"Tears" are just enough".

[Borderstone]

No,not a message about that song but a question for you. What Gordon Lightfoot song either when you first heard it or even now,brought or brings tears to your eyes? Or even makes you bawl like a baby? :( *sniff*.

Only one "really" does and a second one comes pretty close. The second one is "The Pony Man",I get a bit misty eyed but I don't cry outright.

The one that "can" do it? "My Love For You" :( In a serious relationship I had last year,I dedicated that song to the woman I was seeing. (Yes,we were in full tilt love! :) ) Unfortunately,after being together quite awhile,we went our sepearte ways. (Sorry,no details.) I still miss her closeness so,I try to avoid listening to that song.

I do on occaision,just to see if I can get through it. Sometimes yes,sometimes no. :redface:
I'm better than I was nearly a year ago,so don't turn the topic into a "poor B" kind of thing okay? ;)

Like GL said,"I'll Be Alright". :) (I'm looking around again by the way. ;) )

[Rona]

At just the right (wrong?) time, Clouds of Loneliness can sure get to me. But I still love it.

[byKimberly]

When in a situation where both these songs are appropriate, when love seems/is gone:
IYCRMM
Stone Cold Sober

[Shazia]

There's something about That Same Old Obsession that really has this poignant effect on me.

The first time I heard it this happened, and it has never stopped.

[Shazia]

I don't know.....not just That Same Old Obsession. Farewell to Annabel did a very similar thing.

Heck, there's something about the Old Dan's Records album overall that does something, but I don't know how to explain it.

[Shazia]

Circle of Steel is another one.

[Gord H]

There isn't any one song that does it but the one CD that collectively is hard for me to listen to is Waiting For You, it came out not long after my grandfather died and some of the songs cut right to the bone and even to this day 12 yrs later it still hits home.

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

i swear i only heard that song once by heard We Are The World thousnas of times in 1985.

[brink]

Same Old Loverman.

[Sheryl]

Softly.

[seahawk11]

Miguel is sad. Home from the Forest, Tattoo...lots...

[hkusam]

O.K. try this on for size.
After all our good friend has been through, the first listen of cut #11 of Harmony was so autobiographical and, I felt, painful, it was enough to (yes I have to say it) drive me to tears.
Richard

[Shazia]

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face can evoke feelings of longing and loneliness. It doesn't make me cry or anything though. I don't think I would say any of his songs make me cry, but some of them are certainly poignant and strike something within me.

[brink]

Originally posted by seahawk11:
Miguel is sad. Home from the Forest, Tattoo...lots... I admit Home from the Forest makes me sit and outright sob.

[TheWatchman]

Canary Yellow Canoe makes me sad because it reminds me of Lyle and his tragic death.

[Ducaire]

Originally posted by Gord:
There isn't any one song that does it but the one CD that collectively is hard for me to listen to is Waiting For You, it came out not long after my grandfather died and some of the songs cut right to the bone and even to this day 12 yrs later it still hits home. Last Christmas, I got my Waiting For You album, and a little less than a month later, my grandfather died. I was also going through hard times in my life as well (love problems). That album was like my getaway from life, and whenever I listen to it now, it always reminds me of those moments.

[jeffyjo]

Same Old Loverman is the song that always chokes me up.

Jeff

[Sheryl]

Watchman, you are so bad!! ROFLMAO! You're just *dying* for someone to ask THE question: who's Lyle? I already know... let's wait for some unsuspecting soul to ask it... heh heh heh

[Sheryl]

I didn't elucidate on my song choice, "Softly," but, now will. The first time I heard it, I was driving. I was so overcome by emotion, I was sobbing and had to pull the car to the side of the road, I was that much affected. It brought up memories for me, painful ones, sad ones, but, it's not like I'm going to avoid listening to that song now. I'm going to play it TWICE (by hitting the repeat button on my CD player) whenever it comes on so I can just *totally* get into that song -- it's just that evocative.

[Kathy in Michigan]

"I'm Not Supposed to Care" gets me everytime, that not being ready to let go.
"First Time Ever I Saw You Face" reminds me of an old boyfriend who died in '79.(It ws 'our' song).
"Pussy Willows Cattails" ohhh, that haunting cello.

