We Lived Alone: The Connie Converse Documentary

[@DibsEquipped]

I just can't find my place to plug into it. That whole last quote is the most relateable thing I've ever read.

[@iVenge]

She is the Kafka of folk music. An absolutely brilliant writer and performer, who deserved to be known for that brilliance during her lifetime. Wherever she is in the universe, I hope she is enjoying the journey.

[@Normthemmafighter]

She dead she would be like 90 if she was alive she probably killed bet self witch sucks ass wish she could’ve been popular and successful she deserved it she was amazing

[@cyberlioness]

Good call. Yes.

[@piscesempress1978]

she wou;d be 100, and its possible she could be alive.@@Normthemmafighter

[@danlawson7665]

I love Connie, ever since I first heard her a few years ago I've been obsessed, her music touched me in a way no music since has, I really wish they could of found her whereabouts or located her VW bug but you have to respect her right to dissappear.

[@6Haunted-Days]

Get real, she’d be 99….like she’s alive or was alive much past 1974 when she was what….60…. How can not know her age if she’s your #1 music love.

[@trev1481]

@@6Haunted-Days Your reply makes no sense...are you high dipsh*t!. Go somewhere else buttercup!

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

Aye. Def. a fascinating underground retrospective. thank-you! CC seems 2 have been afflicted with a standard type of artistic fuelled depression. Frustration of unrecognized talent. History's know MANY a poet who DIED in the ALLEY.

[@LoganRogers-ep6lj]

She could easily be alive today on May 9th 2023 because I am 74 years old, turning 75 on December 30th 2023!!! I was born in 1948 and my mother was born in 1923! Connie was a year younger than my mother! Connie was born in 1924... Learn math please! Not everybody shoots from the hip only to be down upon your knees looking at this story through a key hole while wiping egg off your face and ass hole! She belongs to me! Bob Zimmerman aka Dylan Thomas...

[@georgetteconstant9050]

Her wish to disappear sounds like extreme depression to me, which is a medical condition. Wish she could have gotten help for this.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

It amazes me that so many talented people get passed over when some really droll and unimaginative artists seem to take of like rockets . It must be that talent is an over rated commodity in the minds of the masses .

[@batcactus6046]

I have known several wonderful writers of haunting tunes. There is a game to be played that doesn't require talent, and crushes beauty. Thank you for saying what I believe.

[@susandavis147]

Google Nick Drake.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

She was apparently very intelligent and totally sincere ... and lonely .

[@zooh8017]

The idea that someone is allowed to disappear feels so impossible in modern day

[@justmadeit2]

People still do but more difficult

[@CBiscuit25]

Thanks, it's raining on my face now.

[@coras7615]

What a bittersweet story. She was a gift to the world, it's such a shame she had to suffer the way she did.

[@thefroginleopard]

I got to know about this woman from a friend’s show dedicated to her songs. I went home listening to the existing recordings of her songs and piano songs, like everyone, completely entranced. Soon after Howard Fishman’s book came along and I read it as soon as I could get a copy. Then earlier this month Connie’s own recordings for Phil and Jean were released in Musicks, the longest recording of her works so far. And I’m blown away one more time. The more I learn about this incredible woman the humbler I get.

[@nicolemilman1795]

I only just learned about her, and am very intrigued! She has a haunting sound; her intelligence is clear. In a time when everything is tracked and known, it’s difficult to imagine just driving off without a trace. She disappeared 3 months before I was born 😕🕊 I hope she had a gentle end.

[@justmadeit2]

What's strange is that there were 2 U.S musicians that disappeared at different times in the 70s, one in 1974 and one in 1975 and both drove off in Vw beetles never to be seen again, to see something i made about this very topic simply just type in the following 5 word title above.....Permanent disappearance of 2 musicians

[@chasscollard4254]

Who

[@chasscollard4254]

Sorry, who is the other artist?

