Your least favorite Gord song

[97-5 busdriver]

What is your least favorite Gordon footLight soong?

[99-3 busdriver]

I never really liked Carfree Highway much, I don't hate it or hold any grudges against it but am completely uninterested in it.

[DMD3]

Being a pessimist, ain't you? Mine's gonna half to be "Canary Yellow Canoe".

[92-2 busdriver]

All of em

[brink]

I have never really cared for Don Quixote, this is a very scary topic, bound to get the ire up in somebody.

[SilverHeels]

DMD3, I'm with you on this one. Canary
Yellow Canoe.

Brink- I am amazed that you dont like
DQ. I thought most of us loved that one. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Martin/12]

Hard to imagine why some don't like what others treasure. Especially songs that have come to define Lightfoot as an artist. More evidence of a paralell universe, I suppose.

My least favorite is "May I."

[Toano-Tide]

My least favorite is :"May I". And I like almost everything Gord's done.

[joveski]

just my opinion, but i never cared for the following:

pussywillows cta tals
last time i saw her
me and bobby mcgee
all i'm after
i'll prove my love

[SomewhereupinMichigan]

Who are all these unregistered bus drivers who have suddenly appeared on the forum? And why have they launched this topic, certain to cause dissension in the ranks? Is this some kind of public transit plot against Gord?
So, seriously, I have to agree that Canary Yellow Canoe is a bit rough around the edges and I think he must have only included it in the Songbook collection for the good memories that it brings him from his days of rough-riding the rapids of remote waters.
I can't believe that anyone would find fault with "The Last Time..." That song is a classic romantic ballad and I put it well into my Top 10. As for "Me and Bobby..." I don't count that one since it was a GL cover of the Kris Kristofferson tune.

[Borderstone]

The people launching this "topic" are naturally just trying to cause trouble. Someone will get mad at them and they'll get they're cyber-space rocks off. Har-de-har-har http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif A little advice to the children,go back to looking for adult sites,as people of your intelligence spend hours doing. Stop wasting your time here,no one wants to play with you or your Playskool busses. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif (All of 'em. Oh-I-am-so-an-gry-now. G-r-r-r-r-r. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Borderstone

[Borderstone]

HMMMMMM! 97-5? 99-3? 92-2? Obviously the years they were born. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif da-da? ma-ma? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[joveski]

no one is causing trouble with a thread like this, borderstone.

it's a legit topic - we all like some songs more than others. a lot of people don't like canary yellow canoe - that's the their opinion. i do like the song.

the ones i listed above aren't bad songs or anything - they just attract the skip button when i'm the captain of the stereo. that's all :)

[Rob1956]

I never cared much for "Canary Yellow Canoe"
either, but I always thought it was just a knockoff that Gord wrote in a few minutes, while just foolin' around. I think he included it on Songbook just for the heck of it.
As for the unregistered people, let's just ignore 'em, just pretend they're not there.
Unless it gets really nasty.
They are just looking for us to notice them and comment on them...ok?

[TheWatchman]

This topic has come up many times since I have been a member here. I must admit, I had a hard time getting into "Ringneck Loon" but now I really like it a lot. I guess I just had to listen to it and the right moment to get into it.

Okay, there is a song that I always skip and I am sure many of you will fall over when I say it. It's "Beautiful". I have never really connected with that one.lol I know it is a favorite here...

[joveski]

watchman said it!

i also hated ringneck loon but love it now.

Beautiful isn't bad but it's the only song on Don Quixote that i skip sometimes. actually listened to the al;bum last night and skipped that tune when it came on.

i'm not supposed to care is another one in the sdame boat as beautiful

[Doug From Seoul]

I've been a real Lightfoot fan since Old Dan's Record came out, and been to many a concert up the Paramount Theater, Denver, in Aug 2000. Can't wait till he tours again. I check in on this forum from time to time to get the latest on this most talented man. That said, I get amused at the rabid responses from a few overcommitted "registered" fans to questions or discussions that don't necessarily over-glorify Mr. Lightfoot. I bet if Gordon Lightfoot were asked "which of your songs do you like the least," he would come out and tell us which ones were real tankers. We should be open to all facets of this very human being. And to the narrow-minded, I'd say "boy, get a life!"

