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Savona unregistered	posted January 03, 2003 17:46 I agree with most everyone else; it is hard to pick just one fav..... Gord's songs remind me so much of the much beloved poets of the Romantic era (Keats, Wordsworth, Blake); nature and human nature infused with so much passon. But if I have to narrow it down, my three top picks have to be: Wherefore and the Why - what an upbeat, uplifting, inspiring song! Circle of Steel - makes me want to cry; Gord sees what other people try to ignore. Song for a Winters Night - I guess tops my list. This song, like so many of his others is heartfelt, almost wistfully sang... an etherial and hauntingly beautiful song, perhaps paralleling life, coupled with Gord's melodic voice put me right over the top! IP: Logged
Leonardo Rossi unregistered	posted January 04, 2003 15:36 quote: Originally posted by Danny: My favourite Gl song is the Circle is Small.May be an odd choice but there's just something about that song. A close second would be Circle of Steel from the Sundown LP. Woha ho! Finally someone else mentioning "The Circle Is Small" as their favorite. Bravo Danny! Since i first posted on this forum I have had the chance to listen to some more songs from Gordon's back catalogue and some cover versions too. Amongst the latter I have to say I have fallen in love with Ann Murray's version of "Cotton Jenny". An odd thing happened indeed: I didn't know who wrote it, until I grew so pleasantly obsessed by it I had to go and find out. Soon as I learned it was written by Lightfoot it all fell into place, so to speak. GL has a very unique style, and in his upbeat songs he can be nothing short of exhilarating. It's not simply a question of what he sings about, or of the words he chooses, but of the music he sets these words to. Sometimes, as in "Circle", you get this contrasting feeling - a downbeat lyric and an uplifting melody, which in itself is a bold statement, I believe - and some other times the feelings expressed in the words are mirrored by the melody in such a pure, unadulterated way that it puts a big grin on your face. Whenever I hear "The Circle Is Small" it's as if I saw a movie, one where you start laughing out loud just as you were about to break down. IP: Logged
McDAN unregistered	posted January 04, 2003 21:46 quote: Originally posted by ordinaryman: i have so many favourite gl songs. right now, i'd have to say 'looking at the rain'. evocative, and i love the string section! YES, 'LATR' IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AND A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR NICK DECARO, WHO ARRAINGED THE STRINGS... IP: Logged
Alan unregistered	posted January 10, 2003 14:12 In my inept effort to post a reply to this topic, I inadvertantly established a new topic of my own. I hope I got it right this time. My favorite: On the High Seas, from Dream Street Rose. You can find my reasons under my name, elsewhere on this site. Alan IP: Logged
toby unregistered	posted January 18, 2003 00:43 Is There Anyone Home is my favorite. Anyone know the background of the song?? IP: Logged
jg005@aol unregistered	posted January 20, 2003 19:52 One of the best songs Gordon Lightfoot wrote was Protocol. The other one is 10 Degrees and Getting Colder. Cabaret is another good one. Suzanna, The Way I feel, Sit Down Young Stranger, and Bitter Green. I pick them because they come to my memory first because they are very unique Gordon style. IP: Logged
Donaldfluffy unregistered	posted January 23, 2003 20:30 Gordon, I hope that you actually read some of this stuff. I can't tell you how your music has been instrumental in my life. It was your music that helped a ghetto kid from Michigan get through some of the worst times any kid could imagine. When everyone else was listening to funk, your words touched me and made me dream of a different world...a world of fantasy and oceans. I took your music as a challenge to grow. Because of your music, this ghetto kid went to the university of Michigan and from there to law school. Beyond that, I listened to you every night for 8 years of college, and found the inspiration to go on. I know that it sounds silly, but you helped me get into my dream school-Harvard. And every night I studied while listening to you. I graduated with highest honors. I now own my own law firm, and I now raise my children on your expressions. You are more than a