Memories
Nese for det nye
- Publication
- Bergensmagasinet
- Author
- Magne Fonn Hafskor
- Date
- 13 February 2017
- Language
- Norwegian
- Access
- Online
Portrait of Frank Nes, concert head at Bergen Live, in which Leven gets a section of conversation of his own. Nes was Leven's agent in Scandinavia from 1994 and accompanied him until his death; he says he spent a lot of time with him. He describes Leven as every record company's nightmare because he constantly released new albums, and the catalogue as full of great songs. Asked whether Doll by Doll recordings were made under LSD, Nes only confirms that Leven told many stories about it.
Nes calls Leven's solo work “Celtic Soul” and recommends The Mystery of Love Is Greater Than the Mystery of Death (especially “Call Mother a Lonely Field”), Fairy Tales for Hardmen, Shining Brother, Shining Sister and Gothic Road. The journalist recaps the end of Doll by Doll, the assault with two years of voice loss, and heroin. Nes tells of the funeral, where “Main Travelled Roads” was played in the church, and shows the order of service with lines from the Doll by Doll debut that seemed to anticipate Leven's fate.
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