A LITTLE DIFFERENT

[dscam31]

IS THERE ANY SONG BY GORD IN WHICH YOU LIKE IT, BUT WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, MINE WOULD BE "CABARET" I REALY LIKE THE SONG, IT JUST TAKES WAY TO LONG TO GET THE WORDS STARTED, TO MUCH OF A MUSICAL INTRO ALMOST LIKE LED ZEPELIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

[RBENGALS]

IS THERE ANY SONG BY GORD IN WHICH YOU LIKE IT, BUT WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, MINE WOULD BE "CABARET" I REALY LIKE THE SONG, IT JUST TAKES WAY TO LONG TO GET THE WORDS STARTED, TO MUCH OF A MUSICAL INTRO ALMOST LIKE LED ZEPELIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

[joveski]

I don't know how it sounds like Led zeppelin, but I agree with you about Cabaret. I much prefer the faster section of it towards the end (...from the coast of california)

[Bahama Star]

Ha Ha Ha.... yes after the drink and the "deep" breath...... " and still I'd like to tell her that I miss her so... North Ontario"


Keep Smiling Ron... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[catmanron]

Ha Ha Ha.... yes after the drink and the "deep" breath...... " and still I'd like to tell her that I miss her so... North Ontario"


Keep Smiling Ron... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[dscam31]

I DIDNT MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE LED ZEPELIN JUST REMINDS ME OF THEM WITH THE LONG MUSIC INTRO

[RBENGALS]

I DIDNT MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE LED ZEPELIN JUST REMINDS ME OF THEM WITH THE LONG MUSIC INTRO

[rainydayperson]

I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by you
Your wishes would come true if I had my say
Whether it's right or wrong the words of every song
Remind us of a love we knew where love should not go wrong
In yesterday
Hang on ye drifters now you got so much to go and gamble on
Watch out for the shifting sand where ever you may ramble

Even now as I look back and see all that's come to pass
I can't remember how it was I got here
Look around this place there's a smile on every face
We're somewhere in the afterglow out there among the stars
Out there among the bars

Hang on ye drifters now you got places to go and people to meet
Watch out for the shifting tide where ever you may travel.

I know I should not complain because life's been good to me
It feels real good to be stranded on my own
Be that as it may be we are what we are
I'll find you in the afterglow out there among the stars
Of yesteryear

Hang on ye drifters now you got so much to go and gamble on
Watch out for the shifting sand where ever you may ramble

All you drifters now you got places to go and people to meet
Watch out for the shifting tide where ever you may travel.

...If I had my way...I'd change the first line to "I do believe in miracles". I really like the song but find myself changing the lyric when I sing along to reflect a more positive emotion...just one man's opinion.

[classicmixdj]

I don't believe in miracles if it's all the same by you
Your wishes would come true if I had my say
Whether it's right or wrong the words of every song
Remind us of a love we knew where love should not go wrong
In yesterday
Hang on ye drifters now you got so much to go and gamble on
Watch out for the shifting sand where ever you may ramble

Even now as I look back and see all that's come to pass
I can't remember how it was I got here
Look around this place there's a smile on every face
We're somewhere in the afterglow out there among the stars
Out there among the bars

Hang on ye drifters now you got places to go and people to meet
Watch out for the shifting tide where ever you may travel.

I know I should not complain because life's been good to me
It feels real good to be stranded on my own
Be that as it may be we are what we are
I'll find you in the afterglow out there among the stars
Of yesteryear

Hang on ye drifters now you got so much to go and gamble on
Watch out for the shifting sand where ever you may ramble

All you drifters now you got places to go and people to meet
Watch out for the shifting tide where ever you may travel.

...If I had my way...I'd change the first line to "I do believe in miracles". I really like the song but find myself changing the lyric when I sing along to reflect a more positive emotion...just one man's opinion.