msician. You are a muse. My favorite song of yours, among so very very very many, is " If you need me". The words in this simple song are soft and inspirational. I have a wife that I been with and have loved for 23 years, since the first moment I ever laid eyes on her while i high school. This song says what it is for a man to love a woman. And more, it says what he needs from her in order to grow as a man, to develop, to unleash everything within himself...with her as his muse. This song is deep. I wonder who she was who inspired you to compose this song. My My, how she cut into you so seriously. As I listen to it, as I have since it was first released those many years ago, I still wonder, what woman placed such a dagger in your heart forcing you to compose such sincere, simple and deep lyrics. This is not an "A" side song, but it has "A-plus" inspiration. Thank you for your gift of song and dreams to us the lowly listener. I have grown up these 40 years on you. As a black male, I can truly say you touch, and reach, and impact in ways that ghetto boys like me who with the inspiration of your songs, have gone on to become the dreams and goals that your words helped to create. IP: Logged
char Member	posted January 24, 2003 08:10 Donaldduffy, you can send your beautiful post to Gord at: Gordon Lightfoot 1365 Yonge St. #207 Toronto, Ontario M4T 2P7 Gord doesn't go on-line but he's aware of all of us out here in cyber-space. He calls us "The Net People" Your story is indeed a wonderful tribute to Lightfoot but I'm sure you had an awful lot to do with your personal and professional success.! Thanks for sharing your story. Drop in more often! Char moderator IP: Logged
Oma Member	posted January 27, 2003 09:40 Donaldfluffy...What a beautiful post! Thanks for giving me the pleasure of reading it. IP: Logged
Wesley from Georgia unregistered	posted January 28, 2003 20:53 I guess I'm lost in the some of the more obscure cuts, along with those mentioned above, I love anything with a "haunting" cold melody that makes you draw the collar of your coat up a little. I'm particularly fond of Shadows, The Lost Children (What an always relevant and heart-wrenching song), Does Your Mother Know?, Restless, Anything For Love, and Yarmouth Castle. I am so impressed with GL's grasp of poetry, I mean, "What a poet!" Not much I don't like...I love anything from the Sunday Concert album, Back Here on Earth and the Sundown album. I love his lighthearted songs such as Wild Strawberries and The Pony Man to the ballads such as Ghosts of Cape Horn and Lookin at the Rain. I love to play and sing his stuff, Lord knows I don't do it justice. His music sure is a fun part of life and there's never been a better venue in which to enjoy a GL concert than the Tivoli Theater, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 6th row right center. IP: Logged
closetcanadian Member	posted January 28, 2003 22:19 Being a less than gifted guitar player, I absolutely marvel at the musicianship on the ballad "Miguel". Hearing Red Shea's guitar fills and how the guitars play off each other in this song just makes me shake my head in admiration and amazement. To borrow the slogan of the PGA Tour, "These guys are good"! ------------------ "be calm in the face of all common disgraces...and know what they're doin' it for..." IP: Logged
Doug unregistered	posted February 04, 2003 08:46 I've listened to Gord more years than I care to remember and in a host of fantastic songs it actually boils down to a very easy choice. In the late 70s I had cause to spend a year at the far end of the Aleutians, a very cold, very isolated, very lonely place, with winter weather so bad you were restricted from going outside. So in a way I've answered the age old question of 'What would you take to a deserted island?' I took a turntable and a host of Gordon Lightfoot albums. Anyway, the roughest part was leaving behind my family and my life literally became a version of 'Song for a Winter's Night.' "I read again between the lines upon the page The words of love you sent me If I could know within my heart That you were lonely too I would be happy just to hold the hands I love Upon this winter night with you" The man is pure magic. Within a line he has gone from certain love to a bit of nagging doubt. Anyone who's ever been in that situation will readily identify how easy it is to cross that thin line and actually have both feelings at once. Pure magic. IP: Logged
