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johnfowles · 09-17-2004, 12:41 PM

quote:Originally posted by Sidney Freedmen:
i dont know if you are able to catch Gord's intro on The No Hotel, but it goes like this:

"In 1989 I was in Menowus, with a party of tree huggers, down with Dr. David Suzuky and we were to meet up with Sting, on the Shangoo River which is a tribunetary of the Amazon. I had to take a guy out into the Suburbs of Menowus, which is a city of about 1 and a half milloin people about half way up the Amazon River. Got there at about 4:00 in the morning to the Nobo Hotel. And when I got there, I noticed that 2 of the letters in the name of the hotel were burned out. And the name of the sign, it was just like 'The No Hotel'. That stuck with me as a song title in the number of years which ensued and about 3 months ago, I finished the song. It's called "The No Hotel". uh dee dee duh (launches into song)"

Nrearly there Sidney.
But it is actually

Manaus
and the tributary is the Xingu river.
Not only that but Gord was with Sting in a party of treehunters (as I hear it anyway) led by

David Suzuki
But having checked maps of the Amazon Valley I still do not understand why they ended up in Manaus which looks a great distance from the Xingu. Just maybe I'll get a chance to ask the man himself on that point!

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09-17-2004, 12:41 PM	#31
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by Sidney Freedmen: i dont know if you are able to catch Gord's intro on The No Hotel, but it goes like this: "In 1989 I was in Menowus, with a party of tree huggers, down with Dr. David Suzuky and we were to meet up with Sting, on the Shangoo River which is a tribunetary of the Amazon. I had to take a guy out into the Suburbs of Menowus, which is a city of about 1 and a half milloin people about half way up the Amazon River. Got there at about 4:00 in the morning to the Nobo Hotel. And when I got there, I noticed that 2 of the letters in the name of the hotel were burned out. And the name of the sign, it was just like 'The No Hotel'. That stuck with me as a song title in the number of years which ensued and about 3 months ago, I finished the song. It's called "The No Hotel". uh dee dee duh (launches into song)" Nrearly there Sidney. But it is actually Manaus and the tributary is the Xingu river. Not only that but Gord was with Sting in a party of treehunters (as I hear it anyway) led by David Suzuki But having checked maps of the Amazon Valley I still do not understand why they ended up in Manaus which looks a great distance from the Xingu. Just maybe I'll get a chance to ask the man himself on that point! ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited September 17, 2004).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited September 17, 2004).]