Question- CHRISTMAS Song?

[strokerace]

I heard a Christmas song by Gordon Lightfoot this week. I don't know the name of it, but would love to have it.. Does anyone know of this song?

[jan6906]

I heard a Christmas song by Gordon Lightfoot this week. I don't know the name of it, but would love to have it.. Does anyone know of this song?

[Don Quixote]

The only ones I can think of would be "Song for a Winter's Night" or "Circle of Steel".

[jan6906]

No, it's neither of those.. Thank you for replying..

[jj]

well, i stand to join Gord in a VHS tape toast (non-alcoholic, of course) as he sings Auld Land Syne (how do you spell that?) every New Year's...but i don't suppose that's what you're referring to, eh?

could it be something off of this compilation? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/glclaus.jpg

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[charlene]

a little time on your hands JJ?

It would have been nice to hear SFAWN on the weekend.....instead of The Wreck.....

[Rona]

JJ-Too cute! It never fails to amaze me what clever, talented, devoted folks we have on this site. Nice job. Thanks for a laugh!

[jj]

quote:Originally posted by Rona:
Nice job. Thanks for a laugh!

hey, thanks for the nice words, rona http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
i'm mainly just here to be laffed with or at (even the latter doesn't bother me http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif)

char, i did that one-handed, i'm getting good, eh? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

btw, next printing will definitely include a Hanukkah song since Gord had universal appeal http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

instead of the Dreidel Song, how about "Spin, Spin"?

pls, any others to add, you creative folks, you? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Sheryl Klein]

JJ you are TOOOOO funny! I have been laughing until tears are coming out of my eyes!! My kids are laughing, too!! And, since we're Jewish, we LOVE the "Spin, Spin" idea for the Dreidel song!! Sorry, brains are not awake enough yet to think of any more at the moment! We've been having a relaxing Saturday morning lolling around and, of course, I'm in here!!



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[stationmaster]

Great album jj but you should have used a bearded Gord to drive the ladies nuts!

[Sheryl Klein]

he knows us too well!!

[saradreams]

Good one! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

How about...

"I'm Not Sayin' What I Got You For Christmas"
and
"Looking At The Snow"

Sorry, jan6906. I can't think of any GL Christmas songs either.

[TheWatchman]

I saved that picture to email to my brother. That's hilarious.

[johnfowles]

Briliant young Jiminy
A quick album perusal
gave me a few ideas for
FOR Gord's Xmas Volume 2
(songs yule love to singalong to)
Bitterly Cold on the Shoulder/Green
Black Day in December
Rudolph The Red Velveted Reindeer
Medley Winter Side Of Life/Wintertime Dream
Chimney Bend




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My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[Borderstone]

It's spelled "Auld Lang Syne"
(Alled - Lang(sounds like hang) - Z-eye-n. )

There ya B! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

[miketouhy]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
well, i stand to join Gord in a VHS tape toast (non-alcoholic, of course) as he sings Auld Land Syne (how do you spell that?) every New Year's...but i don't suppose that's what you're referring to, eh?

could it be something off of this compilation? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

http://hostmyfile.net/files/12357.jpg
is it just me? or does it not seem strange to see Lightfoot in a Santa uniform? i could probably see Peter Paul & Mary dress up but in the back of my mind he's just 1 of the last people who would.

[brink]

quote:Originally posted by stationmaster:
Great album jj but you should have used a bearded Gord to drive the ladies nuts!

beard or no beard, I'd like to sit on Santa's lap! The beard would be nice though.

[Sheryl Klein]

you bad girl, you! <pushing aside Deb to get on Santa's lap>

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
hey, thanks for the nice words, rona http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
i'm mainly just here to be laffed with or at (even the latter doesn't bother me http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif)

char, i did that one-handed, i'm getting good, eh? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

btw, next printing will definitely include a Hanukkah song since Gord had universal appeal http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

instead of the Dreidel Song, how about "Spin, Spin"?

pls, any others to add, you creative folks, you? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by jj (edited December 04, 2004).]

Being Jewish myself, and knowing that Chanuka usually gets short shrift in Christmas' wake, I thought I'd post a few titles myself..and while I was on a roll, I added a few extras for some of our other holidays
For Channuka :
Anything For Latkes
All the Lovely Driedels
Songs the Macabbee Sang.
Does Your Mother Know (You got a Christmas tree?)
Affair on 8th Night


For Passover :
The Matzohs and Mary Ann
(Four Cups of )Blackberry Wine
Bitter Herbs
Brisket City


For Sukkot :
The Sukkah is Small

and For Yom Kippur :
Forgive me L-rd


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[Cathy]

JJ, I recall once making up song titles in the unlikely event that Gord should decide to turn to rap. There were a few of us involved with renaming his songs. It was hilarious! So, why don't you turn him into a rapper, and we'll see what we can come up with.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Sheryl Klein]

Sundreme, that was HYSTERICAL!! Thanks for the laughs!!! (loved the 4 cups of Blackberry Wine!!) And, in our case, the Sukkah is HUGE!!

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[Sheryl Klein]

Sundreme, that was HYSTERICAL!! Thanks for the laughs!!! (loved the 4 cups of Blackberry Wine!!) And, in our case, the Sukkah is HUGE!!

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[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by Sheryl Klein:
Sundreme, that was HYSTERICAL!! Thanks for the laughs!!! (loved the 4 cups of Blackberry Wine!!) And, in our case, the Sukkah is HUGE!!

[This message has been edited by Sheryl Klein (edited December 05, 2004).]

Thanks Sheryl. I posted it right before I went to sleep and inadvertently left a few out, so I re-edited and added a couple of more.
BTW,
Mazel Tov... Its always good to have a roomy Sukkah! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Erica

[Borderstone]

Hey Sundreme! Caught ya on same time as me! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Does your above Haunnakah messages mean that,when you receive a motorcycle during the 8 nights,it'll be a "yamaka"? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Oh,oh!! Wait!! I was thinking Kawasaki!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Neva mind! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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"A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." ;) - Borderstone

[Sheryl Klein]

Oh, you guys are too much. I am REALLY going to have to check into the hospital soon with the laughing/coughing fits I'm having from reading your posts. This cold weather has kicked my asthma into being again and all this darn LAUGHING isn't helping!! PLEASE, POST MORE!! I'd rather die laughing. Love you guys.

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by Sheryl Klein:
Oh, you guys are too much. I am REALLY going to have to check into the hospital soon with the laughing/coughing fits I'm having from reading your posts. This cold weather has kicked my asthma into being again and all this darn LAUGHING isn't helping!! PLEASE, POST MORE!! I'd rather die laughing. Love you guys.