Erik in Wyoming unregistered	posted February 08, 2003 23:22 I have just recently gotten online and this is one of the first sites I found and after reading through all of the posts I'm amazed and gratified that there are so many people who love Gordon's music so well. I'm especially inspired by Donaldfluffy's post. "The abuse that we must stand is often Heaven sent" -GL As far as a favorite Lightfoot song is concerned I agree with most of you: there's just no such thing. When I was going to college at the University of Wyoming I used to make the 7 hour drive listening to nothing but Gordon Lightfoot and never hear the same song twice. And that's what's so amazing about his music. They're ALL good! But I do have a favorite: Bells of the Evening from the Cold on the Shoulder album. To me it epitomizes everything we love about his music: the lyrics, the melody, the imagery, the voice. Mr. Lightfoot, may you have a speedy and full recovery. May all the joy that you've given all of us over the years be returned to you. IP: Logged
jillhuggins@hotmail.com unregistered	posted March 02, 2003 19:05 Talking in Your Sleep is my favorite song and has been stuck in my head since the early 70's. I never met anyone else who knew the song and never knew who the artist was. Yipee! Now I can finally go about finding it and owning it! I can die happy! IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted March 03, 2003 13:48 I'll make this simple. All GL songs but a very select few. I'm not saying I "hate" those few but they just don't seem (in my opinion) to match Gord's style. Some are the one's he didn't write himself like,"Pride Of Man". Some are the ones influenced by trying to sound modern or "hip". 1/2 of the "Endless Wire" lp is good the other 1/2 sounds like an unfortunate cross between Fleetwood Mac,The Eagles and Gary Wright. Lastly,some of the rock like songs on,"Salute" sound like they should have been done by .38 Special. I just prefer that Gordon either does Folk,Country or his easy-going brand of Jazzlike pop tunes. It's been Borderstone,outta here and A.B. ! ------------------ Borderstone IP: Logged
ckrause@nts-online.net unregistered	posted March 16, 2003 02:28 "I read again between the lines upon each page the words of love you sent me..." SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT. Curtis IP: Logged
titan Member	posted March 16, 2003 05:55 I like them all. I'm probably unable to pick a favorite. However, I do listen to The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald alot because we are going to the shipwreck museum in July and our cabin is on Whitefish Bay. That song gets me stoked for my vacation. I like all Gord music and a personal favorite song may change from day to day. If it's cold and rainy on a particular day, maybe Rainy Day People is my favorite song that day. IP: Logged
walls Member	posted March 16, 2003 21:48 Donaldfluffy sums it up the best - inspirational. So much poetry, and so much to listen to and oh so much to think about. Inspirational! If you need me, is indeed, a wonderful tune. I'm not supposed to care, same old obsession, ordinary man, shadows, ribbon of darkness, song for a winter's night, ode to big blue, affair on eight avenue, bells of the evening, can't depend on love, if children had wings, home from the forest, if I could, in my fashion, it's worth believin', on the high seas, never too close, mother of a miner's child, second cup of coffee, sit down young stranger, watchman's gone, patriot's dream, your love's return, lazy mornin'. Oh, who am I kidding? I could go on with favorites for hours. Just say most, with very few exceptions. ------------------ restless shadows IP: Logged
triviapoet unregistered	posted March 25, 2003 14:38 Like many of those who have posted, I grew up on the radio-friendly 70's songs like "Sundown" and "If You Could Read My Mind". My wife (she and I are in our late-20's) had more exposure to album material through her mother, but it was all from that same era. Once she got me exposed to songs like "Summer Side of Life" and "Circle of Steel", my list of favorites grew, but I hadn't found that transcendent song to serve as my "favorite" song. That is until last year, when I found a double-CD set entitled "The United Artists Collection" that had four albums worth of material that I had largely not heard. For those few not familiar, GL re-recorded a few of the songs