[Borderstone]

I would re-do Talking In Your Sleep. It's just "way" to country,as is "You Are What I Am". I'd certainly scale down,"Anything For Love" to just piano,bass,guitar,easy drumming and maybe a nice deep chello. Now that I've said 'chello' I'll say,catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[TheWatchman]

I think the slow beginning in "Cabarat" works well with the song because it builds you up to the fast part. Without it, I don't think the fast part would have quite as much impact.

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by catmanron:
Ha Ha Ha.... yes after the drink and the "deep" breath...... " and still I'd like to tell her that I miss her so... North Ontario"


Keep Smiling Ron... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Oh, you mean the zippo lighter part?

Cathy

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
I would re-do Talking In Your Sleep. It's just "way" to country,as is "You Are What I Am". I'd certainly scale down,"Anything For Love" to just piano,bass,guitar,easy drumming and maybe a nice deep chello. Now that I've said 'chello' I'll say,catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif



Here's a little test for you, Borderstone. What are the words in the chanting part of Talking In Your Sleep?

Cathy

[Borderstone]

Cathy,I'd like to say I know the answer but I don't. I'd have to go home and listen. I've only been familiar with his larger catalouge of songs since late last summer. I'll go home and listen and come back next time. Nobody post the answer until then,please? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif (Itwouldn't be the chant from Michael Zager's "Let's All Chant" would it? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif Bye,now! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[BrightSide]

Ooo! I know that one!

Richard Harison, who worked for Gord at the time as (I think) a sound engineer, said on another board that it was "pick a potato."

[MaryEllen]

Ooo! I know that one!

Richard Harison, who worked for Gord at the time as (I think) a sound engineer, said on another board that it was "pick a potato."

[BrightSide]

PS. He also said that the "zippo lighter" was actually a poptop beer can being opened. Carling Black Label, I think.

[MaryEllen]

PS. He also said that the "zippo lighter" was actually a poptop beer can being opened. Carling Black Label, I think.

[Borderstone]

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif>Very funny Cathy http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Very Funny. Har Har ah Har de har har...hoooo. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif No chanting folks,but some mysterious backwards masking of Ray Stevens mixed in! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone (Also known as,"The B!")

[Borderstone]

Speaking of Salute. I forgot to add that I thought the picture on back,just like on Waiting,would have made a better cover. I also went back and relistened to the LP since I got it out to re-check the cover. I find I like Whispers Of The North and Gotta Get Away more than I did before. Maybe because I was in a more relaxed atmosphere than the first time. I also tried Someone To Believe In but while I think the lyrics are great,I still cannot get into the musical side of it. I guess I just like Gord when he keeps it simple. Lastly,I forgot to mention Sunday Concert. I'll just say it's an okay live shot but the lighting makes his shirt look pink and that color does not agree with him. As for greatest hits packages,except Songbook,they're not much but his picture is on the front of them. Later! Outta time! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif (Okay,I don't know how this message I posted for the Album cover topic got on this thread but that's where it's supposed to be! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif If someone can put it over there I'd appreciate it! Somethin' weird's goin' on! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif )

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Borderstone (Also known as,"The B!")

[This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited July 03, 2003).]

[DMD3]

In "East Of Midnight" after the lyrics "It takes a bit of my heart" and "Now thats a pretty good start", I would get read of that trumpet sound. It makes it sound too 80sh to me.

[This message has been edited by DMD3 (edited September 01, 2003).]

[DMD3]

In "East Of Midnight" after the lyrics "It takes a bit of my heart" and "Now thats a pretty good start", I would get read of that trumpet sound. It makes it sound too 80sh to me.

[This message has been edited by DMD3 (edited September 01, 2003).]

[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
Well now, I was thinking about this same topic on the same day this topic got started!!! Believe it or not.
But anyway, in "East Of Midnight" after the lyrics "It takes a bit of my heart" and "Now thats a pretty good start", I would get read of that trumpet sound. It makes it sound too 80sh to me.