[Patti]

Remember Me (I'm The One). It was summer 2002 and I hadn't heard any of his music for a few years.

[Borderstone]

Wow! This is a whole lotta sadness! :( I have to admit,I came pretty close to tears after I heard "End Of All Time" but i toughed it out! :)

Great response,keep it up! ;)

[SilverHeels]

Kathy, I'm with you. 'I'm not s'posed to care' is the one that brings me to tears no matter how many times I hear it. Lightfoot can do this to us, because he has been there too.

[Kilgore]

I cannot listen to Home From the Forest. If I hear it come on the radio I have to turn it off. If I do listen to it I'm ruined for the week

[Borderstone]

"I'll Tag Along" sounds like a positive song but the mood of it strikes me in a somewhat sad manner. I get a bit misty eyed with that one also,along with Wild Strawberries.
Wild Strawberries talks about "Is it really true,that you can really never win?" (Paraphrasing) That just hits me in the gut! :(
In Restless he mentions "When you think about your Dad". My Father's been gone 5 years this summer and that line is the unfortunate reminder. :( I better sign off here. Later.

[Patti]

I haven't heard "I'll Tag Along", but I read the lyrics and it sounded depressing. I thought Wild Strawberries sounded more uplifting. I believe God's people will finally win, cuz the bible says so. So, I'd say, nope, that's not true about never really winning, sweetie pie... Mmmmmm, strawberry pie.
;)

[GJA]

How about "Now and Then". I mean, haven't we all been in relationships where we should just let go but don't?

[Sheryl]

I'll Tag Along is a favorite of mine. To my mind, it's a positive song, perhaps I haven't been paying attention to lyrics, I don't know. O.K., I just went back and re-read the lyrics. I love this song because to me he's saying I'll share with you anything I have in this relationship. It seems like a second relationship and he's learned from the first. We have things we can do without, and if you have problems, turn to me and I'll tag along (I'll be there to help.) It seems very sweet and positive.

[The Rez]

The Last Time I Saw Her Face . . .

Mid 60s. The Golden Bear. The Troubador. Live.

That song? Why the cry? So deep . . . Why?

Early 70s. Back in the World.
The Lavender tale. The Beautiful Rainbow.

Gone.

Now the Recording.

"Why" indeed. I knew.

The Rez

[Dan O'Malley]

"Tattoo" really got to me after the first few listens!

[Doug Letcher]

I'm not sure why...but "Never to Close"

[Layne]

OK - since I'm the newest one here, I'll take the bait. Who's Lyle?

The songs that touch me? "Song for a Winter's Night" and "That Same Old Obsession". I think it has as much to do with the emotional place you were in when you heard them as the song itself. These two were always sad and comforting to me at the same time, if that makes sense.

[violet Blue]

It's not too late Layne. You can still delete your post. Maybe no one else has seen it yet?

Please not the Lyle nonsense again.

If it gets bad, just remember, you had to go and ask.

Shellfish still makes me cry sometimes for very personal reasons.

[Ducaire]

Originally posted by violet Blue Horse:
It's not too late Layne. You can still delete your post. Maybe no one else has seen it yet?

Please not the Lyle nonsense again.

If it gets bad, just remember, you had to go and ask.

Shellfish still makes me cry sometimes for very personal reasons. My question is, how did the 'Lyle' stuff get started? Is it "Al"lison's wack sense of humor? :confused:

[Sheryl]

Yes, Tattoo makes me VERY mournful and misty. But, <sigh>, I love that song!!!

[Layne]

OK - I got a private message from a kind soul explaining Lyle (as well as a thing like that can be explained). Officially, pretend I never asked, but I think I'm going to like it here.
;)

[The Rez]

OK . . .

Now, somebody tell me.

Love,

Lyle

[Sheryl]

Aw, c'mon, explain it in here so the rest of us can join in on the fun! (tee hee hee hee hee...!!! can't wait!)

[bjb]

Looking at the Rain is one of Lightfoot's that touches something deep...the bit of a quaver in his voice at one point shows how close to the heart it is.

[TheWatchman]

Originally posted by violet Blue Horse:

Please not the Lyle nonsense again.