Well, if you insist, how about these ditties for Purim :

For Lovin Mordachai
Triangle(Nope...Hamantashen!)
If You Could Read My Megillah.
And of course, everybody's favorite :
Kreplach Highway!

[Sheryl Klein]

<cough, cough, grabbing inhaler> That was great, Erica! O.K., now I really am a funny person, so I should try to come up with something instead of sitting back and being entertained. Give me some time...

[stationmaster]

http://www.smilieland.com/graphics5/jopcjew.gif http://www.smilieland.com/graphics5/david.gif http://www.smilieland.com/graphics5/johancar.gif

A few for the Jewish ladies

[stationmaster]

http://www.animationlibrary.com/Animation11/Religious/Jewish/Dreidel.gif http://www.animationlibrary.com/Animation11/Religious/Jewish/Man_with_shofar.gif http://www.animationlibrary.com/Animation11/Religious/Jewish/Torah_3.gif

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[stationmaster]

Now that I have posted all these pics from the Jewish section, will someone let me know what I posted? I sure don't want to offend anyone here.

[Sheryl Klein]

No offense taken. Great pics. O.K., I've spent about 1/2 an hour coming up with Jewish-themed Gord-related song titles. Hope you like 'em:

14 Karat Golda (The Jewish Princess)
A Lesson in Kabballistic Love
A Rock-Hard Matzoh Ball Passing Through(Oy!)
Affaire on My Visa Card
All I'm After is a Nice Jewish Doctor
All the Lovely Shiksas (not a bad word!!)
I Used to Be a Yiddische Singer
I'd Do Anything for Love(Another Headache?)
Drink Yer Glasses Empty (3 More to Go - It's Passover!)
Blackberry Whine ("It's Not Manischewitz!")
Mama Said, "It's Cold on the Shoulder -- Put
on a Sweater"
I'll Be Alright Once I've Had my Sanka
Magnificent Outpouring (Annual High Holyday
pledge drive)
My 1972 Dodge Dart Won't Go
Race Among the Sale Racks at Macy's
Remember Me? I'm the One Who Put You
Through Dentistry School!
Shellfish -- Not in MY kosher home!!
Sit Down Young Stranger (and wipe your feet)
Stay Loose (Take your Ex-Lax, Moishe)
Thank You for the Promises (Now What About
That Trip to Palm Springs?)
The Way I Feel -- OY! Don't Ask!
Too Much to Lose -- I'm on Weight Watchers
Again
You'll Still be Needing Me,Mama said,
Never Mind You're Married!

O.K., how was that??

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[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by Sheryl Klein:
No offense taken. Great pics. O.K., I've spent about 1/2 an hour coming up with Jewish-themed Gord-related song titles. Hope you like 'em:

14 Karat Golda (The Jewish Princess)
A Lesson in Kabballistic Love
A Rock-Hard Matzoh Ball Passing Through(Oy!)
Affaire on My Visa Card
All I'm After is a Nice Jewish Doctor
All the Lovely Shiksas (not a bad word!!)
I Used to Be a Yiddische Singer
I'd Do Anything for Love(Another Headache?)
Drink Yer Glasses Empty (3 More to Go - It's Passover!)
Blackberry Whine ("It's Not Manischewitz!")
Mama Said, "It's Cold on the Shoulder -- Put
on a Sweater"
I'll Be Alright Once I've Had my Sanka
Magnificent Outpouring (Annual High Holyday
pledge drive)
My 1972 Dodge Dart Won't Go
Race Among the Sale Racks at Macy's
Remember Me? I'm the One Who Put You
Through Dentistry School!
Shellfish -- Not in MY kosher home!!
Sit Down Young Stranger (and wipe your feet)
Stay Loose (Take your Ex-Lax, Moishe)
Thank You for the Promises (Now What About
That Trip to Palm Springs?)
The Way I Feel -- OY! Don't Ask!
Too Much to Lose -- I'm on Weight Watchers
Again
You'll Still be Needing Me,Mama said,
Never Mind You're Married!

O.K., how was that??

[This message has been edited by Sheryl Klein (edited December 05, 2004).]

Very Good Sheryl...And I guess Great minds think alike because I also thought Shellfish would make a good one, but couldnt think of how to include it with the holiday theme.
Since we're doing general Jewish themed Gord songs, I'll add a few more in a little while
Erica

[TheWatchman]

I Used to Be a Yiddische Singer

That's funny!

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by stationmaster:
Now that I have posted all these pics from the Jewish section, will someone let me know what I posted? I sure don't want to offend anyone here.

You posted from left, starting at the top: A Jewish man, rabbi perhaps, admiring his menorah screen saver, next is a spinning Star of David. The Honk if you Love Hannuka Sign is pretty self explainatory I think. Though then again, you probably already know what a Star of David is too. Next, A boy dancing while dressed up like a dreidal. Then a rabbi blowing a shofar, which is a ram's horn blown on the High Holidays. Lastly, a dancing Torah Scroll.
Erica


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[Sundreme]

Here for your reading pleasure are some of the General Jewish themed Gord songs I promised.

Dream Street Rosenberg
Home From The Mikva
Cold Tongue on Rye From a New York Deli
Drink Yer Glasses Empty (or at least till you can no longer tell the difference between Mordachai and Haman)
Keep on Kvetching
Long Thin Dawn (Eat something, You're Wasting Away!)
On the Parted High Seas
The Zionist's Dream
Redwood Hillel
Saturday Clothes (You're Wearing that to Temple?!)
Oy Linda
Somewhere Tel-Aviv
A Minor Festival
Me and Bubbie McGee

I think that's all for Tonight!
Erica

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[Sheryl Klein]

loved it, Erica! I, too, thought of the one about Saturday Clothes, but, couldn't figure out how to put it in. Good job!

(If anyone wants/needs any interpretations, just ask!)