Gord has actually done an acoustic version of East Of Midnight, and a few years back used to play it in concerts quite often. I never was very fond of the song, but the acoustic version is quite nice.

Cathy

[DMD3]

In several of the songs on Disc#1 from the songbook on some of the ends songs theres some clapping. I CAN'T STAND IT.

[DMD3]

In several of the songs on Disc#1 from the songbook on some of the ends songs theres some clapping. I CAN'T STAND IT.

[Borderstone]

It's folk music DMD3,most folk acts of the 60's used clapping for rhythm instead of drums. Just listen to Trini Lopez's,"If I Had A Hammer",for the best example. I find that to sound a lot more fun than just standard drumming. Those wanting to can clap along with the song. It gives a song a more human feeling too. Been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[DMD3]

I'm not talking about clapping for rythm. If you listen to Ribbon Of Darkness/I'm Not Sayin on Disc # 1 you will hear the audience clapping from time to time. Thats what I can't stand. Clapping for rythm though, I don't mind that.

[DMD3]

I'm not talking about clapping for rythm. If you listen to Ribbon Of Darkness/I'm Not Sayin on Disc # 1 you will hear the audience clapping from time to time. Thats what I can't stand. Clapping for rythm though, I don't mind that.

[joveski]

those are live tracks. what do you expect - people sitting there in silence throughout?

[Rick Mundane]

Clapping for rhythm is fine, unless you happen to be Rick Allen.

[Rick Mundane]

Clapping for rhythm is fine, unless you happen to be Rick Allen.

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by joveski:
those are live tracks. what do you expect - people sitting there in silence throughout?

Actually, the clapping sounded a bit fake for some reason, I guess because they'd start clapping and then stop real suddenly.
I didn't know it was live, I thought they put it their for sound effects.(At least there wasn't cheering and whistling)

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by joveski:
those are live tracks. what do you expect - people sitting there in silence throughout?

Actually, the clapping sounded a bit fake for some reason, I guess because they'd start clapping and then stop real suddenly.
I didn't know it was live, I thought they put it their for sound effects.(At least there wasn't cheering and whistling)

[Borderstone]

I think the clapping on the LP is edited for spacial content. Meaning that maybe the audience is clapping & cheering so much it would be too long to sit through. The show was recorded in Canada,so you can imagine how much they were doing so. I think they did the same thing on Cheap Trick's Budokan LP. There's no more fake applause though than on Elton John's,"Bennie & The Jets." For years,I thought that was such a cool live track,only to find out it was all put together in the studio. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif It's been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[Cathy]

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
I'm not talking about clapping for rythm. If you listen to Ribbon Of Darkness/I'm Not Sayin on Disc # 1 you will hear the audience clapping from time to time. Thats what I can't stand. Clapping for rythm though, I don't mind that.

These are live recordings from his Sunday Concert album, recorded in 1969 (I think) at Massey Hall in Toronto. Believe me, it's not canned clapping. They are real people clapping at a real performance. I bet, had you been there, you would have been clapping, too.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

[DMD3]

I don't think there's anything wrong with 'As Fine As Fine Can Be' but I'd like to hear it with just Gord singing on stage and nothing else. Thats the way I hum it in my head. But with just a voice and no music, it may not be appropriate for a CD.

[DMD3]

I don't think there's anything wrong with 'As Fine As Fine Can Be' but I'd like to hear it with just Gord singing on stage and nothing else. Thats the way I hum it in my head. But with just a voice and no music, it may not be appropriate for a CD.

[n]

I simpily do not like the way Gord said some of the lyrics in the re recorded version of The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgarald. When he said "when afternoon came it was freezin rain", and "with the gales of november remembered", he sounded happy.

[n]

I simpily do not like the way Gord said some of the lyrics in the re recorded version of The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgarald. When he said "when afternoon came it was freezin rain", and "with the gales of november remembered", he sounded happy.

[n]

I wish the Gords Gold version of Bitter Green had been played on the same note as the original. But he played it a note lower and it doesn't sound so good then. If it weren't for this, this version would've been superior to the others.

