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Bill · 08-01-2008, 01:49 PM

Thanks to all of you who have uploaded or otherwise pointed us to video of Gord through the years. They are especially a treasure stateside/in the south US where we got little to none through the years. So now we play catch up through the internet.

The perception I'd had was that the maturing Gord had a weaker voice, and fell into repetition too much...kind of an aging thing. But Gord of today seems identical to the really early Gord of the 60s! There were those golden days of the 70s when he had big exposure and seemed a bit more mysterious (or maybe just reclusive due to drinking and a volitile personal life). I think that was the era in which he strayed from himself...look at Lightfoot! album and compare to now. Remarkably the same.

Never met him, and they say it's best not to meet your heroes 'cause the seldom measure up. But as I know more of his humanness -- the more real a hero he seems as opposed to some kid's dream of being like a troubador.

08-01-2008, 01:49 PM	#1
Bill Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 544	Lightfoot then and now through video Thanks to all of you who have uploaded or otherwise pointed us to video of Gord through the years. They are especially a treasure stateside/in the south US where we got little to none through the years. So now we play catch up through the internet. The perception I'd had was that the maturing Gord had a weaker voice, and fell into repetition too much...kind of an aging thing. But Gord of today seems identical to the really early Gord of the 60s! There were those golden days of the 70s when he had big exposure and seemed a bit more mysterious (or maybe just reclusive due to drinking and a volitile personal life). I think that was the era in which he strayed from himself...look at Lightfoot! album and compare to now. Remarkably the same. Never met him, and they say it's best not to meet your heroes 'cause the seldom measure up. But as I know more of his humanness -- the more real a hero he seems as opposed to some kid's dream of being like a troubador.