If it gets bad, just remember, you had to go and ask.

You know Lyle meant as much to you as he did to me. It wasn't easy on some of us to lose him, but we must forget about how he died and we must carry on.

[BILLW]

Originally posted by TheWatchman:
quote:Originally posted by violet Blue Horse:

Please not the Lyle nonsense again.

If it gets bad, just remember, you had to go and ask.

You know Lyle meant as much to you as he did to me. It wasn't easy on some of us to lose him, but we must forget about how he died and we must carry on. [/QUOTE]Very well said, almost as nice as that eulogy you gave at the memorial service. Gord himself would be proud.

Bill :)

[Titan]

I can remember hearing The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald when I was about 6 or 7 years old and it almost brought me to tears. I didn't actually cry but I remember grieving ( if that's possible) for a long time. That song has always had an effect on me. After 2 kids and a wife (age 33) I took my family up to Whitefish Pt. to see the bell. Overlooking Lake Superior and watching the waves crash while listening to Lightfoot's haunting balllad is almost a religious experience.
Does anyone know anything about the movie?????

[TheWatchman]

Thanks Bill. I wasn't sure how I was going to get through that eulogy but somehow, it's almost as if Lyle was sitting on my shoulder giving me the words to say.

It seems like just yesterday Lyle set fire to Gord's drapes and Meatloaf and Mott The Hoople got into it. Such memories.

[<Linda>]

Hey Borderstone..When I was growing up and had my first crush...Pussywillows Cattails always bought tears to my eyes...he of course was a little older than I..and I was the unforbidden sister of his friend! lol! (but we did sneak a kiss or two)

"The Way I Feel" can bring tears to my eyes now...its a very lonely haunting song and very deep...I LIKE IT! l0l!!

[stationmaster]

Originally posted by Layne:
OK - since I'm the newest one here, I'll take the bait. Who's Lyle?Well Layne, If you are into a graphic answer check this out!

Lyle (http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002433#000000)

Oh! By the way, "Harmony" really does it for me!

[<Nise>]

If Children Had Wings

[Borderstone]

Hey Linda! :) For me,the song that reminds me of my 1st love isn't a Gord song at all but is,"Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young. It doesn't make me cry but I smile when hear it because it reminds me of how at 10,the love I felt was nothing more than that..."pure love". :redface: :cool:

[Sheryl]

Hey, Stationmaster, THANK YOU for my first good laugh of the day. Laughing so hard I was crying.. and this is my second foray into the Lyle story... ahhh, poor, poor Lyle..... LOL!

[Layne]

Stationmaster -
Thanx for the visual (I think) - might fall under the heading of too much information, but, hey - I did ask after all..........
My condolences to Lyle.........

[<Linda>]

My goodness, I hardly knew I was in the world at 10....quite the charmer you were! lol! That was so sweet... I didn't have my crush until I was in my teens...(you know, those awkward years!!) lol! I'm sure if I had a crush at 10...I would be smiling too....if anything, for how young I had the crush! lol!! You brought a smile to my face today Borderstone...Thanks! lol!

Originally posted by Borderstone:
Hey Linda! :) For me,the song that reminds me of my 1st love isn't a Gord song at all but is,"Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young. It doesn't make me cry but I smile when hear it because it reminds me of how at 10,the love I felt was nothing more than that..."pure love". :redface: :cool:

[Borderstone]

Glad to make ya smile Linda!
:D :D &lt;-----Like that? ;)

If what I had was a "crush",then it was like love was a steamroller that day and I was in the way! LOL. :D

Probably lookin' flat,like Wyle E. Coyote in the cartoon! :D Double LOL! :)

[<Linda>]

Well I'm a steamroller baby, I'm gonna roll all over you....Gonna inject your soul..with some sweet rock and roll, and shoot you full of rythm and blues! (James Taylor...as if I have to tell you, hey? lol)

At 10 years old, I was telling everybody boys were yucky!! lol

And yes, you made me smile like that!