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[Rebecca]

Erk,
Bravissimo! My personal favorites were "Does Your Mother Know (You Got a Christmas Tree)" and "Dream street Rosenberg."
Rebecca Sophia

[jj]

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:
JJ, I recall once making up song titles in the unlikely event that Gord should decide to turn to rap. There were a few of us involved with renaming his songs. It was hilarious! So, why don't you turn him into a rapper, and we'll see what we can come up with.


cool, but maybe i'll have to email the pic edit for that (i'll try later to-day/nite), i'm just not sure where the line is as far as crossing it goes (or is it already too late? lol)

i was gonna play off the Eminem rapper idea but i understand Gord did some angry rapping during his hospital stay...how about Enima? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

say, i had a hard, hard time refinding this thread, the subject is pretty vague, lol

now, i actually started a Gordon Lightstein holiday CD cover but got interupted and think it's TOO weird to post...he's even got those curly sideburns and wearing the little hat (what's that called? i wore one once at an event but my head was way too big for it to stay on in the wind)

you guys have done GREAT, wow, i love these ones best...i just love the ring to them http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Oy Linda
Brisket City
The Sukkah is Small

and John,
Bitterly Cold on the Shoulder/Green is double the fun! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

btw, that Gord Santa pic is not real, just in case it wasn't obvious....i think the CD background and Santa i used was from a Charlie Daniels cover...so then sorry Charlie, sorry Gord...well kinda, lol http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

ps) lovely snow covered everything today, but maybe the drivers aint SO lovely, off to find out >>>>

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[Cathy]

Well JJ, if it's a hard topic to find, you don't have to worry about getting caught.

Hey, I have an idea. Post it under the name DMD3!

Somehow, I think Gord would get a kick out of it. If not, the most we have to worry about is that he calls and sasses us. He'll say, "Hello, this is Gordon Lightfoot."

We'll reply, "Gordon who? Sorry. I've never heard of you. Oh wait. Aren't you the rap star who uses Enima for a stage name?"

Hey, when in trouble, play dumb.

DMD3.5 http://www.notreallydmd3.com



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[Sheryl Klein]

Cathy, you are too funny! Yeah, just what wouldn't we say to him if he called? Brink? Got any ideas???!!!

[brink]

If I got a phone call from Gord I would honestly say "Gord who?" Then I would immediately cruise through my memory banks for everything I have ever put on this board and figure out a way to blame someone else. DMD3 comes to mind, but I would probably have to blame Bill for wearing the clear panties and befuddling my mind. Then I'd tell him my real name was Sheila (heheh).

[TheWatchman]

If I got a call from Gord I would tell him I told you years ago I didn't steal your Zippo so don't ask me again.

Brisket City is so good someone might believe that one. I want to see the Kosher Lightfoot pic.

[LSH]

I think Gord misplaced the zippo himself out of guilt over the Lyle "incident".
It was probably a reminder of Lyle nearly tartar.

[TheWatchman]

That's what I told him! I don't think he felt guilty at all over eating Lyle near tar-tar. He looked like a bum eating a sandwich.

[LSH]

I'm sure he did, but he's probably in denial. Otherwise he wouldn't be obsessing over the zippo...right?

[Sheryl Klein]

Sue, that was TRULY hysterical!! I'm still wiping the tears from my eyes! I almost smothered myself with my hand in front of my mouth trying to keep from laughing so hard that I'd wake the kids!! VERY VERY FUNNY!!! You should submit this to Leno!!

[Sheryl Klein]

Oh, JJ, those side-curls you asked about? They're called "payess."

Also, what is the "Lyle incident??" And what's this about a Zippo lighter?

[jj]

maybe i could do both at once and have a Rabbi Rapper? lol

payees, eh? thanks, Sheryl http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

someone said those religious caps are capas, not sure about the spelling...or capos? well, either way i had it in the wrong postion http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

[jj]

quote:Originally posted by Sheryl Klein:
Cathy, you are too funny! Yeah, just what wouldn't we say to him if he called? Brink? Got any ideas???!!!

i'd give him some Lazy Mornin' attitude:

"hello there and way to go Gordon,
you're keepin' up with the Joneses,
but after my posting of your pic,
i'd hoped no one'd telephone us!"

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Station Master]

ps) oh i really love this one, also:

Me and Bubbie McGee, lol

now is that a 1/2 Jewish, 1/2 Scottish grandma?

[jj]

ps) oh i really love this one, also:

Me and Bubbie McGee, lol

now is that a 1/2 Jewish, 1/2 Scottish grandma?

[Restless]

sifting through all the unanswered questions...
I beleive the song is called
"The Wish" and was on a christmas CD that came out in Canada about 7 years ago with various artist from around canada singing different songs.

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
someone said those religious caps are capas, not sure about the spelling...or capos? well, either way i had it in the wrong postion http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

The skull cap worn by observant Jewish men is called a "Kippah"(pronounced KEE-PAH.) in Hebrew.
The Yiddish word for it is "Yarmulke"(pronounced Yahmakkah)

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
ps) oh i really love this one, also:

Me and Bubbie McGee, lol

now is that a 1/2 Jewish, 1/2 Scottish grandma?

LOL Well there are Scottish Jews ya know.
Or maybe the family named used to be Moscowitz and they changed it at Ellis Island http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[jj]

lol, thanks Sundreme http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
than i should have added Kippah On Yearning!

well i've over-edited to the point where GL is almost not recognizable so i figure i can post this version...any beefs, please see CHAR! lol http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/chanuka.jpg

Gord's a chameleon, lol...ever see the movie Zelig? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

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[Sheryl Klein]

That's great, JJ!! (BTW, it's Pay-ESS, not payEES!!!) Gord was better looking in the Christmas shoot http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif And this beard doesn't do him justice. How about him in polka dot underwear? (briefs, please) I'm a bad, bad girl.

[NOT jj]

http://hostmyfile.net/files/14634.jpg

ok, Cathy & co...what are the title tracks? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Sheryl Klein]

Oh, that's good, NOTJJ (yeah, right, hehehe -- whooops, eh eh eh eh!)

O.K., we're gonna work some up... give us time...

[TheWatchman]

Oh man snoop gord is great.

[LSH]

ROFL!!
Oh boy, that one is the best...

[Sheryl Klein]

Uh oh, is that the NY skyline in the background (with the Twin Towers?) Gord's gonna be pissed! Gotta be Canadian background!!

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[LSH]

ok, with the help of my son, we took this one out. I think we could have done every title, but here's what we have:

1) 24 Karat BLING
2) A Gangsta Passing Through
3) A Message To The Ghetto
4) Shoot Out on 8th Avenue
5) Bay Area Bound
6) Baby Step Back (Keep going beep *edited*)
7) Betty Called Me Pimp Daddy
8) Blackberry Forty
9) Bitter Green (No More Bammer)
10) Dealer Man
11) Cold Steel From NY
12) In My M.O.

ok ok, we'll stop..but it's addictive...