[@justmadeit2]

@ig-nat-ius1891 Just type in the following 5 word title in the search bar above.....Permanent disappearance of 2 musicians

[@hailiecrowder3634]

​@ig-nat-ius1891I assume he is referring to Jim Sullivan, which is an even more unusual story.

[@iip202]

i like to imagine she ran away to be with her love and they lived happily ever after.

[@jcant77]

she most likely took her own life sadly.

[@maggiepixler713]

I think about disappearing like Connie a lot

[@thebinlgbtisbabadook7832]

Me too. I think most INFJ-T persons do.

[@ronim2746]

there's a familiarity in her sound i can't find anywhere else, even though I'd never heard it before last week

[@WVgrl59]

She reminds me of a little Patsy Cline mixed with Loretta Lynn.❤️

[@Willy-vm3xl]

My god that final sequence is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@jennybsweet2170]

What a beautifully made and insightful documentary. I’ve been bowled over by Connie’s music since I discovered her earlier this year. I’m so glad she’s been given a voice and that her friends and family were able to share their recollections here.

[@simonwinter6995]

Glad to see it available. I contacted the director to get my copy last year but wasn't sure about sharing due to it being a private link. Want as many people to be exposed to her as possible. Truly a wonderful woman who will never be forgotten

[@waggsish]

She's the Pre J. Baez/ J. Mitchell... I like her chord changes and incredible lyrics. I'm hooked. If only she could see her day in the sun. It isn't fair. This is great music.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

But if you go away Like trouble ought to do Where will I Find another soul To tell my troubles to ... ( Probably the most revealing lyrics she every wrote )

[@dw999]

Thank you so much. I sought this after reading a beautiful essay in the NYT, from a few days ago, that uses her life and disappearance to explore the idea of disappearing. Best wishes.

[@cyberlioness]

Just heard of her and totally blown away by the mystery of this complex woman

[@expresslysoy8573]

I've been listening to her music for about a year, this was really nice.

[@migmatite]

I just found connie and her music and i am completely in love with her music, and her story actually inspires me in a way im really happy i know her music

[@not.spir0s]

Good comment Betty.

[@petermattair8033]

Love her songs, entirely new to me. Reminds me of singer-songwriter Nick Drake’s singer-songwriter mother Molly Drake.

[@patriciamitchell247]

I also feel like Fiona Apple may have been influenced by her. (Better Than Fine)

[@marcusproctor8232]

Just discovered this Lady. Beautiful music.

[@bradshawvincent]

Great documentary as I've just discovered her music. Vashti Bunyan definitely comes to mind and Molly Drake. Something about her also reminded me of Vivian Maire the Photographer. The mystery of talented but invisible women living on the margins and not quite fitting in.

[@bhhNC]

Wow. That last quote about being unable to 'plug into society".

[@leap983]

such a wonderful soul thank you for this it is so upsetting that she was never able to get the help she so badly needed i wish the best for her always

[@steveculbert4039]

Her style wants a formality. She had great composing talent that would have blossomed if she had studied composition and theory at Julliard or NYU.

[@NietsdlogKram]

Thank you for making this film. It is a gift to us all. As Connie's music continues to become more widely known this film will act as ballast against all those who wish to claim her. Connie was a fiercely independent spirit, and her music is a testament to such veracity.

[@its_me_im_cathi]

I'd love to get into my car and drive off, never to be found again. I can relate on such a deep level with Connie and her music. Coincidence that we both grew up in the beautiful state of New Hampshire.

[@not.spir0s]

her music is incredible and i relate deeply to her disappointment in her musical career and her depression. her lyrics are often about heartache and existential lonliness which are rlly two feelings i feel often. i feel like if i met her in school we'd be good friends and would understand eachothers emotions alot. such a shame that it's so difficult to find people to truly connect with in a way further than just being friends.

