Radio

[DMD3]

Give me a list of all the GL songs you have heard on the radio. Not the internet radio or anything like that but the car radio, or the stereo player, and stuff like that. The only 2 I've ever heard are "Wreck of the E.F." and "Sundown".

[DMD3]

Give me a list of all the GL songs you have heard on the radio. Not the internet radio or anything like that but the car radio, or the stereo player, and stuff like that. The only 2 I've ever heard are "Wreck of the E.F." and "Sundown".

[Jack]

Here I go, aging myself here...

If You Could Read My Mind
Minstrel of the Dawn
Love and Maple Syrup
Cabaret
Summer Side of Life
Talking in Your Sleep
Beautiful
Don Quixote
Sundown (ad nauseum...I enjoy the song, but enough is enough)
Carefree Highway
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Anything for Love (that's how I found out EOM was released. After Ed Fitz and before AFL's 5 second radio play it had been a veritable wasteland as far as Lightfoot publicity in my world)

Jack

[Jack]

Here I go, aging myself here...

If You Could Read My Mind
Minstrel of the Dawn
Love and Maple Syrup
Cabaret
Summer Side of Life
Talking in Your Sleep
Beautiful
Don Quixote
Sundown (ad nauseum...I enjoy the song, but enough is enough)
Carefree Highway
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Anything for Love (that's how I found out EOM was released. After Ed Fitz and before AFL's 5 second radio play it had been a veritable wasteland as far as Lightfoot publicity in my world)

Jack

[formerlylavender]

I've heard Sundown and IYCRMM several times on the radio. As a matter of fact, I just heard IYCRMM yesterday on an easy listening station. I've heard Carefree Highway a couple of times and The Wreck and Rainy Day People only once. I'm in my 30s, and in this area (Delaware), Gord airplay has declined rapidly since the 80's.

[Jack]

Oops. Thanks for the reminder formerlylavendar. Yes, add Rainy Day People and Cold on the Shoulder to my list. Somehow I completely skipped over that album. And funny thing is that I have probably heard those two the most recently. Besides Sundown that is. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Jack

[Jack]

Oops. Thanks for the reminder formerlylavendar. Yes, add Rainy Day People and Cold on the Shoulder to my list. Somehow I completely skipped over that album. And funny thing is that I have probably heard those two the most recently. Besides Sundown that is. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Jack

[Gord]

I've heard Dream Street Rose many times as well as Baby Step Back.

[Gord]

I've heard Dream Street Rose many times as well as Baby Step Back.

[Borderstone]

I have only heard 5 out of his 6 top 40 hits played on the radio. Radio never plays,"The Circle Is Small." If it ever was played,it was in the '70's on just enough stations to make it a minor hit. It alos might have been on the,"American Top 40" radio show which used to be hosted by Kasey Casum. The only other 2 songs I've heard broadcasted are,"Beautiful" and "Anything For Love" on AC radio naturally. He's got a catalouge of nearly 500 songs and all they can play are 8? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif That's why I rarely turn on the radio anymore,it's boring and predicatable,not to mention musically segregated. It's been the B! Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

[BILLW]

I first heard Lightfoot on the radio, that's why I went out and bought his albums. Back in the day when FM radio was new they played big chunks of "albums" as opposed to AM radio which mostly did "singles". He was all over the dial in the 1970s in NY and California, which are the only two places I can speak of. The airplay died down through the 80s and we all know where it is now. So my answer is I've heard just about everything up to The Wreck on the radio and most of that when it was "new". But then I'm as old as dirt, having turned 50 on Tuesday.

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

[Lil Hoov]

I listen to the oldies channel and still hear; IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, BEAUTIFUL, RAINY DAY PEOPLE, SUNDOWN,and THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FRITZGERALD. There are so many other great Gord songs they could play,it's sad the radio people don't play songs other than most popular ones only.Randy

[Lil Hoov]

I listen to the oldies channel and still hear; IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, BEAUTIFUL, RAINY DAY PEOPLE, SUNDOWN,and THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FRITZGERALD. There are so many other great Gord songs they could play,it's sad the radio people don't play songs other than most popular ones only.Randy

[TheWatchman]

Happy belated birthday BillW!!

