You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...

[supaiblue]

Complete this sentence:

You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...

[Frank v]

you spend too much time, on Corfid.com....

[windhorse]

You'd do anything short of murder to get back stage and shake his hand, get him to autograph his lastest cd, and actually persuade him to accept a demo of your latest new song played and sung by yourself.

[knottypine]

You can listen to a song 12 billion times over a period of 25 plus years (CRT for example) and never ever ever get bored with it, tired of it or skip over it when listening to CD. CRT is just one of so so many that are like that for me.

Barbara

[supaiblue]

You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...

you name your old rusty rowboat "Silver Heels."

[sandyo]

I have known I am a fanatic for a long time because...He is my screensaver at work and at home, my two goldfish are named Gordon and Edmund, I have a framed picture of him on my wall in my office at work and I'm quite sure I can sing along with EVERY song and not miss a single word.

[Mister hoot'n holler]

1)Ditto to Windhorse's post. 2)80% of our annual income comes in from June thru Sept. By February things are tight,by March it's hamburger, by April it's macaroni and cheese.Oh, what's this? Gord is taping a PBS special in Reno on April 19th. Let's fly up there from Colorado,rent a car and stay in a fancy hotel. Early May, "hey where's the cheese" 3)Ripping an umbrella from my shivering wife's hand to hold it over Gord during a rainstorm after the Denver concert."Hey, can I stop sleeping on the couch"

[theotterjudy]

Erica/Sundreme: here and now is the place for YOUR list, eh? Got the time to type it all here? Hope so! Go for it!

--Judy

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"the mornin' after blues, from my head down to my shoes..."
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"Laughing eyes and smiling face..."

[Her Majesty]

...you break out into song, a poor rendition of Me & Bobby McGee, every time the windshield wipers are on!

[classicmixdj]

you have worn the wax through to the turn-table mat. Reduced all your tapes to low end only. Swear the laser is melting your cd.

Own multiple copies of every album, 45,8-Track, cassette and cd and still manage to make copies of your cd's.

Feel as though the life you are living is analagous or identical to his music.

Find listening to other music is being unfaithful to Gord. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Can never get enough.


[This message has been edited by classicmixdj (edited October 24, 2000).]

[windhorse]

I hear you classicmixj. I don't know who's been reading who's mind (or mail) but I swear there's syncronicity here. For years I thought Gord sang about me and only me but now that I've found this web sight I have to share this fantasy/delusion with others. It's kind of sobering, not to mention a little unsettling. Maybe it's just that we're all members of a select group of narcissists.

[Sundreme@aol.com]

quote:Originally posted by theotterjudy:
Erica/Sundreme: here and now is the place for YOUR list, eh? Got the time to type it all here? Hope so! Go for it!

--Judy



What Judy's refering to is something I posted on the newsgroup a years ago, then expanded on a Lightfoot mailing list we're on. Coincidentally, I sent it to the list only a few days before this thread began. What I posted was a Letterman show style list entitled "Top 12 Ways to tell that you are too Obsessed with Gordon Lightfoot" I've added another item, so now I present..."The Top 13 Ways To Tell That You Are Too Obsessed with Gordon Lighfoot"

13. You were captain of the winning team during a Gordon Lightfoot trivia game at a Gordon Lightfoot fan convention.

12. You sigh anytime someone mentions 1938.

11. Someone says "Let us pray" and you turn to face Orillia.

10. You use all or part of his birthdate as your ATM PIN number.

9.You hear mystery sounds in his recordings.

8.You ARGUE about the mystery sounds heard in his recordings.

7. You analyze his use of the word "The" in his songs.

6. You ARGUE over the analysis of the word "The" in his songs.

5. You own every thing he ever recorded, but you check the CD section of your local music store just to MAKE SURE they are carrying his stuff.

4. You use the "He dissed Gord" defense at your trial.

3. Every day you look up the horoscope for Scorpio even though you claim you don't believe in astrology and you happen to be a Capricorn.

