Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Mary Ann...your too kind! On page 13 of "Songbook" it talks about his 1st commercially released song "This is My Song", have you ever heard it? I wish it was on the box-set, also like to hear the 1st song he ever wrote "Hoola Hoop Song". When I first got the box-set I thought "(Remember Me)I'm The One" was going to be the Dean Martin hit "(Remember Me)I'm The One Who Loves You"...TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Jenney:

Re: Shakespeare Theatre performance in Stratford, Connecticut... it was in either 1970 or '71 as you said... I can't be sure. I DO remember an evening filled with wonderful music provided by a very soulful GL.

Cheers! from Colorado
-Susan

Jenney:

Re: Shakespeare Theatre performance in Stratford, Connecticut... it was in either 1970 or '71 as you said... I can't be sure. I DO remember an evening filled with wonderful music provided by a very soulful GL.

Cheers! from Colorado
-Susan

Tom,
Okay, okay . . . I heard you the first time (lol at the repeats). No, unfortunately I have not heard any of Gord's first recordings. I wouldn't know where to even look for those. Matter of fact, I have a cassette of Songbook (not the box set) from way back and just recently it took a nose dive from the heat. Most of what I hear now is a bunch of chirping sounds. That and Gord's voice don't mix well. I had to ditch it. Unfortunately, I can't find a copy anywhere to replace it with.
BTW, Tom . . . you should register, (I can say this now since I just recently registered myself) you have some good input.

Tom,
Okay, okay . . . I heard you the first time (lol at the repeats). No, unfortunately I have not heard any of Gord's first recordings. I wouldn't know where to even look for those. Matter of fact, I have a cassette of Songbook (not the box set) from way back and just recently it took a nose dive from the heat. Most of what I hear now is a bunch of chirping sounds. That and Gord's voice don't mix well. I had to ditch it. Unfortunately, I can't find a copy anywhere to replace it with.
BTW, Tom . . . you should register, (I can say this now since I just recently registered myself) you have some good input.

It's hard to pinpoint one favorite song because there are about 100 that I could relate to but here are a couple in mind:

Mountains and Maryanne
Ten Degrees and Colder
Summer Side of Life
Circle is Small
Seven Island Suite

thanks to everyone for all their posts everywhere.

It's hard to pinpoint one favorite song because there are about 100 that I could relate to but here are a couple in mind:

Mountains and Maryanne
Ten Degrees and Colder
Summer Side of Life
Circle is Small
Seven Island Suite

thanks to everyone for all their posts everywhere.

So many people, so many struggling for THE answer. How about revising the topic to "Favorite Lightfoot Song Of The Day & Why?"

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

So many people, so many struggling for THE answer. How about revising the topic to "Favorite Lightfoot Song Of The Day & Why?"

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"Is there someone sewing seams through all my hopes..."

I remember leaving Alberta by train. I left my girlfriend and it was to be a long ride to Toronto. The only music I brought with me was Gord's Gold Volume 2. Many songs were fitting for this trip. I still listen to the album on a frequent basis. I cant imagine to describe how it makes it all feel like yesterday thought its been 3 years.

I remember leaving Alberta by train. I left my girlfriend and it was to be a long ride to Toronto. The only music I brought with me was Gord's Gold Volume 2. Many songs were fitting for this trip. I still listen to the album on a frequent basis. I cant imagine to describe how it makes it all feel like yesterday thought its been 3 years.

Favorite Song: "Wreck..."

Why? It is the first song I can remember hearing _ever_. I can still recall the images that came to my mind when I heard it. I many ways, I believe thath that song has had a profound impact on my love and respect of the water. It's wierd.

Other than that song, "Pony Man", It just make me want to be a kid again. Whimsical... innocent, yet somewhat sad in retrospect.

Favorite Song: "Wreck..."

Why? It is the first song I can remember hearing _ever_. I can still recall the images that came to my mind when I heard it. I many ways, I believe thath that song has had a profound impact on my love and respect of the water. It's wierd.

Other than that song, "Pony Man", It just make me want to be a kid again. Whimsical... innocent, yet somewhat sad in retrospect.

I love all of Gordon Lightfoot's songs,but I have to say that the one that really touches my heart is "the house you live in"

"and the house you live in will nver fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your/gate/door"

Good advice for us all!!


Protocol

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I love all of Gordon Lightfoot's songs,but I have to say that the one that really touches my heart is "the house you live in"

"and the house you live in will nver fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your/gate/door"

Good advice for us all!!