from this time ("Steel Rail Blues" and Canadian Railroad Trilogy" were probably my favorites that appeared in this collection) in his later work. But I was exposed to great songs like "Boss Man", "Marie Christine", "The Gypsy" and "Black Day in July". For all of that, none of those is my favorite, either. I gotta go with one I haven't seen mentioned much, that being "The Way I Feel" (Version 2, the double-tracked vocal and percussion-laden track). Haunting, the rare kind of song I can listen to several times in a row. One of my favorite songs ever. To me, GL is one in a trio of Anglo-folk artists who stand at the pinnacle of their craft, each of whom represents the 60s-70s time differently, but equally well. For America, of course, we have Bob Dylan. Canada gave us GL. England's best, in my opinion, is Nick Drake. Keep your ears and your mind open, and see you around the listening bars of your local record store. Chris IP: Logged
Karlos2x2l unregistered	posted April 04, 2003 21:47 This is my first visit to the site. I'm having a wonderful time listening to Gord on my DVD while I am reading everyone's opinions and GL stories. Let me add my 2 cents... I began to listen to Gord in '71 when my barracks-mate pulled out his stereo and an album that was entitled "Sit Down Young Stranger". [It was re-released later as "If You Could Read My Mind".] My buddy Duke had several earlier albums that he shared while we sat around sipping beverages to pass the time during barracks life. We stumbled upon Sunday Concert on day in the PX and I then discovered my favorite song - Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle. The most telling thing of that recording was the live audience's reaction. The silence during his performance and for a split second at the song's end....they were stunned. It was then that I realized how Gordon can weave the emotions of life around the intricate words of a story and apply an appropriate melody that creates a tapestry worthy of the Louvre.... "Oh, Lord!" she groans "I'm burning! Let someone understand!" But her silent plea is wasted In the playing of the band... and a voice says "Shut up and deal! I'm losing....." You could close your eyes and see and hear everything! Did She Mention My Name was a favorite while I was in the service, as was Early Morning Rain. CRT is without equal to anything other than GL's own music, and Christian Island talks to everyone's personal place of peace. The most moving experience I ever had at a concert was during one of Gord's appearances at Blossom Music Center near Cleveland. BMC is an outdoor theater that sits in a hollow between a couple of hills. It's very common for people to sit on blankets on the sides of the hills to enjoy the shows. My wife and I were enjoying the concert as the sun was setting on a late August evening. The low lying area often gets foggy, and it began to do so this evening just as Gord began the opening strains of "Fitz". It was an amazing and eerie feeling to be sitting there as the fog rolled in, listening.... "when she left fully loaded for Cleveland...." I still get the chills. IP: Logged
GL Fan for 30+years Member	posted April 05, 2003 01:05 quote: Originally posted by Jennifer: My favorite GL song is Seven Island Suite. He really hits the heart of matters there. Could listen to it over & over. It is one of my favorite songs also. I like the different movements and the imagery. It shows his creativity at it's best. IP: Logged
DMD3 unregistered	posted April 08, 2003 10:05 There's a lot of GL songs that I like, but my favorite will probably always be "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald." Coming in a close 2nd is ShadowsII (Gords Gold Volume. II version). IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted April 09, 2003 16:18 Well I've been on here awhile now and I just went back and looked at all these posts and of course I read my own. Safe now to say that my opinion and answer to this question has altered. I have realized after listening to my collection for awhile,that I prefer both versions of "The Pony Man" equally. In fact they are so similar,when I listened to the newer longer version I almost didn't realize that it was longer. The reasons are that the line about midnight on the meadows reminds me of my backyard back in PA which was mostly like a meadow. Also when it talks about the midnight sky and the moon it reminds me of how my hometown was small and had no really large buldings or bright lights to block the view of the moon & stars. When the moon was full,there were seemingly 1 billion stars out there. Finally,it just reminds me of my own childhood and how simple it was. Not just living in a small town but being a kid there also. This has been Borderstone,getting misty eyed while Alberta Bound. (Or maybe Corry,PA) IP: Logged