[SilverHeels]

Brink,

leave it a while, then try listening to DQ
again. REALLY listen, go with Gord, hear
what he's saying. See the pictures he paints. I think it might grow on you. Go on, give it a try. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by SomewhereupinMichigan:
Who are all these unregistered bus drivers who have suddenly appeared on the forum? And why have they launched this topic, certain to cause dissension in the ranks? Is this some kind of public transit plot against Gord?
So, seriously, I have to agree that Canary Yellow Canoe is a bit rough around the edges and I think he must have only included it in the Songbook collection for the good memories that it brings him from his days of rough-riding the rapids of remote waters.
I can't believe that anyone would find fault with "The Last Time..." That song is a classic romantic ballad and I put it well into my Top 10. As for "Me and Bobby..." I don't count that one since it was a GL cover of the Kris Kristofferson tune.

Tis probably the same person entering different names. Sometimes people do things like this to get some laughs. I've bin tempted before but I have never done this.

[ambrose]

i can't even believe that was a question..

i derive extreme pleasure from all of GL's music. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

ambrose

[MaryEllen]

Now, I, for one, don't care about the motivation of the busdriver who first posted this topic, because it has evoked some interesting responses!

Brink, I think you have the same problem with "Don Q" that I sometimes have (or I should say HAD) with Gord's songs if the melody is very simple and the lyrics are, shall we say, dense. I noticed that often the ones I took a bit of time getting used to (and to get used to a Gord song is to get close to it) had that characteristic.

Also, I had trouble at first if the song reminded me of some other artist. For example, I didn't care for "Minstrel of the Dawn" (thought it too saccharine--like Donovan); "Circle of Steel" (thought it couldn't hold a candle to Elvis's cover of Mac Davis's "In the Ghetto"); or--and this astonishes me now--"Seven Island Suite" (lotsa words, lotsa strumming--a la Van Morrison of that era--I'm a fan of Van's and couldn't give "7IS" its proper due until I got past that). But all three of them grew on me.

And there are Gord fans who simply can't "get next to" the early stuff (too folky) or the late stuff (because of the difference in his voice).

But ALL of Gord's music rewards the persistent listener.

[This message has been edited by MaryEllen (edited May 14, 2003).]

[violet Blue Horse]

Exactly! I couldn't agree more. I gave this question some thought, and even ran through the list of his songs on this site, and there are some songs I like more than others, but they all have their merits. But then I feel the same way about John Hiatt Lyrics and Van Morrison and John Stewart. Some reach out and grab you and never let go, and others you have to kind of warm up to. But nothing of Gordons has ever left me completely flat.

quote:Originally posted by MaryEllen:
But ALL of Gord's music rewards the persistent listener.



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Born once - Got it right the first time. )O(

[DMD3]

I just looked at the lyrics for "For Lovin Me" on this sight and I don't like it very much because a mean person was telling that story.

"I've got 100 more like you"
"I'll have 1000 before I'm thru"

[Jack]

Gord is not so thrilled about that song anymore either, DMD3. I have read and heard him say that more than once. I think he tries to tame the arrogance of it by pairing it with "Did She Mention My Name?" which, of course, is the flip side of the romance coin.

My least favorite song? Hmmm, I'd have to say that "Bitter Green" usually get the skip button. And I don't like listening to "Beautiful" out of the context of a wedding or some similar romantic situation. I also often utilize the skip button on "Make Way for the Lady"...but in concert, this song just blows me away. So I guess you could say that those two are situation-specific least favorites. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Jack

[Alberta]

Ode to Big Blue gets the "skip" for me....

[justalightfootfan]

I don't like to focus on the few I don't care for. (It reminds me of when I brought home a report card with all A's and one A-, my dad wanted to know what went wrong!). However, my short "negative" list would include My Pony Won't Go, Uncle Toad Said, Boathouse, and Jenny Lind. I love everything else, which is about 99.9%, way better than an A-!

[Borderstone]

If anyone disagrees with this (and I know they will) I wont reply because I stated this on a former thread. I simply don't like the way,"Someone To Believe In" is done. I like the lyrics and Gordon of course,but I think it should have been a slow song. "Broken Dreams" and "Salute" (A Lot More Livin' To Do" are the better rockers from that LP. "Pride Of Man" (just my opinion) was not written by GL and I'm not exactly big on that one either. Off the top of my head,those are my top two. Later!

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[This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited May 15, 2003).]

[seahawk11]

Ode to Big Blue
Songs the Minstrel Sang
Baby Step Back

[2Much2Lose]

I am not too fond of the following:

A Lesson in Love
Bells of the Evening
Canary Yellow Canoe
Cold Hands From New York
Don’t Beat Me Down
I’d Do It Again
If There’s a Reason
On Yonge Street
Salute (it's ok, I guess, but it is
his absolute worst title track)
Stone Cold Sober (like the song but
not the Songbook recording of it)
The Soul is the Rock
Welcome to Try


I empathize with those who dislike Canary Yellow Canoe -- it's a weak, uninteresting song performed in a formulaic uninteresting fashion. It's not the bottom on my list tho, because I view it as a throwaway insiders' joke -- and in that context, it is somewhat amusing.

