer (Jordan disagrees), Yuri’s fingering sometimes makes it sound as though the train is headed to Spain (Yuri disagrees), and the sound quality, though decent for bar, isn’t great, especially regarding the lyrics, which I’m sure you’ll all want to listen to very attentively. Also, you can’t see Jordan’s face from behind his shadow-mask. But I’m just the lyricist.
So here it is, Jordan Zell and Yuri Stolov playing “On a Train from Paris to Rome,” a travel song by Jordan Zell (music) and yours truly (lyrics), take 1.
