How about that bizarre "First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin..." song by Leonard Cohen on Jennifer Warnes' "Famous Blue Raincoat" album? IT's one of those songs that sounds like it ought to be deeply meaningful, but if you really listen to it, it's basically horses**t.

And from the "Worst Contribution to an Excellent Compilation Album" would have to be that execreble Tom Jones thing on the "Long Black Veil" tape. I just keep imagining women tossing panties up onstage -- some things have no place on a folk-ish album!

(Ok, ok. Maybe I"m missing something. Maybe I'm really jealous and I simply don't understand the impulse to toss one's undies at strangers, no matter how much you like their songs. But maybe if, someday, I'm up onstage singing and flurries of jockey shorts start hitting the stage, I'll understand the mystery.)

KC