hercules unregistered	posted April 19, 2003 23:44 Toss up.. Pussy Willows Catails because of the imagery... Beautiful because i wrote down the lyrics and left them on the windshield of a girl.. A girl who would become my wife. That was 25 years ago. Still Married. IP: Logged
Izzy Member	posted April 20, 2003 22:26 Depending on my mood or the season, my favorite GL song usually changes frequently; however, if I had to narrow it down to one, it would have to be "If You Could Read My Mind." I feel this is the best song ever written. I have yet to hear any music artist or group sing a song that captures my soul like this one does. I will never forget the time when I was mature enough to understand what the song meant. I was probably 14, and I had just been dumped by this girl I was completely in love with (I probably wasn't in love with her, but I was young, naive and a dreamer, and at the time, she was my whole world). My mother had picked me up at school; on the way home, the song was played on the radio. I had heard it many times before, but I had never really payed attention to the lyrics. Right then, I experienced this intense emotional release while the song was being played; I was hanging on to every word. After the song was over, I noticed my mother looking strangely at me, with concern. I finally realized that I had been crying, though never feeling or noticing it. It was a confusing moment for me because I did not feel sad, so I didn't understand why I had cried. Only later did I comprehend that I discovered the true meaning of music. IP: Logged
DMD3 unregistered	posted April 23, 2003 09:31 Actually, right now my favorite would either have to be East of Midnight or Someone To Believe in because I'm going thru a crush on a girl who I think after all this time does not like me. (Believe it or not, I'm 15 years old.) Who says a teen can't like classical music? IP: Logged
BILLW Member	posted April 23, 2003 19:10 DMD3, Hang in there dude, everyone was 15 once and we can all relate. Bill IP: Logged
TheWatchman Member	posted April 23, 2003 19:29 That's right Bill. I have some stories of my own. Some real doozies too! All it takes is a pretty face and a smile to put things into perspective. IP: Logged
twelve unregistered	posted April 24, 2003 11:51 Hello! It's very hard not to say "Wreck" of course, i mean, it's his masterpiece, his 'magnum opus', but i don't think "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is far behind. And they are both such important songs historically. Once, at a show, Gord said that his mother's favorite of his was "The House You Live In". I love it, to, and for some reason that story sticks with me. Thought it would be cool to add that to the thread. Like a lot of you, I thought I was the last obsessed Gord fan. I got goosebumps at least 3 times while reading through all the posts. I was so blown away that some folks shared my exact feelings about certain lines and songs. In particular, to Young Stranger, I too get the same hard-to-describe feeling when i hear the line, 'I wonder how the old folks are tonight'. So weird. "Old Dan's Records" gives me a bit of that same feeling. Also, YS, I agree that "Steel Rail Blues" is among his best. But i almost lost it when i read a posting by Hannah, who accurately described my feelings for CRT, right down to the tempo of the music simulating a train, and my father's model railroading! Blew me away. I guess i should not be so suprised that others have been equally intoxicated by him. I also can remember hearing IYCRMM on the radio in the seventies and thinking, even as a child, that it was one of the best songs ever written. You know, the coolest thing I can imagine is sitting around a campfire with all of you singing our favorites. Actually, if anyone lives in NYC, try to stop in at The Back Fence in the Village (155 Bleecker St) on Saturday, May 31, 2003. I'm a singer/guitarist (12 string!) and would love to honor all of your Gord requests if i know 'em. (I love to do Wreck, CRT, Beautiful, Steel Rail Blues, etc.) as well as many other assorted hits my the likes of Bread, America, etc. It's a 3-hour show, from 6:30-9:30 pm. I would love to make a "Gord connection" with any fellow fan. If you can't make that one, they have a web site and I can usually be found on there. God Bless! IP: Logged