Linda

Originally posted by Borderstone:
Glad to make ya smile Linda!
:D :D &lt;-----Like that? ;)

If what I had was a "crush",then it was like love was a steamroller that day and I was in the way! LOL. :D

Probably lookin' flat,like Wyle E. Coyote in the cartoon! :D Double LOL! :)

[Borderstone]

A little late on my part but once again (3 months later) you're welcome Linda! :D

So.....tell me more about how you can be a "steamroller"!! ;) :D :D :cool: Whoo!

[Shazia]

Ode to Big Blue

(doesn't make me cry, but I could listen to the melancholy guitar over and over again)

Ordinary Man

[The Rez]

And Rick's Bass glides

So sparing and so haunting as Blue moves along.

So much w/ so little. Shivers.

The Rez

. . . Leviatan

[Borderstone]

I bet a lot of war vetran's would have or did cry if the heard "Protocol". That song is so deep and serious. :(

[The Rez]

Yes.

And The Patriot's Dream.

The Rez

[ELizabeth]

There is a line in GL's tribute to Stephen Foster, 'Your Love's Return'that sometimes literally chokes me w/ tears...'I must be forgiven now'. That line and the soft gentle way GL sings it cuts though me and my soul like a knife. I have all kinds of problems w/ forgiveness anyway.

[Borderstone]

"If Children Had Wings" kind of gets me too because I think of how innocent I was when that song was out in '78 and how little i knew about the real world.
Then I think about how childhood has changed in the past 15 years or so and I feel sad for those kids who are growing up too fast. ..or not at all. :( Okay,I have to stop typing .

[Shazia]

How could I have forgotten the Patriot's Dream? It is the song that sounds lively when it begins, but becomes really, really sad...the lyrics really get to me!

[Ophelia]

"Home From The Forest" -- those lyrics choke me up every time!

[<Linda>]

Re: Steamroller...many moons ago!! lol I wish! lol....the only steam I do now is with an iron I'm afraid! and even now Polyester has crossed my mind! I've been steamrolled I'm afraid...Hope things are good with you?

Linda


Originally posted by Borderstone:
A little late on my part but once again (3 months later) you're welcome Linda! :D

So.....tell me more about how you can be a "steamroller"!! ;) :D :D :cool: Whoo!

[Borderstone]

Things are OK Linda. :) Hmm....polyester? I still wear it!!! :D

Q. does anyone after all these years cry when they hear,"If You Could Read My Mind"? Or are you too used to it? I'm use to it,so I guess I dont. :)

[<Linda>]

I have quite a few polyester items in my closet too...I'm just holding out for some day putting my iron away for good!! lol

I can fill up on a lot of Gordons songs...that one especially....I love that guy!! If I went to one of his concerts, it wouldn't be to hard to spot me...I'd be the sobber!! lol


Originally posted by Borderstone:
Things are OK Linda. :) Hmm....polyester? I still wear it!!! :D

Q. does anyone after all these years cry when they hear,"If You Could Read My Mind"? Or are you too used to it? I'm use to it,so I guess I dont. :)

[mrburns]

In response to the original question. "Brave Mountaineers" from DQ brings tears to my eyes. It is certainly not a melancholy song by any stretch, but GL captures the essence of a happy, rural childhood like I experienced and the fond memories come flooding back. Happy tears they are.

[mnmouse]

Originally posted by mrburns:
It is certainly not a melancholy song by any stretch, but GL captures the essence of a happy, rural childhood like I experienced and the fond memories come flooding back. Happy tears they are. Amen to that!

Mouse

[Debra]

If Children Had Wings...that did it to me the first time I heard it~

[Rona]

Originally posted by Debra:
If Children Had Wings...that did it to me the first time I heard it~ Debra, I hear you on that one:

There were things that were said, there were things that were done, and a wife cannot stand too much pain...

That hurts.

[Borderstone]

You know....whenever there is really bad trouble in the world someplace and children are unfortunatly involved,I can't help but think of this song. I also can't help but think of how I wish I could do something meaningful to help them. :(

[Borderstone]

I had a dream the other night that I was in a store and this lady was holding a baby and singing,"The Tennesee Waltz" to her/him.

Thatsong always gets me a bit and I know if Gordon did the song,I wouldn't be able to hold back the tears!

[Rona]

Pardon my ignorance, but what are the words to "The Tennessee Waltz"?