"I'd Do It Again" is not a terrible song, but like a fly in the perfume, it is a major flaw in an otherwise incredible album.

If I had to pick my absolute least favorite, "Welcome to Try" would edge out "On Yonge Street" for the title of "least-liked."



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

[titan]

I consider this to be a lame topic. Nobody could possibly care what my least favorite GL song is. I am amazed that some people don't like Beautiful. Also, nobody has ever
really heard bad music until you listen to
Marilyn Manson.

[Borderstone]

Canary Yellow Canoe,as I mentioned in a previous topic somewhere,sounds like,"Roll Over Beethoven" re-written. Gosh folks,Gord's just havin' a little fun! Lay off. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Marylin Manson? Music? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif: http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif SINCE WHEN?!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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Borderstone

[Borderstone]

Hey Jack,I'm sure Gordon's none to thrilled that out of all his songs that the people at TimeLife could've chosen for "The Folk Years" collection,they chose that one!

I swear,sometimes it's like people think that Gordon Lightfoot is just this folk artist who had a bit of success except with a few hits.
Of course UA records didn't help matters by putting out a "Best Of" every 5 seconds. :rolleyes:

On another side of this topic,DMD3,the "meanness" (or arrogance) that Gordon demonstrates in the lyrics was typical for a lot of male songwriters anytime before,I would say,the '80s.
They usually wrote songs about how they don't care if a woman leaves them because they can always find another just as good. Which we all know takes a lot longer than one might think it would.

Before the Women's Liberation Movement of the late 60's and The 70's,radio had no problem playing a song that gave out these half-baked pieces of "Real Man" logic. Instead of letting the song bug you by it's negative & outdated stereotypes,laugh at it! I almost do everytime I listen to it,because the idea of 1 man thinking he's such a magnet for women is ridiculous today. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Don't forget,there's a lot of young guys like yourself who have a male superiorty trip going on in their head,but like Gord,if they're smart,they'll outgrow it. It's been the B! Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

[ April 20, 2006, 20:17: Message edited by: Borderstone ]

[BILLW]

Everything that we do, or in this case what Gordon has done makes us/him what we are in the present moment. To rewrite or deny history just doesn't work. We could go on and on with examples but the point works for everyone who has ever lived. Some things change but the past never does, it always will be.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I never heard that he denied the numbers, LOL.

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

[walls]

It really doesn’t matter what number is driving what bus, it is a post, and it’s the substance of the post that matters. Despite claims of lame, et al, this does appear to be a topic that has captured some attention, on a number of levels.

Least favorite song, good question requiring a rather elusive answer, because there are always one or two on every album or CD that I skip. I may have skipped one or two yesterday, listened to them today, and tomorrow continue to listen to them while skipping some others. Mood, frame of mind, time, physical setting; it all depends. The least favorite today can actually become a most listened to next week. There are, however, some songs I never listen to, but to avoid criticism, I prefer to not to reference them. Even a fan, who has listened to Lightfoot’s music since the 60’s, can reserve the right not to listen to some tunes that are, well, poor.

I did like the comment from “Doug From Seoul”, particularly since I can relate to it, even as a “member”, who may not be part of the overall status quo that routinely contributes to this forum:
“I get amused at the rabid responses from a few overcommitted "registered" fans to questions or discussions that don't necessarily over-glorify Mr. Lightfoot. I bet if Gordon Lightfoot were asked "which of your songs do you like the least," he would come out and tell us which ones were real tankers. We should be open to all facets of this very human being. And to the narrow-minded, I'd say "boy, get a life!"”

What I found most interesting is that Doug’s statement basically went unanswered. Is that because he is “unregistered” and “unregistered” guests’ comments do not deserve an answer, except if derived from a bus? Or, are only “members” contributions subject to responses, and the usual degree of cynicism?

If “unregistered” guests contribute, and are accorded some respect, then perhaps they will return as “members”, thereby, allowing our numbers to grow.

Bound for the Triangle.


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[BILLW]

Sorry walls I should have been more specific, my comments were directed at the earlier comments in the thread regarding For Loving Me by DMD3 and Borderstone. I reaaly don't know Jack and when someone's posts don't interest me I just pass them by. It's not meant as a slight when everyone does not reply to every post in a thread. It would just take forever to do.