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[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by Sundreme:
The skull cap worn by observant Jewish men is called a "Kippah"(pronounced KEE-PAH.) in Hebrew.
The Yiddish word for it is "Yarmulke"(pronounced Yahmakkah)


A KEE-PAH, huh? Wow. Here in Northern Maine, that's what we call trout that are big enough to keep. "Eh-yup. That's a keepah."

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Sheryl Klein]

ABSOlutely terrific!! Almost choked on my soup whilst reading it!! Favorite: 24 Karat BLING!

[LSH]

Had to add to it. In My M.O., for In My Fashion...after all the words are on the cover...hook it up jj...put it on the cover!

[TheWatchman]

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
ok, with the help of my son, we took this one out. I think we could have done every title, but here's what we have:

1) 24 Karat BLING
2) A Gangsta Passing Through
3) A Message To The Ghetto
4) Shoot Out on 8th Avenue
5) Bay Area Bound
6) Baby Step Back (Keep going beep *edited*)
7) Betty Called Me Pimp Daddy
8) Blackberry Forty
9) Bitter Green (No More Bammer)
10) Dealer Man
11) Cold Steel From NY
12) In My M.O.

ok ok, we'll stop..but it's addictive...

[This message has been edited by LSH (edited December 07, 2004).]

That's classic! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Cathy]

Oh God. I'm laughing so hard right now. Give me a few minutes to clear my head so I can come up with some song titles.
Come on guys. Give me some help. We might as well all get in trouble as a group!

Hey! We didn't do it. Nobody saw us do it! You can't prove anything!

My sides hurt from laughing!

And I thought you didn't have the nerve to do it, JJ.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[LSH]

Already there Cath, check it out!
Thanks Watchman and Sheryl. So much fun...I think we should make this one a double CD so Ry and I can keep going...

[Sheryl Klein]

What? It's not JJ! Didn't you see? It's NOTJJ!!! Not our dear, sweet JJ, he'd NEVER diss our Gord-Man!

[Sheryl Klein]

What? It's not JJ! Didn't you see? It's NOTJJ!!! Not our dear, sweet JJ, he'd NEVER diss our Gord-Man!

[jj]

hey, WHOever posted that, pretty cool, eh?
(especially if you're tuned in Barry Harvey or Gord or the boys, i mean boyz, lol)

well, WAY TO GO, lsh and little homie! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

i've been trying to 'get jiggy' but most of those are over my head (hip hop is almost as foreign to a trailer guy like me, as Hebrew is, lol)

i'm surpried that Bru or Char hasn't requested a hitman Italiano Gordo...wasn't he actually a Soprano when he first sang at Massey Hall? lol

ever see that A&E "Growin Up Gotti"?
well, how about Growin Up Gordi? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

ok, i thought of one, is that Timberlake guy hip hop?
i just "flashed" to the Super Bowl so:

how about Nipple Ring Them Bells? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

(hey, i already gave the "expicit language" warning, eh? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif)

jj coolio http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

ps) i like that word: bliiiing...whatzit mean?

ok, edit: i was just rereading and ok, can't friggen type, eh... oh this is rap so i can rephrase that" i can't F***ING type!!!!"...there, that's more like it, lol

Gord H, hey thanks for the correction WAY back on Auld Lang Syne but it was actually the Syne part i was asking about but the Land word was totally a typo...come on, the d is fairly close to the g, eh? lol

btw, YOU guys pick say, the a top 8 or so to put on the cover, i hate editing people's creativity..then, well fix the cover say tomorrow http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif i love the title as In My M.O. (what's that?), lsh, so let's go with it...should i replace Snoop Gordd? Puff Gorddy? let me know, all, this is a democracy http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

ps) wow, a Scottish/Jewish grandma, eh? heck, i'll bet she gives REAL expensive gifts, eh? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[Sheryl Klein]

Three Mile Island's a Stinka
The Homey's Gone
Too Late for Prayin'(San Quentin Final Stretch)
Doin' Susan on the Floor
Morning Fix
Take THIS Lesson in Love *ITCH!
All my Lovely *itches


Hmmm, I better stop there... this isn't really my forte and I think I'll get in trouble if I keep going!

[LSH]

flashy jewelry is bliiiing baby.
here's the second CD (sorry for #5, but he did put the warning label on):

1)Canary Yellow Cadillac
2)(I Made It) Home From The Rumble
3)Anything For Drugs
4)Gangsta City
5)Dream Street Ho's
6)Carefree High Way
7)Don't Get Beat Down
8)Twilight Katy
9)Gotta Get Away (from the 5-0)
10)Ecstasy Scored Easy


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[Cathy]

From a friend who wishes to remain anonymous, and I can't say that I blame him.

Drink Yo Glasses Empty
Cold Hands Up In New York
The Circle Be Small
You be da Bossman
Whadup and Wherefore
Ice Ice Baby Step Back
Ecstacy Got Easy
U Can't Depend on Love or Touch Dis
The Crib You Be Livin' In
Canadian Rapper's Trilogy
Make Way For Da Lady
Mutha Of A Minor's Child
Yo, Linda
Po Little Allison
Cook Them Bitter Greens
Hey Yo, Yo, Yo
Does Dat Mutha F**ker Know?
Early Mo'nin' Raid
Canadian Rapper's Trilogy
I Used To Be A Hip Hop Singer
Leaves Of Grass In The Bong Yo Yo
My Little Biotch
Old Dan's Police Records
Second Cuppa Vodka 'n' Juice
The Wreck Of Ella Fitzgerald

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

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[Station Master]

oh man, those are killer, LOL

i should get my nephew on this, i don't understand a word he says, he wears both his cap and pants backwards! lol

i think the album cover is the LEAST
of "our" worries! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[jj]

oh man, those are killer, LOL

i should get my nephew on this, i don't understand a word he says, he wears both his cap and pants backwards! lol

i think the album cover is the LEAST
of "our" worries! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[LSH]

ok, with the "expert"'s advice, I'm going for the most rapper/gangsta sounding ones.
WEST COAST lol
I'll pick five and let others pick the rest or shoot mine down http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
1) In My M.O. (modus operandi jj)
2) Canary Yellow Cadillac
3) Dream Street Ho's
4) 24 Karat Bling
5) Bay Area Bound

[or if we can't have "ho's" in there, we'll take Bitter Green (No More Bammer)]

[LSH]

ps jj DON'T CHANGE THE NAME! SNOOP GORDD is the best..snoop dogg is very laid back, so it's perfect...

