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Dorothea
08-04-2000, 04:30 AM
Is there a song, you think could have been a big hit,if it had been released as a single?
Frank.
Frank v
08-04-2000, 04:30 AM
Is there a song, you think could have been a big hit,if it had been released as a single?
Frank.
without question...... Keeping on Yearnin.... pity it wasn't!!
without question...... Keeping on Yearnin.... pity it wasn't!!
Dorothea
08-04-2000, 06:11 AM
Gord,
The song.It doesn't ring a bell.
Could you give me more info.
Frank.
Frank v
08-04-2000, 06:11 AM
Gord,
The song.It doesn't ring a bell.
Could you give me more info.
Frank.
Dorothea
08-04-2000, 06:15 AM
Sorry I've just clicked...
The PU from songbook.
Frank v
08-04-2000, 06:15 AM
Sorry I've just clicked...
The PU from songbook.
gathrb
08-04-2000, 10:33 AM
Frankv:
"Anything For Love" was a hit song from EAST OF MIDNIGHT if I ever heard one, yet even though the record company realized this too & released it on 45rpm it didn't get the airplay it deserved and failed to make Top 40 in USA...go figure.
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Frankv:
"Anything For Love" was a hit song from EAST OF MIDNIGHT if I ever heard one, yet even though the record company realized this too & released it on 45rpm it didn't get the airplay it deserved and failed to make Top 40 in USA...go figure.
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"...If YoU fEeL iT yOu BeTtEr BeLiEvE iT, yOu'Re GoNnA sEe It, YoU nEeD tO kNoW/iT iS rIsInG lIkE a FeAtHeR, dIpPiNg & DaNcInG fRoM bElOw/ThErE's A nEw WaVe ThAt Is BrEaKiNg In ThE wAkE oF a PaSsInG sHiP/eVeRy NaTiOn'S gOnNa Be ShAkEn, PuT iT tOgEtHeR, dOn'T lEt It SlIp..."
Dorothea
08-04-2000, 11:48 AM
How about "Somewhere USA" or "The Watchmans gone". Good commercial, accessible songs that would appeal to a wide range of tastes.
Frank.
Frank v
08-04-2000, 11:48 AM
How about "Somewhere USA" or "The Watchmans gone". Good commercial, accessible songs that would appeal to a wide range of tastes.
Frank.
Frank v,
You beat me to it . . . I was going to say The Watchman's Gone.
Or how 'bout one of my all time favorites, High and Dry.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann
08-04-2000, 03:56 PM
Frank v,
You beat me to it . . . I was going to say The Watchman's Gone.
Or how 'bout one of my all time favorites, High and Dry.
Mary Ann
How about 'It's Worth Believin'' or '2nd Cup of Coffee' ?
Silver Heels
08-04-2000, 04:25 PM
How about 'It's Worth Believin'' or '2nd Cup of Coffee' ?
CanadaGirl38
08-04-2000, 04:50 PM
Another vote for The Watchman's Gone. Sundown was full of really marketable tunes. I go with Second Cup of Coffee, too. The House You Live In. I'm Not Supposed to Care.
Now Anything for Love was a moderate country charter here in US but tha's about it. To be perfectly honest East of Midnight doesn't rank up there for me in terms of production - for the most part the songs are as good as ever but I just doesn't sound like Gord's "sound" to me. Your results may vary....
Another vote for The Watchman's Gone. Sundown was full of really marketable tunes. I go with Second Cup of Coffee, too. The House You Live In. I'm Not Supposed to Care.
Now Anything for Love was a moderate country charter here in US but tha's about it. To be perfectly honest East of Midnight doesn't rank up there for me in terms of production - for the most part the songs are as good as ever but I just doesn't sound like Gord's "sound" to me. Your results may vary....
Dorothea
08-05-2000, 01:08 AM
Another two songs.
Not his best but could have wide appeal.
Slide on over and Fine as Fine can be.
Frank.
Frank v
08-05-2000, 01:08 AM
Another two songs.
Not his best but could have wide appeal.
Slide on over and Fine as Fine can be.
Frank.
Chris M
08-13-2000, 09:44 AM
* Song For A Winter's Night (Gord's Gold)
* Tattoo
* Whispers Of The North
* Rainbow Trout
**ANYTHING FOR LOVE (what went wrong here?)
midnightmisty
08-13-2000, 09:44 AM
* Song For A Winter's Night (Gord's Gold)
* Tattoo
* Whispers Of The North
* Rainbow Trout
**ANYTHING FOR LOVE (what went wrong here?)
rainydayperson
08-13-2000, 08:18 PM
I believe "If You Need Me" was released as a single but wasn't given much push from the record company. It's one that should have been given better exposure. Ditto for "Daylight Katy", "Dreamstreet Rose", "Circle Is Small". All deserved a better push.