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

[Jack]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
I reaaly don't know Jack and when someone's posts don't interest me I just pass them by. It's not meant as a slight when everyone does not reply to every post in a thread. It would just take forever to do.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif [/B]

I didn't take it as a slight, and I agree it would take lifetime to respond to every post. But just out of curiosity, which reason was it? If it was because what I said didn't interest you, that's cool. But IMHO, I think is sounds weird to say in a public forum on the interenet it's because you don't really know me. How well do you know the people you do respond to?

Makes me wonder if "walls" does indeed have a valid point there about the treatment of unregistered posters.

[Oma]

I don't particularly like the tune to the song "Protocol", but I like the lyrics.

For every GL song that makes me hit the "skip" button (and there aren't many) there are at least 4 that make me hit the "repeat" button...repeatedly!!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[BILLW]

Jack,

My "I don't know Jack" comment was another lame attempt at humor as those who read here know I am guilty of from time to time. So I should have said my comments are directed at DMD3, Jack and Borderstone. I have an aversion to rewriting history or songs or poems just to suit the current climate. This too shall pass and then someone will want other lines to other songs changed. I just don't like it, I prefer the originals as works of art.
As for unregistered posters, I have personally met two of them and they're great people. Folks don't register for many, many reasons. Many do register. Makes no difference to me. Sorry for any misunderstanding and I hope you stick around here as long as you like and I hope we can meet at a Gordon Lightfoot concert someday.

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

[Jack]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
Jack,

My "I don't know Jack" comment was another lame attempt at humor as those who read here know I am guilty of from time to time. So I should have said my comments are directed at DMD3, Jack and Borderstone. I have an aversion to rewriting history or songs or poems just to suit the current climate. This too shall pass and then someone will want other lines to other songs changed. I just don't like it, I prefer the originals as works of art.
As for unregistered posters, I have personally met two of them and they're great people. Folks don't register for many, many reasons. Many do register. Makes no difference to me. Sorry for any misunderstanding and I hope you stick around here as long as you like and I hope we can meet at a Gordon Lightfoot concert someday.

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

BILLW,

You're on, man! See you there! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Jack

[CJ]

Sort it out

[DMD3]

Actually, the best songs may sometimes get the skip button due to my fear of getting what you call "burnt out" on the song. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif You can only listen to a song so often or hum it in your head for so long and one day its not going to sound good. I've had that happen already and you can go months without listening to that song and it still won't sound good. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Borderstone]

It's true a song can get on your nerves after awhile or just that you get bored with it. 1 song I wish would go away is "Bad Boys by Inner Circle. Otherwise known as the theme from COPS. Hey FOX? Cancel the show,I'll avoid the re-runs and not listen to my copy of the hit single for about 20+ years,okay? Enough already! The song's 14 or 15 years old! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif ...or at the very least,get a new theme! It's been the B! Catch ya on the flipside of Sundown! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

[This message has been edited by Borderstone (edited May 20, 2003).]

[DMD3]

'Keepin On Yearnin' and 'Canary Yellow Canoe' are beginning to grow on me.
I hate to say it but I too do not like 'Beautiful' that much. Its not the lyrics or anything, but thats just not my type of tune.
Also, I don't like the lyrics in 'A Message To The Wind'.

[Brian Drescher]

Ode To Big Blue is great, The Song The Minstrels Sang has a get-up-and-go feel (I feel like frolicking when I hear it), Bitter Green is awesome, Someone To Believe In rocks (I feel like exercising when I hear it), Beautiful is a classic...how can anyone say these are least favorites? The least favorites are the ones you can't even think of unless you look at the album covers...but, yeah, That canary thing sucks! It's not

[Borderstone]

Better a,"Canary Yellow Canoe" than a,"Ring Neck Loon". It may be a subtle (if not accidental) re-working of,Roll Over Beethoven but it works. I don't out-right hate,"Ring Neck Loon" but it's one of those songs that eventually grows on you or it doesn't. It's O.K.,just not fantastic. Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Borderstone - "Little 'Ol Message Maker Me!" :)

[higgy78]

"beautiful" and "rainy day people" usually get me up to move the needle over...they're nice songs but they seem to just drone on...these two are too boring to hear as many times as I listen to Gord's albums!

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by Brian Drescher:
Ode To Big Blue is great, The Song The Minstrels Sang has a get-up-and-go feel (I feel like frolicking when I hear it), Bitter Green is awesome, Someone To Believe In rocks (I feel like exercising when I hear it), Beautiful is a classic...how can anyone say these are least favorites? The least favorites are the ones you can't even think of unless you look at the album covers...but, yeah, That canary thing sucks! It's not

Listening to 'Someone To Believe In' also makes me feel like exercising when I hear it! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif
Oh yeah, my problem with 'Beautiful' is that its boring to hear.(Higgy78's problem)

[DMD3]

http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif I just found another song I don't like. 'Something Very Special'. I can't stand to listen to it because the entire time that annoying guitar sound is playing.

