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Tim · 03-01-2009, 08:07 PM

You know, this is a curious thread. With this group, whenever someone mentions a "least favorite" Gord tune, someone else reading the thread gets stung because it's a sentimental favorite of theirs.

The song "Beautiful" was mentioned above as a "least fave." This one was played at my wedding 27 years ago and my wife and I still love it when Gord plays this one in concert. "Pussywillows, Cattails" was also mentioned as a "least fav." For me, this song will always evoke memories of 16 years ago driving to the hospital in the middle of the night with my wife in labor with our first child. On the way to the hospital I hit "Play" on the tape player (it was before the era of CD players in cars) and the strains of "Pussywillows, Cattails" came flowing out. To this day, my wife affirms that this song calmed her a great deal during the trip to the hospital. Less than one hour after we arrived at the hospital, our son was born. He has since grown up to be an avid GL fan.

So, I'm not going to venture out and slam a GL song that most likely has special meaning to someone else out there. Thanks for listening.

03-01-2009, 08:07 PM	#14
Tim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 186	Re: Avid fans get to choose... You know, this is a curious thread. With this group, whenever someone mentions a "least favorite" Gord tune, someone else reading the thread gets stung because it's a sentimental favorite of theirs. The song "Beautiful" was mentioned above as a "least fave." This one was played at my wedding 27 years ago and my wife and I still love it when Gord plays this one in concert. "Pussywillows, Cattails" was also mentioned as a "least fav." For me, this song will always evoke memories of 16 years ago driving to the hospital in the middle of the night with my wife in labor with our first child. On the way to the hospital I hit "Play" on the tape player (it was before the era of CD players in cars) and the strains of "Pussywillows, Cattails" came flowing out. To this day, my wife affirms that this song calmed her a great deal during the trip to the hospital. Less than one hour after we arrived at the hospital, our son was born. He has since grown up to be an avid GL fan. So, I'm not going to venture out and slam a GL song that most likely has special meaning to someone else out there. Thanks for listening. __________________ Tim "Children are all that the Earth has to Show, Children are all that the Earth wants to Know"