Protocol

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Hello everyone, how are you? I just got off the phone with Barry Harvey(Gord's Manager) really nice guy! I was just talking to him about an idea for wonderful Gordon Lightfoot website and if I could rely on him for resource material, he said "possibly"! If anyone would like to help or contribute to this venture please submit your comments,views ideas etc.. to myself via email,none will be ignored! I think Barry was a little surprised when I told him some aquaintences of mine owned and co-owned Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton. They produced Gord's last album "Painter Passing Through"

I also want to devise a way for Gord to get his fan mail via the internet,(if he is game for it)so he can pick and choose the letters he gets with minimal time consumption!
the website will also feature the City of Orillia as well! I have been a songwriter/musician since the age of seven,I had(they were all stolen) all of Gordies records ,8tracks, etc.. so given this I would eventually like to put together a Gordon Lightfoot tribute band,if you can offer any support,services etc.. it would be greatly appreciated,if you are a musician,give me a list of instruments you can play etc.. Your heart has to really be in this!!! I am learning to play the hammered dulcimer,and will eventually be producing Gord's music on dulcimer,I'll keep you informed!! As for my favorite song,I love all of them,but I would have to say it is " The house you live in"

This song really touches my heart! "and the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at you door!"

Good advice for us all!!

I work in Toronto as a web designer, this site is great,but I want to add so much more, for example http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gifeople will be able to click on a song( not download) and listen to it! They will be able to buy his cd's etc.. online, and anything written about him(Gordon Lightfoot - A Canadian Legacy) for example!

So tell me what you think, okay?


Thanks... Protocol
"and the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at you door!"



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Hello everyone, how are you? I just got off the phone with Barry Harvey(Gord's Manager) really nice guy! I was just talking to him about an idea for wonderful Gordon Lightfoot website and if I could rely on him for resource material, he said "possibly"! If anyone would like to help or contribute to this venture please submit your comments,views ideas etc.. to myself via email,none will be ignored! I think Barry was a little surprised when I told him some aquaintences of mine owned and co-owned Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton. They produced Gord's last album "Painter Passing Through"

I also want to devise a way for Gord to get his fan mail via the internet,(if he is game for it)so he can pick and choose the letters he gets with minimal time consumption!
the website will also feature the City of Orillia as well! I have been a songwriter/musician since the age of seven,I had(they were all stolen) all of Gordies records ,8tracks, etc.. so given this I would eventually like to put together a Gordon Lightfoot tribute band,if you can offer any support,services etc.. it would be greatly appreciated,if you are a musician,give me a list of instruments you can play etc.. Your heart has to really be in this!!! I am learning to play the hammered dulcimer,and will eventually be producing Gord's music on dulcimer,I'll keep you informed!! As for my favorite song,I love all of them,but I would have to say it is " The house you live in"

This song really touches my heart! "and the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at you door!"

Good advice for us all!!

I work in Toronto as a web designer, this site is great,but I want to add so much more, for example http://www.corfid.com/ubb/tongue.gifeople will be able to click on a song( not download) and listen to it! They will be able to buy his cd's etc.. online, and anything written about him(Gordon Lightfoot - A Canadian Legacy) for example!

So tell me what you think, okay?


Thanks... Protocol
"and the house you live in will never fall down if you pity the stranger who stands at you door!"



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In the past, I've always listened to Gord's older efforts, but lately I've been more deeply exploring some of his more recent tunes. I really love "I'll Tag Along" off of "East of Midnight". What a great song! It's so calm, yet resolute - it just expresses such a pleasant emotion.

"If you ever thurn that page again
And you need a friend
If you ask me I'll tag along."

Bobo

In the past, I've always listened to Gord's older efforts, but lately I've been more deeply exploring some of his more recent tunes. I really love "I'll Tag Along" off of "East of Midnight". What a great song! It's so calm, yet resolute - it just expresses such a pleasant emotion.

"If you ever thurn that page again
And you need a friend
If you ask me I'll tag along."

Bobo

BOBO,

I can't agree with you more. That is one of my all-time favorites.

Dan

Oh Wow! what one is my favorite??
Good question!!. I really do love all of them.
I think I got just about every GL album there is to get. But for my real favorite, it would have to be "Song for a Winter's Night". I don't know why?, I just love the song and it brings back memories as many of Gordon's songs do.
This is a great board, I'll make sure is in my favorites.

Oh Wow! what one is my favorite??
Good question!!. I really do love all of them.
I think I got just about every GL album there is to get. But for my real favorite, it would have to be "Song for a Winter's Night". I don't know why?, I just love the song and it brings back memories as many of Gordon's songs do.
This is a great board, I'll make sure is in my favorites.

While anyone who knows me would probably say my favorite of Gordon Lightfoot songs would be one of the gloomy or dark ones.. Something like Edmund Fitzgerald, or Ghosts of Cape Horn perhaps.. my favorite song is The Pony Man. Evoking the kind of innocence that really tugs at the heart of someone who actually remembers the magic of childhood, the song hits all those fantasies of extreme youth. I remember the time when a pirate ship loaded down with apple pies would have been a much more important dream than breaking 50 grand a year or getting a new SUV. And you know what... even at 30 something, there are lots of times when it's still a better fantasy.

When I was growing up in Central Kansas, there was a man who lived in my little town, everyone called him Pony Man Jack. He ran the pony rides at all the local events. None of Pony Man Jack's ponies ever flew, nor did jack ever hoop and holler at Mr. Moon's front door, but in the children's minds... well who's to say?

Gordon Lightfoot has many songs that invade the adult heart and mind, many of them perhaps hit too many still raw nerves to be my favorite. So I choose one that affirms the child that still lives in all of us. Even those of us who have grown into fine cynics of our age.

