Such interesting responses. I was thinking the same thing Margaret was, it is so interesting to see the differences of opinion. I agree that overexposure can make you not want to listen to a song, although I don't have that problem with "Sundown". But some differences of opinion are striking. For instance, I can't imagine having "The Watchman's Gone" on my list of songs I am not all that crazy about. It's definitely one of my favorites!
How about this twist: What have you heard from Gord himself about his own dislikes of his work? Here is one that you all may or may not have read already (I don't know what info is "old news" to Gord fans since I've only been on the forum since the beginning of this summer). This I found in an article on the website for RollingStone magazine. It refers to Songbook:
Q: I noticed there was no "Black Day in July"
(Lightfoot's song about the 1968 race riots
following Martin Luther King's assassination).
A: I don't like to open up old memories best left
undisturbed. I don't like to be a s--- disturber. I don't
do that one. It's not one of my favorite songs anyway
to play live. I go by what goes over best with the
crowd and they don't request that one too much
anymore. No, I don't like it.
Anyone heard or read anything else from GL himself?
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