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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flaming Lips?

Flaming Lips?

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



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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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