2. You write a nasty letter to Entertainment Tonight for leaving him out of their "Today's Birthdays" segment.

And the number one way to tell that you are TOO obsessed with Gordon Lightfoot:

You write a nasty letter to Playgirl for leaving him out of their "Best Buns in North America" issue.
Erica

[knottypine]

Erica, that was absolutely fantastic! And all so true..
To go along with number 5, not only do yhou own everything he's ever done, but in all three formats; LP, cassette and disc where possible. "Just in case" you play one so much that it dies, you'll always have a backup!!. LOL
Thanks for your great list!..
Barbara http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
Here's another: you scour the weekend section of the newspaper every single week under the Coming Attractions section to see just in case he might be appearing somewhere that you don't know about, just in case he sneaks one in! Anyone else do that?

[This message has been edited by knottypine (edited October 27, 2000).]

[sundownbuff]

You are riding home from work with the sounds of "Beautiful" playing on the cassette player. You walk in the door and pass through the dining room turning your son's cd player (He did not take it to college with him) that is sitting on the table and it is playing track one of Soundbook. You have a pile of laundry to put away and take it upstair and turn on the upstair cd player that belongs to your daughter and it is playing "Ribbon of Darkness"
It is back down the stair to the living room and you put on you vinyl on the record player that you just bought at a rummage sale and it is playing "Summertime Dream." This is all at the same time.

[Rob Wells]

When you wind up changing your guitar strings every month, tho you haven't performed officially in public in twenty years, but manage to get two hours a day in playing Gord's music just to stay in top form should someone ask.

And when you get in a fistfight with someone over a grammerical syntax error about a third person, removed, "High steppen strutters who land in the gutter.." line from Rainy Day People, because they are an English Professor with an axe to grind.

[Chris in Virginia]

...you seek solitude, go out in the garage, climb in the car, recline the seat, and crank up six speakers around your head that are filled with Gord. The sounds of an old friend, that take you back, that take you there, that define the human existance, the human experience, that make that day, however it has been, that much better. Listen to the strings, they jangle and dangle while the old guitar rings... It does not get any better, nor will it.

OOPS! Time to go back into the house...

[SilverHeels]

when you dump a boyfriend becos he refuses
to grow a beard and have his 'tousled curls' styled in a most familiar style http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

[supaiblue]

You are a witty, creative bunch. These are a riot--maybe we should send them with the birthday card http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...you've lost 5 pounds on Florian's Miracle Weight Loss Program after discovering his Lightfoot website and missing meals because you're spending so much time on it!!

Thanks, Florian http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif


[This message has been edited by supaiblue (edited November 12, 2000).]

[Pilatus]

Nary a blustry November evening goes by without thoughts of The Fitz.

[bittergreen]

...when everyone who knows me to some degree or has worked around me knows of Gordon Lightfoot and can recognize most of his songs (coinsidence? I think not!!) http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[SilverHeels]

quote:Originally posted by supaiblue:
You are a witty, creative bunch. These are a riot--maybe we should send them with the birthday card http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...you've lost 5 pounds on Florian's Miracle Weight Loss Program after discovering his Lightfoot website and missing meals because you're spending so much time on it!!

Thanks, Florian http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif


[This message has been edited by supaiblue (edited November 12, 2000).]

Hey Florian, that's not a bad idea! Maybe
you should send these to Gord with the card.
I think he would be amused.
BTW - the 17th grows nigh ... when are you
posting the card?

[2Much2Lose]

I feel like such a fair-weather fan. There are some albums I do not own in all three formats.

Forgive me Lord. LOL

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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS

[ZSmythe]

when you have "Gord Fever"

[charlene]

when you have your husband leave work in the middle of the day and drive you to Toronto (right past where he works) to deliver an internet birthday greeting card from total strangers to a man you have loved and adored for 30 years (which is 4 year's longer than the time you have loved and adored your husband!) Then have him drive you all the way back home (past his office) drop you off and then have him go back to work while you send a message to all the other fans.
Char

[supaiblue]

...you begin purchasing disguises for Char, a total stranger, so she can continue delivering internet messages in person to Mr. Lightfoot's office.