How about "Fine As Fine Can Be"?
classicmixdj
08-13-2000, 08:18 PM
I believe "If You Need Me" was released as a single but wasn't given much push from the record company. It's one that should have been given better exposure. Ditto for "Daylight Katy", "Dreamstreet Rose", "Circle Is Small". All deserved a better push.
How about "Fine As Fine Can Be"?
Dorothea
08-14-2000, 03:02 AM
Forgive me lord...A surprise hit?
(Despite the fact, that before last year,it wasn't even considered good enough for general release).
Frank.
Frank v
08-14-2000, 03:02 AM
Forgive me lord...A surprise hit?
(Despite the fact, that before last year,it wasn't even considered good enough for general release).
Frank.
rainydayperson
08-15-2000, 08:11 PM
I listened to "Race Among The Ruins" driving to work this morning. I thought it had to get my vote Frank.
classicmixdj
08-15-2000, 08:11 PM
I listened to "Race Among The Ruins" driving to work this morning. I thought it had to get my vote Frank.
Wingdrops
08-15-2000, 08:42 PM
I agree with Race Among the Ruins, either of the two daughter songs (Fine As Fine Can Be, Not Supposed to Care), Watchman's Gone, Never to Close, and Beautiful.
2nd Cup of Coffee, It's Worth Believin' and Slide on Over might have made it on country charts.
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2Much2Lose
08-15-2000, 08:42 PM
I agree with Race Among the Ruins, either of the two daughter songs (Fine As Fine Can Be, Not Supposed to Care), Watchman's Gone, Never to Close, and Beautiful.
2nd Cup of Coffee, It's Worth Believin' and Slide on Over might have made it on country charts.
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Borderstone
02-27-2005, 04:34 PM
"Triangle"!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Definetely!!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
(And "End Of All Time"> http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif
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miketouhy
02-28-2005, 02:30 AM
quote:Originally posted by Gord:
without question...... Keeping on Yearnin.... pity it wasn't!!well don't know about releasing a song about going to the bathroom let alone wrting such a song. hahahahahahahahahahahaahhahaha!
miketouhy
02-28-2005, 02:30 AM
quote:Originally posted by Gord:
without question...... Keeping on Yearnin.... pity it wasn't!!well don't know about releasing a song about going to the bathroom let alone wrting such a song. hahahahahahahahahahahaahhahaha!
The Rez
02-28-2005, 02:42 PM
"Anything for Love" was supposed to be a hit. It was designed that way. That's why David Foster produced that one cut on East of Midnite and it sounds so different from of the others.
It's a fine song to begin w/ of course, but the Foster Hit Stamp was on that arrangement and mix on purpose.
And even then . . .
The Rez
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seahawk11
02-28-2005, 04:37 PM
I'll Do Anything (from Shadows) always seemed like a song that Jimmy Buffett could really grab ahold of.
Borderstone
02-28-2005, 04:53 PM
I think if Gord went and changed some the EOM songs to straight acoustic,like "I'll Tag Along",then they could have been hits. ..but then again it would have to be the '70s for that. Acoustic was MIA in the 80's! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif
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Hagar
02-28-2005, 07:08 PM
I saw Gord do Anything for Love in concert years ago, when he did it he seemed uncomfortable performing it. The song produced by David Foster was intended to be the greatest Canadian love song ever written to bad it never turned out that way, it just didn't seem to be Gord's style.
Hagar
02-28-2005, 07:08 PM
I saw Gord do Anything for Love in concert years ago, when he did it he seemed uncomfortable performing it. The song produced by David Foster was intended to be the greatest Canadian love song ever written to bad it never turned out that way, it just didn't seem to be Gord's style.
Ducaire
02-28-2005, 08:12 PM
quote:Originally posted by Frank v:
Is there a song, you think could have been a big hit,if it had been released as a single?
Frank.
I'm surprised that Rainbow Trout, Ordinary Man, and The Patriots Dream were not hits... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif
Ducaire
02-28-2005, 08:12 PM
quote:Originally posted by Frank v:
Is there a song, you think could have been a big hit,if it had been released as a single?
Frank.
I'm surprised that Rainbow Trout, Ordinary Man, and The Patriots Dream were not hits... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif
BILLW
02-28-2005, 08:24 PM
I don't think that "Watchman" would have done anything if it was released as a single. Even tho it's my 2nd favorite Gord tune ever, first, they'd have to edit out the word s**t from it, secondly, it has too much of a "folk" song feel to do much on pop radio. "Sundown" also had a folk sound, but the backing harmonies and the hook was just too good for it not to sound good on the radio. "Carefree Highway" just flowed so well it was able to be a hit as well. All in my humble opinion of course.