[Elf One]

Any more info about this?

quote:Originally posted by paddletothesea:
sifting through all the unanswered questions...
I beleive the song is called
"The Wish" and was on a christmas CD that came out in Canada about 7 years ago with various artist from around canada singing different songs.

[johnfowles]

Ok I was going to content myself with a trio of of rapping hits
Rapping Silver Cloud Blues
Rapping In My Sleep
Rap Among The Ruins
pretty tame stuff so I a'googled for rap hits and found a site giving the lyrics (if you can call them that)
of the top 20 rap songs of 2003 amongst which I found
the lyrics to Read My Mind by Avant which contains these relevant gems
I can read your mind, babe (Oh)
My truck is parked out front, so let’s ride
So baby, take a ride with me
It’s alright (With me, yeah, yeah)
and although not directly Gord related but I liked the great literary merit of this stanza
"I know you wanna see, I know you wanna be
In my B-E-D grindin’ slowly"
there was also
Artist: Jay-z
Song Title: Dirt off your shoulder lyrics
as I suspected many of the songs contain really disgusting lyrics
and one must not forget in the circumstances
Jimmy Ate World's great song "my sundown"
which has the immortal line
"Good goodbye tin sunshine."
and hey on the Jewish album you forgot Wailing Walls
and i noted from
the official list of the most requested Hip Hop and Rap hits of all time
number one is tada tada
1. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
and I liked
18. Take It To da House - Trick Daddy
and
26. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/imaging/DJ-Waving-3D.gif
that's it folks
John Fowles
What a super topic this turned into!!!
As Char is fond of saying it really cracks me up

[Cathy]

Yeah, but can somebody please answer the guy's question about the Christmas song?

I don't know the answer. Anybody???

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[jj]

cc, are you sure your friend isn't a "her"? lol...can you pick the top ones from that great list? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

sheryl + anyone else, also pick away at your faves http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

jf, i'm convinced i know nothing of this category after reading your thorough and creative post, NOTHING! so i went to a reference site>>>

the first thing i checked out was MY name
...first AND last... hilarious! lol
http://www.rapdict.org/Category:Terms

ps) i've never heard of The Wish by GL, you'd think it would get tons of airplay up here this time of year...i'll ask some contacts

[brink]

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
ok, with the help of my son, we took this one out. I think we could have done every title, but here's what we have:

1) 24 Karat BLING
2) A Gangsta Passing Through
3) A Message To The Ghetto
4) Shoot Out on 8th Avenue
5) Bay Area Bound
6) Baby Step Back (Keep going beep *edited*)
7) Betty Called Me Pimp Daddy
8) Blackberry Forty
9) Bitter Green (No More Bammer)
10) Dealer Man
11) Cold Steel From NY
12) In My M.O.

ok ok, we'll stop..but it's addictive...

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Okay my eyes are peeing, and my stomach muscles are having cramps.

[BILLW]

Funny stuff guys but how about posting a glossary so us old white guys can follow along, LOL.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[jj]

i posted the glossary/reference site ablove, billw http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

i got Cotton 'Jenny' & Wild 'Strawberry' from there, yikes

see parents, what an educational site this is http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[LSH]

Well, Bill, "Bammer" is also known as Bama, which is marijuana...shake, the crappy stuff, not the good stuff (or so I've heard). The "5-0" is the popo, or the police. A "ho" is a...well, a lady of the night. I'm assuming you know what a rumble is. Let's see, what else was there...? I already explained bling, I assume anyone whose ever drank beer knows what a "forty" is. I also believe "pimp daddy" is self explanatory...
boy, I'm glad I kept this relatively clean..you shoulda seen what we had for Early Morning Rain...

oh, and Sheryl? Doin Susan on The Floor gets my vote!! ROFL

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[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
cc, are you sure your friend isn't a "her"? lol...can you pick the top ones from that great list? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

sheryl + anyone else, also pick away at your faves http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

jf, i'm convinced i know nothing of this category after reading your thorough and creative post, NOTHING! so i went to a reference site>>>

the first thing i checked out was MY name
...first AND last... hilarious! lol
http://www.rapdict.org/Category:Terms

ps) i've never heard of The Wish by GL, you'd think it would get tons of airplay up here this time of year...i'll ask some contacts


Come to think of it, I think a her and a he where accomplices to each other's crimes.

The really raunchy ones are mine, though. Mom would be so proud of me.


Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by jj:
cc, are you sure your friend isn't a "her"? lol...can you pick the top ones from that great list? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif


Okay. My top 5 favorites are:... drumroll please.....

Da Crib You Be Livin' In
Does Dat Muthah F**kah Know?
Leaves Of Grass In The Bong Yo Yo
My Little Biotch
Second Cuppa Vodka 'n' Juice

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[jj]

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
Doin Susan on The Floor gets my vote!!


SEE kiddo, i knew you were "funny"...heh heh

[Sheryl Klein]

JJ -- you are ALL THAT

[LSH]

jj, you gotta dirty little mind. lol
I'm not "funny" except perhaps, in your imagination. pfffft!

[Sheryl Klein]

My favorites:
24 Karat BLING
Shoot Out on 8th Avenue
Baby Step Back (Keep going beep *edited*)
Nipple Ring Them Bells
Doin' Susan on the Floor
Canary Yellow Cadillac
Does Dat Mutha F**ker Know?
My Little Biotch

And I just loooove these lyrics.... mmm mmm mmmm, John, you devil, you:
"I know you wanna see, I know you wanna be
In my B-E-D grindin’ slowly"

(Does Susan know you write dirty lyrics? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

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[jj]

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
I'm not "funny" except perhaps, in your imagination. pfffft!

actually, in my imagination it's even more bizarre
...i actually see Laurel and Hardy, lol http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

well, you creative folks need to come up with CD#2 of "Duets"

http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/duets.jpg

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[johnfowles]

OK a few more thoughts I am relieved to see that for his latest creation the superb "duets" CD Jiminy has realised that most
CD jewel cases have both a font and back insert so he needs to rethink the earlier three. Also now there are a complete 4-CD
box set's worth you need a box front and back. The front could be an adaptation of the original and very eye-catching (read
good for sales) "Santa Lightfoot" design with the addition of something like "Gordon Lightfoot's Festive Collection--songs
yule love to singalong to-Something for every family and every family member". We have the songs for a Winter's Night for the
adults the rapper CD for the teenagers. but nothing for the children therefore possibly an extra fifth CD could be a children's
compilation any ideas anyone. On the main "Christmas" CD there should be at least one token carol I nominate "I saw three
Passing Ships".I note that so far the rap CD has omitted Gord's own 'The Auctioneer" and from another topic The Telephone
Directory ("Toronto 411") and the Alphabet (providing it is entitled from "A to Zed")
Finally for those of benefit of non Hebrew reading gentiles a translation of the text on the Chanuka CD would be most
helpful
John Fowles
P.S. Jim all but the last two duets jpgs haver now it seems "time expired" and no longer appear. If you'd like to email them to me I'll upload them to my own web site and send you the urls OK?