[Big Blue]

Daylight Katy. Come on! I think this may have been a low point for Gord. He sounds like he either just woke up, has been recording all day and it's 3am or he's seriously barbed out. What boggles my mind is how it made it on a Greatest Hits comp. I'm still new to much of Gord's stuff and so far, I haven't skipped past any songs, but that one made me raise my eyebrows and wince. Canary Yellow Canoe is cool just because it's so different from his usual stuff. I half thought it was in jest when I first heard it.

Let's be frank, the guy is a genius and undoubtedly one of the best songwriters ever, but nobody is perfect and nobody hits the mark every time. He was prolific and under contract and that combo always lends itself to a few uninspired tunes. It's the songs that aren't Sundown are Wreck or IYCRMM or Seven Island Suite or Carefree Highway that help make those songs so special.

Cheers, everybody! Let's celebrate what we like about Gord!

[BILLW]

Big Blue,

First of all congratulations on "kicking the bum out" to paraphrase Lightfoot. But I think Daylight Katy is a great tune, especially played loud. So go figure.

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

[Big Blue]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
Big Blue,

First of all congratulations on "kicking the bum out" to paraphrase Lightfoot. But I think Daylight Katy is a great tune, especially played loud. So go figure.

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


I'll try it louder then. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[DMD3]

I agree.

'Keepin On Yearnin' is also different from his usual work. If your feeling down in the dumps, you should listen to that song.

[BILLW]

Big Blue,

Now that's LOUD, I heard it here in Maryland!
Seriously, you may never care for it but play it every once in a blue moon and one day it may strike you as "better". There are songs of his that I just didn't warm up to at first but repitition helps, you may here nuances and things you missed the first time. Have fun.
Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
Big Blue,

Now that's LOUD, I heard it here in Maryland!
Seriously, you may never care for it but play it every once in a blue moon and one day it may strike you as "better". There are songs of his that I just didn't warm up to at first but repitition helps, you may here nuances and things you missed the first time. Have fun.
Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

'Pussywillows Cattails' and 'Boss Man' are 2 of those songs.

[Borderstone]

What's this???!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/mad.gif Making fun of,"Rainy Day People" and "Beautiful"? Knocking the song Gord wrote for one of his daughters?? "Daylight Katy" ? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif How could you?? That's it!! It's 8-tracks at 10 paces at dawn!! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/eek.gif (Slap! Slap!) You have tarnished Gords' good name sir! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gif You are both tone deaf! AAArgh!

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[Big Blue]

Okay, I gave Daylight Katy another chance and now I can't get it out of my head. I like it. I think I must have been in a funky mood the first time I heard it. But I have to say, it's missing one thing: it needs crunchy fortune cookie percussion. Try eating a fortune cookie and crunching to the beat during the chorus and you'll see what I mean.

[n]

I don't know how to say this but I don't like Early Morning Rain or Nous Vivons Ensemble. I can see why everyone else would like these tunes, but they're just not my type.

[Borderstone]

I thought Daylight Katy could have used more strings and brass. As for Nous Vivons Ensamble (I always get the spelling wrong,oh well.) Everytime I listen to it,I think of all the times I've been in love and how much I loved those I felt that way for,then my heart kind of melts all over again for those ladies. (For awhile anyway.) Truthfully speaking,with all the home recording I've been doing,it's getting to where I don't have a least favorite anymore! Even "Someone to Believe In" is finally starting to grow on me. Least favorite? Not anymore! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone (Hello! :) )

[Char1]

I like Nous Vivons Ensemble because he cared enough to write about the Quebec problem - and keeping Canada together.
I don't care for Canary Yellow Canoe but love that he mentions so many rivers that he travelled on in his canoe...I wish him peaceful waters...
char

[Jim Nasium]

quote:Originally posted by n:
I don't know how to say this but I don't like Early Morning Rain or Nous Vivons Ensemble. I can see why everyone else would like these tunes, but they're just not my type.



WHAT! Jump over my Granny, you cannot be serious.

[twinkle]

quote:Originally posted by brink:
I have never really cared for Don Quixote, this is a very scary topic, bound to get the ire up in somebody.

Oh! I loved that song and the whole album. It got me through one rough summer--when I was very young of course. It's amazing how we all differ...keeps life interesting.