[musky_man]

Oddly, Drink Yer Glasses Empty, puts a lump in my throat.

I guess because my dad and father-in-law were both in WWII in the RCAF. Both lucky to get back in one piece. I see pics of my dad as a young boy, all of 19 years old, climbing into his big 4-engine Halifax Bomber. I see my father-in-law climbing into his Spitfire ... and I wonder ...would I have had the courage to do what they did voluntarily?

Today they are both still here -- one 81 and the other 87 -- both mere shadows of the men that I knew as vigorous and strong ... that is their bodies, but there souls and spirits are still 20 years old despite the lines that time has etched on their faces.

Every day that goes by I say thanks to them and the 1.1 million Canadians who served in WWII. We were a country of only 11 million people at the time -- over 10% of the population served. We lost more people per capita to WWII than any other country excepy Russia.

~~~~~~~~~


Good night all.

[Debra]

Originally posted by Rona:
Pardon my ignorance, but what are the words to "The Tennessee Waltz"? Rona, first, it's not ignorant to ask for something when you aren't sure...anyway, these are some of the words I know for sure, at least the first verse and chorus:

I was dancin'
with my darlin'
to the Tennessee waltz,
when an old friend
I happened to meet.
I introduced him
to my loved one;
and while they were dancin',
my friend stole my sweetheart from me.
[Chorus]
I remember the night
and the Tennessee waltz.
Now I know just how much I have lost.
Yes, I lost my
little darlin'
the night they were playin'
the beautiful Tennessee Waltz.

I know there are a couple more verses, but I'm not sure exactly how they go...this is the version played by a guy, and you can change the "him" to "her" for whomever is singing it...such as when Patti Paige sang it...back in the day :D

[Borderstone]

Debra,I saw Patti Page on PBS earlier this year on one of those 1950's music specials. She sang that song as if it were still the early 1950's!

It was extremely moving,not just for the lyrics but in seeing the folks in the audience that are my Mother's age & up. They looked so happy to see her up there,like they were in a time machine or something. :) :( (at the same time.)

Even more touching that night was another singer from that time Gogi Grant (not her real name). She had a huge hit in 1956 with,"The Wayward Wind".
Pat Boone introduced her and out strolled this now 80 year old woman and she sang it and sounded almost exactly like the record I 1st heard all the way back in 1972 at age 4! I got "misty" in my eyes. ...and I'm not even of that era. :redface:

[The Rez]

I am . . .

The Wayward Wind stirred my little "pre-pew-bess-ant" soul. Still does - "post-pre-pew-bess-antly"

Gotta look for that PBS thing.

I figure I've sung that song across the yrs almost as often as dear Ms Page. Loved it each time. And I could do a mean waltz when I was 10.

Maybe the two finest hit-record-type waltzes from the 50s are The Tennessee Waltz and Waltz Across Texas. Patti Page & Ernest Tubb. Oh, my!

I don't think Strauss was still writing then.

. . . and I was born the next of kin . . .

The Rez

[Ophelia]

"Home From the Forest" chokes me up every time. :(

[Long River]

I find Home from the Forest rather sad. Also, The Lost Children, especially the lines: "Their laughter filled the countryside but they'll not laugh again" and "And the young boys were the middle name for guns to pray upon". (Although I always thought that line was "And the young boys were the middle men for the guns to play upon", but I think the meaning is the same). Especially hard to listen to in times of war, when so many young people are not coming home.

[Borderstone]

Rez,that particular special has been shown about 3 times this year (last time at 3am! Couldn't sleep,happened to catch it.)

They may pull it out again at "pledge" time,if you can bear the "breaks". ..but if you have a PBS store in your local mall,they may have it. ;)

I forgot to mention,I also tear up a bit because I know these folks wont be with us much longer and it felt like such an honor to even get to see them once,even if it was just on TV.

[Borderstone]

I saw 7 replied (I believe) the topic about GL songs maing you cry and I remembered I did this one. :) Almost 2 years ago! Wow!

[marc in maine]

"Thank You For The Promises", Very meloncholy to me. The descending progressions in the melody is what I whistle or hum sometimes when I'm seeking refuge.