At last, I opened my Summer Side of Life CD yesterday and brought it to accompany me on one of my walks. Yuri, you're definitely right about it being a bit darker. The theme seems to be about leaving and being left. I can only imagine what Gordon might have been experiencing at that time to inspire him to write such sadness.
Undoubtedly the jewel on this CD is "Miguel". What a beautiful song, even if it is very tragic. I don't know if it was just the song, or perhaps a combination of the song, plus the overcast sky and this changing of seasons that always gets me feeling sentimental and melancholy; but this piece brought tears to my eyes. Ditto for Talking in Your Sleep. I replayed both several time. I love stuff like this, even if it does make me weepy.
Jesse Joe - I must concur with you about Ballad of Yarmouth Castle. Even before I listened I knew it had to be quite a song from reading some of the excerpts of lyrics on the inside sleeve. GL has a gift for these epic stories that pull you in and keep your interest 'til the end. I find myself actually paying close attention to many of his lyrics and this one is no exception.
If there was any doubt in my mind before receiving these last 3 CD's that GL was anything less than a musical genius (there wasn't by the way, but just for the sake of rhetoric...) there is certainly not any now. Gordon has to be the most poetic soul in existence today.