[knightmoves]

Black Day in July, is a song that I find totally irritating! I love every other song that I have heard by GL. Im sure I have not heard all his songs. One day I am going to make a point of acquiring the ones I dont have...for now they are buried treasure, waiting to be opened.

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knightmoves

[DMD3]

I like 'For Lovin' Me/Did She Mention My Name' on Gords Gold and dislike it to. I like the way it sounds, but I don't see why he combined those two because it makes it seem more chauvinistic than ever. In the song he leaves one woman and is now asking after another from the past. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/confused.gif (Still a good song though,)

[Old Dan]

I like the pairing of these two songs. In the first, the person in the song is arrogant and sexist, totally unlikeable. In the sencond, he's humbled, perhaps by experience, perhaps by time and distance. It takes the edge off the first song, and leaves the listener with the feeling that the fellow in the song has learned a little lesson about life. I also like the comparative subtlety of the second song. Just asking simple innocent questions, but the listener can tell there's so much more beneath the surface.

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by Old Dan:
I like the pairing of these two songs. In the first, the person in the song is arrogant and sexist, totally unlikeable. In the sencond, he's humbled, perhaps by experience, perhaps by time and distance. It takes the edge off the first song, and leaves the listener with the feeling that the fellow in the song has learned a little lesson about life. I also like the comparative subtlety of the second song. Just asking simple innocent questions, but the listener can tell there's so much more beneath the surface.


Do you mean to say that the guy is asking after the same girl during the 2nd half of the song? I never would've figured that. So THATS why he paired these two. And I thought he had left his old girl and was asking after one that he hadn't loved yet but would like to love so he could just leave her to.

[Gaby]

Do you know – I’ve always had a totally different take on these songs, especially the first. IMHO, I think he adores her but is frightened to fully commit (sound familiar, Girls?). He’s vunerable but puts up a wall of bravado to prevent being hurt.

Now, if you want sexist. What about Stationmaster!!

“The well’s run dry up yonder,
There’s another down the line.”

REALLY!!!!! (LOL).

[shustad]

Pretty much anything with too much of a 'country sound' to it.
GL's songwriting ability is too good for that...:)

[N (for Nile)]

I wasn't going to say this but might as well now that I've gotten to know this forum better. A few years ago my wife and youngest daughter perished in a car accident and I tried playing Welcome To Try to help get over my woes. BIG MISTAKE!!! Now it is my least favorite song of all time. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif Luckily thats in the past now. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

[BendRick]

Some of the older United Artists recordings were tough to get through, but they're like wine, they get better with age. However there are two later GL songs that I usually skip over; they're "Bells of the Evening" on COTS, and "Ring them bells" on WFY. Gord, please stop singing about bells, ha ha!

[SomewhereupinMichigan]

Ring Them Bells is a great Dylan tune and Gord more than did it justice in his version! But I also always liked Bells of the Evening...so there you go, to each his own!

[Riffstorm]

quote:Originally posted by 97-5 busdriver:
What is your least favorite Gordon footLight soong?
I grew up in the late 70's to early 80's listening to heavy metal and new wave.I never liked country or folk{back then I never heard of it} during the late 80's early 90's New York had a new radio station format called "Echos...(and still do}It was such a unique sampling of all types of instrumental music especially acoustic guitar. So, one very late night after hanging out with friends I put on the Echo station and heard this melody that I truly was head strung over. The DJ never mentioned who wrote or sang it. It took me a while to find out ....which is another whole story in itself of course .Now, almost 15 years later, I have watched Gordie perform live 3 times at the Westbury music fair on long island. So, what does that tell you? It tells me that I was probably in my teen years just following what other teens were listening to at the time. So I guess my taste now in music is like a fine and mature wine that got better with age( have a taste for classic rock during kareoke nite after a couple of Jd's). The only song or songs in Gordies career that i don't like is anything that sounds too country! Sure, John Denver might be an exception but I still think till the day I die is that every man whatever background he posesses wishes he was a country boy, sometime or another.

[AZroute74]

Have I been here long enough (2 days) to voice an opinion on a debate? I think this is a legitimate question and people who love ALL of GL's music probably can't say that they love all songs equally. The question is not, "Do you hate any of GL's songs?" but "Which is your least favorite?" It can still be loved, just not quite as much as the others.

"Restless" fits the description for me. I don't dislike it, just don't like it as much.

[BILLW]

Yep, two days is plenty long enough to say whatever you care to. Rap on !

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

[stationmaster]

LEAVES OF GRASS

I love Gord's songs but this one is a little out of the ordinary!