twelve unregistered	posted April 24, 2003 11:55 whoops, sorry- if you look for me on the Back Fence schedule, please look for Chris Lynn. Cheers! ;D IP: Logged
DMD3 Member	posted May 01, 2003 09:57 Once again, I'm changing my mind. I'm burnt out on "East of Midnight" and "Someone to Believe In"(Don't you just HATE it when that happens?) So I'm going on a hiatus from listening to those 2. Then maybe they'll sound really good the next time I listen to them. But anyway now "Shadows" from GGV2, "Summer Side of Life" and "Waiting for You" are now my 2nd placers. IP: Logged
. unregistered	posted May 01, 2003 10:20 are those your "love" songs? IP: Logged
DMD3 Member	posted May 01, 2003 10:22 You better not be making fun of me or else This has bin and will again be DMD3. I'm hungry and I get out for lunch at 11:25. I better log off now! IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted May 01, 2003 19:58 DMD3:I've liked Classical since my pre-teens,so you are definetly not alone! I was one of few teens in the '80s that didn't conform to one form of musical taste. Which of course got me laughed at. Then again,I've never really conformed to anything except being myself. Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! IP: Logged
Luscombe 8E unregistered	posted May 06, 2003 10:19 there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run and the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun now that's a great song IP: Logged
DMD3 Member	posted May 06, 2003 10:22 Almost out of time here. you've named yourself after an airplane. IP: Logged
leojbramble Member	posted May 09, 2003 06:34 quote: Originally posted by twelve: Actually, if anyone lives in NYC, try to stop in at The Back Fence in the Village (155 Bleecker St) on Saturday, May 31, 2003. Sweet! I'm there. [This message has been edited by leojbramble (edited May 09, 2003).] [This message has been edited by leojbramble (edited May 09, 2003).] IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted May 09, 2003 19:00 O.K.-here goes! Lightfoot-Steel Rail Blues// 2nd LP-Home From The Forest//DSMMN?-Moutains and Maryann//B.H.O.E.-Affair On 8th Ave.//Sunday Concert-In A Windowpane//SDYS(or)IYCRMM-Both title tracks and Pony Man//SSOL-Cotton Jenny and title track//D.Q.-Beautiful and title track//O.D's.R.-Lazy Mornin' & It's Worth Beleivin'//Sundown-Title track,Carefree Highway & 7 Island Suite//C.O.T.S.-Title track & The Soul Is The Rock//S.D.-Title track,Never Too Close,& "Wreck"// All of Gord's Gold //Endless Wire-Title track,The Circle Is Small,If Children Had Wings//D.S.R.-Make Way For The Lady,The Auctioneer,Hey You,Sea Of Tranquility,Ghosts Of Cape Horn (maybe more)//All Of Shadows LP but especially "Triangle"&"Baby Step Back"//Salute-Romance,Title track,Knotty Pine//E.O.M-Anything For Love,Morning Glory,Title Track,A Passing Ship & A Lesson In Love//GG2-If It Should Please You and the new version of The Pony Man//Waiting For You-Restless,Drink Yer Glasses Empty,Wild Strawberries,Title Track (there's others but I can't think of them right now)//APPT-Much to My Surprise,Drifters,Title Track,Red Velvet & My Little Love // Songbook (unreleased tracks)-You'll Still be Needing Me,Always On The Bright Side and Why Should I Feel Blue? O-Kay! All done! Ya outta breath from reading this yet? I'm out of energy just from thinking and typing! ...and now,I'm outta here and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! ------------------ Borderstone [This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited September 29, 2003).] IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted May 10, 2003 15:49 Now I remember the other favorite from A Painter Passing Through! It was,"My Little Love!" I also remembered the title track of Dream Street Rose and "Nous Vivons Ensemble" as well as,"Same Old Loverman" and "That Same Old Obsession". By the way folks,if you forgot any,please post them. I'd like to see this topic actually hit 400 posts! It's already a record setter for this website but an even 400 would be cool! REAL posts,not just anything. It's been me,my time's up and I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! IP: Logged