Rob1956
02-28-2005, 08:24 PM
I don't think that "Watchman" would have done anything if it was released as a single. Even tho it's my 2nd favorite Gord tune ever, first, they'd have to edit out the word s**t from it, secondly, it has too much of a "folk" song feel to do much on pop radio. "Sundown" also had a folk sound, but the backing harmonies and the hook was just too good for it not to sound good on the radio. "Carefree Highway" just flowed so well it was able to be a hit as well. All in my humble opinion of course.
Next Saturday
03-01-2005, 10:11 AM
Too Much to Lose. In an era that sent Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head to the top of the charts, this would have been a winner too.
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vlmagee
03-01-2005, 10:41 AM
quote:Originally posted by classicmixdj:
I listened to "Race Among The Ruins" driving to work this morning. I thought it had to get my vote Frank.
It was on a single; in fact, on more than one. It was issued as a b-side with Wreck, and was also an a-side with Protocol. I always thought it was a great song; perhaps it was just overshadowed.
And I definitely agree about Too Much To Lose. That song, if released in 1972 would have been a big hit. I think it is the most "accessible" song of all the previously unreleased. That doesn't mean "best", although it is my favorite of the 16, but I think it would have had the widest appeal. Holding that one out for 3 decades was a shame. I think that if Rhino did singles, it might have enjoyed success on Country radio in 2002. I even suggested that (wonder how long they laughed, although Thane didn't laugh at all).
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I can think of two that if they were sung by some chap named Garth and came out of "Nashville" would be mega hits, no question! They are: Lifeline and Keep on Yearin'. The other which I could see a gospel hit would be Forgive me Lord. Good Songs!
Paul H
03-01-2005, 07:50 PM
I can think of two that if they were sung by some chap named Garth and came out of "Nashville" would be mega hits, no question! They are: Lifeline and Keep on Yearin'. The other which I could see a gospel hit would be Forgive me Lord. Good Songs!
Wes Steele
03-04-2005, 07:23 PM
Hello Everyone...
"It's Worth Believin"....
or
"Now & Then"
Janice
03-05-2005, 06:23 PM
I have nothing to contribute to this topic, but I just had to say "Hi Wes!!"
We haven't heard from you in a while - hope you're doing well. Are you going to make it up for the Massey concerts this year?
Janice
Rich Man Spiritual
03-06-2005, 03:37 PM
I think that "End of All Time" would make an excellent single and might even get some moderate rotation on adult contemporary stations.
As for unreleased songs, "Stone Cold Sober" would have been a great single.
Cheers,
Brian www.thebarnacles.com (http://www.thebarnacles.com)
Meekrofilm
03-06-2005, 03:37 PM
I think that "End of All Time" would make an excellent single and might even get some moderate rotation on adult contemporary stations.
As for unreleased songs, "Stone Cold Sober" would have been a great single.
Cheers,
Brian www.thebarnacles.com (http://www.thebarnacles.com)
Wes Steele
03-06-2005, 04:36 PM
Hi Janice...
Glad someone remembers me. I hope you are well.
How many are going up to Toronto in the spring. Boy, that would bring back good memories. My wife and I must have gone up there 10 different times. Was always a treat.
Everybody is well here and I hope with you also.
STONE COLD SOBER.... I wonder why Warner Bros. never even had that one on an album? I thought that is a great song. Just shows the stupidity of the record companies. They didn't pick up that song but there were quite a few "clinkers" on some of those albums.
My own opinion is that idiots ran the record companies....and still do. Sorry if I offended anyone....
Wes
WortUore
03-06-2005, 07:03 PM
"Song for a Winter's Night" and "The Watchman's Gone." Two terrific songs that never really got the attention they deserved.
"Song for a Winter's Night" and "The Watchman's Gone." Two terrific songs that never really got the attention they deserved.
Tyler
03-06-2005, 07:08 PM
Hi Wes,
I wasn't here when you were, but I have read many of your posts. It's really great that you are back on corfid.
There are a bunch going to Massey in May are you and your wife going?
brink
03-06-2005, 07:08 PM
Hi Wes,
I wasn't here when you were, but I have read many of your posts. It's really great that you are back on corfid.
There are a bunch going to Massey in May are you and your wife going?
charlene
03-06-2005, 07:44 PM
Hey Wes - answer yer e-mails will ya?
lol
hope all is well with you and the family!