[@51pogo]

Thanks for putting this documentary up, as it answered questions I had or supported conclusions I made after reading a second NYT article recently published (May 2023). While a sampling of her music does not touch me in the same way as it does most here, though I do understand it, the story and mystery of her life is of interest, and may be learned from. All her life, she seems to have had friendly and at times supportive acquaintances, but never developed the skill of making friends, having complete relationships. I too, believe she was determined to end her life, one she felt was unfulfilled (and was), especially facing a major surgery and a life afterward of continuing dissatisfaction and apparently, disappointment. For me, her sad story has ended. R.I.P. Connie Converse.

[@MaryLouLord1]

I am only seeing this now. I've known of Connie for several years now, and have been hoping that someone finished a proper documentary. This is great, and as good as we can hope for...at least for now. I really wish she had gotten her due respect back in the day...But, it seems like she could NOT be "pingeonholded" or put in a box. She was NOT someone like Malvenia Reynolds and NOT a "political "singer. IMO, SHE WAS one of the FIRST "Singer-Songwriters" (as we think of that genre)....She was NOT political, and NOT manufactured (not Patti Page or Doris Day), NOT early Brill Building, etc.)...She was truly an "odd ball" singer-songwriter. When people ask me to explain Connie, I say "If you put Joni Mitchell, Daniel Johnston, Sylvia Plath, Emmit Rhodes, and Ralph Vaughn Williams in a blender, you get "something" like Connie"...I wish she could have had a record deal or someone who took a chance on her and let her quit her day job and record. That said, I'm so incredibly grateful for all these people in this documentary, who truly loved her and understood this very rare genius. SHe was absolutely brilliant. Beyond compare.

[@forgetfulcj]

Such a lovely woman. I love her music, and it just makes my day so much better. So formidable yet sweet~

[@jesterr7133]

As a lifelong music nerd that reads and listens to everything that I can, I was familiar with Connie's story, but I had never actually listened to her music before watching this documentary. She had a beautiful voice, and had good songs. I think she came along about ten years too early. She was literally ahead of her time. Had she come along a few years later, her life would have turned out very differently. I would love to gather the funds to look for her one day. She deserves that much.

[@paadoxal]

i just discovered her today and i'm in love, thanks for this

[@KingOFuh]

Interesting story. She was a fishoutawata. I had a VW bug in the mid-70's, too.

[@jaburadvocacia261]

intriguing, sad, mysterious story...

[@TonyMcCormick]

Connie randomly as a story from a friend of mine talking about his aunt Eaton who had a singing career for a while and he would sing him when he was a kid and was incredibly funny and interesting person, but disappeared. He said as well, and then I looked her up.

[@tammihunter5913]

I'm always intrigued by documentaries like this. On a side note, the MCM curtains behind David Garland are fantastic! I have a fair sized piece of something very similar that I found in my mom's sewing chest.

[@TheAdvencherContinues2022]

She is a special talent. Thanks for the video!

[@Zog696]

Sensitive and fascinating documentary. She obviously had friends and socialised but her profound sense of isolation could point toward Aspergers.Depression was the negative aspect of her condition, creativity and high intelligence the positive aspects.Unfortunately a high degree of talent does not necessarily guarantee worldly success.

[@carrolcoulter]

Thanks for sharing such a talent

[@iwashere368]

thanks for uploading. i have been looking for this for a while now without success

[@john27397]

Wonderful video, thank you! What a wonderfully gifted woman!

[@Derek032789]

I'm sure there's a way for a private investigator to check social security records to see if her number is still active.

[@rriveter9927]

You do realize that she would be 99 or 100 years old by now, so probably long deceased.

[@Derek032789]

@@rriveter9927 yeah, she’s most likely deceased.

[@SimonTimoney-74]

Brilliant documentary, thank you for sharing

[@georgetteconstant9050]

Why didn't the family get her medical help! Clearly depressed as noted in one interview here. Drinking is a symptom of self medication many times. If someone is depressed and "goes away" bells and red flags should go off! Maybe back then people weren't so attuned?

[@Whateves73]

Things were very different then.

[@georgetteconstant9050]

@@Whateves73 I do believe you are correct.