[Rose]

You know your a Gord fanatic when his pictures on in your family album, and all over your walls with your family pictures!

Rose

[Florian]

You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when...

you create and maintain a website dedicated to Gordon Lightfoot. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[charlene]

Florian - are you sure you're not Gordon Lightfoot?
LOL
Char

[erice@hax.com]

you can't find any friends to go to a Gordon Lightfoot concert with, haven't bought a ticket because you have to wake up at 4 a.m. the next morning to run a marathon, have a fever and chills, and have to take public transit to get to the show (including a 1.5-mile walk from the stop to the amphitheater) because of traffic, but miraculously manage to get to the box office at the perfect moment and get a front-row seat--and then he opens with your favorite song, 14-carat gold.

[txdaiseyblue]

....the only thing you listen to is his music....
if your riding in someone car and they are listening to the radio or a CD of their choice, you pull out your MP3 player stick your earphones in and listen to Gordon
...Your desktop picture is Gordon's
...you have a picture of him and yourself on the wall that is bigger and is above one of your late husband (he wouldn't mind, he knew I was a fanatic long before he died)
...you use quotes from his songs in analogy's in your daily life
... you believe every song he sung seems to mirror your whole life.
...You sell your late husbands tools just to go see him 300 miles away (Gord said he don't know if he'd like that when I saw him backstage, until he found out my hubby had been dead for 19 years) Once again Thanks to the secret friend who helped make that happen.
... the only thing on your bucket list is going to see concerts of him.

There's more but I think this is enough.

[Lisa J]

. there are pictures, plural, of gordon on the fridge
. trips to see your children conveniently coincide with concerts taking place in their towns
. a gordon cd, or tape, has been playing in your car since 1979
. your husband says it is okay if you marry gordon because he knew that was "the deal" when you got married
. there is a framed, and signed, picture of gordon on your dining room wall, despite the protests from your children that it doesn't fit the decor.
. you download gordon songs into your phone so his voice will be the alarm that wakes you in the morning.
. family members are assigned fitting gordon songs as their ringtones on your phone.
. etc....

[bjm7777]

...when you spend 2500 dollars on a D-18 to look and sound like Gord.
...when the little tune you whistle to yourself every day at work for the past 30 years is from a refrain from a Lightfoot song.

[Moose]

When your son's nursery school teacher asks if anyone wants to sing a song, your son stands up, grabs his "air guitar" and belts out The Canadian Railway Trilogy. And when his teacher is so impressed that she asks him if he knows another song he does Sundown for an encore.

[BILLW]

You post on threads that are 13 years old, while at work, and you truly believe you've done something that makes sense!!!

Bill :)

[Lisa J]

You post on threads that are 13 years old, while at work, and you truly believe you've done something that makes sense!!!

Bill :)


of course it makes sense.....

[charlene]

I posted this at a Lightfoot FB and someone there resurrected it... ;)

When you teach all of your daycare kids starting at 12 months on all about "LightPoot"...my little one I have now is now watching videos of Gord and listening to The House You Live In. He points to the pics in the room and says 'ggg'''gggg'' when I ask "where's Gord?" He's done this for 2 months now and is 15 months old...

He does the sign language for more with his fingers and points to his ear..

lol

[RJ]

You're borin' some stranger in bar (who couldn't possibly care any less) with how cool it is that Gord counts off "The Wreck" in waltz time with "Uh-one-two-three-four-five-six..".. etc..

[Gord Fan]

I shuffle all Lightfoot CD,s in the store to the front for everyone to see...pretty pathetic :)

[Lisa J]

I shuffle all Lightfoot CD,s in the store to the front for everyone to see...pretty pathetic :)

That's awesome! What a great idea.

[DellroyGM]

supaiblue, that last was hilarious!
You are definitely a Gord fan when you write parodies of his music, as I did in about 1978: "The Wreck of the H.M.S. Hood", which grew out of an incident about a radio-controlled boat that sank in a lake after an encounter with another boat.

