posted July 22, 2003 17:56            

IYCRMM - It has to be the title track.
SSOL - Miguel (easy one, that!)
Don Quixote - Patriot's Dream
Old Dan's Record's - Title track again
Sundown - Somewhere USA
COTS - Rainbow Trout
Summertime Dream - The wreak - of course!
Endless Wire - Daylight Katy
DSR - Sea of Tranquility
(His weakest album I think..).
Shadows - 14 Carot Gold (I love this album!)
Salute - a tie between Romance & Biscuit City
(I love this whole album too!)
EOM - Stay Loose (or I'll tag along)
WFY - Three wat tie? - Restless, I'D Rather Press On, and Drink Yer Glasses Empty
APPT - Drifters, Much to My Surprise, and/or the title track.

posted August 07, 2003 12:58           

I love the entire Sundown album, as well, esp. "Somewhere, USA" and, if I'm feeling silly, "High and Dry"

posted September 29, 2003 19:03            

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Originally posted by Borderstone:
My new favorite is Rainbow Trout,even though I've had C.O.T.S. for 10 years now. I guess the CD I checked out of the library made it come to life again! Also,"Does Your Mother Know?" Kinda early 70s,Neil Diamond-like. Yes,that's a compliment! : Later!

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posted October 03, 2003 02:44           

I just picked up Shadows and I think it's really a fantastic album. I especially like All I'm After and In My Fashion. And Thank You For the Promises. Well, the whole album is great and I play the title track over and over again. When my girl and I drive, Shadows and Last Time I Saw... are pretty much the only songs we listen to. No matter how long the drive.

Borderstone, thanks for replying. You know there were so many songs included from Read My Mind on Songbook, I was just disappointed that Saturday Clothes wasn't one of them.

posted October 23, 2003 01:25           

The math lesson in the first few lines of "Too Late For Prayin' " still applies. I am a Cannabis scholar working for proper revaluation.

I sing to my cats and my herb garden everyday, for joy and healng. Gordon is my favorite one to try and keep up with. Man! what pipes, brother! Obviously coming from a great heart, a real life, a masterful artist.

Thanks Gordon & fans for much love and healing energy, reflecting back to y'all from ev'rywhere all th'time.

PvH
http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace/
with links to other sites of photographic beauty and possible interest

Get in touch if you're ever headed this way!

posted October 23, 2003 01:46            

When I got invited to France, I was asked to buy my favorite CDs to fill the house with MY music. Gord's Gold, Sundown were all they had in stock, so my collection is incomplete.

There's advantages to everything, I guess, and what it means is that I have leaned all the words really well, which makes singing out loud fun and envigorating. I recommend it as a healing therapy for people to free themselves from inhibitions and promote deeper breathing.

If people are intrested in other healing techniques, self-empowering philosophies, guided meditations, etc. they are welcome to write me for info.

Thought for the day:

"We are all perfect in our imperfections."

for peace, health, enlightenment

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Project P.E.A.C.E.
Planet Ecology Advancing
Conscious Economics
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users/projectpeace/

posted December 26, 2003 16:56            

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Originally posted by Dean Van#@!*@#$$$$:
In my fashion is a wonderful classic.Listening to Gordy all of my life was a blessing from god!!!!!!!! He was my inspiration to be a lawn man!!Even though I wanted to be a mail man. He is truley talented in every way! he is my hero. All I want is a Coke in my hand a steak on my plate Gold Toe socks on my feet my she-man sweater on my body and Gordan on my left and Bob Dylan on my right!!!!!!!I love you gorday

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posted December 30, 2003 18:16            

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Originally posted by robertscromwell:
For me it has to be-"I`m not sopposed to care",such a beautiful understated song,i`ve got all Gords stuff going back to the 60`s so much gold to choose from.One thing has always puzzled me, why no concert renditions of "Daylight Katy".

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I heard Gord mention Daylight Katy on a radio interview. He says there's too much orchestration and harmony to make it work in a live performance.

posted January 05, 2004 13:10           

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Originally posted by Borderstone:
Shustad,I'm guessing you are kind of new here,so I'll be polite about my opinion of your abovee statement. Dream Street Rose,his weakest album? If you can give me specific details as to why,I might understand better. I and just about all of us on here,have always said it's one of his best and most under-appreciated works. I don't like to talk negative about his music but I say it's really a toss up between Endless Wire (not the whole LP but some of it) and GGII. Some of the songs on EW are good but most of it sounds like he's trying to fit in with the late 70s California sound of The Eagles & Fleetwood Mac. Gord's Gold 2 is simply filled with unecessary re-makes that pale to the originals,except for the longer version of The Pony Man. The older tracks he includes are the 2nd best thing about it. I advise you to go back and listen to "Rose" again a few times. It's been me,later!

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posted January 11, 2004 13:32            

WELCOME HOME.

posted January 28, 2004 12:19         

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posted February 02, 2004 16:27            

And my favourite song? Well, this is impossible, isn't it? I give up an give in (forever) .

