in the liner notes to ongbook, gord said that crossroads was meant to be along the same lines as the trilogy. he labelled it as not a great song, but it's ok.

i disagree with him - been listening to it over and over today for some reason ad i prfer it over CRT. maybe i've heard CRT too many times or maybe there's something special in crossroads.

dunno.. why am i rambling??

also when i listen to crossroads i get that old "now where have heard this melody before?" feeling

quote:Originally posted by joveski:
in the liner notes to ongbook, gord said that crossroads was meant to be along the same lines as the trilogy. he labelled it as not a great song, but it's ok.

i disagree with him - been listening to it over and over today for some reason ad i prfer it over CRT. maybe i've heard CRT too many times or maybe there's something special in crossroads.

dunno.. why am i rambling??

also when i listen to crossroads i get that old "now where have heard this melody before?" feeling

I like both of them, probably CRT a little more. Crossroads is fun to play on the guitar tuned to dropped D, just as CRT is. My cousin, who is half Micmac, likes Crossroads better because of the theme of the song.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

Nothing can touch CRRT except maybe TWOTEF.

Crossroads to me is like a sequel to RailRoad,it's about as strong but I think if it were a little longer and maybe had a bridge to it. As GL songs go,I rate it a B+. Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

"Built the highways and the byways to the western salmon grounds"


"Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all"

Those 2 lines pretty much have the same tune, don't you think?

Crossroads was written for the Canadian Expo'67 celebrating Canadas 100th birthday. So was Trilogy.
Lightfoot was asked to write both songs. He walked around the site of Expo in Montreal and they filmed him singing the songs. He was on top of one of the buildings while it was still just girders and steel singing Crossroads. It's about the Crossroads of Canada as a nation and the recognition from the world (70 nations) and the recognition that Canada was more than just English speaking - the French in Quebec made themselves heard and Pres.De Gaulle of France was there and made his Vive le Quebec, vive le Quebec Libre speech which made the separation issue really take off.
CROSSROADS - G.Lightfoot
copy and paste the link and then on CROSSROADS to hear a bit of the song. http://gordonlightfoot.com/TheWayIFeel-album.shtml
When first I did appear upon this native soil
All up and down this country at labor I did toil
I slumbered in the moonlight and I rose with the sun
I rambled through the canyons where the cold rivers run

When first I did come down where the land meets the sea
The people said who are you and what would your name be
I said I have no home and I am no man's son
'Twas inland I was born and from inland that I come

In the good land I was young and I was strong
No one dared to call me son
Happy just to see my day's work done
See my day's work done

So I swung an axe as a timberjack and I worked the Quebec mines
And on the golden prairie I rode the big combines
I sailed the maritime waters of many a seaport town
Built the highways and the byways to the western salmon grounds

I've gazed upon the good times, I've seen the bad times too
Felt many a cold and bitter wind and many a mornin' dew
I've watched the country growin' like a fair and mighty thing
And on the still of a summer night I've heard the mountains ring

In the good land I was young and I was strong
No one dared to call me son
Happy just to see my day's work done
See my day's work done

But now the seeds are planted and the gates are open wide
The old ways are forgotten, there's no place left to hide
And the legacy I'm leavin' you is not very hard to find
You'll see it all around you at this crossroads of time
In the sweet soil it's a-growin' at the crossroads of time