"The legend lives on, from the island on down, to the dock at the edge of the water.
The lake, it was said, never gave up her dead, 'til the H.M.S. Hood went under.
When launched from the shore, she weighed in at no more, than the fly, as compared
to the swatter.
That good ship and true, was about to get chewed, by the wrath of a ship that
was bigger".

The idea hit me a couple days after the event, and the song seemed to write itself!

-DellroyGM

[Borderstone]

Talk about finding the oldies online! :) I don't believe in my time here I've seen this one.

I know I did a similar one in 2004 about "how eager a person is to get the Harmony CD."

I know I'm pretty dran close to a fanatic. I flew on a commercial airline for the first time in 2008,just to see his shows in L.A. and San Diego!

Another way would be never leaving the Corfid site. ;)

[jj]

These are all terrific

Lisa j, I love the ring tone idea

Is your husband's Bossman or You'll Still Be Needing Me? :)

[charlene]

I should get a phone..
lol

[Dave, Melbourne,Australia]

... you fly from Australia to North America to see him in concert. (And several of us have done this over the years.)

[Lisa J]

These are all terrific

Lisa j, I love the ring tone idea

Is your husband's Bossman or You'll Still Be Needing Me? :)

haha, the bossman is so not happening... people always find it difficult to boss me around...haha. the other song is a good idea, but i actually have "Beautiful" as my husband's ringtone. We were married to that song and it is my all time favorite song, so it seemed appropriate. nice "chatting" with you.

[Lisa J]

I should get a phone..
lol


yes, it is so, soooooo fantastic to have all those ringtone opportunities. "when children had wings" is one friend, my neice and nephews are "sundown LIVE", and another friend is "somewhere USA." the best part is I wake up every single morning to "If you could read my mind."

[Kelly Davis]

You've met Gordon and the band 13 times(? = think this is right), you have three guitar picks from Terry Clements in your closet lockbox in a sandwich bag with your kids names taped inside (my kids have met them 5 or 6 times also), and Barry Keane calls out your last name when he sees us at a meet-n-greet and asks about our kids.

I've asked Gordon a few times for a pick, but he says the flat picks are "hard to find a good one". (Guitar players can ponder that statement) I don't play guitar, but I think Gordon wants you to remember and savor his music, rather than have a 'souvenir' such as a pick or a t-shirt.

Probably just as well. If I had one of his picks I would probably build a shrine around it and charge admission !!!!!!!

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

OK. I'll try one.


When you think the songs he writes and records are better than the remakes.

[BILLW]

supaiblue, that last was hilarious!
-DellroyGM

DellroyGM,

I think the last time supaiblue posted was in 2001 so I wouldn't expect a response. But you're right the post was pretty funny!

Bill :)

[DellroyGM]

Ah, well Bill!
I thought of another one...a post elsewhere on this site brought it to my attention.
You KNOW you are a Lightfoot fanatic when your reaction to an item for sale on Ebay is "WHAT!? You're SELLING YOUR COPY of SONGBOOK!? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???"

[pmwinters]

You buy the entire first season of Saturday Night Live on DVD just so you can have Gord performing Summertime Dream and Spanish Moss from the May 22, 1976 broadcast. Great stuff!

[charlene]

been there.. done that pmwinters! lol
altho it is great to see all those other folks at SNL again....

[Martyn Miles]

When you send someone the words, 'I wish you good spaces in the far away places you go' when they go on holiday. Martyn Miles .

[Martyn Miles]

( I should really have put) '...you fly from England to Canada to see Gordy for the first time, leaving you Wife and family behind.'

[KHester]

when most of your facebook comments include a line from a Lightfoot song

[redhead]

You catch yourself citing “Gordism’s” in casual conversation. I actually said to a former boss, “I plan on leaving a clean campsite”, upon giving notice that I was quitting!

[Borderstone]

You believe that "all" music acts of every genre
should follow his lead in their muysic and songwriting.

Even have classical orchestra leaders
arrange Beethoven & Mozart etc. like Gordon would! LOL!

[patybear]

You tell your other half, under penalty of death, to NEVER interrupt you when I.Y.C.R.M.M. is playing
patybear

[2Much2Lose]

You take your kids to a Gordon Lightfoot concert on Father's Day, as THEIR present to YOU.