[n]

I wish the Gords Gold version of Bitter Green had been played on the same note as the original. But he played it a note lower and it doesn't sound so good then. If it weren't for this, this version would've been superior to the others.

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by RBENGALS:
IS THERE ANY SONG BY GORD IN WHICH YOU LIKE IT, BUT WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, MINE WOULD BE "CABARET" I REALY LIKE THE SONG, IT JUST TAKES WAY TO LONG TO GET THE WORDS STARTED, TO MUCH OF A MUSICAL INTRO ALMOST LIKE LED ZEPELIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I've never heard the song, but he must carry on because for a song thats 5:49 long, that's not a whole lot of lyrics.

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by RBENGALS:
IS THERE ANY SONG BY GORD IN WHICH YOU LIKE IT, BUT WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, MINE WOULD BE "CABARET" I REALY LIKE THE SONG, IT JUST TAKES WAY TO LONG TO GET THE WORDS STARTED, TO MUCH OF A MUSICAL INTRO ALMOST LIKE LED ZEPELIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

I've never heard the song, but he must carry on because for a song thats 5:49 long, that's not a whole lot of lyrics.

[Borderstone]

Cathy! Oh,Cathy! I have a correction to make for myself regarding,"Talking In Your Sleep".

I just today realized that when I went home to listen,I listened to the wrong song! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif Because I was talking about 2 different songs,I listened to.."You Are" instead of TIYS! I did finally hear the chanting but I can't make out a word they're saying. What are they saying? Get back to me! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Later!

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[muklucannie]

i believe it's "I'm a potato-you're a potato" - something like that....Richard Harison who used to tour with Gord mentioned it I think...

[Char1]

i believe it's "I'm a potato-you're a potato" - something like that....Richard Harison who used to tour with Gord mentioned it I think...

[TheCromulentChipster]

Sometimes I wish Sundown had a little something else or more to it. I really like the song, and it's definitely catchy, but I don't know, maybe it needed more story, maybe less repetition or maybe a middle eight. I don't think I've heard a single Gord song with a middle eight, but that is typical of folk songs. It's either verse/chorus or a verse ending in a chorus. If anyone is not familiar with a middle-eight, it's that part of a song about half way through and about eight bars long that sounds different from the rest of the song. A good example is, "I Want To Hold Your Hand". The middle eight is, "and when I touch you I feel happy inside, it's such a feeling that my love, I can't hide, I can't hide". Gord has definitely done some interesting things in his songs, like Seven Island Suite and Canadian Railroad Trilogy, but he certainly doesn't write your standard pop song. Neither does The Flaming Lips as far as I can tell. They don't regularly incorporate middle eights into their songs.

[Big Blue]

Sometimes I wish Sundown had a little something else or more to it. I really like the song, and it's definitely catchy, but I don't know, maybe it needed more story, maybe less repetition or maybe a middle eight. I don't think I've heard a single Gord song with a middle eight, but that is typical of folk songs. It's either verse/chorus or a verse ending in a chorus. If anyone is not familiar with a middle-eight, it's that part of a song about half way through and about eight bars long that sounds different from the rest of the song. A good example is, "I Want To Hold Your Hand". The middle eight is, "and when I touch you I feel happy inside, it's such a feeling that my love, I can't hide, I can't hide". Gord has definitely done some interesting things in his songs, like Seven Island Suite and Canadian Railroad Trilogy, but he certainly doesn't write your standard pop song. Neither does The Flaming Lips as far as I can tell. They don't regularly incorporate middle eights into their songs.

[fowlesjohn]

Flaming Lips?

[gwen snyder]

Flaming Lips?