[Shazia]

funny how nobody said the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif

[DMD3]

quote:Originally posted by Floorian:
... My least favorite? It's a 3-way tie between Shadows, Circle Of Steel, and End Of All Time.

As the African Americans in my school would say, "You a lie". Quit trolling. There are plenty of other sites to troll on. They already think I'm you, so leave! go back to the dumps where you belong!
YOUR NOT WELCOME HERE.

[Big Blue]

I'm sure someone has mentioned 'May I'. It's really the only song I seriously consider skipping. It's terribly annoying.

I really love A Lesson In Love. "Songs of the season/Apples of the sun/There is no rhyme or reason/Just a time for each and every one"

I think that's beautiful and anything but trite. Neither the sentiment nor the articulation are stock lyrics.

Listen to the radio and the "I can't live without your love" lyrics and tell me he's not a true poet.

[pirateNC]

What a tool...why don't you ask whats your least favorite Gordon Lightfoot guitar or shirt he's worn on tour?

[joestallion]

Being a huge Gord fan, there is only one song I truly do NOT like--The Auctioneer. I love Canary Yellow Canoe, though!

[jeffyjo]

My two least favorites are In My Fashion and Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

The "slide rule" rap in In My Fashion is very... hokey.

Jeff

[seafarer62]

Kinda funny because I recently made a 90-minute cassette of my favorite GL songs and "In My Fashion" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" both made the tape.

Songs I don't like are:

On Yonge Street
Fading Away
You Just Gotta Be
May I
and Half the Endless Wire album:

Sweet Guinevere
Hangdog Hotel Room
If There's A Reason
Songs the Minstrel Sang
Sometimes I Don't Mind

I have often said that if GL had followed "Summertime Dream" with "Shadows", his fame and legacy would have been known to far more people. But genius doesn't work on an assembly line.

To me, Endless Wire is the only GL album I would not take a desert island because with "Greatest Hits", Daylight Katy and The Circle is Small are now represented.

John/Minnesota

[endlesswire78]

"something very special", always skip over it, also "fine as fine can be", too slow, and "never say trust me"

[<.>]

(i was going through some old threads, and came upon this one. hope i'm not offending anyone by bringing it back up :redface: )

i've never really cared for now and then. too slow, too boring. knotty pine and lifeline seem to get the skip button as well.
usually when i don't like a song, its not because its annoying or has got a bad tune, its because its too boring. I don't think i've came across a song yet that was a pain to listen to.

[Travis]

The worst GL song ever is "Anything for Love." Just not him. Over-produced and too 80s.

Other "skippable" songs:
Half of "Endless Wire"
May I
My Pony Won't Go
No Mistake About It

Both "Bells" songs rock.
Ode to Big Blue rocks.

This is a worthy topic, just to see what reflections of Gord's style appeal to his fans.

There's my two cents =)

[hkusam]

It would have to be "Coochaching" whose locale no doubt means something to Gord, but lyrics, (not to mention melody) fall short of being what I would consider to be in the quality of a "Lightfoot tune". (Gord, what were you thinking???)
...and if you're from the area, bless you, keep it close to your heart, (and far away from the stage!)

[zoneranger]

"Too many clues in this room."

[Dan O'Malley]

Lovely to read DMD3's comments again whilst browsing this topic! I Think "May I" is fun, but probably the least indispensable Gord song I can think of!

[<superiorsings1>]

I never liked "A Lesson in Love" for the above-mentioned reasons. I always skip "Bitter Green"
"Affair on 8th ave" and most of the slow break-up songs. But the tunes are so listenable that it's hard to pick a real klunker. I usually skip "Last time I saw her" which makes me cry.

[jeffyjo]

Canadian Railroad Trilogy.

[Chris Castleberry]

Originally posted by jeffyjo:
Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Boy you're crazy.

I dont really like Ghosts of Cape Horn or Morning Glory.

[Ophelia]

I'd have to say "Canary Yellow Canoe." Sometimes I wonder if GL really wrote it -- or why he would claim it if he did. But this is the only song of his I actually dislike.

[Sydney Steve]

I reach for the "kill" button when " Beautiful" comes on. Lyrically it is just one loooooong suckup... Vomit inducing and a cynical play at romantically inclined (and easily conned ) women.

Any bloke who would talk like that to his lady has clearly had a pride (and honesty) bypass...


Gee just when I thought my popularity on Corfid could not get lower I have found a new way to send it plummeting.....(lol) :D

[GJA]

Originally posted by &lt;.&gt;:
(i was going through some old threads, and came upon this one. hope i'm not offending anyone by bringing it back up :redface: )

i've never really cared for now and then. too slow, too boring. knotty pine and lifeline seem to get the skip button as well.
usually when i don't like a song, its not because its annoying or has got a bad tune, its because its too boring. I don't think i've came across a song yet that was a pain to listen to.