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[saradreams]

UGH! I can't see the rap and duets covers. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/mad.gif

My 5 (plus 1) http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif picks for the rap CD are

Ecstacy Scored Easy
Doin' Susan on the Floor (HAHAHAHA)
Early Mo'nin' Raid
The Crib You Be Livin' In
In My M O
Dream Street Ho's

Only 3 suggestions for the duets CD..don't know if they've already been taken, though.

Walls - Martha Stewart
I'll Do Anything - Barry Bonds
Cold Hands From New York - Hillary Clinton

Can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

[Sheryl Klein]

ok, a translation for the Chanukah CD. The songs were: Oy, Linda, Brisket City, Blackberry Whine, Redwood Hillel, Daylight Zadie, Me & Bubbie McGree, I Used to be a Yiddische Singer, The Sukkah is Small.... right? O.K. Translation: I guess everyone knows that "Oy" is just a word to express frustration, more like 'Oh.' Brisket is easy, it's a cut of meat a lot of Jewish women cook for many holidays (I know I do), on the Blackberry Whine one... well, we all know the Jewish Princess jokes.... and we know what "whine" means... I copied this to explain who Hillel was:
Rabbi Hillel was born to a wealthy family in Babylonia, but came to Jerusalem without the financial support of his family and supported himself as a woodcutter. It is said that he lived in such great poverty that he was sometimes unable to pay the admission fee to study Torah, and because of him that fee was abolished. He was known for his kindness, his gentleness, and his concern for humanity. One of his most famous sayings, recorded in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers, a tractate of the Mishnah), is "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" The Hillel organization, a network of Jewish college student organizations, is named for him. O.K., Zadie is Yiddish for grandpa, Bubbie is Yiddish for grandma, Yiddische... is obvious (F.Y.I., Fanny Brice started out as a Yiddish singer (singing Jewish songs), then hit it big on Broadway in the mainstream), and, finally, a sukkah is a 3-sided temporary structure most Jews build in the Fall to celebrate the harvest: one more explaination: the Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Booths, is one of the oldest and most joyous of Jewish holidays, called in the Bible the Feast of Ingathering and today often called by its Hebrew name, Sukkoth [Heb.,=booth]. The holiday lasts for eight days (seven days in Israel). The Feast of Tabernacles, which marked the closing of the harvest season for the Jews of ancient Palestine, is today celebrated by the taking of all meals in a lightly constructed booth roofed with thatch (a sukkah) to recall the shelters of the Jews when they wandered in the wilderness
Also, I've included a link to a site where some common Yiddish words are explained. I see some misspellings, but, who cares?!! http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Yiddish/English/comwor.html


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[johnfowles]

After I posted my last message I realised that there is a problem with the picture uploading site:- http://hostmyfile.net
that I had introduced Jimmy to as it has a finite storage limit and seems somewhat unreliable as the first three CD pix he
had displayed no longer appear (as saradreams just discovered so it's not just my computer/hook-up. Fortunteluy I had saved them to my hard drive and have now uploaded them on a permanent basis
to my own web site so the four can now be linked to there as shown below
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/glclaus.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/chanuka.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/glrapper.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/duets.jpg
Jim if you wish to edit your original posting to use my site's URLs, be my guest
Better still man get to grips with your own (sympatico.ca) web space. (To a man as adept as you are at manipulating images sorting out their system should be chicken feed
http://www.aol.co.uk/about/community/volunteering_day/images/42.jpg
P.S. Great explanation Sheryl but what do the actual Hebrew hieroglyphics (correct spelling I looked it up in my UK dictionary) translate as
P.P.S.I have never heard of that christmas song "The Wish" by Gord or anybody else for that matter
John Fowles

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[johnfowles]

After I posted my last message I realised that there is a problem with the picture uploading site:- http://hostmyfile.net
that I had introduced Jimmy to as it has a finite storage limit and seems somewhat unreliable as the first three CD pix he
had displayed no longer appear (as saradreams just discovered so it's not just my computer/hook-up. Fortunteluy I had saved them to my hard drive and have now uploaded them on a permanent basis
to my own web site so the four can now be linked to there as shown below
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/glclaus.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/chanuka.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/glrapper.jpg
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/duets.jpg
Jim if you wish to edit your original posting to use my site's URLs, be my guest
Better still man get to grips with your own (sympatico.ca) web space. (To a man as adept as you are at manipulating images sorting out their system should be chicken feed
http://www.aol.co.uk/about/community/volunteering_day/images/42.jpg
P.S. Great explanation Sheryl but what do the actual Hebrew hieroglyphics (correct spelling I looked it up in my UK dictionary) translate as
P.P.S.I have never heard of that christmas song "The Wish" by Gord or anybody else for that matter
John Fowles

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[Sheryl Klein]

John, I'm working on the translation. Unfortunately, I never learned to read Hebrew (those are Hebrew letters), and although I asked my husband, he only learned to read it with the little dots (vowels), so, we're kinda stumped. When my daughter comes home from school, we're going to ask her and we'll let you know!

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[Gaby]

OK! 'Fess up - who has shares in Broadband?
This topic is taking years to download!!!!!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Sundreme]

quote:Originally posted by johnfowles:
. Great explanation Sheryl but what do the actual Hebrew hieroglyphics translate as
John Fowles

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The big red letters at the top say "Adon Ha'selichot" and the smaller letters say "L'yomim hanoraim."
Yomim Hanoraim means High Holidays. Specifically they are, Rosh Hashana-The Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, which is the Day of Atonement. On the High Holidays Jews sing songs and prayers of "Selichot" (Forgiveness).
"Adon Ha'Selichot",one of the songs, and the name of the album that the picture originally depicted, translates to "Master of Forgiveness", a reference to G-d. The picture before editing was of an album of High Holiday songs by a singer called Mordachai Bouzaglo. You can see the picture in its original context and hear some of the song at www.israel-music.com/mordechai_bouzaglo/adon_ha'selichot/ (http://www.israel-music.com/mordechai_bouzaglo/adon_ha'selichot/)
Erica