While anyone who knows me would probably say my favorite of Gordon Lightfoot songs would be one of the gloomy or dark ones.. Something like Edmund Fitzgerald, or Ghosts of Cape Horn perhaps.. my favorite song is The Pony Man. Evoking the kind of innocence that really tugs at the heart of someone who actually remembers the magic of childhood, the song hits all those fantasies of extreme youth. I remember the time when a pirate ship loaded down with apple pies would have been a much more important dream than breaking 50 grand a year or getting a new SUV. And you know what... even at 30 something, there are lots of times when it's still a better fantasy.

When I was growing up in Central Kansas, there was a man who lived in my little town, everyone called him Pony Man Jack. He ran the pony rides at all the local events. None of Pony Man Jack's ponies ever flew, nor did jack ever hoop and holler at Mr. Moon's front door, but in the children's minds... well who's to say?

Gordon Lightfoot has many songs that invade the adult heart and mind, many of them perhaps hit too many still raw nerves to be my favorite. So I choose one that affirms the child that still lives in all of us. Even those of us who have grown into fine cynics of our age.

Protocol -

I think I mentioned in one of my posts that Gord announced at a concert I attended in March that House You Live In was his mother's all-time favorite. He then added somberly, "She's gone now." He then paused, turned to the band and said, "So why the hell are we doing it?" LOL

Great song.



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

Protocol -

I think I mentioned in one of my posts that Gord announced at a concert I attended in March that House You Live In was his mother's all-time favorite. He then added somberly, "She's gone now." He then paused, turned to the band and said, "So why the hell are we doing it?" LOL

Great song.



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

Impossible!! There are so many... a song for every mood or situation, and my favorite will change as life changes. But, to name a few:
Beautiful
Pony Man
Softly
I'll Tag Along
Alberta Bound (for toe tapping)
AND ON, AND ON, AND ON!!!!

Impossible!! There are so many... a song for every mood or situation, and my favorite will change as life changes. But, to name a few:
Beautiful
Pony Man
Softly
I'll Tag Along
Alberta Bound (for toe tapping)
AND ON, AND ON, AND ON!!!!

Just came across this site -- and I have to say I totally enjoyed reading all the posts! The trip it took me on remembering so many of his songs from a time when my life was far more simple and relaxed. When I put on a cd, I think "Oh, this is my favorite"! Then the next track plays and I say the same thing over! However, I guess I have to say his rendition of Early Morning Rain is my favorite. But asking a fan to pick just one is like asking someone how much you can love....it is a wonderful question to ponder.

Just came across this site -- and I have to say I totally enjoyed reading all the posts! The trip it took me on remembering so many of his songs from a time when my life was far more simple and relaxed. When I put on a cd, I think "Oh, this is my favorite"! Then the next track plays and I say the same thing over! However, I guess I have to say his rendition of Early Morning Rain is my favorite. But asking a fan to pick just one is like asking someone how much you can love....it is a wonderful question to ponder.

Many tender moments in my life closely associate with the song "Affair on 8th Avenue", so I am told, especially the perfume...I truly find this song quite tender, quite soft and realistic and one of my all time favorites.
It reminds me that memories are sweet when lived well. Also, I'd like to add that, "Race Among the Ruins" adds light to many events in my life. "Lazy Morning" reminds me of those Saturday or Sunday mornings in the hot, hazy summers in Chicago where I get to sleep in and lay on the bed with my eyes staring up at the ceiling wondering "does she (he) still remember me." And the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" of my dearest Danny who lost friends on the ship, and who leaves me feeling like a wreck. Aah, the sweet pain of tenderness with an alcoholic. Finally, I'd like to add, "Cold on the Shoulder" for likely reasons. Danny, if only you could "read my mind" when you are "stone cold sober."

Many tender moments in my life closely associate with the song "Affair on 8th Avenue", so I am told, especially the perfume...I truly find this song quite tender, quite soft and realistic and one of my all time favorites.
It reminds me that memories are sweet when lived well. Also, I'd like to add that, "Race Among the Ruins" adds light to many events in my life. "Lazy Morning" reminds me of those Saturday or Sunday mornings in the hot, hazy summers in Chicago where I get to sleep in and lay on the bed with my eyes staring up at the ceiling wondering "does she (he) still remember me." And the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" of my dearest Danny who lost friends on the ship, and who leaves me feeling like a wreck. Aah, the sweet pain of tenderness with an alcoholic. Finally, I'd like to add, "Cold on the Shoulder" for likely reasons. Danny, if only you could "read my mind" when you are "stone cold sober."

My favorite Lightfoot song? Well, out of them all, and there are fewer that I don't like than a list that I like, I think my two most favorites are: Old Dan's Records because of the upbeatness of the song and it has that great banjo part that I really really love, and Beautiful, simply because it is.
margeb

My favorite Lightfoot song? Well, out of them all, and there are fewer that I don't like than a list that I like, I think my two most favorites are: Old Dan's Records because of the upbeatness of the song and it has that great banjo part that I really really love, and Beautiful, simply because it is.
margeb