But tonight (and only for tonight) I can only look at what I have on "repeat play" at the moment - "Much to my Surprise" (yes, much to my surprise). This song just makes me think of my closest friend and soul-mate. We two really are "two brave souls on a wild blue spree"! (though we will never pass each other by in the dark!)

And tomorrow I will (probably) have a different answer to this question! (yesterday my answer was different!)

Now I think of it all my favourite songs are linked with people I love or have loved. And this must say something about the power of this writing!

posted February 02, 2004 22:42            

"Carefree Highway" recently pulled me through a very difficult time, though I must point out that my up-and-down health has been back "down" today, and since my mother is not a fan (Shame on her!) I have difficulty listening when I want to. I'm staying in Mom's house until I get my own place in my hometown, and it's pretty much, "My house, my say" around here. Even when I use my headphones, she interrupts and *talks* all the way through it, and I can't listen. GRRRRR. I've told her what happened and the effect his music has on me, but all she cares about is what *she* likes.

Oops. Sorry about the tangent. I'm not feeling well, need GL's help and can't get it, maybe fellow fans can make a suggestion.

GL wrote "Fine as Fine Can Be" in honor of his daughter. My daughter's name is Elizabeth, and it so happened I heard FAFCB for the first time on my way home, while pasing through Elizabethtown, KY. So I felt a connection there too, and his performance of it left me absolutely saucer-eyed. I think maybe, if my mother lets me listen uninterrupted, I can use it as an affirmation, telling myself, "You're as fine as fine can be," i.e., "You're not sick, you're fine."

Then there's "Race Among the Ruins," which to me tells about picking up your life and going on after devastation.

Ironically from RATR: "Even though your mother is your maker, from her apron strings you pass." Ya hear that, Mom?

posted February 05, 2004 05:49         

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Originally posted by Mair:
Hello Katrine! I'm new here too (and also in the UK, so I can really, truly sympathise with you!) I've read about the 1963 TV shows, though I don't remember (I was just one year old at the time!) - though I did catch up as soon as I could! (around 1975!)

And my favourite song? Well, this is impossible, isn't it? I give up an give in (forever) .

But tonight (and only for tonight) I can only look at what I have on "repeat play" at the moment - "Much to my Surprise" (yes, much to my surprise). This song just makes me think of my closest friend and soul-mate. We two really are "two brave souls on a wild blue spree"! (though we will never pass each other by in the dark!)

And tomorrow I will (probably) have a different answer to this question! (yesterday my answer was different!)

Now I think of it all my favourite songs are linked with people I love or have loved. And this must say something about the power of this writing!

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posted February 05, 2004 13:40            

I supported (and voted for!) Alistair right from the start. Yes, I so agree with you - such a talent! And such an amazing songwriter!

posted February 05, 2004 17:39            

But ... I do love that song too - so romantic and in such an old fashioned way .. 3/4 time too, so uncommon (but not exclusive) these days! (even those days!) One I could listen to until the end of time!

And - in response to this thread - I haven't even started thinking about my favourite song yet!

posted February 06, 2004 14:27         

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Originally posted by Mair:
Oh, please do, Katrine!

I supported (and voted for!) Alistair right from the start. Yes, I so agree with you - such a talent! And such an amazing songwriter!

I landed here unexpectedly too, about a week ago. Strangely enough, I was only searching for some historical information about the ship Yarmouth Castle for a friend I've been "working on" for a while and have been trying to "infect"! And here I am - I ended up here!

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Small world isn't it Mair!
Have you joined 'The Army' yet?
I found Alistair-Griffin.co.uk in early September. Over 5200 members already.
He would appreciate the songwriting skills of the legendery Gordon.

posted February 06, 2004 14:43            

"Pony Man" & "Your Love's Return", definetely top 10! Later!

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!

posted February 06, 2004 15:11            

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Small world isn't it Mair!
Have you joined 'The Army' yet?
I found Alistair-Griffin.co.uk in early September. Over 5200 members already.
He would appreciate the songwriting skills of the legendery Gordon.

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Thank you Katrine! Just been there!

Yes, I'm always being amazed at how small the world is, especially these days! But you must have guessed that I (and anyone else here!) would love Alistair Griffin's music.

And, Borderstone - The Pony Man and Your Love's Return? No arguments here!!!

posted February 06, 2004 19:24         

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Originally posted by Borderstone:
I swear,when and if I ever find the time,I'm going to put togehter a top 100 or even 200 best Gordon Lightfoot song list. They're all kind of "best" since were all sympatico here but the list would more than likely reflect what songs I would listen to first before others (a very narrow margin ). Also,being in personal taste or preference.

"Pony Man" & "Your Love's Return", definetely top 10! Later!

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posted February 07, 2004 09:36         

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Originally posted by Borderstone:
You don't know me vewy well,do ya?

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