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[BILLW]

quote:Originally posted by LSH:
Well, Bill, "Bammer" is also known as Bama, which is marijuana...shake, the crappy stuff, not the good stuff (or so I've heard). The "5-0" is the popo, or the police. A "ho" is a...well, a lady of the night. I'm assuming you know what a rumble is. Let's see, what else was there...? I already explained bling, I assume anyone whose ever drank beer knows what a "forty" is. I also believe "pimp daddy" is self explanatory...
boy, I'm glad I kept this relatively clean..you shoulda seen what we had for Early Morning Rain...

oh, and Sheryl? Doin Susan on The Floor gets my vote!! ROFL

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Thanks LSH,

Well I know what shake is ever since my drug interdiction days in the military, LOL, bagged quite a few oz. of that stuff as evidence. Never misplaced so much as a seed, mostly. But I'm so old that the biggest beer bottle was a quart (which was 32 ounces) when I was still at the party. Thanks for the help - can't believe I've gotten 'slang impaired'.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Sheryl Klein]

Thanks, Erica! We got some of it, but, not the rest, so we didn't want to just say what only certain words were until we knew. Great job! And if I had a 40 in my hand, I'd say, "L'Chaim!"

[Sheryl Klein]

So, what's an Alabama Slammer? I've heard that before.....

Also, I'm working on the kids' album....

I have a couple of song titles for a geriatric album:

Stay Loose (take your ex-lax)
A Lesson in Love (You Know You Like the Opposite Sex, You Just Can't Remember Why)
I Think I Just "Passed" a Ship
You Just Gotta be the Paramedics
DON'T WHISPER MY NAME I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
If You Need Me, I'll Be In the Bathroom
Cold In My Shoulder..and My Back..and My Neck
Now and Then I Remember All the Lovely Ladies



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[Cathy]

For the duet CD
Mike Tyson: Don't Beat Me Down
Pillsbury Doughboy: Biscuit City
David Copperfield: Fading Away
Jerry Falwell: Forgive Me Lord
Aunt Jemima: Love and Maple Syrup
Hazel Giberson: Mama Said
The Rock: Mr. Rock Of Ages/The Soul Is The Rock
Bob Dole: My Pony Won't Go/A Tree Too Weak To Stand
George Bush: Never Say Trust Me
Alison Krauss and Union Station: Poor Little Alison
Bill Gates: Rich Man's Spiritual
Roseann Rosanna Danna: Rosanna
The Downy Teddybear: Softly
Brian Boytano: Spin Spin
Nick Nolte: Stone Cold Sober
Dennis Rodman: Tattoo
Bob Barker: Too Many Clues In This Room
Papa Smurf: Why Should I Feel Blue

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Sheryl Klein]

The Bob Dole one's my fav, Cathy.

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:
For the duet CD
The Downy Teddybear: Softly

No No Cathy the 1958 Phil Spector recorded Teddy Bear's hit was although sung softly was called
"TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM "
As an aside for anyone keen on Rock and Roll history,while googling for "Teddy Bears details I came across this great review
by none other than Spencer Leigh who did the great 1999 Gord interview for BBC Radio Merseyside:- http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/rnrhits.htm


------------------
My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by johnfowles:
Spencer Leigh who did the great 1999 Gord interview for BBC Radio Merseyside:- http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/rnrhits.htm



I checked Spencer's main site:-
http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk
to verify that I had seen that he had his Gord interview published
but it not referenced on that site:-

after googling I found http://www.banned-width.com/shel/misc/spencerleigh/bcysad.html
which describes the relevant interview book
http://www.banned-width.com/shel/misc/spencerleigh/bcysad200.jpg
one quote from the interview and book
"I had a stray girlfriend and she was out at the bar meeting one of my competitors. When I'm in a relationship and there is infidelity, I find I can make it work for me in songs." (Gordon Lightfoot)
i wonder if Our Silverheels well-heeled as she is has a copy??
Now back to my email as I see that Jimbo has produced the artwork for Cathy's volume two suggestions and sent it to me to upload because he has presumably given up sorting oot his sympatico.ca webspace shame on you sir!

------------------
My Gordon Lightfoot webring
starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

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[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by johnfowles:
[QUOTE]Now back to my email as I see that Jimbo has produced the artwork for Cathy's volume two suggestions and sent it to me to upload because he has presumably given up sorting oot his sympatico.ca webspace shame on you sir!

So here it is but I must comment that James has dismally failed to do his usual 500% job. I do believe that as is the case with GG1 and GG2 when there are two albums each has its own front cover/insert as well as the back insert listing the contents
So what about it Jim??
Furthermore I must point out that Cathy's list omitted The Wreck of the Titanic duet with some obscure Canadian Chanteuse
and Queen Elizabeth Highway with somebody?
John Fowles
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/Duets2.jpg



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[Cathy]

I would not even think of putting that woman on a Gord CD, even if it is a fake CD.
Well, let me look at the song list again. Maybe I can find something that fits (her big mouth).

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by Cathy:
I would not even think of putting that woman on a Gord CD, even if it is a fake CD.
Well, let me look at the song list again. Maybe I can find something that fits (her big mouth).

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

Yes. Here it is:
Celine Dion: Hey You! Shut up!

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by Sheryl Klein:
The Bob Dole one's my fav, Cathy.

I like:
Hazel Giberson: Mama Said
Hazel is my mother.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[Sheryl Klein]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Good one, Cathy! Guess you don't like her. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif <---- Celine

Well, I'm surprised no one got this duet:
Gord and Bill Clinton: All the Lovely Ladies



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[TheWatchman]

Mama Said--Bobby Booshay (The Waterboy)

Lifeline--Regis Philbin

A Passing Ship--Elian Gonzalas

[Janice]

quote:Originally posted by Elf One:
Any more info about this?

Originally posted by paddletothesea:
sifting through all the unanswered questions...
I beleive the song is called
"The Wish" and was on a christmas CD that came out in Canada about 7 years ago with various artist from around canada singing different songs.


I think it's safe to say that no one really has any more info on this one. It does sound like it would be a great CD, though, doesn't it?

