1. Waiting For You
#2. A tie between Salute & Harmony #3. Don Quixote #4. GG2 #5. East Of Midnight #6. Cold On The Shoulder #7. Summertime Dream #8. Shadows OK, Back Here On Earth vs. Salute. |
1. Waiting For You
#2. A tie between Salute & Harmony #3. Don Quixote #4. GG2 #5. East Of Midnight #6. Cold On The Shoulder #7. Summertime Dream #8. Shadows OK, Back Here On Earth vs. Salute. |
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"Salute!" (Hee Haw quote :D .)
"Back Here On Earth" is good too,but it feels like the UA sound he had was getting thin. Not on Bitter Green or If I Could & a couple others. Salute just has better songs overall. :) Besides,isn't this sort of like comparing early Sinatra with later Sinatra? Kindof an apples 7 oranges thing,I feel. |
Back Here on Earth.
I always felt that Salute was a rather desperate attempt by GL to get his songs back on the radio. His two previous albums, Dream Street Rose and Shadows, despite being brilliant albums, did not sell well nor receive much radio airplay. By 1983 folk music was considered passe and had disappeared from Top 40 radio stations. Salute was an attempt by GL to become more mainstream, or as he likes to say, "adult contemporary." I understand that GL does not like to be referred to as a "folkie" but let's be honest, the man is a folksinger! And the best one ever, IMHO... |
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Back Here On Earth !
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Salute.
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"Back Here On Earth". That album is what good folk music should sound like. Two guitars, 6 & 12 string, and a Bass. JJ
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"Back Here On Earth". That album is what good folk music should sound like. Two guitars, 6 & 12 string, and a Bass. JJ
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Back Here On Earth
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Back Here On Earth
(even though Salute does have one of my very favorite songs on it) |
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Salute! could not live without "Tattoo"!
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Summertime Dream. Love that song, love that album, especially the song "The House You Live In"...makes me smile everytime I listen to it.
[ June 04, 2006, 20:53: Message edited by: buckit ] |
Summertime Dream. Love that song, love that album, especially the song "The House You Live In"...makes me smile everytime I listen to it.
[ June 04, 2006, 20:53: Message edited by: buckit ] |
Welcome buckit - good to have you here! I'm sure you have a lot of company who will agree with you regarding Summertime Dream, however this thread is comparing the albums Back Here On Earth and Salute. Which of these two would you pick?
[ June 05, 2006, 08:47: Message edited by: Janice ] |
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BTW, I've been a lurker here at the forums for a few months and finally decided to take the plunge yesterday and join up. I've had a great time reading through all of the postings in this forum (I started at the very beginning and worked my way up to the most recent posts), and have learned far more about Mr. Lightfoot in these few months than I had learned in all of the previous years of being a fan of his. Janice, thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to being an active (and hopefully more detail oriented) poster. JH (ex-lurker) |
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BTW, I've been a lurker here at the forums for a few months and finally decided to take the plunge yesterday and join up. I've had a great time reading through all of the postings in this forum (I started at the very beginning and worked my way up to the most recent posts), and have learned far more about Mr. Lightfoot in these few months than I had learned in all of the previous years of being a fan of his. Janice, thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to being an active (and hopefully more detail oriented) poster. JH (ex-lurker) |
Glad you took the plunge and we look forward to hearing more from you.
I'll be curious to hear what you think about Salute - even though I picked Back Here On Earth, Salute has one of my very favorite songs on it. Unfortunately, I'm not overly fond of the album beyond that one song :( |
Welcome to CORFID buckit!
you did a LOT of reading....!! We'd like to hear your Lightfoot stories, memories of concerts, meetings, fave songs etc. Char |
Welcome to CORFID buckit!
you did a LOT of reading....!! We'd like to hear your Lightfoot stories, memories of concerts, meetings, fave songs etc. Char |
Yes, welcome Buckit! We look forward to hearing lots more from you!!
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I was first introduced to his music when the song "Sundown" came out on the radio. I'm a sucker for a good melody and tight harmonies, and that song really resounded with me. Once I heard "Carefree Highway", I was a fan for good. I've seen Gordon twice; once in 1978 at the Waikiki Shell, and once here in Columbus in 1982 at Vet's Memorial. The concert at the Shell was awesome...it was right after "Endless Wire" came out. Gordon and the band were in excellent tune, and I literally got chills when the band played "The Circle is Small"...it was very moving. The Columbus concert occurred sometime after "Shadows" came out. I don't know what it was, but at the time I was a little bit disappointed with the concert. I believe he drew heavily from "Shadows", and I wasn't quite as familiar with the material from that album as I was some of the previous ones. It could also be the difference in venues between the two concerts--warm weather, Plumeria trees, great acoustics vs. cold, grimy Columbus and lousy acoustics. Needless to say, I've now grown more appreciative of "Shadows", especially the title song and "Blackberry Wine". My favorite Gord song? It varies, there are countless great ones. I sort of favor his material from '74 to the early '80's, but the songs on "Gord's Gold" show how strong his earlier material was as well. So, OK here goes...my favorite Gord song is SummertiThehouseyouliveDaylighKaTheCircleisSmSea ofTranqOntheHighSeas. However, if I'm really pinned down, "The House You Live In" does it for me. What great words to live by. OK, enough of my rambling. I could go on and on, but will defer at the risk of exasperating everyone! [ June 06, 2006, 19:55: Message edited by: buckit ] |
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I was first introduced to his music when the song "Sundown" came out on the radio. I'm a sucker for a good melody and tight harmonies, and that song really resounded with me. Once I heard "Carefree Highway", I was a fan for good. I've seen Gordon twice; once in 1978 at the Waikiki Shell, and once here in Columbus in 1982 at Vet's Memorial. The concert at the Shell was awesome...it was right after "Endless Wire" came out. Gordon and the band were in excellent tune, and I literally got chills when the band played "The Circle is Small"...it was very moving. The Columbus concert occurred sometime after "Shadows" came out. I don't know what it was, but at the time I was a little bit disappointed with the concert. I believe he drew heavily from "Shadows", and I wasn't quite as familiar with the material from that album as I was some of the previous ones. It could also be the difference in venues between the two concerts--warm weather, Plumeria trees, great acoustics vs. cold, grimy Columbus and lousy acoustics. Needless to say, I've now grown more appreciative of "Shadows", especially the title song and "Blackberry Wine". My favorite Gord song? It varies, there are countless great ones. I sort of favor his material from '74 to the early '80's, but the songs on "Gord's Gold" show how strong his earlier material was as well. So, OK here goes...my favorite Gord song is SummertiThehouseyouliveDaylighKaTheCircleisSmSea ofTranqOntheHighSeas. However, if I'm really pinned down, "The House You Live In" does it for me. What great words to live by. OK, enough of my rambling. I could go on and on, but will defer at the risk of exasperating everyone! [ June 06, 2006, 19:55: Message edited by: buckit ] |
Hey thanks for sharing, buckit! Not exasperating at all - we like to get to know our new members :)
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