[@_i_am_unceded]

Thank you

[@green3y3dgirl]

I love you Connie

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

Fascinating underground retrospective. thank-you! CC seems 2 have been afflicted with a standard type of artistic fuelled depression. Frustration of unrecognized talent. History's know MANY a poet who DIED in the ALLEY.

[@neilgilroy1629]

Really terrific - thank you.

[@thenewsatpaul]

Really great doc, thanks for sharing :)

[@lemonpepperdry5818]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@seroquelchamber]

the beep in the beginning is sensory hell, i am not sure whoever mixed that needed to mix it that loud. its the exact frequency of tinnitus. i dont think thats cool

[@playingpossum9656]

“if I ever was a member of this species perhaps it was a social accident that’s now been cancelled”

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I do not know her well but what I do know is intriguing . To be honest , people like myself bore me . I can only surmise that I would be very unappealing to people I find interesting . However , with Connie she seemed entranced by normalcy and averageness and found it befuddling and mysterious . I think she might have wanted a place in our club . In the end she may have given up on the notion that she had a place among others .

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Having just read the closing quote of the film it looks as though I might be right . Pity . I hope she has found a place for herself now . I hope we all will .

[@ice9snowflake187]

I keep thinking about how, if her songs had been known and heard at the time of Greenwich Village's "folk boom" in the early '60s, they would have become "standards" by now, and we'd have heard the likes of Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt, and others covering them. "Two Tall Mountains/Talkin' Like You" would be covered by every bluegrass band, too.

[@CaptainSuspenders]

Is it just me or does it seem that everyone missed that she had terminal cervical cancer?

[@thebinlgbtisbabadook7832]

I was wondering about that too

[@TonyMcCormick]

seems very likely

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I have never heard of this lady until now and only stumbled onto this by chance. She seemed like an interesting person, a fun aunty...which is very special in itself and someone dedicated to her craft....but her music leaves me cold. It's got a lot of heart and soul but it doesn't connect with me. She seems to have left a big impression on all those who knew her.

[@SDD3204]

There was no internet when Connie disappeared. I wonder if she took the name Connie Eaton or even Elizabeth Eaton? Find a Grave indicates there is one recorded, but unmarked, grave for Eaton, and another simply marked with a rock for "Mrs. Eaton". in Oklahoma...

[@herbertrude1689]

"She was not 'fit' for when she was..." says it all somehow. Yet something remains unknown and unexplained, unless it lies somewhere in the poesy of the songs.

[@tenenieldjoandthenightsist5109]

I wish they found out what happened to Connie

[@blackheartbev3098]

Weird huh?

[@hannahlynn8028]

i wish they would put Connies papers into a scrapbook

[@YoungAngus1999]

Do you have Andrea Kannes email? We’re screening this in Dundee soon for Connie’s 100th birthday and it would be good to talk to her, the interview link doesn’t work

[@Working-Carpenter4656Music]

what is the 4:05 song please I am going crazy

[@rebecca4007]

9/20/22

[@OLHDHs]

The story told about the game of world conquest (author Howard Fishman)ends with her saying "Don't get caught up in war games." Just saying...

[@DateTwoRelate]

"The Book" brought me here.

[@not.spir0s]

which book

[@justmadeit2]

I wonder if she had Asperger’s?

[@dr259]

Track the license plate, car, etc.

[@melindalemmon2149]

How odd. Judee Sill married a great animator.

[@old5333]

30:14

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Her brother reportedly found a phone listing for an Elizabeth Converse in Kansas . He never rang it .

[@trev1481]

It wasn't her. There were two, and both were Converse by marriage!

[@S.TJohnsun-to3vc]

Is this family, the owners of #ConverseSneakers👀🏦💵

[@not.spir0s]

No, not in any way shape or form do they have any relevance to the sneaker company lmao. Funny comment tho.

[@danielhabiger7512]

" the blues goes down the road, it's not the same as the song..." ungar paule