Sorry http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

[jj]

quote:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnfowles:
[b] Now back to my email as I see that Jimbo has produced the artwork for Cathy's volume two suggestions and sent it to me to upload because he has presumably given up sorting oot his sympatico.ca webspace shame on you sir!

i know, as a human being, i have failed...lol

look, instead of making good use of my limited computer time (like learning how to load pics to sympatico, etc), i spend it doing worthless pic edits (which starts by searching all over the internet for pics of things like rabbis, etc...while ever other normal guy is having fun searching for cheerleader pics, etc, lol)

sorry, coach, i didn't even give it 110%, lol

hey, thanks for participating all (for a minute i thought we might get to 1,300 replies and surpass the StationMaster, lol)

btw, i love Lifeline--Regis Philbin http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[johnfowles]

Bringing this very topical thread back to the top
Following the release of the Love Songs compilation and the eagerly awaited "Sunrise" album for fans in Japan, Florian has announced the formation of Corfid Family Records to better handle the promotion and distribution of Gordon Lightfoot specialty album products.
The new organisation is of course really based in his native Vienna, no no Virginia in Austria not WVA
In addition the "Not Songbook " boxset has been issued to contain all 6 albums currently available
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/images/not_songbook_front.jpg


http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/images/Not_Songbook_rear.jpg

Note that the Japanese album will be released just as soon as I have completed the artwork

[johnfowles]

Note that the Japanese album will be released just as soon as I have completed the artwork

OK here it is
"Sunrise" the Japanese Album
"Rising Sun" geddit??
I had noted that there were several uniquely Japanese vinyl record sleeves,
in particular a Japanese language reworking of the (Spanish) Sundown single picture sleeve
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/images/Japanese-Sundown.jpg
and the Summertime Dream LP
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/images/Japanese_Summertime_Dream.jpg
and especially a significant "inside out' reworking of the original 1969 Sunday Concert gatefold
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/images/japanese_Sunday_Concert.jpg
Plus several LPs were sold with an "obi" (sash) example:-

http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/images/Summer_Side_Of_Life_Japanese_with_obi.jpg





All this indicated to me that there must be quite an Imperial Army of Japanese lightheads, and that a special album of Nipponised Gordsongs would sell well
So here is my artwork for "Sunrise" on the newly launched Bard's Tale Corfid label
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/images/sunrise_front.jpg
the front insert
A fully featured back inlay/insert will follow once the actual tracklist is finalised.
At the moment the CD consists of some 22 tracks as follows:-
1. 14 Karate Gold
2.The Pagoda You Live In
3.All the Lovely Geishas
4.Race Among the Ruins Of Hiroshima
5.My Toyota Won't Go
6.The Starrion Man
7.(Japanese Bullet Train) Trilogy
8.A Bonsai Tree Too Week To Stand
9.I'm On My Umpteenth Glass Of Saki
10.Shogun-Boss Man
11.The Wreck of the Yamamoto Maru
12.Mount Fuji and Teriyake Marinade
13.Early Morning Rain Chain
14.Ranbow Sushi
15 DatSundown
16.On The Ginza
17 Hokkaido Bound
18 Dream Street Tokyo Rose

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Bonus tracks
Special adaptations from the Mikado
19.Behold The Lord High Auctioneer
20.Willow,Tit-willow Cattails
21.A Wandering Minstrel of the Dawn I
22 I've Got A Little List
I could not think of suitable Gordsongs to adapt for Kimono or Judo..... any ideas.
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Some "liner notes" are in order":-
Note that due to the tendency for mispronunciation and the Japanese passion for "footie"
(Soccer) Gord is here being marketed as Golden Rightfoot
My overall favourite has to be "14 Karate Gold"
although Hokkaido Bound has the memoriable line
"The skyline of Kyoto is something you get to say "Oh to"
The reference to "On The Ginza" is a reflection of Toronto's famed "Yonge Street" and has nothing to do with the UK Searcher's 1964 hit "Needles and Pinza" (a song (http://www.corfid.com/wiki/Song) by Jack Nitzsche (http://www.corfid.com/wiki/Jack_Nitzsche) and Sonny Bono (http://www.corfid.com/wiki/Sonny_Bono).The song's original was recorded by Jackie DeShannon (http://www.corfid.com/wiki/Jackie_DeShannon) in 1963 (http://www.corfid.com/wiki/1963))
the "Wreck' would ideally have referred to the 1945 Japanese battleship
IJN Yamato (http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yamato.htm) that failed in a kamikaze attempt during the
battle of Okinawa,
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h62000/h62582t.jpg
but Gord obviously and correctly felt that Yamamoto Muru (http://www.scuba-safaris.com/scuba-diving-locations/papua_new_guinea/divesites/rabaul.html) scanned far better
The "Starion" Man refers to an attempt in 1969 by Mitsubishi to sell a rival to Ford's very successful Mustang. The problem was what name to give it:
according to a lovely bit of urban legend a Japanese from their sales department phoned a mate in California and explained that they wanted an English word to suit their new "pony" car.The American said " how's about "stallion"". "How do you spell that prease" "s.t.a.l.l.i.o.n."
"Oh yes "starrion" thanks"
this is confirmed on:-
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorials/qotd-the-name-game/comment-page-6/
which also has this delightful tale:-
"My nomination for the worst name is the Nissan Cedric.
Legend has it that upon release in Australia way back in the early ’60s, a motoring journalist asked one of the Datsun (Nissan) execs at the release "Why have you named this car after a poofter?"
Datsun exec: "What is this "poofter"?
Journo: "You know, um, a homosexual"
Datsun exec: "Ahhh so. You have many homosexual in Australia?"
Journo: "Yeah, the bloody place is full of ‘em"
Datsun exec: "Ahhh good - we sell many Cedric then!""
Finally it was most gracious of Gord who rarely records anything that he has not written himself to adapt 4 of his recordings to acknowledge the great songs written by Gilbert and Sulivan for The Mikado (http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/mikado/html/)
Enjoy!!!

[jj]

Sir John, a highly created and extensive effort that I'm still digesting, thumbs up, huge effort

regarding track 4, I heard the US pilot who dropped the ball, passed on just last month

hey, right now my Saturn won't go...

[johnfowles]

With Christmas just around the corner it is time to let the newbies around here see this great thread.I will try to get the rear CD jewel case insert artwork for my Japanese album completed

[charlene]

just bringing this back for a few laffs...

[paskatefan]

I just discovered this thread, which is hilarious. Thanks for all the Jewish themed suggestions for all of our holidays. I don't think I could outdo the clever titles here!

Gail

[charlene]

back to the top for a few laffs during the holiday season!

[johnfowles]

AT LAST the definitive Gord Christmas album (as found on Facebook somewhere) for a few more of Char's larfs this Christmas!!
A Gordon Lightfoot Christmas - YouTube

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

silly.

[paskatefan]

LOL!

(I'd LOVE to come across a Chanukah version, though)!

Gail