[2Much2Lose]

You travel to Blackpool, Norfolk, and Shirley in the UK to meet up with other Lightfoot fans, and to play and sing the songs together.

[charlene]

oh lord I might faint...Bro is back. Hey David! (2much2lose)
stick around!!
Sis

[charlene]

You tell your family you're not going out and NOT to call with birthday wishes the evening of your birthday because you're expecting a call from him..

[johnfowles]

it was as the Moderator person said great to see the Lawman in print again , where have you been since 2007,David?:confused:
Thanks young man for your pair of reassuring replies at long last to my Private Messages from 2007 and 2012. I' ll be replying in more detail later.
Meanwhile apropos this thread
I knew I was a fanatic long before I allowed myself to be inveigled into travelling to Toronto from the UK back in 1999 by a freind I had made in the then active chat room and ended up getting married to her:kiss:
Before that I knew I was a fanatic when having heard a listener:headbang: (from Brockenhurst Hants UK) to a BBC folk music programme ask about Gordon Lightfoot, I noted his name (Alvin Tull) then tracked him down by perusing the electoral rolls in Brockenhurst Public Library so that I could visit him at home. Later in 2007 diring a once in a lifetime vacation down under I arranged for a meeting with three of the known Lightfheads in Melbourne Australia (Mende joveski, (Catman)Ron Chidgey and the late Peter Treloar) in the Casino on the South Bank of the Yarra River. but failed to do more than have a phone chat with the Sydney Hooligan:biggrin: there, I also failed to meet another fan fron Invercargill on New Zealand's South Island, but did organise a pre concert gathering with Californicators in Ceritos,CA in 2005.Plus many other such occasions in NH Boston MA. NJ and memorably the Greek Restaurant in Glenside PA, :clap::clap:

[BILLW]

...occasions in NH Boston MA. NJ and memorably the Greek Restaurant in Glenside PA, :clap::clap:


Right back atcha John - nothing like a nice Greek meal before a concert, eh?

Bill :)

[BILLW]

oh lord I might faint...Bro is back. Hey David! (2much2lose)
stick around!!
Sis

It's nice when folks show back up isn't it?

Bill :)

[Borderstone]

Having never heard of the movie Thunderbolt & Lightfoot,you automatically assume
he is in the picture. You also think Thunderbolt is going to be 1970s singer Chi Coltrane.

[Lisa J]

You take your kids to a Gordon Lightfoot concert on Father's Day, as THEIR present to YOU.


haha, been there done that, only it was on mother's day last year. My daughter "took" me after I bought the tickets, and because it was mother's day, she wasn't allowed to complain when I waited after the show to say Hi to Gordon. best part was, we got to go back stage!

[Lisa J]

You tell your family you're not going out and NOT to call with birthday wishes the evening of your birthday because you're expecting a call from him..

goodness, we all wish we could do that on our birthdays.... well, I guess we could do that, but I believe you are the only one who actually would get the call from mr. lightfoot! haha

[geodeticman.5]

[ You know you're a Gordon Lightfoot FANATIC when... ]Thinking of Father's Day above, (and Mother's Day too) coming up, on Father's Day over the years, my dream day would go as follows, when all things were possible concurrently in the same day: (something akin to the planets all being aligned every 240-some years - First, my daughter and I would go on a hike and bag a peak in the 11 - 12,000ft. range from a high trailhead near timberline already, such as the Brainard Lake trailhead, climb Mt. Audubon, then go for a short canoeing trip on Brainard Lake, go to dinner All 3 of us when Merry was around, then go to a Sunday Concert with Lightfoot in town - just Merry and I. Those three things have worked together twice in life. That's a great father's day, and the odds of all 3 occuring on the same day (notably the concert) are near astronomical (quite literally). That's when you know you are GL FANATIC when.... for me :biggrin::cool::cool::headbang::biggrin:

[jj]

...when people ask you where you were born?

you say, " 50 feet from Massey Hall " :whistle:

[geodeticman.5]

.... when you look through on-line Canadian outdoors-wear companies, looking for the same brand of 3-button Wallace Beery shirts (river driver shirts are another common name for them), that Gordon wears/wore (mostly a black one, in some years past - "Northern Something" brand)just so you can wear the same shirts he does....