Sundown
Carefree Highway
Early Morning Rain
Rainy Day People
Anything For Love
Stay Loose
If You Could Read My Mind
The Wreck
Beautiful

I'm sure there are a few more that I have heard but I can't think of them at the moment...

[Tyler]

Yeah Happy Birthday Bill. I have two friends turning fifty and I am working hard on doing a scrapbook for each of them for their first fifty years. Great fun.

[brink]

Yeah Happy Birthday Bill. I have two friends turning fifty and I am working hard on doing a scrapbook for each of them for their first fifty years. Great fun.

[joveski]

only sundown and if you could read my mind

[BILLW]

This might be slightly off-topic, but my favorite memory of hearing a Gord song on the radio was in the spring of '86. I'm a radio-geek and I like to once in a while do some "DXing", that is, try and tune in radio stations from far away. I was up at my summer house in SW Michigan and late one night was tuning around on my really good Panasonic AM radio and heard "Anything For Love" from a station out of Toronto at 1010 on the AM dial. That's how I found out that
EOM was coming out soon.

[Rob1956]

This might be slightly off-topic, but my favorite memory of hearing a Gord song on the radio was in the spring of '86. I'm a radio-geek and I like to once in a while do some "DXing", that is, try and tune in radio stations from far away. I was up at my summer house in SW Michigan and late one night was tuning around on my really good Panasonic AM radio and heard "Anything For Love" from a station out of Toronto at 1010 on the AM dial. That's how I found out that
EOM was coming out soon.

[Auburn Annie]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
...I've heard just about everything up to The Wreck on the radio and most of that when it was "new". But then I'm as old as dirt, having turned 50 on Tuesday.

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

Belated Happy Birthday, Bill! And that makes me older than dirt since I'm, uh, 50+ <g>

[Auburn Annie]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
...I've heard just about everything up to The Wreck on the radio and most of that when it was "new". But then I'm as old as dirt, having turned 50 on Tuesday.

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

Belated Happy Birthday, Bill! And that makes me older than dirt since I'm, uh, 50+ <g>

[formerlylavender]

Happy belated birthday, Billw! Hope you had a great day.

[SilverHeels]

Belated Birthday Greetings, Bill!

[BrightSide]

Back in "the day" (1970s) of Gord's greatest popularity, you could have heard almost all his current music at any given time, because that was the era of FM "alternative" radio. These stations (and they were very popular at the time) often "tracked" whole albums. But even these "progressive rock" stations generally stuck to what they knew their audience would like. In Gord's case, this meant you didn't hear his earlier (United Artists label) work.

I've never heard any of Gord's later (1980s-90s) work on the radio here near Washington, DC--but I must admit I don't listen to "adult contemporary"-type stations much. The oldies stations stick to mainstream pop; on them you might hear one of these four (in this order of probability): 1. Carefree Highway, 2. Sundown, 3. IYCRMM, and 4. The Wreck. Nothing else, ever.

[MaryEllen]

Back in "the day" (1970s) of Gord's greatest popularity, you could have heard almost all his current music at any given time, because that was the era of FM "alternative" radio. These stations (and they were very popular at the time) often "tracked" whole albums. But even these "progressive rock" stations generally stuck to what they knew their audience would like. In Gord's case, this meant you didn't hear his earlier (United Artists label) work.

I've never heard any of Gord's later (1980s-90s) work on the radio here near Washington, DC--but I must admit I don't listen to "adult contemporary"-type stations much. The oldies stations stick to mainstream pop; on them you might hear one of these four (in this order of probability): 1. Carefree Highway, 2. Sundown, 3. IYCRMM, and 4. The Wreck. Nothing else, ever.

[Steve DeRosa]

Happy Belated Birthday Bill!!!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

GL songs I've heard on the radio...Sundown, If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. There may be more, but those are the only songs that really stick out in my mind from the radio.

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[Oma]

Happy Belated Birthday Bill!!!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

GL songs I've heard on the radio...Sundown, If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. There may be more, but those are the only songs that really stick out in my mind from the radio.

[This message has been edited by Oma (edited May 16, 2003).]