[GJA]

Originally posted by &lt;.&gt;:
(i was going through some old threads, and came upon this one. hope i'm not offending anyone by bringing it back up :redface: )

i've never really cared for now and then. too slow, too boring. knotty pine and lifeline seem to get the skip button as well.
usually when i don't like a song, its not because its annoying or has got a bad tune, its because its too boring. I don't think i've came across a song yet that was a pain to listen to.


Just goes to show everyone's taste is different. Now and Then is one of my favorites!!

[ELizabeth]

My least favorite GL songs would have to be 'May I?' and "Too Many Clues in This Room'. In my opinion he could sing the phone book and make it sound lyrical.

Steve Sydney or is it Sydney Steve? The song 'Beautiful' is not only for 'easily conned' women (there are many of us - no shame there) but any woman who relishes a man seeing her the way that song does. As for a man w/any pride singing that song to a woman - Are you suggesting GL has no pride? Can't a man w/ pride express the fact that he finds a woman beautiful'? Have you never seen/met/loved a woman that you found 'Beautiful'?

[joveski]

actually, i aint too big on Beautiful either

[Borderstone]

I will always love the song,"Beautiful" and I think it should have been a #1 pop hit! One song i really have a touch of difficulty sitting through is,"Protocol". I understand it okay and I don't "skip" it but,it's just not that easy to get "into".

[Sheryl]

Ophelia, I have to agree with you on that one. I can't imagine why Gord would record that song. (Canary Yellow Canoe). &lt;shudder&gt;

Steve, again, you crack me up. But, that's o.k. I love ya anyway! However, I'm one of those easily-conned women. I just suck it up! Ladies, all those of you who go into the vapors listening to Beautiful, raise your hand!

[Ophelia]

Originally posted by Sheryl:
Ophelia, I have to agree with you on that one. I can't imagine why Gord would record that song. (Canary Yellow Canoe). &lt;shudder&gt;

Steve, again, you crack me up. But, that's o.k. I love ya anyway! However, I'm one of those easily-conned women. I just suck it up! Ladies, all those of you who go into the vapors listening to Beautiful, raise your hand! *raises hand* :D

[Rona]

Hand raised also!

[Borderstone]

I think "Canary Yellow Canoe" is kind of funny & quirky,despite (as I've mentioned) it being a re-do of "Roll Over Beethoven". It's just for fun folks,that's why it was not on an LP,not meant for serious consideration. ;)

[LSH]

Okay, there is a song that I always skip and I am sure many of you will fall over when I say it. It's "Beautiful". I have never really connected with that one.lol I know it is a favorite here... [/QB]I have to agree. just ask brink, I can't stand this one. I had to confess it one night in chat to get her to confess her DQ ambivalence.

[TheWatchman]

Beautiful and Softly I think I've only listened to all the way through once.

[Sheryl]

Now, Softly had me crying my eyes out and sobbing -- I had to pull the car over and get a handle on myself the first time I heard it. But, hey, I'm an easily-conned woman, I guess!! LOL , Steve!!

[Chris Castleberry]

Originally posted by TheWatchman:
Beautiful and Softly I think I've only listened to all the way through once. Softly's all right, but Beautiful is probably the most boring GL tune ever. Another one I'm not too crazy about is Bitter Green.

[Sheryl]

I'm with you there about Bitter Green, Chris. However, I know from reading this forum, as well as attending concerts, that you and I are in the minority.

[DJ in MJ]

I'll agree with those who are not fond of "Beautiful". It's not a bad song by any means, but I just don't connect with it. I often skip over it when playing that album.

[Chris Castleberry]

Originally posted by Sheryl:
I'm with you there about Bitter Green, Chris. However, I know from reading this forum, as well as attending concerts, that you and I are in the minority. Yes. It's one of those songs I don't like myself, yet I can still see why others would like it.

[Borderstone]

Here's another "least fav. topic" that got kind of out of hand,thanks to former teen poster (child :D ) DMD3 and his split personalities! :rolleyes:

The songs I mentioned,I like a bit more now. ;) As we grow,so do our minds. :)

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

i always thought that guy was some grouchy old man who had nothing to do but cause trouble. Didn't realize it was another young person. I'd always figured another young person into GL would have be more mateur than that. guess i'm wrong. :rolleyes:

i don't care too much for Keeping On Yearning or Beautiful. YourLoves Return is another one that i skip over quite often. those are about the only songs i don't like that come to mind. :)