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder:
Flaming Lips?
But of course try their web site:- http://www.flaminglips.com/main.php



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starts at
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot

[johnfowles]

quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder:
Flaming Lips?
But of course try their web site:- http://www.flaminglips.com/main.php



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starts at
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[TheCromulentChipster]

Thanks for clarifying, Johnfowles! The Flaming Lips (space) rock!! I call their kind of music, "Future Folk", because Wayne Coyne is undeniably obsessed with all things futuristic and their music, at its core, is structurally similar to folk music. If you strip away all the effects and moog synths and such, you've got great little folk songs. But anyway, I digress, this is a Gord site! Rainbow Trout rocks!!!

[Big Blue]

Thanks for clarifying, Johnfowles! The Flaming Lips (space) rock!! I call their kind of music, "Future Folk", because Wayne Coyne is undeniably obsessed with all things futuristic and their music, at its core, is structurally similar to folk music. If you strip away all the effects and moog synths and such, you've got great little folk songs. But anyway, I digress, this is a Gord site! Rainbow Trout rocks!!!

[fowlesjohn]

I get this Columbia House thing monthly, and ya know in the boxed set section today there is this Flaming Lips set (4CDs). It says they are good one at a time better if played 2 or 3 at a time and best when all 4 are played simutaneously, very odd.

[gwen snyder]

I get this Columbia House thing monthly, and ya know in the boxed set section today there is this Flaming Lips set (4CDs). It says they are good one at a time better if played 2 or 3 at a time and best when all 4 are played simutaneously, very odd.

[Borderstone]

I agree with you Big Blue! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Rainbow Trout is a simple and wonderful song. We have a few guys on here that say they skip it when they play their copy of Cold On The Shoulder! I think it would be a great sing-a-long song for children in Kindergarten because it does have an air of "cuteness" and "storybook" about it. On one of my homemade tapes I have it right before,"If Children Had Wings". It's actually tape #1 and if you want to read all the tapes I've recorded,go to "Borderstone Tapes (Tape 1)" thread. "She was all dressed up like a Rainbow Trout,swimmin' upstream in the world." http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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[Restless]

Well I think some really good sounds of screaming and water crashing would make a great intro to the Wreck of the Fitzg. Just kidding.
Every time I hear the sound of a Loon, I cant remember which song follows...i.e Whispers of the North or Canary Yellow Canoe. SO oft times I have the volume up too high and when gord shouts "IN MY CANARY YELLOW CANOE" i ALMOST GET IN A CAR WRECK TRYING TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN thinking its the whisper song. They should have a warning on that some dont ya think?

[joveski]

one of them (forgot which one) has a longer "intro". that's the way to tell them apart, but i've fallen into the same trap as you a few times

[DMD3]

Big Blue: Is this an example of a Middle Eight?
Rain, rain all day long
You've made it pay, you can do no wrong tonight
(From 'The List') It's about in the middle and it sounds different from the rest of the song.

[DMD3]

Big Blue: Is this an example of a Middle Eight?
Rain, rain all day long
You've made it pay, you can do no wrong tonight
(From 'The List') It's about in the middle and it sounds different from the rest of the song.

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

All I'm After: I think it could've done without the "I think I've got it maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaade" part.

Ring Them Bells and Bells Of The Evening would've sounded cool with the adding of a deep gong of church bells in them. (They're good songs, but when I hear the word "bells" in the title, I always expect to hear bells throughout the song, like Hell's Bells by ACDC. :confused: :rolleyes:

[Jesse Joe]

Ring Them Bells, is a Dylan song. Im sure you knew that Fading Away... But Gord did a good job with it, on "Waiting For You"...Jesse. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Ring Them Bells, is a Dylan song. Im sure you knew that Fading Away... But Gord did a good job with it, on "Waiting For You"...Jesse. :)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

I knew Ring Them Bells wasn't orignially written by Gord, but I didn't know Dylan wrote it. :)

[Jesse Joe]

Yes he did write that one Fading Away. You learn something new every day...Jesse. :rolleyes: :)

[Jesse Joe]

Yes he did write that one Fading Away. You learn something new every day...Jesse. :rolleyes: :)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

;)