this song is such a wonderful song... it just makes me feel where my soul is... kind of puts into a juxtaposition my life and the choices I have made. Does anyone else feel this with this song? It just settles my soul.

this song is such a wonderful song... it just makes me feel where my soul is... kind of puts into a juxtaposition my life and the choices I have made. Does anyone else feel this with this song? It just settles my soul.

Gwen, I totally agree. I love this song. It's sad, but strangely exhilarating all at once.

What album(s) is this song on? I've never heard it.

What album(s) is this song on? I've never heard it.

Haven't heard it either... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

Haven't heard it either... http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

Don Quixote .. and it's a beautiful song. It also has some of the finest string arrangements of any of Gord's songs. As Ken Bailey posted here a few years back on this song:

My favorite (of the many Gordon Lightfoot compositions I LOVE) is "Looking at the rain" (a lesser known song from the album "Don Quioxte"). Sometimes he can just paint a picture that goes beyond what words can: this one, a powerful picture of a person trying to cope with the loss of a love. The words, the melody, and the rise and fall of the strings come together to make this song at once sad and beautiful. Haunting, really. I don't think Gordon Lightfoot has ever gotten the credit he deserves. As a composer, he is on the same shelf as Lennon/McCartney, and Shakespere. I hope he keeps writing for decades to come

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Don Quixote .. and it's a beautiful song. It also has some of the finest string arrangements of any of Gord's songs. As Ken Bailey posted here a few years back on this song:

My favorite (of the many Gordon Lightfoot compositions I LOVE) is "Looking at the rain" (a lesser known song from the album "Don Quioxte"). Sometimes he can just paint a picture that goes beyond what words can: this one, a powerful picture of a person trying to cope with the loss of a love. The words, the melody, and the rise and fall of the strings come together to make this song at once sad and beautiful. Haunting, really. I don't think Gordon Lightfoot has ever gotten the credit he deserves. As a composer, he is on the same shelf as Lennon/McCartney, and Shakespere. I hope he keeps writing for decades to come

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Thanks Annie...

Thanks Annie...

Another great reason to own Don Quixote and many places sell it for $9.99 or less.

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That's one of my favorites too. On my vinyl copy,it has 3 significant "skip sounds". It doesn't skip it just makes that little pop noise 3 times. I have to get the CD and I don't care what anyone says,"Big Blue" is another great reason too! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

As far as getting my next album goes, I've narrowed it down to 2. Either Don Quixote or Cold On The Shoulder. My reason for wanting Cold On The Shoulder is because I would like to hear the song 'A Tree Too Weak To Stand'.

As far as getting my next album goes, I've narrowed it down to 2. Either Don Quixote or Cold On The Shoulder. My reason for wanting Cold On The Shoulder is because I would like to hear the song 'A Tree Too Weak To Stand'.

That song has a lot of meaning to me. I was engaged to a lovely lady and had to make a decision whether to call it off and move on, or not. Well I did move on and I can still remember laying on my bed listening to that song while I was thinking. Still breaks my heart because she was thoroughly crushed. One of the nicest people I have ever met in my life, but it just wasn't going to work.

The great thing about Lighfoot's songs are that many of them are owned by a specific situation in my past. Listening to certain songs brings me back as if it were yesterday.

Thanks for bringing this up, I finally had time to sit down and listen to the whole cd again. I sometimesget stuck on one cd and don't listen to anything else for a while, now it's DQ even though I am not overly fond of the title song I sure like the rest. Ordinary Man is my fav.

Thanks for bringing this up, I finally had time to sit down and listen to the whole cd again. I sometimesget stuck on one cd and don't listen to anything else for a while, now it's DQ even though I am not overly fond of the title song I sure like the rest. Ordinary Man is my fav.

For me, it encapsulates the whole agony of wanting; the very real physical pain and desperation that comes with the experience of loving deeply. You can feel this way and yet it also seems to enhance your perceptions of the small things, such as the leaves spinning along the street.
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