p unregistered	posted May 14, 2003 15:20 I like,If you could read my mind and Canaydian RR Trilogy. I also like Carefree high way and If children had wings. Then there's Sundown for sure & Wreck of the edemund fitsgerhald. Sorry,I am still learning bigger words than I'm used to,my spelling used to be much worse. I'm also working on capitals. I go to night school. More later. Bye,now. IP: Logged
violet Blue Horse Member	posted May 14, 2003 19:49 Ask me that question today and the answer is "Ode to Big Blue". I haven't listened to that one in literally years, but it came immediately to mind today when I read a headline that said "Only 10% of Big Ocean Fish Left". They were talking about true fish, not mammals, but the last verse popped to mind none the less. ------------------ Born once - Got it right the first time. )O( IP: Logged
?Gordon footLight? unregistered	posted May 15, 2003 09:55 "is there someone i can believe in, somewhere i can hide" "is there someone i can relate to, who will break the ice for me" "ah the livin ain't easy" "she dont know how it hurts" IP: Logged
Tom_Nashville Member	posted May 15, 2003 14:18 There are so many. I bought my first GL album after hearing "Rainy Day People" on the radio, 'way back when. That album, "Don Quixote" had great songs on it! Don Quixote, and Protocol have to be my favorites, but Second Cup of Coffee, On Susan's Floor, Softly, Song for Winter's Night, and Beautiful are close seconds. ------------------ Uncle Tom IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted May 15, 2003 15:43 One of the obvious favorites,"Rainy Day People" was playing over the satellite network 70's Songbook station at my work today! It's kind of like having someone working with me. Others played on there are also the obvious,"Sundown","Carefree Highway","If You Could Read My Mind" and not so obvious,"The Pony Man." It's been me Message 400!,I'll catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! (and now we know it takes 99 messages to fill a thread. ------------------ Borderstone [This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited May 15, 2003).] IP: Logged
Borderstone Member	posted May 17, 2003 19:34 UH-OH! Not only is DMD3 talking to himself,he's answering himself back too! Hi,DMD3! How are you today? Just fine DMD3! How's the kids? What are you talking about DMD3,I am a kid! Oh yeah,that's right DMD3,in fact,your me! Am not! Are too! IP: Logged
dickhead unregistered	posted May 19, 2003 10:24 The Pony Man IP: Logged
Sam in OK unregistered	posted May 21, 2003 16:16 As everyone else has said, it's really difficult to pick just one GL song. I've liked everything he's done for longer than I care to remember, but perhaps my 'favorite' would be the one that means the most to me. While I love the music, I've found that it's the lyrics of a song that usually 'hook' me. That and the timing. Just as Simon & Garfunkels "Sounds of Silence" came out I was suffering from a (Thankfully) temporary bout of deafness. GL's "Don Quixote" came out in the 70's while I was in the Army and the line "See the Soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired" has stayed with me ever since. I'm just thankful that the world has had a wordsmith of GL's caliber and that I was lucky enough to go along for the ride! IP: Logged
iansndwnaol.com unregistered	posted May 24, 2003 16:33 I was the lead guitarist for the group "Sundown" for 20 years. I just want to say than gordon Lightfoot was my inspiration for many years, I sung 90 of his songs, not very well but I enjoyed doing it. If you ever speak to him, would you tell him please. Ian Macleod [iansndwn@aol.com] IP: Logged
twelve unregistered	posted May 29, 2003 11:19 Hi Leo! I hope if you make it you will come and introduce yourself! Regards, Chris Lynn IP: Logged
Patriot76 Member	posted June 27, 2003 13:37 Well, it's been mentioned a few times on this thread but hands down, my favorite song by GL is "The Patriot's Dream" off of Don Quixote. He paints a picture that has put my head in my hands on more than one occasion. Another one of my favorites, also rarely mentioned here, is "On the High Seas" from Dream Street Rose. It seems like that entire album gets little notoriety but has some fantastic music on it. Just my 2 cents. <G> Patriot76 ------------------ The songs of the wars are as old as the hills... IP: Logged

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