Char
charlene
03-06-2005, 07:44 PM
Hey Wes - answer yer e-mails will ya?
lol
hope all is well with you and the family!
Char
Wes Steele
03-06-2005, 11:09 PM
Toronto...Massey Hall.... Springtime.... Gordon Lightfoot... Wow! What More Could You Ask For????????
Those were very special times for my wife and I. 90 percent of the time I had VERY good seats also...Very good seats...
It wouldn't be my wife & me anymore... Daughter (15 years old) Oldest son (12), and Joey (open heart surgery kid who is doing just fine 9 years old March 24).I remember all the prayers that were said for Joey from you people. You are all very special to me...
...All my kids like listening to "the boy"... Would have to break the bank to pay for all of this... but you know what... It would be worth it.... Plus meeting all of you fine people...except Charlene...She's a stick in the mud!
LOL... Just Kidding Charlene.
What do you mean I don't answer my emails? Answer every one...
Hope to be back a little more. Doing way too much travelling....
Thanks for remembering,
Wes
Janice
03-07-2005, 12:53 AM
Hey Wes - just do it! Make it the family vacation, this year. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to see Gord's return to the Massey stage.
It would be really fun to meet you all!
Janice
Ol Man River
03-08-2005, 06:57 PM
Jancie is right great time for a vacation,my 16 year daughter will be coming along. I believe Gords songs will be around 50 years from now and she can say she saw him at Massey Hall in 2005
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culverd
03-08-2005, 06:57 PM
Jancie is right great time for a vacation,my 16 year daughter will be coming along. I believe Gords songs will be around 50 years from now and she can say she saw him at Massey Hall in 2005
charlene
03-08-2005, 07:46 PM
Did ya have a nice birthday? This old stick in the mud sent ya greetings in October!
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif
wow - Joey is 9 now! What a miracle kid! It sure would be nice to meet you but understand about the financial stuff...we'll be thinking of all the folks who can't make it this May - even you ya old poop!
lol
Char
charlene
03-08-2005, 07:46 PM
Did ya have a nice birthday? This old stick in the mud sent ya greetings in October!
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif
wow - Joey is 9 now! What a miracle kid! It sure would be nice to meet you but understand about the financial stuff...we'll be thinking of all the folks who can't make it this May - even you ya old poop!
lol
Char
Wes Steele
03-09-2005, 08:57 AM
Charlene....You Old Hag....How do you feel at this old age????? LOL!
Yes ma'am, I got your birthday greetings and I thank you....
Char, once I found out that you were going, I ripped up my tickets! HA!
Seriously, don't count me out yet. You never know when your gonna get lucky somewhere. Even if its to late to get tickets, I'd make my way up there just to stand outside Massey and listen... A very special place that Massey.... And a very special singer songwriter... Plus I could meet all you special people!
Wes
Wes Steele
03-09-2005, 09:02 AM
culverd & Janice...
You are both right. GL's Music WILL be around a long time from now...
My older kids saw GL in Erie about 4 years ago and they loved him and Joey wants in the worst way to go.
It would be a special vacation.
Wes
Boat House AKA member
03-12-2005, 12:26 AM
The first three songs on the album Shadows
Nous Vivons Ensemble (this one may not have mass appeal I guess but is one of my fav's)
Too Late for Prayin'
If I Could
Song for a Winter's Night
Kilgore
03-12-2005, 12:26 AM
The first three songs on the album Shadows
Nous Vivons Ensemble (this one may not have mass appeal I guess but is one of my fav's)
Too Late for Prayin'
If I Could
Song for a Winter's Night
The Rez
03-12-2005, 01:04 AM
Those early 70s; North Shore Lake Tahoe; a young lady - called herself Sam - took in Stray Dogs.
The Stray Dogs would pile all over the furnature; pass the guitar; pass the pipe; pass the sweet fellowship.
The evening would begin w/ the sound of John Denver's Poem's, Prayers and Promises floating from the stereo. That signaled the sharing, the caring, the circle.
A breath would happen everynow and again. Sam would play just the right song on the stereo. The Stray Dogs would begin again.
When Sam chose the evening to draw to a close, she would put on THE song - the Stray dogs would move from the furniture to the floor and become still.
Shel Silverteen's lyrics would flow from the heart of Gordon Lightfoot. And the Homeless Found a Home On Susan's Floor.
It's not the stuff of hit records. Most folks have trouble getting in touch with their Stray Dog - or admit to ever having one.
In a caring world, On Susans Floor would be the perfect song.
Alas,
The Rez
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It was a Beautiful Rainbow
A Beautiful Time in my Life
A Thing to Share
A Time to Care
To Be Alive
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