[fowlesjohn]

Happy belated B-day BILLW! Hope it was great.
OK, put on your thinking caps and herre is the list of GL hits I have heard on the radio.
EMR
MOD
B
IYCRMM
WOEF
S
DSR
DSMMN
FLM
DQ
INS/ROD
SSOL
14KG
CH
WFY
YS
SFAWN
SD
RDP
CRR
GSS

[gwen snyder]

Happy belated B-day BILLW! Hope it was great.
OK, put on your thinking caps and herre is the list of GL hits I have heard on the radio.
EMR
MOD
B
IYCRMM
WOEF
S
DSR
DSMMN
FLM
DQ
INS/ROD
SSOL
14KG
CH
WFY
YS
SFAWN
SD
RDP
CRR
GSS

[BILLW]

Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings, I really wasn't trying to plug myself but I was trying to say how your radio experience varies depending on how long you've been listening. For a good period of time Gordon rode the top of the airwaves which is why even now he's got a bunch of people discussing him even though he's not even on the road.

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

[Borderstone]

I plugged myself once and got electrocuted! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Ha-ha~HA! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Actually,that's not true......I got FM! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited May 17, 2003).]

[DMD3]

After Sept.11, 2001, there were a lot of songs about war being played on the radio. Was there any Gordo songs about the war played them? Protocol, Summer Side Of Life, etc?

[DMD3]

After Sept.11, 2001, there were a lot of songs about war being played on the radio. Was there any Gordo songs about the war played them? Protocol, Summer Side Of Life, etc?

[Borderstone]

Gordon's songs are really don't have very much to do with things like that. I really don't think there's song that would be appropriate by him. Later.

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Borderstone

[DMD3]

I'm shocked that 'Alberta Bound' was never played. We all have our songs we think should have bin played more often or played at all, but this not only is it a great song, its a good travelling song as well, so it would only seem natural that it would be played on the radio. But, I guess they don't go by whether its a good radio song or not, I guess they go by whether it was a hit or not. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

[DMD3]

I'm shocked that 'Alberta Bound' was never played. We all have our songs we think should have bin played more often or played at all, but this not only is it a great song, its a good travelling song as well, so it would only seem natural that it would be played on the radio. But, I guess they don't go by whether its a good radio song or not, I guess they go by whether it was a hit or not. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Borderstone]

Exactly DMD3! These days,that's all that really seems to matter. So much of today's music is so generic,it's boring. Major labels process this music like Tyson processes chicken! If it isn't a rapper it's an R & B diva or it's an American Idol or some flash in the pan act that makes it with 1 or 2 hits and disappears. There are some that stand out like Destiny's Child and or Beyonce,Nelly and a few others. I can't bring myself to put Eminem into that category because he simply does not appeal to me. Despite the fact that I bought,"Lose Yourself" on an import CD single. That was only because it went to #1 for 12 weeks and I collect #1's. Back to the point at hand though,the music I grew up with,yes,sometimes there were acts that went strictly for hit-making and didn't concentrate much on songwriting or working on sounding unique in any sense. The difference is they were never wholly accepted by the masses and sent packing. I think that's why people in my age group and older go on so much about our music. Over 90% of the acts we listened to played their own instruments and worked hard at it,playing anyplace that would take them just to get heard. That goes for the vocalists as well. Today,most acts signed have little to no exp. Ashanti was big last year but her vocals are not very engaging and almost dull. All of us who post here want real singers,real musicians and songwriters. That's why we love Gordon Lightfoot's words & music. He's real in every sense. ..and yes,Alberta Bound and nearly his whole catalouge,are songs we would love to hear on the radio! In my opinion,Gord should have as many hits as The Beatles (52) or Elton John (59). 6 hits? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif No wonder I don't listen to the radio much anymore. Been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone (An,"Avid Listner" of G.L.)

[formerlylavender]

I brought this up because I've heard Gord on the radio three times in the past week and a half. I heard If You Could... twice and the Wreck (only my second time hearing on the radio) last Saturday. Of course it was on the same station (104.5 FM), but I was thrilled!

[BILLW]

formerlylavender,
That's a SIGN. Things are looking up. I'm hoping he appears in our area again (2005?) so we all can meet up at another concert. I'll always be indebted to your brother for pushing me up to Gordon for an autograph and picture that night. Little did I know that would be the last chance I'd have. "You gotta be aggressive or you'll never get up there". Great advice.

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