If There's A Reason

[formerlylavender]

I looked for a thread that pertained to this, but only found one worthy of small talk.

Does anyone else love this song? I ALWAYS skipped this one when in skipping range, lol. I have all the albums on an ipod in my new car (thanks to my son) and guess I recently gave it a chance once or twice. The music isn't catchy or anything, but I love the message - the hurt really comes through. I looked it up on the home page, and the words read like poetry. I love when I discover a new song when I thought all were discovered!

[johnfowles]

Does anyone else love this song?

Lisa if you go to the newsgroup alt.music.lightfoot on Google and search the group for
mentions of If There's A Reason you will find a number of postings including a thread on the Endless Wire album in general at:-
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.lightfoot/browse_thread/thread/b1b22884ef75b031/f51f65d6a694a0cb?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=if+there%27s+a+reason#f51f65d6a694a0cb (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.lightfoot/browse_thread/thread/b1b22884ef75b031/f51f65d6a694a0cb?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=if+there%27s+a+reason#f51f65d6a694a0cb)

That was in the days when the newsgroup's creator Wayne Francis (of lightfoot.ca fame)still regularly posted and he confided:-
"Highlights of the album for me are If Children Had Wings, one of his most
intensely personal and heart-wrenching songs ever, and If There's A Reason,
which is a "very" inspired vocal as far as I'm concerned."
Another post in that same thread said
"One song that did grow on me, though, was If There's
a Reason. I didn't care for it for years, now it's one my absolute Endless Wire
favorites."
I echo your obervation it was not until Gord rerotated If Children Had Wings that I "discovered" that song

[formerlylavender]

Thanks, John for the link. I'm glad I'm not the only one who took a while to appreciate this song. Can't believe I've been skipping it all these years! I always loved Dreamland the best on Endless Wire...now it has some competition.

Hope to see you in May...

Lisa

[Rob1956]

I've always liked this song because Gord "played" around with his voice a bit. He changed his cadence and timing a bit to offer an almost "blues" type of sound. If you're scratching your head and saying "what the hell is he talking about", then I can't help you. But I heard it as a stretch, and I appreciated it.

[formerlylavender]

I think it has a 'bluesy' sound too. Totally cool and fits the melancholy mood of the song.

[bjm7777]

It's one of my favorites from Endless Wire - the other is The Circle is Small. Bought the album in 1978 when it came out...