[geodeticman.5]

you know you are (and were, in the day) when in the 70's in Cleveland,when you were serious about getting your hair "permed" the way he did, (after you were old enough that your beard really filled-in to pull it off) to further try to look like him. You figured that would make you a "chic magnet", but then you realized that as an 18 year old, in working-class Cleveland, as a white guy with a 'fro, however just curly and "Edwardian", as the Guess Who sang that he looked, you realized that guys would beat the crap out of you, and you'd look like an idiot. But danged if it didn't work for him. Why is that? No fair. hehe

[lighthead2toe]

Coming to terms with an involvement in this post has left me in a quandry to an extent, as it tended to conjure up feelings of embarrassment.

However, at this late age in life, exoneration just might not seem like an impossible option, and:

"Time has been wasting away, I can see it go sailin' on by."

Yes it has, and too many of our greats are leaving us in what seems to be a frenzy these days.

Well, apart from the pseudonym used here, and finding the missing pieces to all the empty spaces, and having attended every Gordon Lightfoot concert in Massey Hall since he began performing there in 1967, reading between the lines upon each page over the years, I guess all is said and done.

[jj]

having attended every Gordon Lightfoot concert in Massey Hall since he began performing there in 1967.

You have moved to the head of the class. That is really impressive, Ron!

And, imo, you have the coolest member name (light head to toe), hands down

[lighthead2toe]

Thank you JJ.

The feeling of exoneration just arrived on my doorstep with your kind post.

And Char, please don't forget to include me in your "alert" message list when word arrives that tickets become available for the next set of Massey Hall gigs.

RJ.

[charlene]

You know I will! 19 months to go!
;)

[Lisa J]

you know you are (and were, in the day) when in the 70's in Cleveland,when you were serious about getting your hair "permed" the way he did, (after you were old enough that your beard really filled-in to pull it off) to further try to look like him. You figured that would make you a "chic magnet", but then you realized that as an 18 year old, in working-class Cleveland, as a white guy with a 'fro, however just curly and "Edwardian", as the Guess Who sang that he looked, you realized that guys would beat the crap out of you, and you'd look like an idiot. But danged if it didn't work for him. Why is that? No fair. hehe

haha, my first high school boyfriend had the lightfoot hair, the lightfoot moustache, he sang in the choir and played guitar. that look worked in california!!!! haha

[geodeticman.5]

haha, my first high school boyfriend had the lightfoot hair, the lightfoot moustache, he sang in the choir and played guitar. that look worked in california!!!! haha

Lisa J, I KNEW I should have ran with the whole "look", Gord style, LOL. I could have had at least a second girlfriend in High School. :rolleyes::biggrin:

[supaiblue]

...you remember your password to corfid after 12 years!

...you use phrases from Gord songs to meet complex computer password requirements at work (e.g. Y3ll0wcan03!)


DellroyGM,

I think the last time supaiblue posted was in 2001 so I wouldn't expect a response. But you're right the post was pretty funny!

Bill :)

Much To My Surprise, popping in here after so long to see this thread resurrected and many old friends posting!

Welcome, supaiblue.
You last visited: 12-31-1969 at 11:00 PM

1969?? Well guess it's been a while. The year Gord did Johnny Cash Show! Love 'em both.

[Lisa J]

you know you are a gordon lightfoot fan when a collegue's mistake causes you to get only three hours sleep and as a part of his apology he offers up a recording of a live gordon lightfoot concert from the 70's and you not only forgive the collegue, but you hug him....

[Gitchigumee]

...you ride 800 miles (one way) on your Harley just to visit the small Canadian town of Gordon Lightfoot's youth. ;)

[Borderstone]

You cherish your "day 1" looking 8-tracks of GL,more than
you do your LP's,45s,cassettes or CDs and/or DVD videos! :eek: