Pod, Char, man that is GREAT ! i LOVE IT lol .... LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT AT OLD FOOTAGE and no doubt a somewhat uncomfortable young Lightfoot told to turn from camera A to camera B, with a meaningful expression of earnest handsome-guyness - as Mike Meyers , a noted Canuck on "how to be a handsome guy" - says its all in the eyebrows - arching them, curling them around, in self-satisfaction, the knowledge , with myrth, of "I am a da** good lookin guy.... yessiree thats a fact. That old SNL sketch was great, "the $19.95 video on "how to be a handsome guy" - mostly with the eyebrows.
One other feature -er- no punintended.....stands out..... no offense Gord-admiring ladies out there, his ears...... I've noticed in old photographs and vintage footage that he's always had -sorta- big ears....and in fact, no doubt a professional evolutionary imperative..... with his discerning "ear" for superior musical arrangement from Westlake and innate talent, coupled with his reputation as being a perfectionist per his band, those ears -(imagine mid-60's hearty and hale folk tunes like "The Times, They are a-Changin') etc. with the replaced lyrics of "These ears, they are a-listening" , and "If I had an Ear, I'd waggle 'em in the more-or-ning"- to the back-up singers, the band, his own pitch perfection - his singing really was a superior instrument then.....
Speaking of which, between his apparent young and earnest attempt to do the eyebrows "I'm a Handsome Guy" Mike Meyers thing, he also seems to be dutifully changing sitting position through the singing - first it would appear to camera A, then (cue from the director and cameraman) turn to camera B, etc., he seems to be doing this very carefully, but am I the only one whose ears detect ( and its done perfectly by Gord) the fact that he seems to be lip-synching the song "Remember Me" - its -exactly- the version from songbook disk 1, song 1 as I recall - rarities, of that song.... I do believe, as was the convention of the day in recorded television I believe, he surely is lippin' it. Well done, Gord ! And indeed, his voice was of superior qualties there for sure.. He could have winged (wung?) it just as well.....
What a fun video - thanks Podunklander - I got a hoot out of that - and a holler - t the square dancing - with self-admittedly "Leadfoot" per the ladies he has said, cause he'd dosee'don't when he was supposed to dosee-do(h) !
lol with enjoyment
~geo steve
